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Turning industry challenges into innovative collaborations. Leading Lights 2025 - EIT Manufacturing

The manufacturing industry is a global base for prosperity and key to Europe’s economic, social and environmental sustainability. The sector is a main driver of industrial innovation, job creation and growth.
Who is EIT Manufacturing? It is a public-private partnership, co-funded by the European Union and established in 2019. EIT Manufacturing is one of the nine Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC) supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through sustainable manufacturing.
Our mission is to connect manufacturing players by promoting talent and entrepreneurship to accelerate sustainable innovation in Europe.
EIT Manufacturing brings together a growing network of top-tier industrial partners, leading academic and research institutions from across the region and innovative startups, scaleups and SMEs.
A key way of transforming knowledge into value is by overcoming the fragmented nature of many innovation networks. To ensure that innovations reach the market, the industry has the right talent and entrepreneurs can thrive; EIT Manufacturing connects and integrates the areas of education, innovation, and business creation.
Ultimately, EIT Manufacturing strives to accelerate faster innovation with the potential to improve everyday life globally, help meet Europe’s ambitious climate goals, and ensure that its workforce is ready for tomorrow’s challenges.
Partners
EIT Manufacturing brings together a growing network of 170+ top-tier industrial partners, leading academic and research institutions from across the region and innovative startups, scaleups and SMEs.
We are open to entities from any country eligible for funding under the EU’s current framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe.
EIT Manufacturing – A unique Approach
Public-private partnership
A holistic, tested method
Focused on solutions to high-value manufacturing challenges
83 full members; 50+ activity partners: leading companies, universities and research organisations
€400 million budget until 2026
EIT Manufacturing is Europe’s leading manufacturing community
It is one of the nine innovation communities belonging to EIT, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. The communities are public-private partnerships, partly financed by the European Union and partly financed by their partners, who include some of Europe’s leading enterprises and research organisations.
The Hydrogenerous Team Europe
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Hydrogenerous Team Europe Partnership Group, Ket Chin Cheng, Jesper K. Jørgensen, Allan Otto and Martin Koux.
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