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EU funding (€6,359,669): NEXT-GENERATION AUTOMOTIVE REMANUFACTURING Hor1 May 2026 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
Overview
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NEXT-GENERATION AUTOMOTIVE REMANUFACTURING
AUTONIX will pioneer a new generation of digital and circular manufacturing solutions for automotive remanufacturing, enabling the transition from linear value chains to scalable circular ecosystems. The project will create an AI-enabled, interoperable physical–digital ecosystem tailored to the high-mix, high-variability context of the automotive sector. Key areas of development include AI-driven diagnostics and decision support, combining NDT, visual inspection, and usage data to predict part condition and reduce false assessments; R-strategy optimisation models to dynamically select reuse, remanufacture, repurpose, or recycle pathways; sustainable operations, introducing solvent-free cleaning and energy monitoring; smart disassembly and sorting, deploying robotic and human-assisted systems enhanced by AI; and adaptive remanufacturing processes using additive, hybrid, and overmolding techniques for high-value components. A circular data infrastructure will enable secure and trusted information exchange with external stakeholders, aligned with Catena-X, Gaia-X, and emerging EU data spaces. Complementary design-for-remanufacturing guidelines will support OEMs and suppliers in embedding circularity into future products, reinforced by contributions to pre-standardisation activities. AUTONIX will validate its results in five industrial use cases spanning full vehicle (OEM through Stellantis Sustainera hub) and component level (Tier-1 suppliers through AVL and FACTOR), covering engines, gearboxes, traction batteries, and electromechanical interior assemblies. Demonstrations at industrial level will prove scalability across the OEM–Tier-1 value chain. Beyond technology, AUTONIX will establish innovative business models and provide best-practice and policy recommendations, enabling efficient remanufacturing of current and next-generation vehicles in Europe and strengthening the EU strategic autonomy.
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| Altform Srl | €351,750 |
| Asociacion de Investigacion Metalurgica del Noroeste | €593,813 |
| AVL List GmbH | €506,494 |
| Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des Composites | €667,813 |
| Centro Ricerche Fiat Scpa | €509,375 |
| Circularise B.V. | €598,063 |
| Factor Ingenieria y Decoletaje SL | €274,750 |
| Fill GmbH | €240,625 |
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation | €589,238 |
| Masarykova Univerzita | €446,250 |
| Panepistimio Patron | €887,500 |
| Solid Machine Vision SL | €145,775 |
| Stellantis Europe S.p.A. | €240,100 |
| Teaching Factory Competence Centerupskilling AND Training Developmentand Implementation OF Advanced Technologies FOR THE Manufacturing IND | €308,125 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101294797
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