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SME needs and adoption of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs): Study of KET4CleanProduction reveals factors that enable or hinder the use of KETs and offers recommendations that can improve the usage of KETs in production

Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) and SME needs: Report from KET4CleanProduction


The study reveales factors that enable or hinder the use of KETs in production and offers a series of recommendations

Key Enabling Technologies (KET) exhibit the potential to revolutionize production and manufacturing process and improve industrial competitiveness.  But how European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) perceive KETs, their impact on production and to what extend do they integrate KETs in their production activities? And why some European countries perform better than others in KET diffusion and adoption?

The H2020 project KET4CleanProduction carried out research to understand whether there are specific elements of technology, strategy or skills that prevent a rapid adoption of KETs by SMEs and to observe possible common traits in European national economies with a low level of KET adoption.

Major findings of the study:

  • European SMEs acknowledge that there is great need for cleaner production in manufacturing
  • External support is critical for SMEs to implement changes and improvements in production
  • SMEs are not aware of the impact of KETs in manufacturing and relevant funding opportunities
  • The transformational character of KETs for the national economy is inhibited by the lack of financial resources
  • KET’s diffusion and economic impact is limited by the low level of university-industry collaboration
  • Policy aims at advancing KETs’ growth but focuses on sectors and not on technologies

The study concludes with three recommendations that can improve the access of SMEs to KET service providers and the usage of KETs in production. These recommendations focus on how to:

  • Facilitate access to finance, in particular for innovative SMEs
  • Increase the awareness of the potential of KETs to business growth
  • Enhance transnational collaboration between research and business

The report of the study is pending for approval by the European Commission. If you want to read its full version, please click here: Report on SME needs analysis outcomes and framework conditions

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