Machineries & Factories (M&F) is an industrial research platform grouping the activities of about 125 researchers from different research groups, including 25 professors. These professors are working within/leading a research group from two faculties at Ghent University and one at university college howest. Their research activities adds value in smart motion products and smart production systems in an industry 4.0 environment driven by digitalisation and digital twin technology. We align our activities with the Flemish strategic research centre for the manufacturing industry Flanders Make. Many of our researchers have a double affiliation FlandersMake@UGent. Some of our researchers have a double affiliation UGent-imec. The Ghent University M&F industrial research platform is active on the following research topics: */ Electromechanical engineering - motion products */ Electromechanical engineering - decision, sensing & control */ Industrial Systems Engineering */ Digital engineering: Our mission is to: */ stimulate and support our researchers to interact and collaborate with the industry */ identify, communicate and bring to the market tangible research results, where relevant patent protected, */ set up multi-partner projects at a regional and European level e.g. in the H2020 framework */ create and make available relevant test infrastructure */ realise spin-offs if the existing eco-system is not (yet) able to absorb our research results