On the 30th of October, IN4WOOD project organised its final conference in Brussels. Under the title “The next generation of education and training in the wood and furniture sectors and why it matters for development agencies”, participants discussed the challenges and opportunities Industry4.0 can bring to key industries. Representatives from regional authorities, sector organisations, training...Read More

Whom better to ask about the importance of skills for Industry4.0 for the wood and furniture sector than a succesful entrepreneur in the sector? That was EURADA’s outset when they took the IN4WOOD colleagues along on a trip to Sint-Niklaas to visit Van Hoecke NV on the 29th of October 2019.   Van Hoecke is...Read More

On the 29th of October, our project had its final consortium meeting in Brussels. Hosted by EURADA at their House of the Textile Industry premises, the project partners discussed the status of the different deliverables per work package and evaluated the work undertaken during the past months. Particular attention was paid to the exploitation and...Read More

Presentation of IN4WOOD project at Peer-to-Peer Local Event on Industry 4.0 with the Committee of the Regions and European Commission On September 17 EURADA – as IN4WOOD project partner – had the honour to take part in the Peer-to-Peer Local Event on Industry 4.0 – in the context of the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) in Gabrovo...Read More

The IN4WOOD project consortium worked very hard to prepare the final conference of this successful project which will take place in Brussels on 30 October 2019. It is titled “The next generation of education and training in the wood and furniture sectors and why it matters for development agencies” and aims to attract European professionals from...Read More

EC protection and restoration of the world’s forests, why it matters for IN4WOOD Forests play a major role in the biggest sustainability challenges of our time, such as biodiversity decline, climate change and population increase. International agreements and commitments acknowledge the need for ambitious action to reverse the deforestation trend. Therefore, the European Commission adopted...Read More

Project meeting CETEM and EURADA On July 22nd a delegation of EURADA – with the project officers Tommaso Galli, Christopher McInnes and Giacomo Frisanco – exchanged with representatives of CETEM at the CETEM premises. Many issues were on the agenda such as the agenda for the In4Wood final conference. We also discussed the project progress as well as the best...Read More

Presentation of IN4WOOD project at EURADA Summer Course 2019 EURADA Director Esteban Pelayo held a presentation at EURADA summer course 2019 on 03.07. about the benefits of the project IN4WOOD for the wood and furniture industry. This way, over 70 European professionals had the opportunity to understand how this EU Erasmus+ project is structured, and the impact...Read More

Presentation of IN4WOOD project at the European Committee of Regions On June 28th EURADA project officer Christopher McInnes presented the In4wood training material to the delegates of the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) seminar at the European Committee of Regions (CoR). The KEP seminar was organised by the CoR and the European Commission – DG Research and...Read More

14th of November 2017 in London, UK, the Cervantes Theatre hosted the third meeting of the project consortium In4Wood. Consortium reviewed activities since the previous meeting, devoted to the research of the skills needs for furniture manufacturers on the use of the different Key Enabling Technologies that Industry 4.0 brings. The different activities to be...Read More