Gerdau has just launched an open innovation program in partnership with the FIEMG Lab: the Gerdau Challenge at FIEMG Lab. The multinational is looking for startups, technology-based companies and academic researchers to solve two challenges.
The initiative is part of a set of actions initiated in 2015 by the industry and aims to find technological solutions that are capable of reducing costs and increasing efficiency in the company's processes.
Coke and Forestry Challenges
The first challenge aims to increase the yield of coke, a type of mineral coal essential for blast furnace operations, through solutions that avoid overflow and material degradation during the journey, in addition to making the separation of rock into different granularities more efficient. .
The second challenge aims to find solutions for volumetric measurements and calculations of wood in eucalyptus forests. The idea is to find projects that provide speed, precision and cost reduction in the processes responsible for the production of bioreducer (charcoal).
As benefits to classifieds, Gerdau offers mentoring, access to the structure, possibility of investment, working together, among others.
To register and have access to other information, interested parties must access the website www.gerdauchallenge.com.br. The selection will be open until the 11th of May for startups from all over Brazil.
FIEMG Lab
Launched in June 2016, the FIEMG Lab is the first technology-based company acceleration program carried out by an Industry Federation. The action is the result of a partnership between the FIEMG System and the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), SENAI, BMG Group, Sebrae, Minas Gerais Research Support Foundation (Fapemig) and the State Secretariat for Economic Development, Science and Technology and Higher Education (Sedects).
The selected projects cover important sectors and topics for the Industry, such as information technology, occupational health and safety, food, energy, education, clothing, civil construction, logistics and agriculture, among others.
Challenge at FIEMG Lab
The open innovation program developed by FIEMG Lab helps large companies to detect problems and opportunities for improvement in any strategic or operational process, and to solve them by approaching startups.
All the steps proposed by the accelerator are customizable according to the partner's needs, which is essential for organizations to be able to understand and follow digital transformations at the speed at which they occur.
Industries and companies that develop the program have gains in efficiency, productivity, cost reduction and productivity increase.
The initiative is part of a set of actions initiated in 2015 by the industry and aims to find technological solutions that are capable of reducing costs and increasing efficiency in the company's processes.
Coke and Forestry Challenges
The first challenge aims to increase the yield of coke, a type of mineral coal essential for blast furnace operations, through solutions that avoid overflow and material degradation during the journey, in addition to making the separation of rock into different granularities more efficient. .
The second challenge aims to find solutions for volumetric measurements and calculations of wood in eucalyptus forests. The idea is to find projects that provide speed, precision and cost reduction in the processes responsible for the production of bioreducer (charcoal).
As benefits to classifieds, Gerdau offers mentoring, access to the structure, possibility of investment, working together, among others.
To register and have access to other information, interested parties must access the website www.gerdauchallenge.com.br. The selection will be open until the 11th of May for startups from all over Brazil.
FIEMG Lab
Launched in June 2016, the FIEMG Lab is the first technology-based company acceleration program carried out by an Industry Federation. The action is the result of a partnership between the FIEMG System and the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), SENAI, BMG Group, Sebrae, Minas Gerais Research Support Foundation (Fapemig) and the State Secretariat for Economic Development, Science and Technology and Higher Education (Sedects).
The selected projects cover important sectors and topics for the Industry, such as information technology, occupational health and safety, food, energy, education, clothing, civil construction, logistics and agriculture, among others.
Challenge at FIEMG Lab
The open innovation program developed by FIEMG Lab helps large companies to detect problems and opportunities for improvement in any strategic or operational process, and to solve them by approaching startups.
All the steps proposed by the accelerator are customizable according to the partner's needs, which is essential for organizations to be able to understand and follow digital transformations at the speed at which they occur.
Industries and companies that develop the program have gains in efficiency, productivity, cost reduction and productivity increase.
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