**SMART MACHINERY CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION SOLUTION – SICCMA **
[AEI-010500-2022b-250]
The main objective of SICCMA is to contribute to the digital transformation of SMEs, especially those in the naval sector, through the experimental development of an innovative solution with advanced communication and control capabilities that enables the smart control of simple equipment.
This project seeks to obtain an economically viable alternative that meets the demands and needs of SMEs in the naval sector, overcoming the limitations currently presented by this type of widely used machine, for which there is still no smart solution that brings its functionality up to the level of more complex equipment. To this end, existing knowledge and techniques will be combined, configured, adapted and used, with the ultimate aim of obtaining a non-commercial prototype of the solution validated in a relevant environment. The platform to be developed will substantially improve the technical and functional characteristics of the few alternatives currently available, bearing in mind at all times that it must be an affordable and viable product that fosters the innovation, digitalization and competitiveness of SMEs
For the development of SICCMA, a consortium has been formed comprising the Agrupación Empresarial Innovadora (AEI, Innovative Business Cluster) **Asociación Clúster del Naval Gallego **(ACLUNAGA), and two SMEs that are members of that AEI, INDUSTRIAS FERRI, S.A., and FRANCISCO CARDAMA, S.A.
This project has been supported by the Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism).
Regulatory bases order: *Order ICT/1117/2021, of 9 October, amended by Order ICT/474/2022, of 20 May, establishing the regulatory bases for aid to support Innovative Business Clusters with the aim of improving the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. *
Call:* Order of 25 June 2022, issuing the 2022 call for the aid established to support Innovative Business Clusters, with the aim of improving the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.*