InTechCentras, commonly abbreviated ITC, is a Lithuanian organisation and

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

’s primary competence centre for

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and innovative manufacturing practices. It provides support, advisory and training services primarily aimed at advancing modern digital technologies,

recycling Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. This concept often includes the recovery of energy from waste materials. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the propert ...

and

sustainability Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long period of time. Definitions of this term are disputed and have varied with literature, context, and time. Sustainability usually has three dimensions (or pillars): env ...

. It is Lithuania's primary hub for multiple knowledge and innovation initiatives of the

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, including EDIH, advanced manufacturing DIH and

smart manufacturing Smart manufacturing is a broad category of manufacturing that employs computer-integrated manufacturing, high levels of adaptability and rapid design changes, digital information technology, and more flexible technical workforce training. Other go ...

competence centre. Intechcentras also partners with businesses on innovation projects and

prototyping A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and software programming. A prototype is generally used to ...

, conducts experiments and assists in R&D projects.

Overview

InTechCentras was established by

Linpra LINPRA, established in 1993, is a Lithuanian trade organization for engineering companies, headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. It the largest engineering trade organization in The Baltic States, representing 150 companies. Lithuania's parliame ...

in 2007 with the intention to increase the

competitiveness Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individ ...

of industrial companies and promote advanced manufacturing practices. In a decade since inception, it has provided services for more than 300 industrial companies, trained several thousand professionals and arranged more than 1200 trainings. Multiple Intechcentras projects have been highlighted as success stories by the

European Institute of Innovation and Technology The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is an independent body of the European Union with juridical personality, established in 2008 intended to strengthen Europe's ability to innovate.

Certification body

Intechcentras is an accredited certification body for plastic recycling, with jurisdiction in all EU countries. Intechcentras is certified to provide plastic product recycling certification services in accordance with the "Recyclass" methodology, assessing the entire waste management chain.

Trainings

InTechCentras trainings cover a variety of topics primarily within

and

innovation Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or service (economics), services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a n ...

e.g. industrial digitalisation,

industrial automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machine ...

, innovative logistics,

digital twin A digital twin is a digital model of an intended or actual real-world physical product, system, or process (a ''physical twin'') that serves as a digital counterpart of it for purposes such as simulation, integration, testing, monitoring, and m ...

energy efficiency Energy efficiency may refer to: * Energy efficiency (physics), the ratio between the useful output and input of an energy conversion process ** Electrical efficiency, useful power output per electrical power consumed ** Mechanical efficiency, a rat ...

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

and

. Trainings are often arranged in collaboration with foreign experts.

Partnerships

In its projects, InTechCentras partners with domestic and foreign organisations, including multiple

universities A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

, government agencies,

ministries Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

and

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. It is a member of several industry clusters, including Laser and Engineering Technologies Cluster. Intechcentras is also an active member and partner in multiple industrial networks and

research institute A research institute, research centre, or research organization is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often implies natural ...

s, focusing on advanced manufacturing.

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