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EU-Canada Cluster Matchmaking event is a success!

The European Cluster Collaboration Platform organised a major Cluster Matchmaking Event in Toronto, Canada, between the 5 th and 7 th of June 2019. The event was supported by the European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), the Department of Industry of Canada and notably the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Department (ISED)...Read more
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  • Jun 18, 2019
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AEI Tèxtils leads the signature of a MoU between EU-TEXTILE2030 and Ruta N

EU-TEXTILE2030 , the European Advanced Textile Materials cluster, was in Colombia last year from July 23rd to 27th in its first business mission coordinated by the Catalan Technical Textiles' cluster, AEI Tèxtils . During the mission, EU-TEXTILE2030 representatives meet with several major stakeholders from the Colombian textile sector including clusters, business associations, research centers, and related...Read more
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Overall R&D Expenditures in US by state examined from 2002 to 2016

The National Centre for Science and Engineering Statistics’ (NCF’s) and the National Patterns of R&D Resources series (NCSES) are US primary providers of statistical data on the U.S. science and engineering enterprise. They enable to map the situation of science and engineering in the US. Relying on NCF’s and NCSES data, STTI examined stats on the overall R&D intensity by state over a 15-year...Read more
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The European Union represented by Low Carbon Action at the 3rd Edition of the Biomass Day

Between May 21 and May 23, the 3 rd International Biomass Fair (Biomass Day) took place in Sao Polo. This event was the occasion for major actors of the international market to discuss the immense potential of biomass, notably for generation of electricity, steam, fuel, second generation ethanol and other bioproducts. It was also the occasion for present institutions to discuss legislation issues and the...Read more
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EIT RawMaterials Start-up and SME Booster Call 2019

The call is open througout the year with deadlines: 15 March / 14 june / 20 September. The EIT RawMaterials “Start-up & SME Booster Program” is one of the EIT RawMaterials funding instruments dedicated to supporting third parties’ activities, such as business creation by idea holders and growth support by start-ups and SMEs. The program provides financial support of up to a maximum amount of EUR 60,000...Read more
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EIT RawMaterials Start-up and SME Booster Call 2019

The EIT RawMaterials “Start-up & SME Booster Program” is one of the EIT RawMaterials funding instruments dedicated to supporting third parties’ activities, such as business creation by idea holders and growth support by start-ups and SMEs. The program provides financial support of up to a maximum amount of EUR 60,000.to start-ups and SMEs to develop innovative products/services that can produce an impact in the raw materials sector or benefit our partners, as well as access to EIT RawMaterials partner network to support scaling up. EIT RawMaterials, initiated and funded by the EIT (...
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European Commission announces The Innovation Fund for low-carbon technologies

One of the world’s largest funding programmes for demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies, the new fund aims at creating the right financial incentives for projects to invest in the next generation of low carbon technologies, boosting growth and competitiveness of EU companies and at supporting innovative low-carbon technologies in all Member States in taking off and reaching the market...Read more
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From Paderborn to Asia

Two start-ups from the garage33 think tank in Paderborn were able to gain a foothold in the Far East this month. COMPUTEX in Taipei is the largest leading trade fair for electronics in Asia. With their innovative software products, the young entrepreneurs from AMendate and Unchained Robotics attracted great interest from the industry in the Asian market. Not much time has passed since the two inventor...Read more
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Stretching the collaboration between the Catalan Water Partnership and the cluster Water Council from USA

The Water Council (Milwaukee, USA) and the CWP (Catalonia, Spain) signed an MOU agreement at WEFTEC last year. Since then, they have welcomed two cluster-associated companies from CWP: SIGMA DAf and CondorChem Envitech , as overseas members of The Water Council. Recently Beverly Ferrara, representing The Water Council met with Xavier Amores, Cluster manager, and Sara Gabarron, Project Manager. The reunion...Read more
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Summary Report on Cluster Policy in Regions

The summary report on lessons learnt from fostering modern Cluster Policy in regions in industrial transition summarises the work carried out by EOCIC in the 10 pilot regions in industrial transition and proposes concrete policy proposals tailored to the regions’ needs. The work of EOCIC shows clusters as a key driver for smart specialisation and it indicates how modern cluster policy can help shape...Read more
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