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New alliance to strengthen resilience of Europe's raw materials value chain

The European Commission has launched the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) to connect industrial actors, Member States and civil society to build resilience and strategic autonomy for the rare earths and magnets value chain in Europe. The Alliance aims to identify barriers, opportunities and investment possibilities at all stages of the raw materials value chain - from mining to waste recovery - while...Read more
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Around the world in three hours - the first Global Cluster Matchmaking event

More than 100 clusters and business development organisations from 36 countries met at the first online Global Cluster Matchmaking. Through almost 200 cluster-to-cluster meetings they (re)connected the cluster ecosystem worldwide - and new global collaborations driven by clusters have already begun. A key message from the event was that global challenges might have become more complex, but the complexity...Read more
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€5.7m call for advanced manufacturing assistance and training providers

The European Commission has launched a €5.7 million call for providers of advanced manufacturing assistance and training for SMEs . Small, innovative, companies create the majority of new jobs in the European economy. Technological advances are making it easier and cheaper to start enterprises with limited own resources - but SMEs often struggle to scale up and create new jobs, including recruiting talent...Read more
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Patent protection in China: know before you go

It is a given that patent protection has to be requested before a respective product is introduced to a domestic national market. However, it is less often considered how a product may appeal in other world markets, and that these may not extend automatic protection for an invention registered back home. In particular, a European registered patent has no legal effect in China. This is of particular...Read more
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Opportunities in India for innovative agritech, food processing and sustainability businesses

The Central Highlands Restoration Project (CHiRP) in India is seeking to attract innovative businesses technologies to enhance the productivity and livelihoods of the local stakeholders, resulting in socio-economic development and ecosystem restoration. An Innovation Call has been launched to identify a competitive pool of global organisations that offer disruptive solutions focused on improving the yields...Read more
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Commission seeks views on plans for defence and space industries

The European Commission is seeking the views of stakeholders on its plans for synergies and cross-fertilisation between the civil defence and space industries. Defence, space and civil (including security) industries face unprecedented global competition, in a changing geo-political context. They also face new opportunities with the emergence of rapidly evolving technologies, and the emergence of new...Read more
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Join the CircLean network to help implement and promote industrial symbiosis

Clusters, cluster networks and SMEs are among the bodies being sought to join the Circlean European Network of businesses and SMEs for Industrial Symbiosis. Technopolis Group, together with a consortium of partners composed of Trinomics, Industrial Synergies and Arctik, is implementing the CircLean Network on behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry,...Read more
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Survey: SMEs need support to achieve digitalisation and sustainability

A European Commission survey on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has revealed that 62% of European Union (EU) SMEs confront barriers to digitalisation and 70% say they are facing at least one obstacle to becoming sustainable. The survey, commissioned by the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), was conducted among more than 12,000 companies from...Read more
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ClusterXchange scheme starts virtually: explore the new IT Tool

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, industrial clusters across Europe have continued to show remarkable resilience and ability to help their members adapt. In the face of this challenging situation, national borders should not hinder the potential of clusters and their members, SMEs in particular, to collaborate. ClusterXchange pilot scheme , supported by the European Commission, is a new initiative to...Read more
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Industrial Ecosystems: Proximity & Social Economy

Summary of the European Alliance Against Coronavirus Daily Webinar on 18 September 2020 In this EAAC webinar, three clusters from the social economy ecosystem presented their activities to meet the needs of their members and build bottom-up structures to enhance their opportunities. Bernard Lahure and Frédéric Theate from the Cluster ESS Grande Région work on cross-border collaboration as their specialty,...Read more
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