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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.

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    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.
    Build regional Mission Councils as ‘guardians’ of Missions and its Challenges governing selected social innovations.
    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 ValueValue ChainsChains

    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

    7

    Regional Hubs

    40+

    Industrial companies

    50

    Social innovations

    30

    Pre-market demonstrations

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