Celebrating CORE Group’s 2024
Author: Alexandros Patrikios
December 20th 2024
It’s been a big year for our team, full of outstanding recognitions of our collective efforts, industry events and conferences, and brimming with new initiatives beyond our many Horizon EU projects.
Honestly, it’s been a lot to take in, but here’s the gist of it.
Events
Our team hit the road more than ever this year, with corporate participation in 1 summit, 2 expos, 4 sponsored events and more than 10 conferences!
As we gear up for even more participation to industry events next year - and to organising some of our own – we thank everyone who took the time to visit our booths, engage with our team and suggest collaboration pathways for our teams.
New COREbeat installations
COREbeat’s impact on industry continues to grow! This year, COREbeat was installed at many key Greek industry facilities, including TERNA MAG and EYDAP, as well as Tharsis and HALCOR, through CORE Group’s participation in Horizon EU projects.
Our team also received some praising testimonials from previous installations of COREbeat. COREbeat was successful in assisting Marini Marmi, a 120-year old marble quarry in the north of Italy, in modernising its legacy equipment and machinery, and informing their staff about machinery parts being in critical condition. In EP.AL.ME., a leading Greek manufacturer, COREbeat informed the staff of potential upcoming malfunctions, sparing them from unexpected downtime, delays in the factory’s production pipeline, and substantial losses due to production delays.
As COREbeat’s impact continues to grow, we are always looking for new partners eager to get started on their predictive maintenance journey and revolutionise their industrial facilities. If you are interested, you can reach out to our team through info@core-beat.com and share more information on your needs.
R&D Projects
CORE Group and the CORE Innovation Centre have joined forces with partners across the EU in a total of 16 new Horizon Europe projects. Some of these projects have already launched this year, while others are just getting ready to kick things off!
The new projects bring our total to over 50 research projects, ongoing or completed, and increase our research budget to over 24 million €. We are very excited for these brand new R&I initiatives, a preview of which you can get below, and look forward to working with our partners to transform industry with the power of AI.
As the years closes, we are also looking back at many of our years-long consortia, which have wrapped up activities this year, including Dig_IT, SATO, TEAMING.AI, InComEss and MOSES. It’s been an amazing experience working closely with all our EU partners to deliver radical Industry 4.0 change in key EU industries.
We look forward to a bright future with even more fruitful collaborations.
SIRI Assessors
This year, CORE Group Founders and Managing Partners, Stefanos Kokkorikos & Dr. Nikos Kyriakoulis, were invited by INCIT thanks to the GSF initiative to become certified SIRI assessors.
The Smart Readiness Index (SIRI) is a digital maturity assessment tool that helps systematically re-validate existing Industry 4.0 projects or launch new initiatives. It was developed by industry experts and is recognised by the World Economic Forum as the global standard for Industry 4.0 transformation.
Thanks to this internationally recongised certification, CORE Group is currently the only company in Greece certified to conduct Industry 4.0 readiness assessments with the SIRI tool.
For more information on how to get your Industry 4.0 assessment, you can contact secretary@core-innovation.com.
SIRI is a digital maturity assessment tool that evaluates Industry 4.0 readiness in three levels: process, technology and organisation.
Launch of the Greek Smart Factory
CORE Group’s newest endeavour, the Greek Smart Factory (GSF), was announced this past summer. GSF is envisioned as a platform for manufacturers, tech providers and academia, allowing them to network, innovate, and advance in a real industrial environment.
The official announcement took place during the 5th International Smart Factory Summit in Switzerland, followed by a stakeholder workshop at our central offices in Athens, Greece, attended by key professionals and manufacturing decision-makers from Greece and our global network.
CORE IC has been funded to create GSF thanks to this rich know-how, and through its participation in the Twin4Twin project.
Learn more and find out how you can get involved here.
The Industrial Production & Manufacturing Awards
This year CORE Group had a big first, achieving outstanding recognition at the 2024 Industrial Production & Manufacturing Awards!
Our team took home 4 awards, with the highlight of the evening being CORE Group’s distinction as Leading Provider of the Year. This prestigious honour recognises our team’s continuous commitment to delivering cutting-edge technology and services for Greek Industry.
A big winner of the evening was COREbeat, our end-to-end predictive maintenance platform, which earned two significant awards, including the Silver Award for Best Technology Systems for Prodution, and Gold Award for Best Industrial IoT. COREbeat’s use of advanced Industrial IoT (IIoT) methodologies, machine learning, cloud computing, and edge computing has positioned it as a trusted tool for achieving new levels of operational efficiency, and it’s already being piloted with installations in heavy-duty industries in Greece and abroad, including EP.AL.ME. (part of the Metlen Group), EYDAP, Marini Marmi in Northern Italy, Terna Mag, MAXI, Halcor, and Calpak, among others.
The CORE Innovation Centre (CORE IC), our non-profit research and innovation centre, also got its moment in the spotlight, winning the Silver Award in the Rising Star category. CORE IC is involved in over 50 European research projects funded by the Horizon program, with a global network of more than 300 partners and over €24 million in funding.
Our heartfelt thanks to the organisers and judges for these awards and to our partners who continue to inspire us.
