Action “Support for implementing new products in production”

The event aims to encourage businesses increase productivity and competitiveness through the development and introduction of new products and technologies, as well as increasing private investment in research, development and innovation in accordance with the smart specialization strategy.

WHO CAN APPLY FOR THE PROJECT:

Projects applicant is a company registered in Commercial Register or appropriate agriculture or forestry cooperative company, which is registered in Company Register.

SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES:

• The project activities to be supported is an experimental technology manufacture or acquisition, as well as installation and testing in real production environments, making business operations, to technology readiness level No. 8 (according to the international standard ISO 16290: 2013) including, but not beyond that level. No technology readiness level. 8 is the latest technological development and the level has been reached, if the system has been completed and tested - it has been demonstrated that the technology works in its final form and the planned conditions.

ELIGIBLE COSTS

• Investments in tangible assets - machinery, equipment and materials required for the experimental technology for the manufacture, installation and testing of real production environment;
• The cost of software, if it is submitted to the equipment manufacturer's confirmation that the software directly by the project the experimental technology activities;
• Acquisition of licenses and patents related to the new facility or place of business of the establishment or expansion of an existing business, product diversification with new products or production process of fundamental change.

CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA:

• The project applicant or in accordance with the project's requirements defined in the experimental manufacturing technology components or equipment at least 20% of the experimental technology costs;
• Not more than 80% of the cost of the experimental technology consists of components or equipment that the project applicant or the external service provider or supplier will choose from those that are already available on the market;
• A beneficiary using its own resources or external financing, which is not associated with any commercial support, the project invests at least 25% of the total eligible costs;
• Business plan is based on theoretical calculations and assumptions on which the experimental technology components or equipment manufacturer or installer provides proof of the 3 and 6 of these parameters and at least one of 1, 2, 4, 5 or 7 of these parameters has not been tested in real production environments, making business operations, long-lasting, intense operating conditions:
  1. no manufacturing practice test hypotheses underlying the experimental technology components or equipment technical specifications;
  2. not prepared for special equipment and production structures that are necessary to operate the experimental technology components or equipment;
  3. not prepared for experimental processing components or equipment instructions and manuals;
  4. not a precedent for the experimental technology components or equipment stable operation of long-lasting, intense operating conditions;
  5. it is not known as experimental technology components or equipment works when production capacity is different;
  6. not tested in practice, how often will require experimental technology components or equipment maintenance and repair;
  7. experimental technology components or equipment not manufactured for commercial purposes.

FOR ONE PROJECT MINIMUM amount of eligible costs 1 000 000 EUR, while the MAXIMAL amount of eligible costs 16 000 000 EUR. The maximum allowable aid intensity of the project's total eligible costs: 35%.

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