• an Austrian testing Pilot Plant for Smart Process Engineering and Production (I4.0)
• A major project funded by Austria (Austrian State Ministry, state of Upper Austria, city of Linz, partner companies)
• A department at the Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz (JKU)
• An open cluster to support Research, Development, Education, Training, Demonstrations, and Innovation

LIT Factory = A High-Tech Research Platform and Center of Excellence in Product and Production Research to

• ... educate, explore and demonstrate potential technological advancements in digitization for smart cross-industry products and processes
• disseminate and diffuse technology
• reinforce existing strengths
• transfer research findings to create innovative products
• shorten the ‘time-to-market’ period
• collaborate with industrial companies and SMEs
• create smart benefits for partner companies, mankind, the environment and the economy.

Smart processing technologies to support the entire value network:

• digitizing companies
• raw material manufacturers
• plastics machinery manufacturers
• plastics processors and converters
• OEMs and end customers
• smart cross-industry products, such as:
• lightweight construction to support green-mobility
• circular and plastic recycling economy
• composite technologies for durable building construction
• agile exoskeletons, such as eLegs and eArms for humanitarian purposes