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The European project "Holistic, extensible, scalable and standard Virtual Factory Framework (VFF)" started on 1 September. Inserted in the 7th EU Framework Programme, the VFF project aims at supporting industrial companies, providing tools that make it possible to improve processes related to the design, management, evaluation and reconfiguration of new or existing industrial facilities.
10th October 2009
The kick-off meeting for the project FIT4U - Framework of Integrated Technologies for User Centred Products took place in Milan on 15 July. INESC Porto was represented at the meeting by Rui Rebelo, researcher at the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP).
01st September 2009
The Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) recently started working on the European project Net-Challenge - Innovative networks of SMEs for complex products manufacturing.
13th July 2009
INESC Porto’s Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) started working on the DINAMIC project in January, in the context of the Interreg-SUODE Programme. The project is coordinated by the Official Chamber of Trade, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona, together with the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (IPS) and the Chambers of Commerce of Cantabria, Catalonia and Toulouse.
04th June 2009
The Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) and the Portuguese Footwear Technological Center (CTC) organised the 11th meeting of the Footwear Products & Processes European Technology Platform, which took place in Porto, on 26 March.
26th April 2009
The One Step Production Process product, developed within a partnership between the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) and Lirel (among others) was awarded with an Innovation prize in the footwear sector. The GAPI-CTCP Tecnológica 2008 awards were granted on 11 March by the Portuguese Shoe Technological Center (CTCP) in the context of the III Jornadas ShoeInov (3rd ShoeInov Days).
06th April 2009
The project H-KNOW - Advanced Infrastructure for Knowledge Based Services for Buildings Restoring (NMP-2007-214567) started being developed on 1 January 2009.
30th December 2008
The project SAPIR – System to Support the Integrated Planning of Footwear Manufacturing Networks was recently concluded by the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) and presented on 26 June at the company AEROSOLES, in Esmoriz.
23rd July 2008
INESC Porto organised the Basys 2008 conference - 8th IFIP International Conference on Information Technology for Balanced Automation Systems last June. This is one of the most important events in the area of emerging information technologies and automation in production and services.
05th July 2008
The CEC-made-shoe project was developed in four years by the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) and it has been recently concluded. Now, the project will be presented in open session at the company Kyaia in Paredes de Coura, on 21 July.
30th June 2008
The Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) presented the results of the SAPIR project (System to Support the Integrated Planning of Footwear Manufacturing Networks) in a public demonstration that took place at the AEROSOLES company in Esmoriz, on 26 June.
30th June 2008
The Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit started developing in 2007 the SIMULOG project – Simulation and operation of internal logistics systems. This project is financed by PRIME (Incentive Programme for the Modernisation of the Economy), and its main goal is to develop a set of software components that will enable the construction of simulation models for internal logistics automation systems in industrial enterprises. INESC Porto is this project’s sole promoter.
20th April 2008