Company „IAI” develops and manufactures air, space, marine, land, cyber, and internal security systems for use by both private and public companies. In addition to experience in sales, marketing, and project management, Eyal Engel is a former unmanned aerial vehicle pilot and flight instructor.

Since 2018, UAB „Aerodiagnostika” has been developing unmanned aerial vehicle systems, implementing innovative sensors, and developing data analysis services. One of its founders, Robertas Urbanavičius, has more than 30 years of experience in aeronautics and aircraft design. He is an unmanned aerial vehicle designer and pilot having developed and tested more than 15 different types of unmanned aerial vehicles and completed more than 35,000 km of BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) flights on various projects.

In their reports, R. Urbanavičius and E. Engel will talk about the following:

• drones and their systems;
• drone data collection capabilities;
• analysis of data collected by drones using solutions based on artificial intelligence and machine learning;
• use of drones in energy, agriculture, the environment, and other industries.

Event duration – 1.5 hrs The event will be held in English.

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Prior to his career as a consultant, Watt worked as a mechanical engineer for 10 years and held various leadership positions in UK aerospace and defense companies. Since 2000, he has worked for Goldratt UK, which he acquired in 2007, and now advises manufacturing companies in various European countries on TOC (Theory of Constrains) issues. Two years ago A. Watt’s company, together with his partner dr. Tomas Karpavičius, started its operations in Lithuania.

Find out how to build a scalable process by restructuring your sales team to not only increase the number of sales interactions and opportunities, but increase the speed of flow from lead to sale as well.

The event is organized by Manufacturing Innovation Valley. Duration of the webinar: 1 hour.

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The main goal of the Cluster is to unite manufacturing innovation leaders for joint national and international activities.

The current members of the Innovative manufacturing cluster are “Aedilis”, “Aerodiagnostika”, “Baltled”, “Dirbtinis intelektas pramonei”, “DP technologijos”, “Energy Advice”, “Incharger”, “Inspekta”, “Marijampolės LEZ”, “Opeksas”, “Ordoline”, “Pažangios inovacijos”, “Precizika Metrology”, “Profarma”, “Saulės grąža”, “Sprana”, “Technoprojektai”, SE “GNP”, as well as Lithuanian confederation of industrialists, Vilnius Jerusalem labor market training center.

The innovative manufacturing cluster is coordinated by „Pažangios inovacijos”. The main project the company is currently developing is the Manufacturing innovation valley.

According to Gintaras Vilda, CEO of Manufacturing Innovation Valley, the DIH² network opens up new opportunities: “The network gives access to research and data from all key stakeholders, as well as providing an opportunity to consult and share information with other members of the network across Europe. It will definitely benefit the implementation of advanced robotic solutions and will further encourage the growth of the robotics market in our region.”

The DIH² network currently brings together 25 organisations from different European countries. The DIH² project is funded by Horizon 2020, the European Union’s research and innovation programme.

Gintaras Vilda, CEO of Manufacturing Innovation Valley, presented the experience of Lithuanian industry in the context of EIT Manufacturing. He spoke about the projects successfully delivered by Lithuanian Engineering Industry and Technology Association LINPRA and VšĮ Intechcentras, the Interino LT initiative of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, and UAB BaltLed. In his speech, Mr Vilda pointed out that the Manufacturing Innovation Valley was another Lithuanian business initiative aimed at bringing together the most innovative manufacturers to combine their efforts towards the same goals, while enhancing the leadership of European industry.

Daiva Urbanavičienė, CEO of UAB Aerodiagnostika, a member of the Cluster of Manufacturing Innovators, also shared her insights at the event. She is an independent member of the EIT Manufacturing supervisory board. Ms. Urbanavičienė spoke about her company’s experience in the field of data analytics and the company’s development of an artificial intelligence-based data processing system with financial support from the European Union. „The use of the drones we have developed and manufactured has created the need for specialised systems to process the huge amounts of visual data we have received. The EU funding programmes have enabled us and our customer to create a unique technology that we continue to develop,” said Ms. Urbanavičienė.

Read more about the event here: https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/news-media/news/happening-now-eit-manufacturing-summit-2021/

Gintaras Vilda, CEO of the Manufacturing Innovation Valley, says: „We presented our project at an early stage of our activities, when the construction of the Manufacturing Innovation Valley building was yet to begin. It is therefore pleasing to know that our business plan and vision for the Valley are among the best initiatives. I believe other countries will find our experience very interesting and useful. I have been presenting our latest activities to representatives of different organisations in Brussels recently, and they speak highly of our emerging ecosystem of innovative manufacturing companies and the business model we have chosen. It was, of course, a bit disappointing that we fell merely two points short of the 7th place, as the top 7 initiatives would be presented to the European Commission and other organisations. But I am sure there are many great successies ahead for our ecosystem and its members.”

ManuFuture’s experts chose Arena 2036 from Germany, Bind 4.0 from Spain’s Basque region, and Copa from Israel as the best initiatives.

Manufacturing Innovation Valley is a unique project both in Lithuania and in the Baltics. The 5,000 m² building to be opened on the Molėtai highway in Vilnius in May next year will house manufacturing laboratories to be set up in line with the European Union’s ManuFuture 2030 industrial strategy. 

The optoelectronic laboratory will be operated by UAB BaltLed, one of the largest developers of LED lighting solutions in the Baltics. Through innovation and light research, the company has established itself as a developer of future LED systems, with its energy-saving and sustainable lighting solutions one step ahead of other companies in the sector. 

UAB Sprana operates in the fields of applied molecular spectroscopy (UV-Vis-NIR-MIR) and computer vision. The company offers process analysis technology (PAT) solutions for the analysis and monitoring of industrial processes. Research, development and multidimensional calibration of new analytical instruments and solutions are an integral part of its business. This company will run an industrial analytics laboratory. 

The automation laboratory will be operated by UAB KEMEK Engineering, one of the leaders in the Baltic, European and CIS countries in implementing customised and original mechatronics and robotics solutions in the fields of automation and manufacturing process management. KEMEK has been installing and servicing a wide range of world-class equipment for industrial companies for 30 years already.

The additive manufacturing laboratory will be operated by 3D Bonum, an official distributor of market-leading 3D printing and 3D scanning services and solutions in the Baltic States. The company provides both the necessary equipment and materials, as well as advice on the application and implementation of 3D technologies. Gintaras Vilda, CEO of the Manufacturing Innovation Valley, says: “We are pleased that more and more Lithuanian companies trust in our vision to create a centre for innovation in manufacturing. Some companies will operate manufacturing labs, others will operate through our Cluster of Manufacturing Innovators. We are building an ecosystem where innovative companies will be able to try, improve and test.

EFFRA is an official partner of the European Commission in working towards the goals of the Made in Europe partnership, so it opens up new opportunities for Lithuanian businesses to take part in international projects.

“The Made in Europe partnership will be the voice of sustainable production and the driving force behind the twin – green and digital – transition. Its activities will encourage European industrial ecosystems to aim for global leadership in technology and circularity in industry,” Mr Vilda said.

The members of the EFFRA Board of Directors are elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years.