ICT Cluster attended the the Kick-off meeting of the DonauMotor project. The event was held on June 5th 2014 in Sofia Bulgaria.

Dr. Truckenmüller welcomed the participants and presented the idea for optimization of the transnational value chains in Europe by setting up the Danube Region wide Automotive super-cluster DonauMotor. A managed huge internet platform which connects the manufacturing industries in the countries along the Danube river shall support the process. An overview was given about the current project status and the connected projects of IMACOS and ACB - Auto Park Bulgaria, DonauSchwaben-KMU, etc. The DonauMotor project was shortly presented with its 3 phases.

Outputs of the meeting

Project ideas:

1.Vocational training seminars
   1.1 Regional academies for trainings
2.Communication and Brokerage Platform
3.Auto Park Bulgaria
4.Innovation hub in Mechatronics
5.Dual education of engineers
   5.1 Engineers of the future
6.Value network development
7.New Generation Workplace
   7.1 Automation
   7.2 Ergonomics
   7.3 Art
8.Relocation of electronic parts manufacturing to Europe
9.Better communication to increase more business
10.Integration of Start-ups + Technology leaders
11.E-mobility
12.Set up of a supply structure for Tesla when moving manufacturing to Europe as expected.

Decisions:

1. The project management will provide a template for project ideas.

2. The project team will be requested to detail the project ideas created in the meeting plus additional ideas in those templates for a standard processing.

3. Save the date for the next meeting including the establishment of the Advisory Board – October 28-29, 2014