06-03-2020
The director of Igape, Juan Cividanes, highlighted yesterday, Thursday, the importance of the SMEs of the audiovisual sector continue to bet on digitalization to increase their competitiveness, adapt to market needs and boost their international presence. This was stated during his speech at the informative meeting on digitalization and Industry 4.0 organized by the Xunta in collaboration with the Galician Audiovisual Cluster, and in which José Manuel Fernández, Deputy Director of Bureau Development of the Competitiveness Area of Igape also participated.
Cividanes highlighted the collaborative work between the Galician Government and all the agents in the sector to promote the technological transformation of the productive fabric through initiatives promoted by the Industry 4.0 Agenda, such as digitalization aids, Projects 4.0 and the Machinery 4.0 and Reaction to.
The new Machinery 4.0 aid line that Xunta has just activated to reinforce standardization in the sector and facilitate the purchase of technology made in Galicia, remains open until April 7. Selected projects that best respond to the five defined challenges will receive support for their development and commercialization.
In addition, the deadline for submitting applications for aid from the fourth call for Industry 4.0 projects ends on March 31. Up to six new collective initiatives will be supported to implement the smart factory in strategic areas of the Galician economy, with an amount of contributions that may reach 1.5 million euros for each of the approved sectoral projects, in order to facilitate the formation of groups of large companies with investments of greater importance.
