“EIC Accelerator (SME Instrument), within Horizon 2020, is a public funding programme that finances research and innovation of start-ups and SMEs. Only the most innovative companies can be selected and to date only 4500 out of 50,000 companies have been funded. This indicates the strong competition within the programme and demonstrates the quality of the projects submitted.

Comur, for decades operating in the field of gear machines and aiming always to innovation and continuous improvement, after having passed the first Phase of selection, it is now ready for the Phase 2 applying for funding for the project “E-Optimum – Energy leading-edge technology for

high performance gear shaping machines”: a revolutionary hobbing machine with very high flexibility, reduced environmental impact and predictive maintenance system that will allow a reduction in operating and maintenance costs.

This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation project with funding code No. 882637.

EIC Accelerator (SME Instrument) is a great facilitator for achieving the objectives of SMEs by mitigating the risks associated with ambitious development projects. It also gave a strong boost to our company in terms of planning and developing innovative projects and technologies.”