DGS in Athens for the Kick-Off Meeting of EU DiginTraCE Project

When 7 Feb – 7 Feb 2023
Where Atene

A software framework for optimizing the use of recycled raw materials within the production process, thanks to DGS’s integration of IoT systems and Artificial Intelligence algorithms.

Athens, February 7 and 8 2023. DGS is participating as a partner in the Kick-Off Meeting of the project DiginTraCE: a Digital value chain Integration Traceability framework for process industries for Circularity and low Emissions by waste reduction and use of secondary raw materials. DiginTraCE is funded by the Horizon Europe program and coordinated by ICCS – Institute of Communications and Computer Systems in Athens.

The 48-month project aims to develop an integrated traceability framework within the value chain to support the sustainability of production processes in order to optimize the use of raw materials from a circular economy perspective.

The main objectives are:

  • Developing a transparent and interoperable decentralized traceability platform based on innovative tracking, sensing, and sorting techniques.
  • Managing dynamically updated Digital Product Passports (DPP) schemes to support tracking, certification and validation of information quality.
  • Studying and implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based and decision-making mechanisms for optimizing both the production process and the life cycle of materials and products.
  • Developing upcycling, reuse and upgrading technologies for better utilization of secondary raw materials.
  • Contributing to interoperability and information sharing through the data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) principle.

DiginTraCE will focus its experimentation on two case studies:

  • Plastic parts for ICT equipment and automotive market;
  • Polymers and textiles.

DGS, in particular, will be responsible for supporting the case study in plastics manufacturing with the SIGIT case study and, together with the University of L’Aquila, will integrate IoT systems and artificial intelligence algorithms within the platform in order to optimize the production process and, in particular, the use of recycled raw materials from a zero waste, zero defect perspective.

Project partners also include CIRCE (Spain), the National Technical University of Athens – NTUA (Greece) and the CENTEXBEL Textile Competence Center (Belgium).

DiginTraCE falls under the call HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01 (A Digitised, Resource-Efficient and Resilient Industry 2022).