BIND SME

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What is BIND SME?

At BIND SME, startups will be able to face the new challenges of the industry and immerse themselves in the Basque Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem, through open innovation. The selected startups will implement their solutions in real environments, collaborating with one or more leading industrial SMEs in the Basque Country.

This public-private initiative of BIND has been to bring startups closer to SMEs in order to speed up their digital transformation and face and solve their technological challenges.

The driving force behind the BIND SME initiative is to bring the BIND open innovation platform and ecosystem model closer to the collaboration of SMEs and startups. BIND SME generates new opportunities for collaboration between Basque SMEs and startups, following the model of challenges and brings the success of the BIND platform closer to this segment.

Benefits for startups

Real projects with real turnover
Facilitating their access to the market and SMEs
Rapid project implementation
Leading customers in the sector
Positioning and visibility
Maintaining Technology Ownership
Count on BIND’s success model
To be part of the Basque Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Startups benefit from the active participation of technology SMEs that seek solutions to the challenges defined by SMEs.

What kind of startups can participate?

Startups with new technologies and that have already completed their technological development. In other words, startups that have a product or solution that can be demonstrated, tested, and even already available on the market.
Startups that are no more than 8 years old, that make use of new technologies to improve industrial processes and that are ready to accelerate their business development.

Startups and Scale-ups with disruptive solutions that can be applied to the Energy, Advanced Manufacturing, Environment, Construction, Design, Automotive and Food industries, including: artificial intelligence, Big Data, Computing, cybersecurity, artificial vision, IoT, 3D printing, additive manufacturing, robotics, nanotechnology, new materials, virtual reality, augmented reality and much more!

Sectoral challenges for Smart Industry

BIND SME members identify a number of digital transformation challenges. The aim is to respond to these challenges by developing innovative projects in collaboration with technology startups. Once the startups’ applications have been submitted, SMEs select the solutions that best suit their needs, depending on the challenges posed. In some cases, more than one startup may be selected for the same challenge.

4th edition: 18 SMEs seek new technologies

The SMEs that are part of BIND SME are leaders in their sector. This year, 18 SMEs are looking for innovative solutions to respond to the new challenges posed by the industry in its digital transformation process, through the application and development of disruptive technologies.

Use Cases

The 18 SMEs have prioritised 9 use cases in these 5 areas of action (+info). Sign up if you’ve developed any technology or solutions for these use cases.

Cybersecurity

Application of Cybersecurity in the company

Application of Cybersecurity in a comprehensive way to companies, with special emphasis on:

Cybersecurity Logic: cloud, online services and prevention
Physical Cybersecurity: access control, plant and online security
Securing of devices (machinery and equipment)
Cybersecurity from product design
Related Certifications (Ej. ISO 27000/27001)

Interested SMEs: Loramendi, Zikotz, Ona and Tradebe

Product and management

2. Product development and evolution

Development of each SME’s own product, including:

Life Cycle Review
Inclusion of product intelligence and functionalities
Data Analytics Application
User Experience Analysis and Improvement
Identification of consumption preference
Product recommendation systems

Interested SMEs: A&B, GERmh, Loramedi, Loire Gestamp and AAC Acústica

3. Evolution of Management Systems and Tools

Evolution of management tools and models, through tools such as:

Management systems that include demand forecasting models, planning optimization
Risk calculation models for predicting deviations in project execution

Interested SMEs: Agaleus and Eralki Engineering

Smart Industry

4. Sensors, robotics, asset analytics (machinery) and quality control

Robotization and sensors: evolution of the production process through:

Sensorization and applied machine analytics solution (maintenance, efficiency, optimization)
Advanced or Collaborative Applied Robotics
Quality control solutions (machine vision, artificial intelligence, data exploitation)

Interested SMEs: A&B, AJL Ophtlamic, Frioport, Ona, Loire Gestamp, Loramendi, Agaleus, Eralki Engineering, Ecenarro and Harri

5. Digitalization and IoT

Digitalization and automation of the production or business process through IoT and other technologies in a comprehensive and transparent way for employees, including training and employee involvement. Traceability solutions along the value chain: unit information of each item, labelling systems, etc.

Interested SMEs: Loire Gestamp, Ona, AJL Ophtalmic, AAC Acústica, Corsam, Ecenarro, Eralki Engineering, Frioport, Ojmar, Tradebe and Loramendi

Reduced environmental impact

6. Reduction of environmental impact

Reduction of environmental impact, through:

Eco-design
Revaluation and reuse of materials and waste (discards)
The application of technologies for the monitoring, management or compensation of waste and emissions

Interested SMEs: Lezama, Ojmar, ONA and Loramendi

7. Carbon Footprint Management: Product Passport

Management and obtaining of the Digital Product Passport to comply with European Regulations. Solutions for calculating the carbon footprint. (Company and/or product level)

Interested SMEs: AJL Ophtalmic, Lezama, Loire Gestamp, Zikotz, Harri Mecanizados Industriales, ONA and Ojmar

8. Energy audit and performance improvement

Systems, tools or methodologies for the energy audit of the company, identification of aspects to be worked on and improvement of global and specific performance by machine or process.

Interested SMEs: Ondarreta and ONA

Value chain

9. Integration of information systems in the value chain

Integration of the different existing systems and assets, with the focus on, among others:

System integration across the value chain
After-sales service to connected products
Application of maintenance, machine health and asset management methodologies (both own and customer)
Process and infrastructure modelling (digital twin)
Tools for coordinating projects with other agents in the value chain (suppliers, customers, etc.), integration of information throughout the value chain.

Interested SMEs: A&B, AAC Acoustics, Ecenarro and Tradebe

Collaborators

In the 4th Edition of BIND SME, 15 collaborating agents participate.

Key dates

September - October

Public presentation of industrial remains and call for startups.

October - November

Pre-selection and evaluation of the desired solutions. Preliminary list of selected startups.

November

Startup pitching sessions and matchmaking with participating SMEs

December - January

Definition and agreement of the terms for each startup – SME challenge

February - July

Implementation of startup solutions in real environments

July - September

Call for new SMEs and definition of challenges.

About

BIND SME

“BIND is the place to learn about real challenges and demonstrate that we can help companies solve them with the technologies we master”

Immersion, Startup

“We have learned about the real needs and challenges of SMEs; something very important to apply any solution that is intended to be brought to the market“.

Aotech, Startup