DiFac: Digital Factory for human oriented production systems

DiFac is an IST research project (FP6-2005-IST-5-035079) funded by the European Commission within the 6th Framework Programme priority called "Collaborative Working Environment". The project aims to the development of an innovative Collaborative Manufacturing Environment (CME) for the next generation of Digital Factory in order to support SMEs competitiveness. The paper presents the activity performed in the first year of the project and the interregional side of IMS DiFac.