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LAUDS Local Accessible Urban Digital Sustainable Factories is a Horizon Europe research and innovation action – Co-funded by the European Union, 2024-2026, GA 101135986
LAUDS Factories (2024 - 2027)
Local Accessible Urban Digital and Sustainable Factories: New European Bauhaus Approach to Open and Decentralised Urban Manufacturing
The mission is to create a realistic, measurable and replicable demonstration of an approach underpinned by a bottom-up, standardised and unified techno-social manufacturing framework. The framework will pioneer small, versatile factories in local and urban areas, fostering user-centric, agile co-creation throughout the manufacturing chain: the LAUDS factories. The goal is to reduce carbon footprints, enhance customer satisfaction and invigorate the job market by enabling creatives and entrepreneurs to co-create and produce custom products locally. With sustainability at its core, LAUDS represents a paradigm shift towards a green, circular and digitally regenerated future of EU-based production.
The future of manufacturing is Local, Accessible, Urban, Digital, and Sustainable. LAUDS Factories project is ready to generate an open and sustainable European value-based production. 15 partners collaborate to set up local urban factories for scaling up digitally distributed and open innovations.
LAUDS Factories represent a new paradigm in manufacturing, blending sustainability, locality, accessibility, urban integration, digital innovation, and environmental stewardship. The term “factory” within the LAUDS context refers to open and sustainable manufacturing facilities that specialize in small series-production. These factories are not just places where goods are made; they are hubs of innovation, collaboration, and community engagement, redefining the traditional concept of manufacturing.
LAUDS Factories are transformative spaces that blend sustainable small-scale production with local resource utilization, accessible innovation platforms, urban cultural integration, digital collaboration tools, and comprehensive sustainability practices. They are at the forefront of reshaping manufacturing for the 21st century, addressing the need for environmentally and socially responsible production methods while fostering economic development and community engagement.