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Objectives:

- To develop applications of nanotechnology leading to potential benefits of high social and industrial impacts;

- To develop materials with new functionalities and improved performance for obtaining more competitive products that minimize environmental impact and resource consumption;

- To change current forms of industrial production toward manufacturing and knowledge-intensive processes, resulting in inter-sectoral, innovative, sustainable products, processes and services;

- To develop competitive, sustainable and innovative industrial processes  and products, and to drive innovation to various European sectors such as agriculture, food, chemicals and health;

- To develop technologies and methodologies that promote the concept and implementation of the Factories of the Future;

- To contribute to the affirmation of robotics, particularly in the context of production processes.