Manufacturing companies face increasing demands for higher productivity, improved quality, greater flexibility and more sustainable operations. While Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers significant opportunities to address these challenges, many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) lack the expertise, resources or support needed to adopt AI technologies effectively.
AIRISE was established to lower these barriers and accelerate the uptake of AI across European manufacturing industries. The project brings together manufacturers, technology providers and leading research organisations in a European ecosystem dedicated to AI-enabled manufacturing.
Through open calls, expert mentoring, training activities and pilot projects, companies receive support in identifying, testing and implementing AI solutions tailored to their production challenges.
AIRISE supports the entire manufacturing value chain, from product design and engineering to shop-floor operations, production planning, quality assurance, maintenance, logistics and supply chain management.
The project focuses on practical AI applications such as defect detection, real-time quality monitoring, predictive maintenance, process optimisation, production scheduling and decision support systems. These solutions help manufacturers reduce defects, improve product quality, increase resource efficiency and strengthen operational performance.
SINTEF contributes expertise in advanced manufacturing, industrial digitalisation and artificial intelligence. Through industrial pilots and demonstration activities, SINTEF supports companies in analysing manufacturing challenges, assessing data readiness, developing and validating AI solutions, and demonstrating their value in real production environments.
The project contributes to more efficient, resilient and competitive manufacturing systems across Europe.