Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), researchers and students will be able to develop and test their products and systems with the help of modern digital technologies in a newly opened laboratory in the Science and Technology Park Novi Sad.

DEAL (Digital Enterprise – an Active Learning and training Lab), which is financed by the European Union in cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Ministry of Economy of Serbia, is a place for research, development and application of the latest technologies in the field of digitisation and automation.

The laboratory was created in response to the need for a stronger connection between science, modern production systems and the economy, which would then support the creation and adoption of Industry 4.0 systems – the fourth industrial revolution. The DEAL laboratory will therefore allow companies and researchers to learn about Industry 4.0 and become familiar with the latest trends in the digital transformation of production and logistics systems.  SMEs full insight into the entire automation process –  from digitised product design and development to the digitisation of production and logistics systems. This will be the first laboratory of its kind, not just in Serbia but also the entire region of the Western Balkans.