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Alexandre Yurchak

CEO

Association of Industrial Automation of Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine

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My organisation

Association of Industrial Automation of Ukraine (APPAU) has been created in 2011, https://appau.org.ua/en/. APPAU unites 60+ members from categories of industrial software developers, system integrators, universities, OEM, engineering firms and manufacturers, end users. APPAU is the developer and coordinator of the local movement ‘Industry 4.0 in Ukraine’ (300+ members) and its respective national strategy, the founder of Technical committee 185 ‘Industrial Automation’, and it is the executor of several development projects in innovation, clusterization and standardization. The mission of APPAU is to develop Ukrainian economy as industrialized, sustainable and hitech, and as equal participant of EU countries in the 4th industrial revolution.
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About me

CEO of APPAU & Ukrainian Cluster Alliance / Coordinator of Industry 4.0 platform in Ukraine. I'm gratudated from Kyiv polytechnical institute (1988)  and Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (2003). Then working 25+ years in industries as Industrial Automation, Engineering & OEM. I made the carrier in companies such as Schneider Electric, working in France, Ukraine and Russia, then I was a top manager of big Ukrainian enterprises and worked in State Agency of Investment.

Last 10 years, I'm dedicated to the development of Civic business organizations in Ukraine. In 2012 I started to develop the Association of Industrial Automation of Ukraine (APPAU) who is leader today in local Industry 4.0-5.0. APPAU unites 60 members and 300+ SMEs in the movement ‘Industry 4.0’. APPAU is the developer of the National strategy 4.0, and implemented 10+ projects in digitalization, innovation, clusterization and standardization of industries. In 2022 APPAU became a co-founder of Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA), and I'm today as well CEO of this organization. UCA is the first cluster association in Ukraine committed for the development of the clusters at the national level. The UCA mission is to accelerate the clusterization of Ukraine’s economy, make it more integrated into international value chains and more innovative. During war times in Ukraine, UCA focuses on the resilience of value / supply chain in critical industries (food, drug, clothes, dual-use, machinery and infrastructure).

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Skills

  • clusteres development, Industry 4.0, marketing

Interests

  • Industry 4.0-5.0, clusters partnership, projects
  • advanced manufacturing

Marketplace (1)

  • Project cooperation

    Shaping Resilient Future (New Portfolio of UCA)

    Ukrainian CLuster Alliance developped new programs CLusters4X, covering main sectors of Ukrainian economy.

    • Planning
    • Execution
    • Environment
    • Energy & Power
    • Strategic Partner
    • Infrastutrure Projects
    • Construction & Buidling
    • Market Access Contribution
    • Technological contribution
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    Alexandre Yurchak

    CEO at Association of Industrial Automation of Ukraine

    Kyiv, Ukraine