Inria publishes its Industry 5.0 white paper; Bpifrance and CETIM review SME support

2026-06-11 · Publisher : Inria / Bpifrance / CETIM · Domain : Industry 4.0 & 5.0

Inria publishes a white paper for a more resilient Industry 5.0, making digital twins the keystone and people a priority. Bpifrance and CETIM report over 400 "Industrie du Futur" missions with SMEs since 2022.

What changes

  • Inria: digital twins presented as the "keystone" of Industry 5.0; national Engineering Digital Twins programme.
  • Digital technology designed to augment rather than replace operators.
  • Priority to open source and sovereignty of industrial data.
  • Bpifrance Conseil: over 400 Industrie du Futur missions since 2022.
  • 80% of supported SMEs cite real-time production steering as a priority; 31% had adopted AI in 2025.

### Background On 11 June 2026, **Inria** published a white paper on the "transformation towards Industry 5.0", aiming to reconcile resilience and innovation. Around the same time, **Bpifrance** and **CETIM** presented a review of their support for French SMEs moving to Industry 4.0 and 5.0. ### Key features - **Inria**: digital technology should be designed to **augment rather than replace** (capture and share expertise, support decisions, better combine human skills and automation). **Digital twins** are presented as the "keystone" of Industry 5.0, with the national Engineering Digital Twins programme run by Inria's programme agency and an open source digital twin engineering platform. The institute notes that industry accounts for about 17% of jobs and 20% of CO2 emissions in France, and stresses sovereignty over industrial data. - **Bpifrance and CETIM**: over **400 missions** carried out since 2022 under the Industrie du Futur programme. 80% of supported companies cite real-time production steering as a priority, 62% robotisation. 58% of SME and mid-cap leaders see AI as vital within three to five years, but only 31% had adopted it in 2025. ### Why it matters Both publications converge: French-style Industry 5.0 relies on step-by-step building blocks suited to SMEs, on digital twins and on operator involvement. For engineering offices and integrators, it is a concrete roadmap: start with manageable scopes, involve teams from the outset, favour open solutions. ### Key takeaway Public research and funders promote a pragmatic Industry 5.0, centred on people and on the digital twin.

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Tags : Industrie 5.0, France, Jumeau numérique, PME, Souveraineté