Intechcentras
{{Short description|Lithuanian non-profit organisation}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Intechcentras
| abbreviation = ITC
| native_name = Viešoji įstaiga Intechcentras
| native_name_lang = lt
| image = Intechcentras event.jpg
| caption = Intechcentras presentation on EU Industry 5.0
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| logo = Intechcentras_logo.png
| logo_size = 100px
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| type = Non-profit
| tax_id = LT100004675419
| registration_id = 301069582
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| headquarters = Vilnius, Lithuania
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| region_served = European Union
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| languages = Lithuanian, English
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| leader_name = Audrius Jasėnas
| formation = {{start date and age|2007|df=y}}
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| website = {{Official website|https://intechcentras.lt/|name=Official website}}
| footnotes = {{cite web | title=Public Entity „Intechcentras“ | website=Ministry of Education and Science (Lithuania) | date=2025-03-02 |url= https://www.aikos.smm.lt/en/studyprogramm/educationproviders/_layouts/15/asw.aikos.registersearch/objectformresult.aspx?o=inst&f=insten&key=88888880791720&pt=of&ctx_sr=tgua8u0wlqelijjnpm5biwztlpa= | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133627/https://www.aikos.smm.lt/en/studyprogramm/educationproviders/_layouts/15/asw.aikos.registersearch/objectformresult.aspx?o=inst&f=insten&key=88888880791720&pt=of&ctx_sr=tgua8u0wlqelijjnpm5biwztlpa= | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}}
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InTechCentras, commonly abbreviated ITC, is a Lithuanian organisation and Lithuania’s primary competence centre for digitisation and innovative manufacturing practices.{{cite web | title=Ateities profesijoms specialistų reikia jau dabar | website={{ill|Mokslo Lietuva|lt}} | date=2019-04-11 | url=https://mokslolietuva.lt/2019/04/ateities-profesijoms-specialistu-reikia-jau-dabar/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133626/https://mokslolietuva.lt/2019/04/ateities-profesijoms-specialistu-reikia-jau-dabar/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}} It provides support, advisory and training services primarily aimed at advancing modern digital technologies, recycling and sustainability.{{cite web | title=Digital Innovation Hubs in Smart Specialisation Strategies | website=European Commission | date=2024-05-13 | url=https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/digital_innovation_hubs_in_smart_specialisation_strategies_pdf_final.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302143326/https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/digital_innovation_hubs_in_smart_specialisation_strategies_pdf_final.pdf | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-02}}
It is Lithuania's primary hub for multiple knowledge and innovation initiatives of the European Union, including EDIH, advanced manufacturing DIH and smart manufacturing competence centre.{{cite web | title=Digitising European Industries - Member States Profile: Lithuania | website=European Commission | date=2025-01-16 | url=https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/lt_country_analysis.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133624/https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/lt_country_analysis.pdf | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=EFFRA Innovation Portal | website= EFFRA | date=2025-01-16 | url=https://portal.effra.eu/organisation/9829 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133813/https://portal.effra.eu/organisation/9829 | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}} Intechcentras also partners with businesses on innovation projects and prototyping, conducts experiments and assists in R&D projects.{{cite web | title=Advanced Manufacturing Digital Innovation Hub | website=European Commission | url=https://european-digital-innovation-hubs.ec.europa.eu/edih-catalogue/advanced-manufacturing-digital-innovation-hub | access-date=2025-03-02}}
==Overview==
InTechCentras was established by Linpra in 2007 with the intention to increase the competitiveness of industrial companies and promote advanced manufacturing practices. In a decade since inception, it has provided services for more than 300 industrial companies, trained several thousand professionals and arranged more than 1200 trainings.{{cite web | title=About Intechcentras | website=VŠĮ Intechcentras | date=2024-09-23 | url=https://intechcentras.lt/about-us/?lang=en | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250302142446/https://intechcentras.lt/about-us/?lang=en | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Intechcentras | website=smartdigi-project.eu | date=2022-04-13 | url=https://www.smartdigi-project.eu/member/intechcentras/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133627/https://www.smartdigi-project.eu/member/intechcentras/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}} Multiple Intechcentras projects have been highlighted as success stories by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.{{cite web | title=Digitalised maintenance goes from idea to startup, by way of EIT Manufacturing | website=European Institute of Innovation and Technology | date=2022-03-29 | url=https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/news-events/news/9108/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302143612/https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/news-events/news/9108/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=EIT Community Country Factsheets 2023 | website=European Institute of Innovation and Technology | date=2024-08-07 | url=https://eit.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-12/Consolidated%20Factsheets_MS%26HEAssociated%20Countries_2023.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302143512/https://eit.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-12/Consolidated%20Factsheets_MS%26HEAssociated%20Countries_2023.pdf | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-02}}
Certification body
Intechcentras is an accredited certification body for plastic recycling, with jurisdiction in all EU countries. Intechcentras is certified to provide plastic product recycling certification services in accordance with the "Recyclass" methodology, assessing the entire waste management chain.{{cite web | title=Recyclass Annual Report 2023 | website=Recyclass | date=2024-03-01 | url=https://recyclass.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Recyclass_Annual-Report_2023.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302144337/https://recyclass.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Recyclass_Annual-Report_2023.pdf | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=„Ateities pakuotės klubo“ Verslo pusryčiai „Pakuočių sektorius: skaidrumas, edukacija ir komunikacija“ | website=Gamtos ateitis | date=2024-05-29 | url=https://gamtosateitis.lt/ateities-pakuotes-klubo-verslo-pusryciai-pakuociu-sektorius-skaidrumas-edukacija-ir-komunikacija/ | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Tarptautinė konferencija „Žiedinė ekonomika plastiko gamybos įmonėms" | website={{ill|Inovacijų agentūra|lt}} | date=2025-01-16 | url=https://inovacijuagentura.lt/events-ext/view/2815?lang=lt | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133631/https://inovacijuagentura.lt/events-ext/view/2815?lang=lt | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}}
Trainings
InTechCentras trainings cover a variety of topics primarily within digitisation and innovation e.g. industrial digitalisation, industrial automation, innovative logistics, digital twins, energy efficiency, artificial intelligence, recycling and sustainability.{{cite web | title=Skaitmeninimo technologijų taikymo gamybos procesuose specialistų mokymo paslaugų pirkimas | website=Ministry of Finance (Lithuania) | date=2020-02-28 | url=https://2014.esinvesticijos.lt/en/pirkimu_skelbimai/skaitmeninimo-technologiju-taikymo-gamybos-procesuose-specialistu-mokymo-paslaugu-pirkimas | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116084835/https://2014.esinvesticijos.lt/en/pirkimu_skelbimai/skaitmeninimo-technologiju-taikymo-gamybos-procesuose-specialistu-mokymo-paslaugu-pirkimas | archive-date=2025-01-16 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Pramonė 5.0 – ar Lietuva tam pasiruošus? | website={{ill|Inovacijų agentūra|lt}} | date=2025-01-16 | url=https://inovacijuagentura.lt/events-ext/view/4047?lang=lt | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133637/https://inovacijuagentura.lt/events-ext/view/4047?lang=lt | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Potential of digital twin in your company processes | website=Startup Lithuania | date=2024-03-20 | url=https://www.startuplithuania.com/publicfund/potential-of-digital-twin-in-your-company-processes/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133633/https://www.startuplithuania.com/publicfund/potential-of-digital-twin-in-your-company-processes/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=„Digitalisation and Industry 4.0 driver licence ‹ Šiaulių pramonininkų asociacija | website=Šiaulių pramonininkų asociacija | date=2025-01-16 | url=http://siauliai-pramone.lt/digitalisation-and-industry-4-0-driver-licence/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133633/http://siauliai-pramone.lt/digitalisation-and-industry-4-0-driver-licence/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | author= | title=Ko nežino bosas? | website={{ill|Sekundė (laikraštis) |lt}} | date=2018-06-07 | url=https://sekunde.lt/leidinys/old_turinys/ko-nezino-bosas/ | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133721/https://sekunde.lt/leidinys/old_turinys/ko-nezino-bosas/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Energetinio efektyvumo konferencijoje – dėmesys Lietuvos pramonės energetiniam konkurencingumui ir naujausioms tendencijoms – Lietuvos pramonininkų konfederacija | website=Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists | date=2023-09-29 | url=https://lpk.lt/energetinio-efektyvumo-konferencijoje-demesys-lietuvos-pramones-energetiniam-konkurencingumui-ir-naujausioms-tendencijoms/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133629/https://lpk.lt/energetinio-efektyvumo-konferencijoje-demesys-lietuvos-pramones-energetiniam-konkurencingumui-ir-naujausioms-tendencijoms/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=VšĮ „Intechcentras“ kviečia LPK narius į seminarą „Gamybos automatizacija ir robotizacija – neribotos galimybės. Nuo ko pradėti? “ – Lietuvos pramonininkų konfederacija | website=Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists| date=2016-03-02 | url=https://lpk.lt/vsi-intechcentras-kviecia-lpk-narius-i-seminara-gamybos-automatizacija-ir-robotizacija-neribotos-galimybes-nuo-ko-pradeti/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133635/https://lpk.lt/vsi-intechcentras-kviecia-lpk-narius-i-seminara-gamybos-automatizacija-ir-robotizacija-neribotos-galimybes-nuo-ko-pradeti/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}} Trainings are often arranged in collaboration with foreign experts.{{cite web | title=Industry 4.0 driver license | website=Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists | date=2025-01-16 | url=https://archyvas.lpk.lt/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Industry-40-inotech.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133625/https://archyvas.lpk.lt/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Industry-40-inotech.pdf | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Digitalisation and industry | website=Šiaulių pramonininkų asociacija | date=2025-01-16 | url=http://siauliai-pramone.lt/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/COURSE-1-pfd.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133632/http://siauliai-pramone.lt/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/COURSE-1-pfd.pdf | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Mokymai: skelbiamas trečiasis kursas, kartojamas pirmasis | website=Linpra | date=2018-02-22 | url=https://linpra.lt/industry-4-0-mokymai-skelbiamas-treciasis-kursas-kartojamas-pirmasis/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133635/https://linpra.lt/industry-4-0-mokymai-skelbiamas-treciasis-kursas-kartojamas-pirmasis/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}}
==Partnerships==
In its projects, InTechCentras partners with domestic and foreign organisations, including multiple universities, government agencies, ministries and EU institutions.{{cite web | title=i4.0 Baltics; Developing Industrial 4.0 competence centres and network in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania | website=Swedish Institute | date=2020-11-02 | url=https://si.se/en/projects-granted-funding/i4-0-baltics-developing-industrial-4-0-competence-centres-and-network-in-estonia-latvia-and-lithuania/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133630/https://si.se/en/projects-granted-funding/i4-0-baltics-developing-industrial-4-0-competence-centres-and-network-in-estonia-latvia-and-lithuania/ | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Ranka rankon: technologijos tvariam augimui | website=Baltic News Service | date=2023-09-11 | url=https://sc.bns.lt/view/item/468785 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133625/https://sc.bns.lt/view/item/468785 | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Europos Sąjungos lėšomis finansuojamas projektas „STEAM ugdymo ekosistemos plėtojimas“ | website=FTMC | date=2024-11-25 | url=https://www.ftmc.lt/europos-sajungos-lesomis-finansuojamas-projektas-steam-ugdymo-ekosistemos-pletojimas | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133742/https://www.ftmc.lt/europos-sajungos-lesomis-finansuojamas-projektas-steam-ugdymo-ekosistemos-pletojimas | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=Paskelbti modernios pramonės įmonių konkurso „Pramonė 4.0 žvaigždė 2022“ laureatai | website=15min | date=2022-10-19 | url=https://www.15min.lt/verslas/naujiena/bendroves/paskelbti-modernios-pramones-imoniu-konkurso-pramone-4-0-zvaigzde-2022-laureatai-663-1947962 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302133600/https://www.15min.lt/verslas/naujiena/bendroves/paskelbti-modernios-pramones-imoniu-konkurso-pramone-4-0-zvaigzde-2022-laureatai-663-1947962 | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | language=lt | access-date=2025-03-02}} It is a member of several industry clusters, including Laser and Engineering Technologies Cluster.{{cite web | title=Laser & Engineering Technologies cluster LITEK | website=Interreg Europe | date=2025-02-04 | url=https://www.interregeurope.eu/good-practices/laser-engineering-technologies-cluster-litek | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302131536/https://www.interregeurope.eu/good-practices/laser-engineering-technologies-cluster-litek | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}}{{cite web | title=LITEK™ members | website=LITEK | date=2020-01-10 | url=https://litek.lt/members/?lang=en | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250302131648/https://litek.lt/members/?lang=en | archive-date=2025-03-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-02}} Intechcentras is also an active member and partner in multiple industrial networks and research institutes, focusing on advanced manufacturing.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://intechcentras.lt/|name=Official website}}
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