Strategic Research and Innovation Partnership of the Factories of the Future  (SRIP FoF) collects Slovenian research and innovation know-how and experience from relevant industrial and academia and highlight priority “break through” areas of new products, technologies and services. The partnership creates and supports business and research synergies in the area of Factories of the Future for new products, services and technologies penetration on the global market with concentration on niche areas, thus putting Slovenia among the prominent European providers of such solutions.

SRIP FoF is the largest Slovenian industrial cluster, coordinated by Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), the leading Slovenian scientific research institute, covering a broad spectrum of basic and applied research. It is a structure of 4 clusters (Advanced technologies cluster (led by JSI), Toolmakers cluster (led by Tecos), Systems and control technologies cluster (led by KC STV), and Smart factories cluster (led by Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia).