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· MADE is an independent association led by industry executives that aims to facilitate the development of innovative world-class manufacturing solutions to and for primarily European industry, enabling Denmark to compete globally and create growth in industry jobs. MADE will achieve its goals through the development of strategic partnerships between research institutes and industry, to deliver state of the art: manufacturing technology, leadership, operating models and education. MADE consists of 113 large and small Danish manufacturing companies (incl. Grundfos, Danfoss, LEGO Group, Siemens Wind Power and over 80 SME's), five universities (University of Southern Denmark, Technical University of Denmark, Aalborg University, Copenhagen Business School, Aarhus University), three technological service institutes and is supported by private foundations and associations. MADE has three focus areas; applied industrial research, innovation and education. At the heart of MADE the applied research platform focuses on improving the competitiveness of MADE's industrial partners. 44 Ph.D. and Postdoc projects have been initiated . MADE was started on a 25 M EURO budget (for 2014-2018) where over 50 % of the financing is provided by the industrial partners. MADE has just been granted a new program MADE DIGITAL (2017-2019) with a total budget of 25 M Euro, to speed up digitalization of Danish Manufacturing.