LIT Factory =
- An Austrian Pilot Plant for Smart Process Engineering and Production (I4.0)
- Funded Major Project in Austria (Austrian State Ministry, State of Upper Austria, City of Linz, Partner Companies)
- Organizational Unit at the Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz (JKU)
- Open Cluster for Research, Development, Education, Training, Demonstrations and Innovation
LIT Factory = High-tech research platform and center of excellence in product and production research to
... educate, explore and demonstrate potential technological advancements in digitization for smart cross-industry products and processes
Disseminate and diffuse technology
Reinforce existing strengths
Transfer research findings into innovative products
Shorten the ‘time-to-market’ period
Collaborate with industrial companies and SMEs
Create smart benefits for partner companies, mankind, the environment and the economy.
Smart processing technologies for the entire value network:
Digitizing companies
Raw material manufacturers
Plastics machinery manufacturers
Plastics processors and converters
OEMs and end customers
Smart cross-industry products, such as:
Lightweight constructions for green-mobility
Circular and plastic recycling economy
Composite technologies for durable building construction
Agile exoskeletons, eLegs and eArms for humanitarian objectives