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Red and blue container cranes beside cargo ships at Hamburg’s EUROGATE terminal.
Container cranes at the EUROGATE terminal in Hamburg, Germany, 2019.Matti Blume / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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11 resources

Companies & Supply Chains

Find companies by capability, location and application, with documented products and their role in industrial supply chains.

10 resources

Technology Library

Understand how technologies work, where they can be used and what determines their readiness for industrial adoption.

5 resources

Business Model Case Studies

Examine how named companies earn revenue, finance delivery and allocate operating risk, using company evidence.

6 resources

Funding & Programmes

Explore European funding and infrastructure programmes, their application routes and dated information on calls.

3 resources

Tools & Calculators

Calculate automation returns, investment payback and working-capital requirements with your own assumptions.

Quantum Technologies

Assess quantum companies, supplier qualification, manufacturing, contracts, public funding, intellectual property and the full cost of computing workloads.

Copper plates, wiring and a sample holder inside a quantum refrigerator at UCL.
Cryogenic apparatus used to study quantum effects at UCL, photographed in 2015.O. Usher (UCL MAPS) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Physical AI & Robotics

Evaluate physical AI and robotics through deployment costs, component supply, autonomous services, company financing and evidence of reliable operation.

Orange KUKA industrial robot arms positioned around a silver car body in a factory.
Industrial robot arms around a car body on an automotive assembly line, photographed in 2007.Mixabest / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0