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PIMAP is unlocking business and research opportunities in Canada thanks to the CETA §

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Isabelle Tovena, Head of international and European affairs at the ALPHA-RLH cluster, provides insights on EU-Cananda collaboration, empowered by the CETA.
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  • Feb 24, 2020
  • Audrey Durand

PIMAP officially signs its Partnership Agreement!

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PIMAP is a voluntary, open alliance of complementary clusters and supporting organisations (meta cluster) interested in inter-cluster, cross boarder and cross sectoral collaboration for internationalization, growth and global competitiveness of European SME’s in deep tech photonics and photonic applications. The alliance has been initiated within the “Photonics for International Markets and Applications”, EU COSME supported project, Grant Agreement 783407 (short “PIMAP project”). The PIMAP partnership agreement is a constitutive document for the PIMAP Partnership members and commits the project partners to...
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  • Dec 08, 2019
  • Audrey Durand

PIMAP market study on market trends and the Industry 4.0 in the US and Canada is now available!

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Developed within the scope of the PIMAP Partnership project, the market study is the result of a desk research and embodies a market analysis of the current market trends and opportunities in USA and Canada, within the scope of photonics-enabled advanced manufacturing.
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  • Oct 21, 2019
  • Audrey Durand

Major benefits for the PIMAP Business missions to North America!

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The missions developed and the conclusions on its contribution towards PIMAP objectives, provided grounds of evidence of their relevance in: Supporting market intelligence actions and exploration of opportunities and synergies, for both clusters and their SMEs, e.g. as clearly results from the mission to the US by the occasion of the Photonics West fair; The establishment of contacts with key stakeholders towards the deployment of future actions, e.g. as it occurred with New York Photonics and the organization of a back-to-back mission to the neighbour state of New York, USA, in articulation with the EU-...
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  • Oct 07, 2019
  • Audrey Durand

The PIMAP Partnership signs two MoUs with American and Canadian partners!

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The PIMAP Partnership is proud to announce the signature of two Memorandum of Understandings with American and Canadian partners. The PIMAP Partnership has signed MoUs with: Optics Valley , based in Arizona, United-States Optonique , based in Québec, Canada. The United-States and Canada are targeted key markets for the PIMAP Partnership. The project partners initiated relationships with both clusters at the Photonics West fair in San Francisco in the framework of PIMAP 1st international business mission in February 2019. The consortium had the chance to exchange with both partners and explore basis for...
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  • Sep 27, 2019
  • Audrey Durand

The PIMAP Partnership was showcased at the EU-Canada Matchmaking Event!

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The EU-Canada Cluster Matchmaking Event sought to support cluster cooperation for strategic business partnerships taking advantage of the provisions of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) signed between the European Union and Canada in October 2016. The event was supported by the European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), and the Canadian Innovation, Science and Economic Development Ministry. This event was very fruitful for PIMAP Partnership project members and offered great visits into the Canadian innovation ecosystem...
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  • Sep 27, 2019
  • Audrey Durand

Mapping of project and funding synergies for Photonics KETs and Industrial Applications

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In the framework of the implementation of the activities planned in the PIMAP Partnership, the project partners have conducted a mapping exercise to have a clear overview of the potential synergies with other relevant funding programmes and sector initiatives at the regional, national and European level. The following mapping exercise presents the results of an analysis conducted in each partner ecosystem to identify potential synergies to exploit within the framework of the project. The linkages that will be developed with other initiatives at the regional, national and European level identified in this...
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  • Aug 27, 2019
  • Audrey Durand

PIMAP Partnership good practice handbook is now available!

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This good practice handbook for SMEs aims at supporting the knowledge exchange among project partners to support cross-sectoral cooperation and internationalisation. This handbook is setting out recommendations for the project partners to provide a framework for their collaboration towards international markets and maximise its impact for SMEs. A series of success factors have been identified to ensure the engagement of each cluster ecosystem to build the foundations for a sustainable partnership. This handbook will be shared and disseminated in each cluster ecosystem to support cross-sectoral cooperation...
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  • Aug 27, 2019
  • Audrey Durand

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