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Factory processes and automation for de- and re-manufacturing (RIA) (Made in Europe partnership)

Horizon Europe · Grant topic

HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-03

Summary

A Polish company can use this call for R&D.

Funds collaborative development of factory technologies for disassembly, remanufacturing and component reuse by industrial companies and research organisations.

Who can apply
Companies can lead: SME, large company, startup, research org, university.
Amount
€5M – €6.5M per projectTotal budget €36,000,000
Deadline
02 Feb 2027 01:00 CETin 101 days
Status
Openopened 13 Oct 2026
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Description

Expected Outcome:

• A viable industrial ecosystem for circularity in manufacturing industries emerges, enhancing both circularity and resilience;

• De-manufacturing technologies and practices become available, making decisive contributions to a European remanufacturing industry and market;

• Functions of products are retained, reused, upgraded or adapted through de-manufacturing and re-manufacturing; and

• Skills, standards and safety measures relevant to remanufacturing are developed.

Scope:

Proposals should focus on developing de-manufacturing and re-manufacturing technologies at the factory level, addressing at least three of the following:

• Technologies to efficiently analyse part condition and support predictive maintenance, including for re-manufactured parts or components of lower value, e.g. by combining multimodal sensor data, AI and human inputs;

• AI and robotic-assisted technologies, e.g. innovative end-effectors, to de-manufacture products and components, including handling, sorting and extended logistics;

• Model-based systems, to allow de-manufacturing and re-manufacturing operators to use CAD data and digital twins related to the original parts (and contribute to the development of a digital ecosystem);

• Solutions allowing local (on-site) repair or re-manufacturing of high-added value components (applied to e.g. wind turbines, aircraft and vessels); and

• Solutions to plan the sequence of operations based on the characteristics of the incoming products to be re-manufactured.

Proposals should include a business case and exploitation strategy, as outlined in the introduction to this Destination. Depending on the approaches to be pursued, these should consider the best solutions to enhance adoption, for example coupling manufacturing with de-/re- manufacturing plants, product and component value, risk mitigation for variable de-/re-manufacturing flows.

This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership Made in Europe.

Technology Readiness Level - Technology readiness level expected from completed projects

Activities are expected to start at TRL 4-5 and achieve TRL 6 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.

Who can apply, in detail
Applicant types
SME, Large company, Startup, Research org, University
Purpose
Research and innovation
R&D relevance
3 of 3
Poland eligible
Yes
Country limit
—
Region
Any
Consortium
Required
Readiness level (TRL)
—
Topics
  • Circular manufacturing
  • Remanufacturing
  • Robotic disassembly
  • AI condition assessment
  • Predictive maintenance

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Conditions1

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Eligible project scope
Scope: Proposals should focus on developing de-manufacturing and re-manufacturing technologies at the factory level, addressing at least three of the following:
Amounts and costs3
Indicative budget
€36,000,000

Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.

Expected project funding, up to
€6,500,000

Indicative expected EU contribution per project only. The topic expressly says different requested amounts may be submitted/selected; not a hard cap.

Expected project funding, from
€5,000,000

Indicative expected EU contribution per project only. The topic expressly says different requested amounts may be submitted/selected; not a guaranteed award or legal minimum.

Topic allocation
€36,000,000

Indicative total allocation for this topic, not the per-project expected contribution or a guaranteed award.

Personnel and services1

  • Other role

    Budget estimate rule only

    Potential direct-personnel budget-estimate category only. The lump-sum guidance permits estimating this category only where the same cost item/type would be eligible under the applicable Horizon Europe actual-cost rules and the action’s selected grant terms. It is not actual-cost reimbursement, proof of a required hire or an individual rate. This topic names no occupation, qualification, headcount, FTE, employment duration or pay.

Source documents6
Call facts
Opens
13 Oct 2026
Deadline model
Single-stage
Programme
Horizon Europe · 2021 - 2027
Call
HORIZON-CL4-2027-01 · INDUSTRY
Types of action
HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Source
ec.europa.eu
Checked
23 Oct 2026
Portal updated
14 Oct 2026
Review status
Partial review
Reviewed
23 Oct 2026

This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.