Project Partners - SPEAR Project

The SPEAR consortium united 22 partners from five European countries, combining deep industry expertise with leading academic research. The mix of large enterprises, SMEs, and universities ensured that theoretical advances were grounded in practical application from the start.

Germany

German Partners

EKS InTec GmbH
Project Coordinator

FFT Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co. KG

Autoproc GmbH & Co. KG

let's dev GmbH & Co. KG

Reeb-Engineering GmbH

TWT GmbH Science & Innovation

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum

Technische Universitat Berlin

University of Paderborn

Portugal

Portuguese Partners

GECAD/ISEP

Sistrade Software Consulting S.A.

IDEPA

Spain

Spanish Partners

Sensing & Control Systems S.L.

Experis IT

Sweden

Swedish Partners

AF Industry AB

Algoryx Simulation AB

Volvo Car Group

Chalmers University of Technology

Turkey

Turkish Partners

Aktas Holding

KANCA Forging

ENTES Elektronik

Turkcell Teknoloji

About the Consortium Structure

EKS InTec GmbH, based in Weingarten, Germany, served as the overall project coordinator. The responsible project leader was Dr. Anton Strahilov. Day-to-day coordination was distributed across national sub-consortia, with each country maintaining a national coordinator who managed local activities and reporting. Regular consortium meetings were held at partner locations across Europe, including gatherings in Gothenburg, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, and Barcelona.