About us

ManuFUTURE is a European Technology Platform (ETP) established in 2003 as “an industry-led stakeholder forum recognized by the European Commission as a key actor in driving innovation, knowledge transfer, and European competitiveness”.

"The mission of ManuFUTURE is to propose, develop, and implement a strategy based on Research and Innovation, capable of speeding up the rate of industrial transformation to high-added-value products, processes, and services, securing high-skills employment and winning a major share of the global manufacturing output in the knowledge-driven economy.”

The sub-platform Biointelligent Manufacturing focuses on the biological transformation of industrial manufacturing - the convergence of biology, technology, and information technology. Herein, we see a highly disruptive innovation potential for emerging technologies. We aim to develop innovative research strategies by bringing together currently nearly 100 relevant stakeholders from 16 countries.

The Board of Management

Richard Clemens

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Richard Clemens

Chair

VDMA Mechanical Engineering Industry Association

Yannick Baumgarten

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Yannick Baumgarten

Secretary

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA

Gianluca Trotta

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Gianluca Trotta

Secretary & Co-Lead Work Group I

Italian National Research Council CNR

Tullio Tolio

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Tullio Tolio

Lead Work Group I

Politecnico di Milano

Bianca Maria Colosimo

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Bianca Maria Colosimo

Lead Work Group I

Politecnico di Milano

Héctor Martinez

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Héctor Martinez

Co-Lead Work Group II

BICO

Marius Dagys

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Marius Dagys

Lead Work Group II

Vilnius University Life Sciences Center Institute of Biochemistry

Linus Aulich

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Linus Aulich

Co-Lead Work Group II

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK

Martin Thoma

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Martin Thoma

Expert

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA

Gintaras Vilda

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Gintaras Vilda

Expert

Gamybos Inovacijų Slėnis / Manufacturing Innovation Valley

Merja Penttilä

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Merja Penttilä

Expert

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.

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