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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clausthal University of Technology&lt;/b&gt;, Germany&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Institute of Mechanical Engineering &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imw.tu-clausthal.de/&quot;&gt;http://www.imw.tu-clausthal.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cardiff University&lt;/b&gt;, United Kingdom&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Manufacturing Engineering Centre &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mec.cf.ac.uk/&quot;&gt;http://www.mec.cf.ac.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;University of Patras&lt;/b&gt;, Greece&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;King Mongkut&#039;s University of Technology Thonburi&lt;/b&gt;, Thailand&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;School of Information Techology&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Universiti Teknologi Malaysia&lt;/b&gt;, Malaysia&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering &lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clausthal University of Technology&lt;/b&gt;, Germany&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Institute of Mechanical Engineering &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imw.tu-clausthal.de/&quot;&gt;http://www.imw.tu-clausthal.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cardiff University&lt;/b&gt;, United Kingdom&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Manufacturing Engineering Centre &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;University of Patras&lt;/b&gt;, Greece&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mech.upatras.gr&quot;&gt;http://www.mech.upatras.gr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;King Mongkut&#039;s University of Technology Thonburi&lt;/b&gt;, Thailand&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;abbr title=&#039;EurAsian Network for Product Lifecycle Support and Training&#039;&gt;EAPSTRA&lt;/abbr&gt; - EurAsian Network for Product Lifecycle Support and Training - is an Asia IT&amp;amp;C project comprising five partners, three from Europe (Clausthal University of Technology, Cardiff University and University of Patras) and two from Asia (King  Mongkut&#039;s University of Technology Thonburi and Universiti Technologi Malaysia).
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EAPSTRA aims to demonstrate the benefits associated with advanced technologies and intelligent manufacturing for Product Lifecycle Support (&lt;abbr title=&#039;Product Lifecycle Support&#039;&gt;PLCS&lt;/abbr&gt;) such as Artificial Intelligence Tools (&lt;abbr title=&#039;Artificial Intelligence Tools&#039;&gt;AIT&lt;/abbr&gt;), Multimedia (&lt;abbr title=&#039;MultiMedia&#039;&gt;MM&lt;/abbr&gt;), Computer Based Training (&lt;abbr title=&#039;Computer Based Training&#039;&gt;CBT&lt;/abbr&gt;) and Product Lifecycle Management (&lt;abbr title=&#039;Product Lifecycle Management&#039;&gt;PLM&lt;/abbr&gt;) and related progressive design methodologies. Thereby increasing the awareness amongst Small and Medium Enterprises (&lt;abbr title=&#039;Small and Medium Enterprises&#039;&gt;SMEs&lt;/abbr&gt;) and research institutions in Asia (Thailand, Malaysia in particular) of advanced methods for the support and maintenance of a product throughout its life. Activities during the project will be carried out in Technology Demonstration Centres based in Malaysia, and Thailand. Pilot projects will be conducted, a liaison network of interested parties and experts established, workshops will be given and a web-based information portal and discussion forum initiated. These will be realised within a project duration of 24 months.
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