H2020 S3FOOD Project: Smart Sensor System for Food Safety, Quality Control, and Resource Efficiency in the Food Processing Industry
- Type Project
- Status Filled
- Execution 2019 -2022
- Assigned Budget 4.998.322,5 €
- Scope Europeo
- Main source of financing H2020
- Project website S3FOOD
Improving quality control, resource efficiency, and food safety represent crucial demands for the food industry. Digitalization is emerging as an effective solution. The EU-funded S3FOOD project seeks to connect companies specializing in food processing with advanced sensor technology. It will create a network of living laboratories to organize cross-sector and cross-border actions.
The result will be a wide range of business-related events, with the participation of SMEs and innovative companies. The application of smart sensor systems in the food industry will be promoted. The dissemination and commercialization of the project will be supported through an innovation voucher program for European SMEs.
Smart Sensor Systems for Food Safety, Quality Control, and Resource Efficiency in the Food Processing Industry (S3FOOD) will facilitate the modernization and digitalization of the food processing industry. S3FOOD will stimulate the integration of IoT and related technologies by implementing smart sensor systems into food production processes to improve quality control, resource efficiency, and food safety monitoring. S3FOOD brings together clusters with expertise in the food processing industry, IoT, ICT, and sensor technology.
It will strengthen existing cross-sector industrial value chains and develop new ones within the food production and processing industries through a combination of direct and indirect innovation actions, as well as capacity support and development measures. S3FOOD establishes a network of Living Labs, organizes cross-sector and cross-border matchmaking/business/investment events, demonstrations, and study visits for SMEs across geographical boundaries, sectors, and with different innovation actors. An innovation voucher scheme will support the implementation of large-scale, high-TRL demonstration and commercialization projects across Europe.
In addition to the consortium network, partner groups from the S3 Platform on Agri-Food Systems (Smart Sensor Systems 4) and other networks will support outreach to SMEs across the EU. More than 2,000 SMEs will be reached. More than 200 SMEs will participate in consultation sessions. The target is a 30% turnover growth rate for SMEs that have participated in support cases one year after project completion, preserving/creating more than 1,000 jobs beyond project completion and until 2025. S3FOOD will operate for three years and has a total budget of €5,046,050, of which €3,993,000 will directly benefit SMEs (79%).
€2,875,000 of the budget is allocated to provide innovation vouchers and catalyze large-scale demonstrations with commercialization projects involving 62 beneficiaries.
- FLANDERS' FOOD (FLANDERS' FOOD)
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