Finnish manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders overwhelmed by number of applications as a result of a recruitment campaign on Facebook Hydroline is a rapidly growing family-owned hydraulic systems company based in the town of Siilinjärvi in eastern Finland. They are well aware of the need for new solutions to convince people that factories can be appealing […]
Factory2Fit Spotlight Feature Judith Kieran Account Director, Carr Communications This time it’s the turn of Carr Communications (CARR) in Dublin, Ireland, to take part in the Factory2Fit Spotlight series. We spoke to Account Director Judith Kieran about CARR’s role in the project.
Fitbit devices will be the first wearables used in this ambitious longitudinal study that aims to collect the baseline characteristics of at least 1 million Americans. In this article, which was published on http://www.mobihealthnews.com, author Dave Muoio reports on how the devices will be employed in the US research programme. Fitbit devices will be the first wearables […]
The 10th Conference of the section Work-, Organizational- and Business psychology of the German Psychological Society (10. Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie) took place from September 13th to 15th in Dresden.
The Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) 2017 conference took place from September 3rd to 7th in Hamburg, Germany, at the Hamburg University of Technology. APMS is one of the leading international conferences on production management. Factory2Fit partner Ralph Riedel from Chemnitz University of Technology was involved in organising this event that brought together key […]
Factory2Fit partner Sebastian Mach from Chemnitz University of Technology participated in the 3rd Berlin Summer School for Human Factors 22nd and 23rd July 2017.
Factory2Fit was represented at the 8th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California 17th-21st July 2017.
Factory2Fit Spotlight Feature Esko Petäjä Research & Development Manager, Prima Power This week the Spotlight is on Esko Petäjä, R&D Manager at Prima Power. Prima Power is a leading manufacturer of laser and sheet metal machinery, and one of the three industrial partners of Factory2Fit. Speaking from his office in Kauhava, Finland, Esko describes his […]
Factory2Fit Spotlight Feature Dr Frank Frauenhoffer Managing Director & Founder, Amorph Systems (AMS) Today, we’re shining the F2F spotlight on Dr Frank Frauenhoffer – Managing Director and Founder of Amorph Systems in Germany – one of the three SME partners in project. Frank describes the expertise that AMS brings to Factory2Fit and the role they […]
Factory2Fit Spotlight Feature Senior Researcher Cemalettin Öztürk United Technologies Research Centre Ireland Limited (UTRC Ireland) We recently spoke to Cemalettin Öztürk, Senior Researcher with UTRC Ireland, about his role in Factory2Fit and his views on the project.
The Factory2Fit project has received funding from Horizon 2020 (H2020/2014-2020), the European Union’s Programme for Research and Innovation under grant agreement n° 723277