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Project title:

MANUFACTuring and enERGY Synergies for Sustainable Operations, Resource Efficiency and Resilient Factories

Project acronym:

MANUFACTergy

Period:

October 2025 - October 2027

Program / Financer:

SMP-COSME-2024-CLUSTER

Partners:

  • Cluster Legno, Arredo e Sistema Casa Fvg (ARREDO)
  • Klastr Českých Nábytnáru (KCN)
  • Interior Cluster Sweden (ICS)
  • Bulgarian Furniture Cluster (BFC)
  • Smartech Cluster (SMARTECH)
  • Smart Innovation Norway (SIN)
  • Transylvania Energy Cluster (TREC)

Countries where activities are carried out:

  • Italy
  • Czech Republic
  • Sweden
  • Bulgaria
  • Spain
  • Norway
  • Romania

General project objective:

The MANUFACTergy project aims to coordinate the transition toward a greener, more digitalized, and more resilient industry for SMEs in the furniture and construction sectors. Through its activities, the project identifies vulnerabilities and dependencies in supply and production chains, promotes energy efficiency, and supports the development of sustainable solutions.

Over 200 SMEs from the seven partner countries will be analyzed, and based on the identified challenges, the project will produce reports, guides, and practical materials, as well as create contexts for cross-border experience sharing and learning.

Additionally, two funding calls will be launched to support 60 companies in adopting the green and digital transition:

  • Factory Check-in: €10,000 grants for assessing and optimizing resource consumption
  • Factory Transition: €50,000 grants for implementing sustainable digital technologies and solutions

Hygia involvement:

We are the project coordinator and legal representative of the GO Furniture Meta-Cluster and the Transylvanian Furniture Cluster. Our role is to facilitate cooperation among SMEs, universities, research institutes, and public authorities.

Within the project, we are responsible for:

  • Overall coordination and consortium management, including governance, financial management, and monitoring;
  • Ensuring quality and risk management;
  • Preparing and implementing open calls for FSTP;
  • Expanding the Meta-Cluster partnership and mobilizing other partners.