About SoTecIn Factory
SoTecIn Factory is a collaborative environment aimed at improving the resilience and sustainability of European industry by supporting a community of mission-oriented social innovators and connecting them to technology providers and industrial companies.
The EU-funded SoTecIn Factory project closed its 3 year journey in May 2025. To our partners, innovators, and supporters, thank you for being part of it!
The mission continues—beyond the project. Watch the final video for project results & new circular industry solutions
  SoTecIn Factory Start-up Day – 30 Voices of Circular Innovation

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What we do
at SoTecIn Factory
Formulate value chain – based missions per each target region as the basis of the industry challenges to be solved with social innovation.
Formulate value chain – based missions per each target region as the basis of the industry challenges to be solved with social innovation.
Identify real-life, mission-based challenges of industrial actors via Open Call for Challenge Owners.
Provide financial & capacity-building support for pre-market demonstration of social innovation ideas via 2 Open Calls.
Key Product Value Chains Chains
The SoTecIn Factory focuses on improving the circularity of four out of seven key product value chains, as defined by the EU Circular Economy Action Plan, by implementing higher value circular economy strategies, i.e. Refuse, Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Refurbish, Remanufacture

Packaging

Plastics

Textiles

Food, water and nutrients
SoTecIn Factory
in numbers
				Regional Hubs
Industrial companies
Social innovations
Pre-market demonstrations
SoTecIn Factory partners







