Funded Projects


Project Name | PRODUTECH R3 - Mobilizing Agenda for the Production Technologies Sector for Reindustrialization
Project Code | C645808870-00000067
Start date | 2022-09-01
Completion date | 2025-09-30
Total eligible cost | €1,282,796.35
Financial support | €762,869.60
Brief Project Description
The PRODUTECH R3 project aims to induce a structural change in the Production Technologies Sector (FTP), enabling it to explore the significant investments that the industry will make with the green and digital transition, reducing external technological dependence, increasing the added value generated in the country and contributing to a change in the specialization of the Portuguese economy.
Based on a partnership that brings together 108 companies and other entities, from FTP, the main sectors of industry and the scientific and technological system, the project envisages the collaborative development of 85 new innovative products and services and their demonstration in more than 52 pilots in companies of user sectors and the development of complementary actions in the areas of education and training, internationalization, dissemination and training of FTP, inducing a structural change and the creation of a true innovation eco-system in the area of production technologies, dynamic and sustainable.
Financing Program:
The PRODUTECH R3 project - Mobilizing Agenda for the Production Technologies Sector for Reindustrialization, is financed by the European Union within the scope of the NextGeneration EU program through the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) and the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR - recuperaportugal . gov.pt ).

Project Name | 4.ADDITIVE
Project Code | 09/SI/2
Intervention Region | North and Lisbon
Beneficiary entities | ADIRA – Metal Forming Solutions, SA
Approval date | 2017-01-26
Start date | 2017-03-30
Completion date | 2019-12-31
Total eligible cost | €949,360.49
Financial support | €572,268.36
Brief Project Description
The IDT-4Additive Core project was designed with a view to exploring and implementing practices that allow the consolidation of the use and application of additive manufacturing technologies to the production of special tools, in particular molds for thermoplastic injection: SLM- Selective Laser Melting and Laser Cladding, also known as Direct Energy Deposition (DED) and which have played an important role over time, particularly for parts/tools of significant size. The particularities of the technologies and their specifications mean that each one has different advantages whether we are referring, for example, to the manufacture of molds with conformable channels or the reconstruction of a mold. The 4additive Nucleus consortium encompasses types of companies and complementary entities with skills in each of the major technological areas important for the process: manufacturing of additive processes for large parts (ADIRA); mold design and manufacture (Plácido Roque); injection of thermoplastics (Plastimago); research units aimed at optimizing the additive process versus material to be used (CEMMPRE), design oriented towards additive manufacturing (CDRSP-IPLeiria) and definition of design and engineering methodologies in the manufacture of molds using this new manufacturing process (CEMMPRE and CDRSP).

Project Name | BEYOND.ADDITIVE
Project Code | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039945
Intervention Region | North and Lisbon
Beneficiary entities | ADIRA – Metal Forming Solutions, SA
Approval date | 2019-01-21
Start date | 2019-06-01
Completion date | 2021-05-31
Total eligible cost | €961,149.13
Financial support | €526,169.16
Brief Project Description
The project “Beyond.Additive – New generation of technological developments focused on the additive manufacturing of large metallic components” promoted by a consortium constituted by ADIRA (leading promoter), CEiiA and IST (ENESII), aims to research and develop 2nd generation of additive manufacturing technology integrated into the ADIRA AM equipment (equipment for large metal additive manufacturing).
Thus, the project materializes the evolution of TLM (Tiler Laser Melting) technology – integrated into the AM equipment – with the aim of it integrating new functionalities, namely, better process control, thus enhancing the use of new materials and, consequently, , penetration into new market segments with greater added value, but also more competitive. To this end, the technological development of the product is a central pillar in this initiative, with the additive manufacturing system being the central piece in this productive value chain. Likewise, the project will also result in the creation, updating and systematization of new scientific and empirical knowledge relevant to different areas of additive manufacturing, which will be published in a free access database, which will thus bring together all strategic information on all components of manufacturing. additive, thus contributing to Portugal's specialization in this state-of-the-art technological field.
The Beyond.Additive project, lasting 24 months, is organized into six main activities (Industrial Research and Experimental Development) and one activity to support project management. All activities present enormous complementarity in terms of objectives and approach.

Project Name | Add.Additive – add additive manufacturing to Portuguese industry
Project Code | 24533
Operation Typology | Incentive System for Research and Technological Development – Mobilizing Programs
Operation Code | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024533
Thematic objective | OT 1 – Strengthen research, technological development and innovation
Intervention Region | North, Center
Leading promoter | ADIRA – METAL FORMING SOLUTIONS, SA
Co-promoters | ADIRA – METAL FORMING SOLUTIONS, SA, GLNPLAST, SA, GLNMOLDS, SA, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA, UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, CENTIMFE – TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER FOR THE MOLD, SPECIAL TOOLS AND PLASTICS INDUSTRY, UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO, LENA AGGREGADOS – AGGREGATES TRADE ( CASTELO BRANCO) , Optimization and Reengineering LDA, CEIIA - Center for Engineering and Development (Association), INEGI - Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, University of Coimbra, TJ MOLDES SA, OMNIDEA LDA, ALMADESIGN - CONCEPT AND DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN, LDA, TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT CENTER FOR THE METALWORKING INDUSTRY
Approval date | 17.08.2017
Start date | 01.04.2018
Completion date | 03/31/2021
Total eligible investment | €8,811,080.81
Financial support from the European Union through the ERDF | €5,731,776.86
Financing program | Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program (POCI)
Brief Project Description | Additive Manufacturing (AF) is a production technology that allows the production of parts with complex shapes from digital data. In the context of industrial competitiveness that currently exists, FA is a technology that must be explored, as it can respond to market demands by generating rapid solutions and allowing innovative products to be obtained, with mechanical and functional characteristics similar to those obtained by definitive processes, with great freedom in terms of geometry and material selection, and with significant advantages in terms of flexibility, quality and production cost.
Within the scope of FA, the relationship between material and production process assumes special importance, as these factors are interdependent, unlike what occurs in the traditional method of material subtraction. The study and development of this relationship will allow the creation of new products, processes and equipment, being the basis of the entire mobilizing project. The structure and organization of the project itself are oriented towards simple reading and interconnected with the development and valorization of results. Valorization in terms of research and development, in terms of the provision of equipment with national technology, materials for FA, engineering capabilities for high-performance components, inspection in accordance with standardization and reinforcement of a network of national infrastructures with a global spectrum.
The Add.Additive project's main objectives are: to respond to the major research and development questions that focus on the material-process relationship in Additive Manufacturing methods, based on a group of co-promoters with knowledge and experience in the relevant technical-scientific domains and with national and international representation. The aim is to leverage the valorization of results in different sectors, through a coordinated strategy between industrial partners and research institutes and centers, with the knowledge generated being valued through activities of creation, dissemination, transfer, use and incorporation of technology based on three pillars: science and technological development; internalization of knowledge and technology by borrowers; and use of them by potential end users.
Project Structure | PPS 1 – Additive manufacturing based on Metallic Materials | PPS 2 – Additive manufacturing based on ceramic, cementitious and metal-ceramic composite materials | PPS 3 – Additive manufacturing based on polymeric materials | PPS 4 – Digital methodologies and systems for Additive Manufacturing | PPS 5 – Economic, Social and Environmental Challenges | PPS6 – Project management and broad dissemination of results



Project Name | Individual projects – Internationalization
Project Code | POCI-02-0752-FEDER-002682
Notice | 06/SI/2015 – INCENTIVES FOR THE QUALIFICATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMEs
Operation Typology | TI 52- SME Internationalization
Thematic objective | OT 3 – Strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs
Intervention Region | North
Leading promoter | ADIRA – METAL FORMING SOLUTIONS, SA
Start date | 05/23/2015
Completion date | 05/22/2018
Total eligible investment | €741,730.22
Financial support from the European Union through the ERDF | €333,778.50
Financing program | Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program (POCI)
Brief Project Description | The strategic objectives involve a diversification of external markets. Improve communication channels, reinforcing ADIRA’s brand image in the international market. Participation in sector fairs allowed us to diversify sales and our customer base.

Project Name | SI I&DT Business – Co-promotion
Main Objective | Strengthen research, technological development and innovation
Project Code | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003346
Notice | 08/SI/2015 – INCENTIVES FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (Co-promotion)
Intervention Region | National
Leading promoter | ADIRA – METAL FORMING SOLUTIONS, SA
Co-Promoters | INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Industrial Engineering
IST – Instituto Superior Técnico
FCT-UNL – Faculty of Science and Technology of the Univ. New Lisbon
MCG – Manuel da Conceição Graça, Lda
Approval date | 04/22/2016
Start date | 01.06.2016
Completion date | 05/31/2019
Total eligible investment | €2,447,067.11
Financial support from the European Union through the ERDF | €1,356,750.33
Summary, objectives, activities and expected results | The SLM-XL project aimed to develop equipment for the additive manufacturing of large metallic parts/components using laser technology for the process of joining metallic powders. Additive manufacturing, referred to worldwide as the precursor of the third industrial revolution, has a growing role in industry in developed countries and the trend is to evolve towards the manufacture of large components, particularly for the automotive and aeronautical industries.
To carry out the project, a wide range of complementary technical-scientific skills were brought together through the creation of a consortium that includes co-promoters of the national scientific and technological system involved – INEGI, IST-UTL, FCTUNL – and international consultancy via Fraunhofer ILT, and the companies involved – ADIRA MFS (Leading Promoter) and Manuel Conceição Graça – which have technological capabilities and experience proven by their long history in the development/industrialization of advanced equipment and manufacturing of components for demanding sectors of activity, respectively.

Project | ADIRA_I4.0 – Development of technological and software solutions Industry 4.0 applied to equipment goods
Project code | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017922
Measure | SI I&DT Business – Co-promotion
Main objective | Strengthen research, technological development and innovation
Intervention region | North
Leading promoter | ADIRA – METAL FORMING SOLUTIONS, SA
Co-promoter | INEGI, INESC TEC.
Approval date | 2016-07-25
Start date | 2016-09-01
Completion date | 2019-08-31
Total eligible cost | €1,933,228.76
Financial support from the European Union | €1,362,421.93 (ERDF)
National/regional public financial support | AT
To revitalize the industrial sector, investment in R&D is imperative, developing new knowledge-based technologies, without forgetting a digital world in strong development. In response to this paradigm of digitalization of the industrial sector, Industry 4.0 emerges, in which production technologies are combined with the most advanced information systems and communication technologies. In this sense, there is a clear need to find innovative, modular and economically viable solutions that make it possible to transform equipment assets into Industry 4.0 Components. On the other hand, industry 4.0 presents a very broad conceptual and theoretical framework involving in-depth work at the level of its parameterization (eg RAMI 4.0) and standards or trends at the level of technological layers (communication protocols, sensing, among others), however , there are no implementations that can be considered a reference, waiting for the market to emerge application frameworks. ADIRA INDUSTRY 4.0 will take advantage of this lack of references, creating a reality applied to machine tools, metalworking and SMEs, allowing the company to configure innovative products/services. In addition to innovation at the level of integration and administration of Components, one of the most disruptive aspects relates to the integration of both new equipment assets and those from previous generations, or current ones that do not have compatibility with Industry 4.0. In reality, the approach through retrofitting modules, involving the mechatronic component and the sensing layer, appears to be highly promising, as it allows rapid expansion to existing equipment or equipment that is not compatible with the industry 4.0 concept. This new product/service with high technological density to be developed and implemented by ADIRA MFS is an innovative solution at a global level capable of generating new strategic markets.