CLAMTEX reaches an end
CLAMTEX reaches an end, but the partnership will continue supporting textile digitalization
CLAMTEX last meeting and its
final event took place in Porto to review the progress of the cluster collaboration that
was initiated with the project.
CLAMTEX - Cluster
management towards excellence in Advanced Manufacturing and Textile Industry
is an European
Cluster Strategic Partnerships for Excellence project, which is
coordinated by AEI Tèxtils.
CLAMTEX team in
Porto for its final meeting
CLAMTEX has enabled to review
the strategies at each individual cluster level, to develop skills of cluster staff
with more than 80h in training, to develop pilot services in benefit of their members
and to fund short mobilities to participate in networking and training actions.
Some examples of successful
activities for the benefit of cluster members include:
·
The
CLAMTEX virtual marketplace bringing needs from the textile industry and solutions
from advanced manufacturing within a series of webinars. With over 180
participants in the different sessions, several collaborations were seeded and
have flourished thanks to the cluster follow-up support, including cross-border
and cross-sectoral collaborations among members from AEI Tèxtils and PRODUTECH,
EMC2 and the Portuguese Textile Cluster.
·
A learning
visit to Portugal organized by AEI Tèxtils and Portuguese Textile Cluster to
identify different best practices in digitalization for textile manufacturing.
·
A
custom training for SMEs and other stakeholders in the textile industry on
digitalization for the textile industry at the Digital Capability Center Aachen,
from ITA Academy in Germany.
In total, more than 20
members from the 5 participating clusters have benefited from CLAMTEX
activities and support mechanisms, particularly through the financial support from
ClusterXchange pilot aiming at fostering connections and networking at EU
level.
The project results were
presented during the CLAMTEX final event, also held last week online. It
gathered more than 45 participants from across Europe. The virtual conference
was opened by Josep Casamada, coordinator of CLAMTEX and lead project manager
at AEI Tèxtils, followed by the invited keynote speakers from the European
Commission and ACCIÓ to present why clusters matter and how to thrive
excellence in their management. Next, the CLAMTEX team presented the main
outcomes and learnings. Lastly, the session was concluded with an inspirational
talk from Digital Capability Center in Aachen on learning factories and the
tremendous success of the CLAMTEX training last April.
While the project reaches its
end, the partners envision a long-term collaboration to continue supporting its
members. To facilitate this, all partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding
to deploy the CLAMTEX joint long-term strategy including the further
development and continuation of pilot services to facilitate partner access
though a common database of members, foster learning expeditions as means for
building bridges cross-sectoral and as drivers for innovation.
CLAMTEX partners
signing a MoU to strengthen long-term collaboration
