Industry4UM

Industry4UM may be regarded as a successful example of interaction between policy makers and business players and bottom-up cluster establishment as a reaction to the current need perceived both by the public and private sector. It was originally established in 2017 by private company SOVA digital and Revue priemyslu as a discussion forum, both because the discussions on Industry 4.0 (i4.0) in Slovakia were “gliding on the surface” and as a response to Concept of “intelligent industry” (2016) that is a base document of national initiative for transformation of Slovak industry to 4.0 – a result of cooperation of Ministry of Economy (MoE) and industry representatives. Its goal was to provide responses through expert discussion forums on various topics related to i4.0 based on the current needs of companies and topics of Slovak industry. The forum further evolved and recently transformed to a cluster with the ambition to be an independent, expert, opinion-making authority in the field of company transformations and to bring industries together for common goals in the field of i4.0. Through their web platform and dedicated activities including discussion forums they want to raise awareness and educate both private companies and general public on the subject of i4.0, support growth of young researchers and start-ups, cooperate with professional, scientific and academic institutions for the needs of the production industry and be a partner for the state institutions in the topic.