Built with collaboration across teams & expertise.
We are proud to work alongside a network of dedicated partners and organisations who share our vision and commitment to creating meaningful impact — from research institutes to standardisation bodies and industry networks.
Seven Organisations, One Mission
Each partner brings a distinct discipline — from standardisation practice to manufacturing research — into a single coordinated effort.
European Federation for Welding, Joining And Cutting (EWF)
Leads overall project coordination, ensuring the consortium's technical and administrative goals stay aligned across all work packages.
Small Business Standards (SBS)
Champions SME representation in European and international standardisation, ensuring smaller innovators have a genuine voice.
Helixconnect
Drives dissemination, stakeholder engagement and the connective tissue between researchers, industry and standards bodies.
Knowence
Designs and delivers the capacity-building curriculum behind the AI Standardisation Academy.
Fraunhofer IPA
Applies draft standards to real industrial AI and manufacturing use cases as part of the Pilot Standardisation Actions.
Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (LMS)
Contributes deep technical expertise in manufacturing automation to ground pilots in industrial reality.
Brunel University of London
Provides academic rigour and research leadership across the project's standardisation gap-mapping activities.
Roles & Responsibilities
| Partner | Role | Focus Area | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| EWF | Project Coordinator | Overall coordination & management | Belgium |
| Small Business Standards | Standardisation Body | SME representation in standards bodies | Belgium |
| Helixconnect | Innovation & Outreach | Dissemination & stakeholder engagement | Romania |
| Knowence | Knowledge & Training | AI Standardisation Academy curriculum | Spain |
| Fraunhofer IPA | Research & Pilot Testing | Industrial AI pilot actions | Germany |
| LMS | Manufacturing Systems | Manufacturing automation expertise | Greece |
| Brunel University of London | Academic Research | Standardisation gap-mapping | United Kingdom |
Stronger together.
Building the future of standardisation.