Digital Product Passports are coming. For a small manufacturer, the question is simple: how do we meet the rules without a legal department? At the Gaia-X Summit 2026 in Vienna on 19–20 November, COMPLIANCE4DPP will show you one answer, using a carbide tool as our demonstrator. Come and see it in action at the entrance area.
What you will see
Compliance in minutes, not weeks. The tool’s passport is checked automatically against the requirements, from data structure to mandatory information and data quality.
Trust you can prove. Compliant passports receive a verifiable credential and are published on Pontus-X, the Gaia-X Lighthouse data space, so partners can rely on the data while you keep control of it.
Smarter decisions after use. Real usage data, such as machining time and cutting-edge wear, feeds back into the passport and supports better choices on reuse, reconditioning or recycling.
Less waste, more resource efficiency. Every tool kept in use longer helps protect critical raw materials.
And it’s all built on open source, so SMEs and large companies alike can use it.
Behind the demonstrator
The question we keep coming back to is simple: how can a manufacturer share product data across a supply chain, stay in control of it, and still meet EU rules like the Digital Product Passport requirements, without a legal department on call?
Our answer builds on two things this community knows well. Gaia-X provides the trust layer. Pontus-X, the Gaia-X Lighthouse data space, provides the working infrastructure: verifiable credentials, data catalogues, contract negotiation and data transfers. On top of that, we are adding automated compliance: legal and contractual requirements written as executable policies, so rules can be checked as data is exchanged. Everything is open source, so SMEs and large companies alike can use it.
Join us
- Date:
- 19–20 November 2026
- Place:
- Liechtenstein Garden Palace, Vienna, Austria
Tags: Gaia-X Summit, COMPLIANCE4DPP, Pontus-X, Digital Product Passport, Circular Economy, Data Spaces, Horizon Europe