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EU Cluster Participants Booklet

European Cluster Matchmaking event, Brussels YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH PEERS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE

Matchmaking event promoting EU cluster-to-cluster partnerships organised by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform. This event is supported by the European Commission, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and

SMEs and the EASME.

November 30th 2016

www.clustercollaboration.eu

CONTEXTJointly organised by the European Commission, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship andSMEs, facilitated by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) Europe, this is amatchmaking event with the aim of promoting EU-EU cluster-to-cluster partnerships in various fields.

The matchmaking event will bring together 120 clusters from all over Europe !

21 different countries are represented for this matchmaking event !

The organisation of the matchmaking event is facilitated by the European Cluster Collaboration Platformconsortium:

Content displayed on the following slides is based on the description provided by each cluster participant; the ECCP cannot be held responsible for its correctness.


Organisation Country

CHORUS Clean Energy Cluster / CERTH Greece

CLUSTER ANDALUCIA SMART CITY Spain

CLUSTER ANDALUZ DE ENERGIAS RENOVABLES Y EFICIENCIA ENERGETICA Spain

Cluster Biotecnològic i Biomèdic de les Illes Balears (BIOIB) Spain

Cluster Eco-construction Belgium

Cluster Innovatieve Coatings Belgium

Cluster Lombardo Scienze della Vita Italy

Cluster Microelectronics and Embedded Systems Bulgaria

Cluster Montagne France

CLUSTER OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OF METAL INDUSTRY IN ASTURIAS Spain

Compare Sweden

Confartigianato Imprese Bergamo Italy

Construction cluster of Slovenia (CCS) Slovenia

Digipolis - Arctic Industry and Circular Economy Finland

DITECFER District for Rail Technologies, High Speed, Safety & Security Italy

Domotys Spain

DSP Valley Belgium

EIT Climate-KIC Germany

Elastopole France

EMC2 France

EnergyIN - Competitiveness and Technology Cluster for Energy Portugal

EPSI Belgium

EUROBIOMED France

EXTREMADURA ENERGY CLUSTER Spain

FEMAC Spain

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AEROSPACE VALLEY France

AFIL Italy

Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation France

AgriFood Capital Netherlands

AgroTransilvania Cluster Romania

Agrupación Empresarial Innovadora del Conocimiento de Asturias Spain

ALPhA - Route des Lasers France

Amec - Spanish cluster industrial companies Spain

Andalusian Plastic Cluster- Andaltec Spain

AQUIMER France

Arctic Smart Rural Community cluster Finland

ASINCAR-Regional Industrial Association of Meat Industry Spain

Asociación de la Industria Navarra (Navarrese Industry Association) Spain

Asociación Empresarial ETICOM, Clúster de Economía Digital de Andalucía Spain

Axelera France

BalticNet-PlasmaTec Germany

Basque Energy Cluster Spain

Bioindustry Park Silvano Fumero / bioPmed Cluster Italy

Bulgarian Cluster Telecommunications Bulgaria

Canary Cluster for Transports and Logistics (CCTL) Spain

CAP 2020 asbl Belgium

CAP DIGITAL France

Capenergies cluster France

CataloniaBio Spain

CBM - Centro di Biomedicina Molecolare Italy

CHORUS Clean Energy Cluster / CERTH Greece

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Flanders' Bike Valley Belgium

Fondazione Cluster Tecnologie per le Smart Cities & Communities Lombardia Italy

Foundation" Cluster Information and Communication Technologies" Bulgaria

gi-Cluster Greece

HELICE CLUSTER Spain

Hellenic Biocluster (HBio) Greece

High Tech NL Netherlands

i-Care Cluster France

Imaginove France

INFOPOLE Cluster TIC Belgium

INNOVAAL scarl - Public-Private Partnership for Active & Assisted Living Italy

InovCluster- Associação do Cluster Agro-Industrial do Centro Portugal

Irish Software Innovation Network Ireland

iTech Transilvania Cluster by ARIES Romania

Jurinis klasteris Lithuania

Lombardia Aerospace Cluster Italy

Lombardy Cluster Technologies for Living Environments Italy

Lombardy Energy Cleantech Cluster Italy

Lombardy Green Chemistry Association Italy

MACES Macedonia

MATERALIA France

Matikem France

MESAP Innovation Cluster Italy

Midlands Aerospace Alliance UK

MINALOGIC France

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MOV'EO France

NEPIC UK

Normandie AeroEspace France

North-South Logistics@Transport Cluster Poland

Nova CHILD France

NUMELINK France

OMNIPACK First Hungarian Packaging Technology Cluster Hungary

OÖ Energiesparverband/Ökoenergie-Cluster Austria

OTIR2020 - NEXT TECHNOLOGY TECNOTESSILE Italy

Packaging Cluster Spain

Paper Province Sweden

Photonics cluster OPTITEC France

PIMEC Cluster of Supply Chain & Logistics (Region of Catalonia) Spain

Plastipolis France

PLASTIWIN Belgium

Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique France

Pôle Véhicule du Futur France

PRODUTECH - Production Technologies Cluster Portugal

RETE DI IMPRESE LUCE IN VENETO Italy

SAFE CLUSTER France

Secured Communicating Solutions cluster France

Silicon Europe Belgium

SmartCityTech Belgium

Software Innovation Pole Cluster (DEAK Plc.) Hungary

Sustainable Habitat Cluster Portugal




SYSTEMATIC PARIS REGION France

Systematic Paris-Region France

TECHTERA France

Transylvania Energy Cluster Romania

Transylvanian Furniture Cluster Romania

Transylvanian Mechanical Engineering Cluster Romania

Triple Steelix Sweden

Turistec Spain

TWEED - Energy Cluster in Belgium (Wallonia/Brussels) Belgium

University of Lapland Finland

Uzupis Creative Cluster Lithuania

VEGEPOLYS France

VITAGORA France

Vojvodina ICT Cluster - VOICT Serbia

Water Alliance Netherlands

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NB Organisation First Name Last Name Email Country

1 AEROSPACE VALLEY Fabienne DAVERAN [email protected] France

2 AFIL Roberta Curiazzi [email protected] Italy

3 Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation Laurent Augier [email protected] France

4 AgriFood Capital Simon Maas [email protected] Netherlands

5 AgroTransilvania Cluster Ciprian Morcan [email protected] Romania

6 Agrupación Empresarial Innovadora del Conocimiento de Asturias / Innovative Knowledge Business Association of AsturiasRUBEN CARRANDI CORTINA [email protected] Spain

7 ALPhA - Route des Lasers Hervé FLOCH [email protected] France

8 Amec - Spanish cluster industrial companiesAngela Lalatta [email protected] Spain

9 Andalusian Plastic Cluster- Andaltec Julián Parra Barranco [email protected] Spain

10 AQUIMER Anna Pineau Ershova [email protected] France

11 Arctic Smart Rural Community cluster Johannes Vallivaara [email protected] Finland

12 ASINCAR-Regional Industrial Association of Meat IndustryRoberto Morán Ramallal [email protected] Spain

13 Asociación de la Industria Navarra (Navarrese Industry Association)Nancy Tarjenian Astour [email protected] Spain

14 Asociación Empresarial ETICOM, Clúster de Economía Digital de AndalucíaJose Luis Marijuan [email protected] Spain

15 Axelera Roya Farhoosh [email protected] France

16 BalticNet-PlasmaTec Alexander Schwock [email protected] Germany

17 Basque Energy Cluster Jose I. Hormaeche [email protected] Spain

18 Bioindustry Park Silvano Fumero / bioPmed ClusterAlberto Baldi [email protected] Italy

19 Bulgarian Cluster Telecommunications Krasimira Shindarova [email protected] Bulgaria

20 Canary Cluster for Transports and Logistics (CCTL) Elena Perez [email protected] Spain

21 CAP 2020 asbl Michel Heukmes [email protected] Belgium

22 CAP DIGITAL Josephine ROHNER [email protected] France

23 Capenergies cluster Heloise Delseny [email protected] France

24 CataloniaBio Melqui Calzado [email protected] Spain

25 CBM - Centro di Biomedicina Molecolare - Cluster Smart health del Friuli Venezia GiuliaLaura Cerni [email protected] Italy



26 CHORUS Clean Energy Cluster / CERTH Christos Koutousis [email protected] Greece

27 CLUSTER ANDALUCIA SMART CITY Diego Gil [email protected] Spain

28 CLUSTER ANDALUZ DE ENERGIAS RENOVABLES Y EFICIENCIA ENERGETICACarlos Rojo [email protected] Spain

29 Cluster Biotecnològic i Biomèdic de les Illes Balears (BIOIB)Mariela Adrover [email protected] Spain

30 Cluster Eco-construction Hervé-JAcques POSKIN [email protected] Belgium

31 Cluster Innovatieve Coatings Pascale Claeys Bouuaert [email protected] Belgium

32 Cluster Lombardo Scienze della Vita Francesca Brescia [email protected]

33 Cluster Microelectronics and Embedded SystemsGeorge Angelov [email protected] Bulgaria

34 Cluster Montagne Pierre-François ADAM [email protected] France

35 CLUSTER OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OF METAL INDUSTRY IN ASTURIAS. METAINDUSTRY4María Pérez Medina [email protected] Spain

36 Compare Malin Eide [email protected] Sweden

37 Confartigianato Imprese Bergamo Marina Roberta Redondi [email protected] Italy

38 Construction cluster of Slovenia (CCS) Vladimir Gumilar [email protected] Slovenia

39 Digipolis - Arctic Industry and Circular EconomyKari Poikela [email protected] Finland

40 DITECFER District for Rail Technologies, High Speed, Safety & SecurityVeronica Elena Bocci [email protected] Italy

41 Domotys Alba Álvarez [email protected] Spain

42 DSP Valley Peter Simkens [email protected] Belgium

43 EIT Climate-KIC Maria Loloni [email protected] Germany

44 Elastopole Hubault Antoine [email protected] France

45 EMC2 Laurent Manach [email protected] France

46 EnergyIN - Competitiveness and Technology Cluster for EnergyMariana Barros [email protected] Portugal

47 EPSI Bujana Balla [email protected] Belgium

48 EUROBIOMED Jennifer Lartigue [email protected] France

49 EXTREMADURA ENERGY CLUSTER CAROLINA GRAU [email protected] Spain

50 FEMAC Elisabeth Molina Sanchez [email protected] Spain

51 Flanders' Bike Valley Marc Hufkens [email protected]

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52 Fondazione Cluster Tecnologie per le Smart Cities & Communities LombardiaGiacomo Piccini [email protected] Italy

53 Foundation" Cluster Information and Communication Technologies" Anna Naydenova [email protected] Bulgaria

54 gi-Cluster Julia Phoca [email protected] Greece

55 HELICE CLUSTER Arturo De Vicente [email protected] Spain

56 Hellenic Biocluster (HBio) Apostolos Dimitriadis [email protected] Greece

57 High Tech NL Ben van der Zon [email protected] Netherlands

58 i-Care Cluster Jean-François MENUDET [email protected] France

59 Imaginove David Gal-Regniez [email protected] France

60 INFOPOLE Cluster TIC Charlie Feron [email protected] Belgium

61 INNOVAAL scarl - Public-Private Partnership for Active & Assisted LivingPietro Siciliano [email protected] Italy

62 InovCluster- Associação do Cluster Agro-Industrial do CentroCláudia Domingues Soares [email protected] Portugal

63 Irish Software Innovation Network David Feenan [email protected] Ireland

64 iTech Transilvania Cluster by ARIES Bianca Muntean [email protected]

65 Jurinis klasteris Rasa Viederyte [email protected] Lithuania

66 Lombardia Aerospace Cluster Paola Margnini [email protected] Italy

67 Lombardy Cluster Technologies for Living EnvironmentsCristina De Capitani [email protected] Italy

68 Lombardy Energy Cleantech Cluster Marisa Marini [email protected] Italy

69 Lombardy Green Chemistry Association Diego Bosco [email protected] Italy

70 MACES Petar Indovski [email protected] Macedonia

71 MATERALIA ANNE DELILLE [email protected] France

72 Matikem Gabriela Severin [email protected] France

73 MESAP Innovation Cluster Silvia Zinetti [email protected] Italy

74 Midlands Aerospace Alliance Andrew Mair [email protected]

75 MINALOGIC Laure Quintin [email protected] France

76 MOV'EO Mathilde PETIT [email protected] France

77 NEPIC Stan Higgins [email protected] UK





78 Normandie AeroEspace Samuel CUTULLIC [email protected] France

79 North-South Logistics@Transport Cluster Marek Swieczkowski [email protected] Poland

80 Nova CHILD Véronique LEGRAND [email protected] France

81 NUMELINK NAIT IDIR Salem [email protected] France

82 OMNIPACK First Hungarian Packaging Technology ClusterZsolt Keresztúri [email protected] Hungary

83 OÖ Energiesparverband/Ökoenergie-ClusterChristiane Egger [email protected] Austria

84 OTIR2020 - NEXT TECHNOLOGY TECNOTESSILEEnrico Venturini Degli [email protected] Italy

85 Packaging Cluster Àlex Brossa Enrique [email protected] Spain

86 Paper Province Magnus Persson [email protected] Sweden

87 Photonics cluster OPTITEC Ziga Valic [email protected] France

88 PIMEC Cluster of Supply Chain & Logistics (Region of Catalonia)Emilio Mulet [email protected] Spain

89 Plastipolis Patrick Vuillermoz [email protected] France

90 PLASTIWIN ELIAS NJEIM [email protected] Belgium

91 Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique Stéphane Alain RIOU [email protected] France

92 Pôle Véhicule du Futur Thomas RÖHR [email protected] France

93 PRODUTECH - Production Technologies ClusterPedro Rocha [email protected] Portugal

94 RETE DI IMPRESE LUCE IN VENETO Alberto Sozza [email protected] Italy

95 SAFE CLUSTER JEAN-MICHEL DUMAZ [email protected]

96 Secured Communicating Solutions cluster Guillaume Roux [email protected] France

97 Silicon Europe Johan Lecocq [email protected] Belgium

98 SmartCityTech Mark De Colvenaer [email protected]

99 Software Innovation Pole Cluster (DEAK Plc.)Monika Gortva-Konya [email protected] Hungary

100 Sustainable Habitat Cluster Victor Ferreira [email protected] Portugal

101 SYSTEMATIC PARIS REGION isabelle DE SUTTER [email protected]

102 Systematic Paris-Region Thierry Louvet [email protected]

103 TECHTERA Robin Oddon [email protected] France






104 Transylvania Energy Cluster Alexandra Stoica [email protected] Romania

105 Transylvanian Furniture Cluster Diana Morcan [email protected]

106 Transylvanian Mechanical Engineering ClusterKinga Kristó [email protected] Romania

107 Triple Steelix Larz Ignberg [email protected] Sweden

108 Turistec Elena Villa [email protected] Spain

109 TWEED - Energy Cluster in Belgium (Wallonia/Brussels)Cédric Brull [email protected] Belgium

110 University of Lapland Mika-Petri Laakkonen [email protected] Finland

111 Uzupis Creative Cluster Marius Pareščius [email protected] Lithuania

112 VEGEPOLYS Pauline Capus [email protected] France

113 VITAGORA Anne-Céline Renaud [email protected] France

114 Vojvodina ICT Cluster - VOICT Milan Solaja [email protected]

115 Water Alliance Bart Volkers [email protected] Netherlands



AEROSPACE VALLEYLocation: Toulouse, France

Year of creation: 2005

N° of members: 859

Sector of activity: Aeronautics, Space and Embedded Systems

Cluster mission: Created in 2005, with today 859 members from both industry and academia, Aerospace Valley is the mostsignificant innovation “pôle de compétitivité” in France in the field of aeronautics, space and embedded systems. Within theframework of the general French “pôle de compétitivité” program, which aims to stimulate employment by fostering local andregional competencies in technical and economic areas, Aerospace Valley strives to create an ambitious 35-40,000 new jobs by thehorizon year 2025.

Participation objectives: European Interclustering for Aerospace Valley activities in diversification sectors.

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Contact: Fabienne Daveran / Audrey Hanocque

[email protected]@aerospace-valley.com

France

http://www.aerospace-valley.com

mailto:[email protected]



Location: Via Oldofredi 23, 20124 Milan (Lombardy)


N° of members: 143

Sector of activity: Advanced Manufacturing

Cluster mission: AFIL aims to promote and facilitate research and innovation as regards practices and enabling technologies for the manufacturing sector in order to support and develop the Lombard production system’s leadership and competitiveness.

• To set up a stable community by connecting companies, universities, research institutions and associations, favouringcooperation in research and innovation projects and initiatives

• To be a reference actor for the region for the defining of research and innovation strategies in manufacturing sector.

• To support the development of a research and innovation extraregional network through the connection with different europeanregions within smart specialization strategies.

Participation objectives: the participation in this cluster matchmaking event will allow us to reinforce our interregional network for R&I. AFIL is looking for R&I partnerships with other cluster focused on advenced manufacturing


Contact: Alessandro Marini (Cluster Manager)

[email protected] Curiazzi (Project Officer support)[email protected]

Italy (Lombardy)

Website link of the clusterhttp://www.afil.it/

AFIL – Associazione Fabbrica Intelligente Lombardia



http://www.afil.it/


AGRI SUD-OUEST INNOVATIONLocation: Toulouse


N° of members: 350

Sector of activity: agriculture, food industry, bioeconomy

Cluster mission: Enhance competitivness by promoting private/public innovation, building

collaborative projects…

Participation objectives: Identify clusters for partnership especially in the field of biocontrol


Contact: AUGIER Laurent,

Scientific [email protected]

France

http://www.agrisudouest.com/en/


AgriFood CapitalLocation: Northeast-Brabant (Southern Netherlands)


N° of members: 100

Sector of activity: (agro)food

Cluster mission: Developing Northeast Brabant into AgriFood Capital, an excellent AgriFood region with international appeal, national attraction and local collaboration;

Participation objectives: Collaboration in (agro)food innovation (e.g. Innosup)

Internationalisation in (agro) food innovation


Contact: Simon Maas

[email protected]

Netherlands

Website link of the clusterwww.agrifoodcapital.nl


http://www.agrifoodcapital.nl/


AgroTransilvania ClusterLocation: Cluj-Napoca


N° of members: 60

Sector of activity: Agrifood

Cluster mission: The mission of the AgroTransilvania Cluster is to promote collaboration and cooperation between businessentities in the agricultural industry and encouraging competitive restructuring of the sector, as well as ensuring participation inmultiple commercial project, both national and international. In this regard, members of the AgroTransilvania Cluster decided to joinforces to support the development of the agro-industrial sector in the Nord-West Region of Romania, with the aim to build on thecompetitiveness of the association – both on the national and international markets.

Participation objectives: Research expertise and laboratory technology; Expertise in Development, Business, ProjectsManagement and Research.


Contact: Ciprian Morcan

[email protected]

Romania

Website link of the clusterwww.agrocluster.ro


http://www.agrocluster.ro/


ALPhA – Route des LasersLocation: Bordeaux


N° of members: 170

Sector of activity: Photonics (KET)

Cluster mission: create an environment that fosters innovation and supports its members by coordinating leadership, pooling andsupport measures in areas such as access to R&D collaborative projects, public/private funding, international development(representations in USA and China), intellectual property, skills management planning and human resources and economic security.

Participation objectives: European Networking for Technology to Martket actions (SME oriented). EU Cluster Matchmaking Eventappears as an opportunity to looking forward to meeting with clusters to find one or two European partners to possibly embark in acollaborative project led by Route des Lasers cluster and to be submitted to next “Go international” call of the COSME program(release end 2016 or early 2017).


Contact: Hervé [email protected]

FRANCE

www.routedeslasers.com


Location: BARCELONA


N° of members: 350

Sector of activity: amec is a Spanish cluster/association with over 40 years of experience in the promotion ofinternationalization, innovation and networking of Spanish companies and in several synergies sectors such construction,energy, smart cities, packaging and technology for food industry.

Cluster mission: promote internationalization ,innovation and networking of represented companies by on behalf of theirsectors and enhancing their competitiveness.

Participation objectives: Enabling the cooperation, exchange information and encourage alliances within sectors andcomplementary companies for mutual benefit.

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Contact: Angela Lalatta [email protected]

SPAIN

Website link of the clusterwww.amec.es

AMEC


http://www.amec.es/


AQUIMERLocation: Boulogne-sur-Mer


N° of members: 122

Sector of activity: Seafood industry

Cluster mission: AQUIMER helps agrofood industry to respond to the increasing seafood demand in the condition of the depletingresources. By boosting innovation throughout the value chain, AQUIMER’s goal is to foster the competitiveness of the companiesand put the aquatic products in the heart of the food of the future.

Participation objectives: We are looking for innovation centers and companies interested in joint developments to :

• Implement sustainable aquaculture

• Maintain and increase seafood markets

• Develop low impact and efficient processing

• Use 100% biological resource entering the transformation process


Contact: Anna PINEAU ERSHOVA

[email protected]

France

http://www.poleaquimer.com


Arctic Smart Rural Community -clusterLocation: Lapland


N° of members: 50

Sector of activity: Food and decentralized energy

Cluster mission: Our mission is to transfer nature raw materials for added value to local economies. We are concentrating at thefirst phase to decentralized energy and food production. Capital outflow from villages by energy and food is almost 50% ofincomings and in Lapland level it means almost 500 million internal markets.

Participation objectives: We are looking partners whose aim is to find solutions to keep rural areas alive. We are looking partnerswith whom we can speed up our entrepreneurs internationalization process by finding value networks and funding to do long-termresearch with different kind of instruments. We are to offer platform for arctic rural context and support from our other ArcticSmartness Clusters (Industry and circular economy, Design, Safety, Development environments).


Contact: Johannes Vallivaara

[email protected]

Finland

Website link of the clusterhttp://luotsi.lappi.fi/smart-rural1


Industrial Transformation Cluster

Location: Spain – Navarra - Cordovilla

Year of creation1963 Industrial Association of Navarra, 2016 recognized asCluster

N° of members: Currently, 80 industrial companies in the Cluster

Sector of activity: Metal transformation: Automotive, Food Industry, HomeAppliances, Construction and Energy


Contact: Nancy Tarjenian [email protected]

Spain - Navarra

Website : http://www.ain.es/en/

Cluster mission: To promote, give support and enhance associated companies to their industrialtransformation mainly focused on industry 4.0, digitalization and circular economy

Participation objectives: participation in Innosup 1-2016/2017 call, Contact with other clusters forIndustry 4.0, Digitalisation and Circular economy-Energy Efficiency joint projects initiatives, Emergingindustries joint proposals for Eco industries- new materials- construction and Management and Businessservices.


http://www.ain.es/en/


AXELERALocation: Lyon, France


N° of members: 322

Sector of activity: Chemistry & Environment

Cluster mission: To support our members' innovation and business development

Participation objectives:

Looking for potential partners for European projects

• Inter-clustering, collaborative projects

• R&D projects involving our members & partner cluster’s members


Contact: Roya FARHOOSH

[email protected]

France

www.axelera.org

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BalticNet-PlasmaTecLocation: Greifswald, Germany


N° of members: 72 from 15 countries more than 50% from Industry

Sector of activity: Supporting the international cooperation in R&D, education and business using Plasma Technologies e.g. for surface treatment like surface activation, modification and coatings, environmental application like air and water cleaning, medical application like plasma medicine and implants, energy sector, food sector incl. packaging e.g. for decontamination.

Cluster mission: International cross-sectoral, cross-cluster cooperation, initiation of new projects

Participation objectives: Find partners for cooperation and joint projects between clusters and cluster members


Contact: Alexander Schwock

[email protected]: +49 175 2672013

Germany and

world wide

(>15 countries)

www.BNPT.euwww.Clou5.net


http://www.bnpt.eu/


BASQUE ENERGY CLUSTER(Cluster de Energía)

Location: Bilbao, Basque Country


N° of members: 185

Sector of activity: Energy: Smart grids, Wind energy, Solar power, energy storage, electric vehicle, energy efficiency in the Industry, Oil &Gas.

Cluster mission: The Basque Energy Cluster’s mission is to improve global competitiveness of the Basque energy sector facilitating business collaboration along the value chains and seeking public – private partnerships. In particular it aims to help its members to identify common strategic challenges, and to develop collaborations in the fields of technological development, internationalization, innovation and training.

Participation objectives: The cluster wishes to identify and generate business cooperation opportunities with European clusters and companies in the fields of energy in which its member companies operate. In addition, the Basque Energy Cluster wishes to establish relationships and engage in closer cooperation with other cluster and network organizations, which could give way to specific collaboration proposals under the different calls and programs of the European Commission to support cluster collaboration projects.


Contact: José I. Hormaeche; [email protected]

Spain

•Website: www.clusterenergia.com

http://www.clusterenergia.com/Contenidos/Ficha.aspx?IdMenu=A2238BD0-3048-4D9D-AB8C-C91C6FDFD475&Idioma=es-ES


bioPmedLocation: Piemonte – Italy


N° of members: 72

Sector of activity: Life sciences and health

Cluster mission: ”Guide and promote innovation in the field of life sciences and human health within the local industrial system”

Participation objectives: establishing new partnerships, in particular we are looking for:

• Other clusters and “peer organisations” which – on a mutual basis - can act as “gateways” or “soft landing” spots in other countries in order to help the growth of our companies, in particular SMEs.

• Partners for new EU projects, dedicated to the development of high added value cluster services in the field of healthcare and best practice exchange (sector specific health)

• Other clusters with dedicated expertise, which can represent our strategic partners on particular emerging topics, such as “nutraceutics”, “food for health”, big data for healthcare, “chronic conditions management” and ageing in general.


Contact: Alberto Baldi

[email protected]

Italy

www.bioPmed.eu


Bulgarian Cluster Telecommunications (BCT)Location: Bulgaria


N° of members: 20

Sector of activity: Telecommunications

Cluster mission: Formation of competitiveness of the cluster members and increase of the turnover of each of the companies;Support for the research and development (R&D) of the member companies for the production of innovative and competitiveproducts; Establishment of marketing and commercial activities on cluster level aiming at penetrating new markets; Support for thequalification and re-qualification of the personnel of the member companies; Creation of publicity and identity of the cluster.

Participation objectives: BCT is looking and offering collaboration in the field of cluster project opportunities and SMEs jointbusiness opportunities.


Contact: Krasimira ShindarovaEmail: [email protected]

Bulgaria

Website link of the clusterwww.btcluster.org

http://www.btcluster.org/


Canary Cluster of Transport and Logistics (CCTL)Location: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands


N° of members: 27

Sector of activity: Transport & Logistics

Cluster mission: The CCTL's mission is to improve the competitiveness of the production process by putting together and liaising all value chain's actors, namely producers, buyers, suppliers, research and academic institutions, policy-makers and other public authorities and the development of more world-class clusters in Europe through internationalization and excellence.

Participation objectives: CCTL, as part of the MOVE project consortium (COSME), is looking for new partners to join theEuropean Strategic Cluster Partnership in the field of mobility industry and create a new value chain from cross-sectorial and crossborder cooperation, as well as to foster SMEs’ internationalization in North Africa and Latin America.

The aim of our participation in the Matchmaking event is fostering the European collaboration between clusters in transport and logistics, ICT and green technologies.

MOVE Project’s URL: http://move-escp.eu/


Contact: Elena Pérez

[email protected]

Spain

Website link of the clusterhttp://cctl.es


CAP DIGITALLocation: Paris


N° of members: 1080

Sector of activity: Content & Services – Digital Transformation

Cluster mission: Cap Digital aims at promoting the Paris Region as one of the world leaders in digital contents, creative industriesand services, from an industrial as well as a strategic point of view. Fostering R&D, helping companies to expand, networking ourmembers and showcasing them throughout the world, are some of the activities we undertake to support the creativity andcompetitiveness of this important sector. Every year, Cap Digital organizes “Futur en Seine”, the digital world festival held during 10days in Paris. In 2016, we created EdFab, a dedicated place to promote innovation in the strategic fields of training, education andbusiness transformation services.

Participation objectives: CAP DIGITAL is looking for partners for EU funded projects which could animate its 8 communitiesacross borders. Our roles can be varied: communities outreach, dissemination activities, support to SMEs…


Contact: Josephine Rohner

[email protected]

FRANCE

Website link of the clusterwww.capdigital.com


CAP 2020Location: Les Isnes


N° of members: 170

Sector of activity: Building, Construction

Cluster mission: Developing Sustainable Construction

Participation :


Contact: [email protected]

Belgium

www.cap2020.be

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Smart Health ClusterLocation: Trieste (Friuli Venezia Giulia region)


N° of members: 137 (120 private companies + 15 research institutions)

Sector of activity: Biomedical Technologies, Biotechnologies (red, green, white), Bioinformatic Technologies (e-Health)

Cluster mission: promote a Regional Ecosystem to foster innovation and industrial growth in the health sector


- promote networking and partnership with other Clusters

- promote international cooperation and strenghten cross-sectoral value chain linkages in the health sector

- share best practices for cluster policies and cluster organisations


Contact: LAURA CERNI

[email protected]

ITALY

Website link of the clusterwww.cbm.fvg.it


CHORUS Clean Energy Cluster

Location: Thermi Thessaloniki (Region of Central Makedonia/ Northern Greece)


N° of members: 15

Sector of activity: Clean Technologies (Energy & Environment)

Cluster mission: CHORUS Cluster is a new established Clean Energy Cluster with the mission to bring together companies and research entities located mainly in the geographical area of Northern Greece, aiming at establishing an ideal collaborative environment in order to create growth, innovation and sustainability for the benefit of its member companies, the local society and the national economy.

Cluster’s member companies target international and domestic industries, businesses and communities that envisage to scale back their environmental impact, to cut down their energy costs, to advance their production / processes as well as to create added value for their products and services.

Participation objectives: To investigate possible collaborations with other clusters, SMEs, Regional stakeholders within the scope of shapingsmart industries.


Contact: Christos Koutousis [email protected] www.choruscluster.org

GREECE


http://www.choruscluster.org/


CLUSTER MONTAGNE

Location: 115 Voie Albert Einstein, 73800 Francin, France (in the french Alps)

Year of creation : 2012

N° of members: 209

Sector of activity: Mountain devlopment

Cluster mission: Represent and promote, throughout the world, the French know-how for sustainablemountain tourism development


Identify institutional partners to

- Find solutions to the evolution of mountain tourism (climatic, societal changes…) by answering major issues : Sustainability, NTIC, Security, Cooperation, Accessibility, Entertainment and Performance

- Create new value chains and business models in, and between mountain activities for mountain tourism resort

- Work on new uses in mountain

Identify territories to

- Create and develop business trip in the alpine bow for Chinese and American targets

- Join the Cluster Montagne Network of mountain pilot sites

- Work on commun labelisation on ski resort (flocon vert)


Contact: Pierre-François ADAM – Innovation [email protected] : +33 4 79 85 82 84 - Mobile : +33 6 03227827Skype : pfadam1

France

http://www.cluster-montagne.com/en/


http://www.cluster-montagne.com/en/


Andalusian Cluster of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CLANER)

Location: Malaga


N° of members: 76

Sector of activity: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Cluster mission: Consolidate the renewable energy sector as strategic for economic growth; Foster members cooperation;Contribute to member companies internationalization; increase institutional presence, at national and international level, of thesector; promote competitive business model based on low-carbon economy and innovation; cooperation with associations and nonprofit entities; encourage innovation, R&D and use of technologies in the sector

Participation objectives: Interact with other clusters; update on last trends and objectives among European clusters; explore waysof collaboration and synergies with other cluters.


Contact: Carlos Rojo

[email protected]

Spain

Website link of the clusterwww.claner.es


BIOIB, Cluster Biotecnològic i Biomèdic de les Illes BalearsLocation: Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears


N° of members: 22

Sector of activity: Biotechnology and Biomedicine

Cluster mission: BIOIB’s mission is to improve the competitive position of the biotechnological and biomedical companies and thediversification of the economy of the Balearic Islands by strengthening cooperation, increasing knowledge transfer and participatingin national and international networks.

Participation objectives: Explore synergies with other clusters for future collaborations in cross-sectoral projects in the field ofagri-food or other biotech subsectors.


Contact: Mariela Adrover

[email protected]

Spain

Website link of the clusterwww.bioib.org

http://www.bioib.org/


Cluster Innovatieve CoatingsLocation: Limelette


N° of members: 32

Sector of activity: Coatings

Cluster mission:

Increasing the knowledge and competitiveness of the companies belonging to the clusterCreating economic added value• DISSEMINATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF INNOVATIONS• INCREASING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES to create multifunctional coatings • INTERNATIONALISATION


Cluster Innovatieve Coatings will be launched officially in January 2017. Would like to meet other clusters active in segments where coatings are involved(Textile – construction – marine - …) – Discover coating needs in other sectors – Discuss SMART/functional coatings …


Contact: Pascale Claeys Bouuaert

[email protected]

Belgium

www.cluster-innovatieve-coatings.be


Cluster Lombardo Scienze della VitaLocation: Milan - Italy


N° of members: 118

Sector of activity: Life Sciences (Diagnostics, Medical Device, Advanced Therapies, ICT for Health and Pharmaceuticals)

Cluster mission:

• Enhancing technology transfer• Fostering innovation and competitiveness in companies, particularly in SMEs• Increasing companies visibility on the market• improving process of innovation and internationalization• Facilitating access at funding to its members

Participation objectives: Meet cluster partners to start new collaboration, develop projects in Life Science sector and foster cross-fertilization between different sectors.


Contact: Francesca Brescia

Email [email protected]

Italy

Website link of the clusterwww.lombardialifesciences.it


Cluster Microelectronics and Embedded Systems (CMES)Location: Bulgaria


N° of members: 9

Sector of activity: Microelectronics, Embedded Systems, Nanoelectronics

Cluster mission: CMES’s mission is to promote the development of the Microelectronics and Embedded Systems sector bycovering all necessary related fields – education, research, project cooperation, project management, commercial activities.

Participation objectives: CMES is looking and offering collaboration in the field of cluster project opportunities and SMEs jointbusiness opportunities.


Contact: George AngelovEmail: [email protected]

Bulgaria

Website link of the clusterwww.cmees.org

http://www.cmees.org/


Cluster of Advanced Manufacturing of Metal Industry in Asturias. MetaIndustry4

Location: Asturias, Spain


N° of members: 34

Sector of activity: Downstream Metal Products, Metalworking Technology

Cluster mission: Promote the competitive improvement of the Asturian metal industry and sectoral ecosystem, facilitating theirintegration into the main Global Value Chains, improving human and technological resources and focusing on innovation andcooperation with a clear orientation towards accelerating the pace of growth in turnover and profitability.

Participation objectives: From our organization we are interested in working on the development of projects aimed at:

• Promote the tractor capacity mechanic of the large companies in the metal industry

• Integrating SMEs into global value chains, providing them with the technology and knowledge to develop new products andservices with higher added value. Including Industry 4.0

We are seeking partners interested in form part of consortiums aimed to build networks with other cluster to share experiences incluster management and work in new projects related to cooperation in advanced manufacturing, Industry 4.0


Contact: María Pérez Medina

[email protected]

Spain

Website link of the clusterwww.metaindustry4.com


http://www.metaindustry4.com/


CLUSTER ANDALUCIA SMART CITYLocation: Malaga (Spain)


N° of members: 175

Sector of activity: Smart cities; Energy-efficient Buildings; Factories of the Future; Information Technology and Analytical Instruments; Transportation and Logistics (Smart green & integrated transport systems); Smart Appliances; Smart grids; Mobility and Road Safety; Environment; Energy; E-health and Active Ageing; Human Smart City; Tourism and Smart Destinations; Normalization, Interoperability and Validation; FIWARE / Internet of Things; Big Data Products and Services Testing

Cluster mission: Andalucía Smart City Cluster is an alliance of private companies and institutions for the development of smartcities, meaning cities that are efficient, sustainable and comfortable to live in. This is achieved by means of cooperation amongthese entities through the creation of jobs and wealth by rising business competitivity.

Participation objectives: Creation of sustainable, efficient and comfortable cities: Smart Cities; creating jobs and wealth within thecity’s companies; based on research and development; Multi sector, integrated and in favor of cooperation


Contact: Diego [email protected]

Spain

Website link of the clusterwww.andaluciasmartcity.com


http://www.andaluciasmartcity.com/


Compare KarlstadLocation: Karlstad, Sweden


N° of members: 100

Sector of activity: Information and communication technology

Cluster mission: We are 100 ICT companies in collaboration with growth in focus

Participation objectives: We would like to connect with other clusters to collaborate in projects to find ways for our membercompanies to make business internationally.


Contact: Magnus Bårdén

[email protected]

Sweden

Website link of the clusterwww.compare.se/english-summary

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Confartigianato Imprese Bergamo

Location: via Torretta, 12 Bergamo


N° of members: 14.000

Sector of activity: mechatronic, hi-precision, construction, green industry, manufacturing & new materials,architecture & furniture, top class solutions.

Cluster mission: Address and support Bergamo province SMEs multi-sectoral system enhancing excellencetradition in the evolving RDTI, internationalization, cooperation, business-economy-society growth.

Participation objectives: boostering collaborative networking and partnerships on innovative actions-projects.


Contact: Marina [email protected]

ITALY

www.confartigianatobergamo.it


SLOVENSKI GRADBENI GROZDCONSTRUCTION CLUSTER OF SLOVENIA

Location: LJUBLJANA

Year of creation:2004

N° of members: 13

Sector of activity: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

Cluster mission: Improve domestic and international competitiveness of its members through commercialcooperation and networking, R&D and innovation, education, training and policy action

Participation objectives: Presentation of the ESCP-4i called ECCA – European Circular Construction Alliance, andmatch-make with the cluster and other organization interested in collaboration and internationalization, focusingon the solutions implementing circular economy in construction and related sectors.


Contact: Vladimir Gumilar

[email protected]

SLOVENIA

www.sgg.si


DomotysLocation: Barcelona, Spain


N° of members: 266

Sector of activity: Home automation, sustainable construction and smart cities

Cluster mission: Improving competitiveness of these industrial sectors by:

• Developing an industry based on Technology & Innovation

• Promoting strategies to improve Energy Efficiency

• Encouraging the Internationalisation of the Industry

• Providing Training and Funding

• Promoting Networking & Cooperation

Participation objectives: The main purpose of Domotys is to establish long term relationships with other clusterssharing same fields of interest.


Contact: Alba Á[email protected]

Spain

www.domotys.org


http://www.domotys.org/


DSP ValleyLocation: Leuven (Belgium) and Eindhoven (the Netherlands)


N° of members: 125 +

Sector of activity: Smart Electronic Systems

Cluster mission:

We aim to improve the competitiveness of the smart systems industry, enabled by micro/nano-electronics, by offering matchmakingservices that support the cluster members in:

Building value chains

Getting access to markets

Getting access to technology, competences or funding


Collaboration with clusters with a focus on application domains where innovation can be driven by the KET micro/nano-electronics(e.g. automotive, medical devices, smart cities, agriculture, industry 4.0...) or with clusters with a complementary KET-offering (e.g.biotech, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing, photonics…)


Contact: [email protected] www.dspvalley.com


http://www.dspvalley.com/


ELASTOPOLELocation: Orléans (HQ), Paris, Nantes, Clermont-Ferrand


N° of members: 125

Sector of activity: Elastomer and polymers materials, from raw material to cradle, across every industrial sectors

Cluster mission: To incite companies, public and private research to innovate through collaborative projects, at national andEuropean scale.

Participation objectives: to develop our network in Europe and our knowledge of materials clusters, specially in East Europe.

We look also to promote our european interclustering TEEPPI, already involving 4 countries, and add new clusters to it, in order toprepare a COSME Call on internationalisation.


Contact: Antoine HUBAULT,

International [email protected]

FRANCE

Website link of the clusterwww.elastopole.com/en


http://www.elastopole.com/en


EMC2

Location: Nantes, France


N° of members: 350

Sector of activity: Advanced manufacturing in Aeronautics, shipbuilding and offshore structures, automotive, energy

Cluster mission: EMC2 is the French industrial cluster dedicated to advanced manufacturing technologies. Since 2005 it promotes investment in innovation that will ensure the future of a strong manufacturing sector, crucial component of an economic prosperity. EMC2 defines technological priorities and coordinates high-pay-off collaborative innovation projects. To do so, EMC2 create synergies between large international groups, small and medium-sized companies, research laboratories and training. It provides a wide range of services in order to turn innovation into new processes and products and speed up the industrialization of research outcome for companies’ growth and competitiveness. EMC2 is a gold label cluster.

Participation objectives: EMC2 participates to inter-clustering EU projects and establishes international collaboration to build bridges and strengthen competitiveness thanks to technology & business partners. EMC2 aims to reinforce its relationships with European clusters and engage in active collaboration in the field of advanced manufacturing and key enabling technologies. EMC2 has interest in building consortium and participating in European project such as Innosup, ESCP S3, Factory of the Futur, etc.


Contact: Fiquet [email protected]

FRANCE

http://www.pole-emc2.com/


EnergyIN – Competitiveness and Technology Cluster for EnergyLocation: Torres Vedras


N° of members: 11

Sector of activity: Renewable Energy and Efficiency Energy

Cluster mission: EnergyIN is a cluster organisation dedicated to improving the competitiveness of the energy companies inPortugal, through activities promoting innovation, cooperation and export growth.

Participation objectives: Fostering global business partnerships for the sustainability and growth of the Energy Systems


Contact: Mariana Barros

[email protected]

Portugal

Website link of the clusterwww.energyin.pt


EPSILocation: Brussels


N° of members: 25

Sector of activity: Sport

Cluster mission: EPSI is a networking organisation that focuses on innovation in the area of physical activity related to sport, leisure and health in Europe. EPSI strives for a more innovation-friendly environment for the EU’s sports industry in order to stimulate technological innovation and to set up innovative technology businesses. Enhancing performance in elite sports, stimulating an active lifestyle through sport and movement and creation of new business. Innovation in sports is an important factor in nowadays companies’ success. The European Platform for Sports Innovation is at EU level the partner of the sports sector to stimulate and strengthen the innovation power

Participation objectives

This will be a unique opportunity for EPSI to further the collaborations with European cluster in order to explore opportunities in common areas of interest.


Contact: BujanaEmail [email protected]

Belgium

Website link of the clusterwww.epsi.eu

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EUROBIOMEDLocation: Southern France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Occitanie)


N° of members: 259

Sector of activity: Health

Cluster mission: EUROBIOMED is the catalyst of the health sector in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Languedoc-Roussillonregions. We provide resources and initiatives to help life science companies achieve their business goals and improve life throughinnovations in health.Together, the 259 EUROBIOMED members from 210 different companies are a driving force in regionaldevelopment (with 160 projects, representing 585 million EUR of investment and 700 direct jobs) and a source of solutions formillions of patients coping with serious conditions such as cancer, chronic inflammatory disease, infectious and (re)emergingdiseases, neurological diseases, and rare diseases.

Participation objectives: Find the right partner(s) to participation to the next European calls for proposals for the benefit of ourmembers and mainly SMEs


Contact: Jennifer Lartigue

[email protected]

FRANCE

www.eurobiomed.org


http://www.eurobiomed.org/


ENERGY CLUSTER OF EXTREMADURA Location: Badajoz (Extremadura)


N° of members: 55

Sector of activity: Renowable & energy efficiency, circular economy, bio-energy.

Cluster mission: to promote the technological development of the energy and bio-economy sectors in Extremadura, generating new business opportunities in strategic markets, at national and international level, as well as the development of new industrial innovation projects.

Participation objectives: Extremadura is leading a challenging Smart Specialization Strategy where clusters play a crucial role. Since we are the only remaining less developed region in Spain, our Region is managing a considerable amount of ERDF funds for cooperative R&D and efficient investments. Extremadura Energy Cluster is very eager in participating in this call to strengthen interregional collaboration along similar or complementary smart specialization priorities. Important investment efforts are already in place in Extremadura through ERDF funds and diverse instruments (e.g. EIB, Jessica, Elena, etc.) to promote energy efficiency measures in industries and efficient building retrofitting. These sound business cases could now be transferred to the industrial modernization field, in areas such as resource efficiency and service innovation. The envisaged European co-investments may be a great opportunity to test new financial instruments and convince regional policy makers about the need to consider them while planning their Operational Programmes.


Contact: Carolina Grau [email protected]

SPAIN

www.energiaextremadura.org


Location: Lleida - Catalonia


N° of members: 52

Sector of activity: Agricultural Means of Production

Cluster mission: To develop and implement projects that combine the capabilities and vision of cluster companies with sustainablesolutions for a global agriculture

Participation objectives: We look for participation in European projects. We can offer our experience in a Cluster Go InternationalProject, and since 1997 we have been managing lots of internationalisation activities for our SMEs


Contact: Elisabeth Molina – Project [email protected]

Spain

Website link of the clusterwww.femac.org

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FEMAC – Future Emerging and Modern Agriculturein Catalonia


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Technologies for Smart Cities & Communities Lombardy Cluster

Location: Vimercate (MB)


N° of members: 94

Sector of activity: Smart cities & communities

Cluster mission: - Bring out the synergies between companies and the research world

- Catalyze and accelerate innovative activities (in a spirit of open collaboration)

- Develop strategies for implementation of the SCC to improve the quality of life

- Support actively and concretely the founders in the development of initiatives and projects

Participation objectives: - Increase the Cluster SCC international connections

- consolidate existing relationships resulting from active project partnerships and beingassessed


Contact: Giacomo Piccini

[email protected]

http://www.clusterscclombardia.it/


Foundation "Cluster Information and Communication Technologies" (ICT Cluster)

Location: Bulgaria


N° of members: 10 members ( ICT associations and ICT clusters ), which includes 286 ICT SME from different segments of the ICT Industry and 6 Bulgarian technical universities.

Sector of activity: information and communication technologies

Cluster mission: ICT Cluster is a strategic cluster initiative of Bulgarian ICT business. The mission of the organization is toincrease the competitiveness of Bulgarian ICT industry by support of ICT SME growth, promotion of ICT cluster excellence andcreation of new business opportunities through crossborder, cross-industry and cross-cluster collaboration.

Participation objectives: ICT Cluster is looking for establishment of long term partnerships with cluster organizations


Contact: Anna NaydenovaEmail: [email protected]

Bulgaria

Website link of the clusterwww.ictcluster.bg


http://www.ictcluster.bg/


Flanders’ Bike Valley

Location: Beringen, Belgium


N° of members: 68

Sector of activity: Bicycle – Cycling and aerodynamic industries

Cluster mission: Bottom-up industry cluster based on the roadmaps of her members

Participation objectives: Create a network with other bottom-up clusters to set-up across fertilization to reach disruptive innovation, valorization ending in reshoring,more jobs and growt for the region in bicycle industries.


Contact: Marc [email protected]

Belgium -

Flanders

Website link of the clusterwww.flandersbikevalley.be

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GATE21

Location: Albertslund (Greater Copenhagen)


N° of members: 92 (municipalities, universities and technology centres, companies and governmental agencies)

Sector of activity: Urban development, Mobility & transport, Energy & Resources, Photonics & Smart City

Cluster mission: Our mission is to support the green transition of our partners and to create possibilities for Green and Sustainable Growth through a number of initiatives, supported from REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN sources and programs.

We are 55 employees, running 40+ projects within our focus areas. GATE21 is certied Gold Label cluster under the European excellence standard.


To learn of the coming calls and initiatives of the commission, relevant to clusters + seek partners for collaboration and calls in thecoming WP’s of Horizon2020.


Contact:Flemming Madsen, chief [email protected]

DENMARK

Website link of the clusterwww.gate21.dk

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http://www.gate21.dk/


gi-ClusterLocation: Athens, Greece


N° of members: 60

Sector of activity: Gaming & Creative Technologies & Applications

Cluster mission: to become a world-class, fully operational innovation ecosystem, which will contribute towards elevating Greecein the global competitiveness charts.


• Strategic learning: redefine strategies & goals, through the development of innovative thoughts & ideas for successful bridging of Greek/European

• Provide long-term commitment: present gi-Cluster as a committed potential partner, sharing a common interest to pursue long-timedevelopment projects with peer clusters across Europe.

• Explicit knowledge: acquisition of knowledge that can be codified and easily transmitted across members

• Tacit knowledge: acquisition of knowledge that cannot be easily communicated across members due to its implicit, non-codified content

• Operational learning: information related to functions, needs and business culture to form the foundation of cooperation initiatives


Contact: Julia Phoca

gi-Cluster [email protected]

Greece

www.gi-cluster.gr


HELICE CLUSTERLocation: Ingeniero Rafael Rubio Elola St., 1. 41309 La Rinconada (Seville). Spain.


N° of members: 118

Sector of activity: Aerospace

Cluster mission: To promote the Aerospace Sector in the Region of Andalusia.

Participation objectives: Partnership / Collaboration is sought for the following topics:

- INDUSTRY MODERNIZATION THROUGH AERONET

- AEROSPACE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT


Contact: Arturo de Vicente

[email protected]

SPAIN

Website link of the clusterwww.helicecluster.com


Hellenic BioCluster (HBio)Location: Athens


N° of members: 36

Sector of activity: Life Sciences- Biotechnology

Cluster mission: HBio aims to boost the development of the Life Sciences industry in Greece, to promote the Greek Life Sciencessector in the international scene and to facilitate business and research collaborations between local and international companiesand research groups.

Participation objectives: To raise awareness of HBio ‘s identity and strategy |To identify cross- sectorial trends and opportunities |To promote international collaboration with other cluster organisations | To detect best practices in internationalisation of clustersand SMEs.


Contact: Theodora Papayfanti

[email protected]

Greece

Website link of the clusterhttp://hbio.gr/


High Tech NL

Location: Eindhoven, Enschede


N° of members: 150

Sector of activity: High Tech Systems and Materials, micro- and nano electronics

Cluster mission: innovation, human capital, internationalisation

Participation objectives: collaboration prospects


Contact: Ben van der Zon

[email protected]

The Netherlands

Website link of the cluster:www.hightechnl.nl

http://www.hightechnl.nl/


i-Care ClusterLocation: Lyon (Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Region), France


N° of members: 100

Sector of activity: Health Technologies (medical devices, e-Health, Assisted Living, Healthy Ageing, etc.)

Cluster mission: i-Care Cluster was created by the will and support of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region. The aim is to supportthe businesses and other actors in the regional eco-system of health technologies to design and roll out innovative solutions in thefield of healthcare. Innovation is therefore one of the main pillar of the cluster’s actions, especially around connected health. In thisspecific field, we have developed expertise in the Living Lab approach to tackle challenges affecting this promising area(organizational stakes, business model issues, etc.). SME internationalization in another key driver in our activities.

Participation objectives: Collaborate with clusters in the filed of Health Tech, Digital industry, or Smart / Living Environmentaround connected health development within the European space. Collaboration could be business-oriented (SMEinternationalization, market insights sharing) or more focused on a policy level.


Contact: Mr Jean-François MENUDET, PhD

[email protected]

Country

Website link of the clusterwww.i-carecluster.org


ImaginoveLocation: Lyon, France


N° of members: 200

Sector of activity: ICT, ICC

Cluster mission: R&D, Business Development, High School Network,


- To be identified (Who we are, Who are our members…) : Gamification – Storytelling – Smart living

- Identify potential partners – Especially for transdisciplinary approches

- Be able to build long term partnership (why not sign MoU in the month): EU framework, bilateral collaboration

- Design and/or participate to projets in the scope of H2020, COSME, INOSUP... programs


Contact:David GAL-REGNIEZ, [email protected], DirectorVera OVCHARENKO, [email protected], European and International project manager

France

Website link of the clusterhttp://www.imaginove.fr




INNOVAAL scarlLocation: Lecce (Italy)


N° of members: 24

Sector of activity: Active & Health Ageing, Independent Living, Active & Assisted Living, Smart Living Technologies

Cluster mission: INNOVAAL operates in its overall Districtual vision with well-defined themes of Innovative Products and Servicesfor Active & Assisted Living (AAL), with particular attention to Independent Living, Active & Healthy Ageing, treating and developingadvanced solutions in operational contexts that consider the following strategic areas to be deal with, all stemming from the analysisof user requirements (User Centered Design): Health and Well-Being, Social Inclusion, Assistance, Safety and Protection,

Participation objectives: The creation of actions to promote the consolidation of political system and the effective andappropriate size of critical masses in order to support, in an integrated manner, the realization of the “Social Innovation”, “DigitalAgenda” and “Smart Specialisation Strategies”, as a tool to validate the products and services developed in the projects andin order to amplify the impact on the Regional, National and European System


Contact: Pietro Siciliano

[email protected]

Italy

Website link of the clusterwww.innovaal.it


InovCluster- Associação do Cluster Agro-Industrial do CentroLocation: Castelo Branco, Portugal


N° of members: 175

Sector of activity: Agrifood

Cluster mission: InovCluster social goal is to establish a coordination platform between the main actors in the agro-industrialsector in innovation processes, R & D, knowledge transfer, training, development of new products, services and processes, marketing and internationalization, contributing to the competitiveness of country. The mission of InovCluster is contribute to the affirm of the the Central Region of Portugal at the national, Iberian and European level as a territory of excellence in agroindustrialranks, supported by the uniqueness and quality of its agro-resources, the preservation of biodiversity and landscape diversity of its agricultural and rural areas, and the competitiveness of local and regional production systems.

Participation objectives: ESCP-S3 – Smart specialization; ESCP-4i – Internationalization; INNOSUP H2020 projects; Cluster excellence


Contact: Cláudia Domingues Soares

[email protected]

Portugal

Website link of the clusterhttp://www.inovcluster.pt/


Irish Software Innovation Network (ISIN)Location: Dublin


N° of members: 542

Sector of activity: ICT, Digital Transformation, Agri-Tech, Fintech, Connected Health

Cluster mission: Independent Matchmaker and Knowledge Broker to the Irish Innovation Eco-System


1. Driving Industry and Academic Collaboration

2. Linking SMEs with SMEs to solve challenges or to collaborate together

3. Helping SMEs engage with MNCs

4. Providing a central point of access for organisations in relation to Funding, IP, Patents and Mentoring


Contact: Dave Feenan

Email: [email protected]: +353 87 7595522

Ireland

Website link of the clusterwww.isin.ie

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http://www.isin.ie/


iTech Transilvania Cluster by ARIES TLocation: Romania


N° of members: 57

Sector of activity: ICT, creative industries, supporting innovation, providing technical and soft skills trainings for the employees of its member companies and creating a base of knowledge and trainers for running collaborative projects in the field of human resources in ICT

Cluster mission: Supporting business development, involvement in development of the information society and supporting innovation in the IT and electronics companies in Transylvania, collaboration with the authorities in designing and implementingregional IT policies, facilitating business ties between IT and electronics companies in the country and abroad, support for thedevelopment of entrepreneurial culture, creating of strategic partnerships, collaboration with academic environment for adaptingtheir curricula to market demands, support for start-ups, creating a resource center to facilitate the access of companies to new and better training programs and cost efficiency for specialization and staff improvement, providing information for accessing European funds through various financing programs, conducting market research, analysis

Participation objectives: iTech Transilvania cluster by ARIES is interested in participating in this cluster matchmaking event in order to promote the cluster and its members, to meet new potential clients for its members, to find new collaboration opportunities for the cluster entity. The cluster is interested to identify other clusters for best practice sharing, to identify cross-sectorial collaboration projects, C2C & C2B.


Contact: Bianca Muntean

[email protected]@gmail.com

ROMANIA

http://itech.aries-transilvania.ro


„Jūrinis klasteris“ / „Maritime cluster“Location: Klaipeda, Lithuania


N° of members: 5

Sectors of activity: industry automation, management and higher education

Activities:

1. Industrial processes automation;

2. Data collection and real-time monitoring processes

3. Innovative technological solutions

4. Scientific maritime clustering research

5. EU funding opportunities management

Cluster mission: Timeless smart industry performance

Participation objectives: collaboration and good practice share


Contact: Rasa Viederyte

Tel. +37060044312 Email [email protected] – Rasa Viederyte

Lithuania

Website link of the cluster -http://www.jurinis-klasteris.lt/en/

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LOMBARDIA AEROSPACE CLUSTERLocation: Varese, Lombardia


N° of members: 85

Sector of activity: Aerospace

Cluster mission: The mission of the cluster is to support and expand aerospace industry excellence in Lombardy through thecreation of a network of large firms, SMEs, knowledge system (which includes R&D institutions and universities) and institutionalentities aiming to preserve the regional knowledge heritage. It aims to make for every company, especially for SMEs, themembership of the cluster a synonym of “excellence” in the field of technologies, products, industrial and customer services. Theincrese in company competitiveness occurs through the cluster’s connections also at a European and international level. This mayimprove companies potential visibility and support SMEs in being present at all major international programs.



Contact: Paola Margnini

[email protected]

Italy

Website link of the clusterhttp://www.aerospacelombardia.it/


Lombardy Cluster Technologies for Living EnvironmentsLocation: Lombardy Region


N° of members: 32

Sector of activity: health, inclusion, safety, well-being and eco-sustainability

Cluster mission: Tech for life aims at developing highly innovative knowledge, technological solutions, plants, buildings andproducts. Within Ambient Intelligence and Ambient Assisted Living frameworks, these expertise and capabilities allow for a redesignof living environments to foster inclusion, safety, well-being, health and eco-sustainability. Its range of action covers the entire lifespan, with a focus on the needs of the individual. Tech for life is a multidisciplinary partnership whose breadth comprises the wholedevelopment cycle: products and services’ innovation, integration, testing, promotion. Tech for life is one among six founders andboard members of the National Cluster Technologies for the Living Environments. Principal aims: promote and foster research,innovation and education, facilitate relationships between research and industry at national and international level, alongsideexisting structures, become an aggregator for know-how and industrial strategies, support the partners in defining and implementingjoint projects.

Participation objectives: Look for new partners for scientific and commercial collaboration, share the Lombardy Region and Techfor life strategy, share international good practice, search new partnership to catch European opportunities.


Contact: Cristina De Capitani

[email protected]

Italy

clustertav.lombardia.it/en


LGCA – Lombardy Green Chemistry AssociationLocation: Milan


N° of members: 45

Sector of activity: Bioeconomy, Green Chemistry

Cluster mission: Promote the development of Bioeconomy sector in Lombardy Region.

Participation objectives: Networking, Associates Business Development


Contact: Diego Bosco

[email protected]

Italy

www.chimicaverdelombardia.it


Lombardy Energy Cleantech Cluster (LE2C)Location: Milano


N° of members: 120

Sector of activity: Power gen, renewable energy, smart grid, energy efficiency, waste and water treatment and sustainable building.

Cluster mission: The LE2C’s goal is to create synergies among its members (industry, university and research centers) in order toimprove their competitiveness and promote their constant innovation in the energy and cleantech field.

Participation objectives: LE2C values any Peer-to-Peer opportunity. Our objectives for the EU Cluster Matchmaking event is tostrengthen our international relations and improve our potentials for cross-fertilization activities, in order to set up new projectpartnerships (Innosup & others); establish connections to join ESCPs (-S3 or -4i) linked with our sector of interest; share knowledgeon the Cluster Excellence.


Contact: Marisa Marini

[email protected]

Italy

Website link of the clusterwww.energycluster.it

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Rete di Imprese Luce in VenetoLocation: Piombino Dese (PD) - Italy


N° of members: 120

Sector of activity: Lighting Industry

Cluster mission: The mission of the Rete di Imprese Luce in Veneto is the promotion of new business opportunities in the field ofsmart lighting in order to ensure a sustainable and inclusive growth.In particular, the Network intends to pursue the followingspecific objectives:

- Use of innovative and/or recyclable materials- Foster integration of SSL (Solid State Lighting) domotic technologies and IoT (Internet of Things)- Support to the companies in the creation of objects in BIM formats (Building Information Modeling) as a new 3D modeling formatof building products in the market to perform simulations or punctual material takeoffs and products- Spreading the culture of light- Promotion of creative contest- Enhancing the visibility of the products / services of the member companies- Support to companies in accessing international markets

Participation objectives: to find partnership for future collaborations with other clusters for commercial and technical development


Contact: Alberto Sozza

[email protected]

ITALY

Website link of the clusterwww.luceinveneto.com


MACESLocation: Skopje, Republic of Macedonia


N° of members: 12

Sector of activity ICT

Cluster mission: MACES is dedicated to promoting the international competitiveness and sustainable global presenceof its members through fostering intra-cluster cooperation, capacity building, partnerships with key stakeholders, andinternational marketing and networking.

Participation objectives: * The Cluster aims to establish new strategic partnerships for cooperation, ensure up-to-date information about international events with topics on clustering, networking, training and b2b meetings; * Sharing information and ideas for participation on H2020 and other EU funded projects;* Areas of interest: healthcare, smart industry, smart city, energy efficiency;* Matching the members profiles with business opportunities on target markets with focus on delivery of innovative ICT solutions for the industry and citizens. professional IT Outsourcing services, Joint Ventures and EU funded projects. * Supported Industries: Healthcare, Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Financials, Construction, Telecommunications, Retail, Logistics, Public sector, Government, SME.


Contact: Mr. Petar Indovski

Email: [email protected]

Macedonia

Website link of the clusterhttp://maces.org.mk


MATERALIALocation: Grand Est Region (North East)


N° of members: 100

Sector of activity: Materials and Processes

Cluster mission: MATERALIA is a Materials and Processes competitiveness French cluster, born in 2006 and located in the North-East of France. MATERALIA leads a network of 100 industrial, technical and scientific members. Strategic markets and interestsinclude energy, automotive, healthcare and aeronautics. Other transverse themes such as additive manufacturing, manufacturingprocesses, sustainable development, circular economy and structural materials. Our aim is to foster and build collaborative andinnovative R&D projects bringing together companies, laboratories and higher education members. MATERALIA has beendeveloping four hundred and fifty projects bringing together industrials, universities and technical centers. 245 projects have beenfunded for a total budget of 525 M€.

Participation objectives: - To look for potential future means of cooperation / common projects in the following fields: processes,circular economy, materials, manufacturing , - to build projects aiming at internationalization of SMEs, -to interconnect networks forthe benefit of our members.


Contact: Dr Anne DELILLE, European and International Project Manager

[email protected]

FRANCE

Website link of the clusterwww.materalia.fr


MatikemLocation: Villeneuve d’Ascq


N° of members: 87 (at 31st December 2015)

Sector of activity: Materials, Chemical and Green Chemical Industries

Cluster mission: Matikem supports R&D projects (from emergence, setting up, and access to private and public funding) to themarket launch of new products or new services. The mission: to increase the competitiveness of companies by developingsynergies between private sector research, public research and training centers, around collaborative R&D projects. Matikem offerstechnological solutions (processes and/or materials) that reply to the industrial and societal challenges met by very heterogeneouseconomic actors, both with the diversity of their activities and their markets, and the multiplicity of issues they face (growth,competitiveness: reducing production costs, added value, etc.). The major technological challenges and markets targeted: newproperties and functions of materials, eco-designed products, green chemistry, high-performance and advanced processes.

Participation objectives: Matikem in interested to meet new potential cluster partners for further cooperation in European projectslike H2020, COSME, Interreg


Contact: Gabriela Severin

[email protected]

FRANCE

Website link of the clusteren.matikem.com


MESAP Innovation ClusterLocation: Torino, Piedmont Region


N° of members: 138

Sector of activity: Smart Products and Manufacturing

Cluster mission: to strengthen regional industrial capabilities and local supply chains, enhancing theircompetitiveness all over the world through:

knowledge and technology development and transfer from research centres or innovativeSMEs to companies, cross transfer and spread of sectorial competences into new applicationfields, international cooperation by R&D or intercluster European/international projects, new endmarkets identification at European and world level.


Contact: Silvia Zinetti

[email protected]

Italy

www.mesapiemonte.it


Midlands Aerospace Alliance

Location: Midlands


N° of members: 310

Sector of activity: aerospace

Cluster mission: share knowledge in order to improve the market and business support opportunities of members; deliver targetedand effective business support programmes to directly improve the performance of members; coordinate an overall Midlandsaerospace cluster strategy through pro-active partnering among our members and between private and public sectors.

Participation objectives: develop business and project links with European clusters


Contact: Dr Andrew [email protected]

United Kingdom

Website link of the clusterwww.midlandsaerospace.org.uk


MINALOGICLocation: Grenoble


N° of members: 332

Sector of activity: Micro nano electronics / Software / Photonics

Cluster mission: The cluster supports the region’s leading innovators by facilitating networking, fostering collaborative R&D, andproviding companies with personalized assistance throughout all phases of business growth.


• Find partners for cross-sectoral Cluster collaboration

• Find project partners for INNOSUP projects

• Exchange of best practices on members engagement, cluster support for our members (investment, R&D, business growth)


Contact: Laure Quintin

[email protected]

France

www.minalogic.com


http://www.minalogic.com/


Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC)

Location: North East England


N° of members: 330

Sector of activity: Process Industries – Chemicals, Polymers, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Minerals & Steel

Cluster mission: Sustainability and Growth of the Process Industry in North EastEngland

Participation objectives: Seeking participation in Industry 4.0 projects, Developing thecircular economy and Spreading Excellence in Cluster Management


Contact: Dr Stan [email protected]

United

Kingdom

Website link of the clusterwww.nepic.co.uk


Location : Normandie


N° of members:

Sector of activity : Aeronautics, Space, Defense and Security

Cluster mission :

• Business & Performance

• Employment & Training

• Communication

• Research Technology & Innovation

Participation objectives :

• R&D collaborative project


Contact: Samuel CUTULLIC

[email protected]

France

www.nae.fr

Normandie AeroEspace


Poland “North-South” Logistics & Transport Cluster

Location: Gdansk, Poland

Year of creation: 4 years

No of members: 72

Sector of activity: logistics

Cluster mission: creating and developing the Pomeranian multimodal logistic hub, located on the route of Baltic-

Adriatic corridor, supporting the use of eco-friendly technologies in transportation.


• H2020 projects

• European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for Smart Specialisation Investments

• European Strategic Cluster Partnerships Go International

• Cluster Excellence projects

Contact: Marek Świeczkowski

E-mail: [email protected] www.klasterlogtrans.pl

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KLASTERLOGISTYCZNO - TRANSPORTOWY

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Nova CHILDLocation: CHOLET


N° of members: 70

Sector of activity: Innovation for the well-being of children, cross industrial sectors : food, shoes, clothing, health, toys, babycare, furniture, services

Cluster mission: Nova CHILD drives a network including companies, research, and training institutes, with an innovative approachfor the well-being of children, 0 to 12 years old. Placing the end user at the heart of the business, Nova CHILD mobilizes these skillsto make this network, a transverse center of expertise dedicated to the child.

The mission of Nova CHILD is to contribute to the regional economic development and businesses by promoting collaborativeapproaches and partnerships to innovate for the well-being of the child.

Nova CHILD offers three services to bring answers for all organization acting around innovation for the well-being of children :Observatory – Living lab - Innovation

Participation objectives: Building partnerships – participating in European programs


Contact: Patrick BLONDEAU

[email protected]

France

Website link of the clusterwww.novachild.eu


Location: Saint-Etienne – Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes


N° of members: 250

Sector of activity: ICT

Cluster mission: Numélink aims to stimulate innovation by building partnership and developing joint projects, sharing resources,implementing collective actions, anticipating future developments and proposing solutions to increase the level of activity andefficiency of the IT sector,

Participation objectives: Cross-border and cross-sectoral cooperation. Numélink aims to take part in new projects and newcollaborations between European IT Clusters in order to propose for our member opportunities to develop their activities andenhance their competences thanks to business meetings and SMEs matchmaking.


Contact: Salem NAIT-IDIR

[email protected]

FRANCE

Website link of the clusterhttp://www.numelink.com

NUMÉLINK


http://www.numelink.com/


OMNIPACK First Hungarian Cluster of Packaging TechnologyLocation: Budapest, Central Hungary


N° of members: 30

Sector of activity: Packaging industry

Cluster mission: We are committed to the broader spread of biodegradable and environment friendly packaging materials.

Participation objectives: Inquiring about current trends, networking


Contact: Zsolt Keresztúri

[email protected]

Hungary

Website link of the clusterhttp://www.omnipack.hu


Ökoenergie-ClusterLocation: Upper Austria


N° of members: 160

Sector of activity: Energy innovation (energy efficiency and renewable energy sources)

Cluster mission: Information - Innovation - GrowthInternationalisationTrainingJoint market development projects

Participation objectives: Identifying new cooperation partners in key strategic areas (e.g. smart buildings, electric mobility, renewable energy and energy efficiency in manufacturing)


Contact: Christiane Egger, [email protected]

Austria

Website link of the clusterwww.oec-en.at


OTIR2020 – TUSCANY FASHION CLUSTER

Location: Tuscany


N° of members: 500

Sector of activity: Fashion Value Chain (Textile, Apparel, Leather goods, Tanning, Footwear, Jewelry, Accessories)

Cluster mission: operational support in the innovation process and technology transfer in favor of local companies, providingtechnical assistance and support for the development of new evolutionary patterns

Participation objectives: Networking with other clusters, Scouting new innovation and internationalisation opportunities, PromoteCluster expertise


Contact: Enrico Venturini

[email protected]

Italy

Website link of the clusterwww.otir2020.it


Packaging ClusterLocation: Terrassa (Barcelona)


N° of members: 56

Sector of activity: Packaging (Industry)

Cluster mission: help to improve the competitiveness of the companies that make it, in order to generate more andbetter business for companies and organizations in the world of packaging.

Participation objectives: Promote European Projects


Contact: Àlex Brossa [email protected]

Spain

Website link of the clusterwww.packagingcluster.com


http://www.packagingcluster.com/


Paper ProvinceLocation: Karlstad


N° of members: 98

Sector of activity: Forest based Bioeconomy

Cluster mission: We will demonstrate bio-economy in practice

Participation objectives: Finding new partners to realize our mission with common cluster applications. It can be within newproduct and processes for Saw Mills, Pupl&Paper Mills or Bioenergy Plants; Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Circular Economy,Industrial Symbiosis. It can also be within Bio Aviation Fuel, smart Packaging, less food waste, 3-D printing, new applicationsfor using of Lignin or other side- and waste streams.


Contact: Magnus Persson

[email protected]

Sweden

Website link of the clusterwww.paperprovince.com


Photonics cluster OPTITECLocation: Marseille, France


N° of members: 220

Sector of activity: Photonics

Cluster mission: OPTITEC's mission on the regional/national level is to foster and promote activities of the photonics sector in thesouth of France and to strengthen the synergies between its stakeholders (research, higher education and industry sectors).

On the European level OPTITEC fosters the participation of its members in various EU research and development programmes,notably in Horizon 2020. In order to enhance the visibility and competitiveness of its members it facilitates the interaction with theEuropean partners. In 2014 OPTITEC consolidated its offer of services linked to European R&D programmes by appointing a full-time European representative based in Brussels.

Participation objectives: OPTITEC is looking for partnerships with clusters from various end-user sectors interested in photonicstechnologies such as defence, aerospace, automotive, transport, agriculture, health technologies, energy, environment… Preferablyour future partners and their members are actively participating in the Horizon 2020 programme.


Contact: Mr Ziga VALIC, Head of

European & International Affairs

[email protected]

France

http://www.pole-optitec.com/


PIMEC CLUSTER for SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS from Catalonia

Location: CATALONIA


N° of members: 80

Sector of activity: SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS

Cluster mission: INTERNATIONALITATION, INNOVATION & PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

Participation objectives: Our objective is to meet up with other clusters from Europe to discuss potential collaboration in EuropeanCollaborative Projects with Special Attention to H2020 – INNOSUP 2017.

Topics of Interest:

1. Identifying opportunities of the Physical Internet.

2. Network of flexible and collaborative supply chains integrating the opportunities of manufacturing technologies

3. Harmonized and accessible data for competitive and sustainable supply chains

We are also very interested in Collaborating with partners for the Following Calls:

NMBP-37-2017 -Mapping a path to future supply chains


Contact: Emilio Mulet

Email: [email protected]

SPAIN


PLASTIPOLISLocation: Auvergne / Rhône-Alpes


N° of members: 400

Sector of activity: Plastics & Composites

Cluster mission:

• Stimulation of innovation within the plastics industry by connecting technologies and businessapplications

• Support of small and medium companies in the plastics industry for new developments

• Improvement of the cooperations between industrial and academic entities and the establishmentof partnerships


• European projects on advanced manufacturing technologies as part of the « Factory of the future »

• European cooperations at cluster level for international development of SMEs


Contact: VUILLERMOZ [email protected]

www.Plastipolis.fr

France


PLASTIWINLocation: Liège


N° of members: 92

Sector of activity: Plastics industry

Cluster mission: Promote business, innovation & circular economy in Wallonia

Participation objectives: Partnership on European Projects


Contact: Elias NJEIM

[email protected]

Belgium

Website link of the clusterwww.Plastiwin.be

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http://www.plastiwin.be/


Pôle Mer Bretagne AtlantiqueLocation: West France - Bretagne and Pays de la Loire


N° of members: 350

Sector of activity: Blue economy

Cluster mission: Innovative and collaborative RDI projects


Interclustering cooperation for Blue economy

Marine Biotechnologies

Maritime interclustering with Baltic and Black Sea


Contact: Stéphane Alain RIOU

[email protected]

FRANCE

Website link of the clusterwww.pole-mer-bretagne-atlantique.com


Pole Vehicule du FuturLocation: Etupes


N° of members: 350

Sector of activity: Automotive and mobility

Cluster mission:

Stimulation of synergies between enterprises, education and research in the field of vehicles and mobility of the future, especially inthe four strategic sectors Energy and Propulsion, Life cycle, Infrastructure & Communication, Mobility services. Creating of addedvalue and employment and enhancement of competitiveness for companies in the French (former) regions Alsace and Franche-Comté, East of France.


Partner research for (1) an ESCP in the field of industrial modernisation in the automotive sector and for (2) an INNOSUP project tobe submitted in early 2017


Contact: Thomas RÖHR

[email protected]

France

www.vehiculedufutur.com/



Location: Porto, Portugal


N° of members: 105

Sector of activity: PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

Cluster mission: To reinforce collective efficiency and the strategic intelligence at the service of the expansion, enlargement and qualification of the Production Technologies Industry, fostering higher value, innovativeness and competitiveness, at global level, and to promote its offer and visibility at national and international levels.

Participation objectives: to explore opportunities for the establishment of partnerships, that exploit complementarities and synergies, notably (not an exhaustive listing): (1) information exchange, share of best practices, launch of capacity building projects and development of international missions with other clusters; (2) establishment of business partnerships between cluster members, that enhance their positioning in international markets and global niches; (3) promotion of collaborative innovation projects and the internationalization (within and beyond EU) of R&D activities, providing access to complementary knowledge and technologies, endowing critical mass towards new (collaborative) developments and means for the technology transfer (licensing-in, licensing-out, access to new markets, and new developments), among several others.


Contact: Pedro ROCHA email: [email protected] | [email protected] tel:+351 226 166 897

PORTUGAL

Website link of the cluster http://www.produtech.org http://portal.produtech.org

PRODUTECH – PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER


Silicon EuropeLocation: Europe


N° of members: 2000 +

Sector of activity: Micro- and nanoelectronics and digital technologies

Cluster mission: The Silicon Europe partners will actively cooperate to create value for the members.

• Transnational transfer of knowledge and technologies between the cluster members

• Improved visibility of micro- and nanoelectronic competencies and technologies inside and outside Europe and facilitate their application into various markets.

• Encourage and support SMEs to participate in European projects and to access other sources of public and private financing.

• Explore and promote international market opportunities

• The Silicon Europe brand will be used to promote European micro- and nanoelectronic competencies inside and outside Europe

Participation objectives: Collaboration with clusters or representative organisations in the area of micro- and nano electronicsor digital technologies. Cooperation with application clusters or representative organisations where micro- and nanoelectonics ordigital technologies are the key enabler for innovation.


Contact: [email protected]

Europe

http://www.silicon-europe.eu


SmartCityTechLocation: Europe wide


N° of members: 4

Sector of activity: Smart Systems for Urban Areas

Cluster mission: to drive the application of smart systems in urban areas


• Contacts with potential new SmartCityTech partners.

• Set up of joint actions:

• ESCP – S3

• Innosup

• H2020

• Interreg

• EFRO


Contact: Mark De Colvenaer

[email protected]

Europe

www.smartcitytech.eu


Software Innovation Pole ClusterLocation: SzegedYear of creation: 2007N° of members: 42Sector of activity: ICTCluster mission: cooperation and build complementarities in terms of sectoral, value chain and market focus.Participation objectives: Big data, affiliate intelligence solutions, software quality assurance, smart technology solutions(telemedicine, smart city, smart energy, smart home, etc.), embedded and mobile applications.


Contact: Monika Gortva-Konya

[email protected]

Hungary

Website link of the clusterwww.infopolus.hu


Sustainable Habitat Cluster

Location: Aveiro, Portugal


N° of members: 160

Sector of activity: Construction and Materials

Cluster mission: The Sustainable Habitat Cluster involves areas from the extraction sector to construction materials industries, as well as construction and related activities, suppliers of goods and equipment's for the built environment (Habitat value chain). This Cluster aims to create synergies in the development of new products, technologies and systems leading to innovation through sustainability, aiming to generate competitiveness.

Participation objectives: The Cluster aims to find partnerships for innovation projects and business opportunities for theirmembers. The Habitat Cluster is also available for collaborative actions with other clusters and networks regarding current andfuture challenges such as the ones related with topics such as circular economy, industry 4,0 and efficient use of resources.


Contact: Victor FerreiraEmail: [email protected]

Website link of the cluster:www.centrohabitat.net

Portugal


SYSTEMATIC Paris-RegionLocation: Paris Region


N° of members: 800 (including 460 SME & startups)

Sector of activity: Software and Digital

Cluster mission:

SUPPORTING INNOVATION by creating and designing products, services and innovative processes to their marketing

ACCELERATING GROWTH and competitiveness of innovative companies

PROMOTING ATTRACTIVENESS and economic development of the territory and its ecosystem

Participation objectives: Building partnerships with European clusters to collaborate under calls for proposal (H2020 and Cosme)


Contact: Thierry Louvet & Isabelle de Sutter

[email protected]@systematic-paris-region.org

France

Website: http://www.systematic-paris-region.org/




TECHTERALocation: Lyon


N° of members: 124

Sector of activity: Textiles and flexible materials

Cluster mission: To increase the companies’ competitiveness via collaborative innovation

Participation objectives: - Cross-sectorial projects with textile applications on the following markets: construction, security (PPE),health (medical devices), transports (aerospace, automotive, nautism), sports

- Cross-sectorial projects related to waste management, upcycling and eco-conception


Contact: Robin ODDON

[email protected]

France

Website link of the clusterhttps://www.techtera.org/en/

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TRANSYLVANIA ENERGY CLUSTER – CLUSTER TRECLocation: Transylvania County, Cluj Napoca, Romania


N° of members: 30

Sector of activity: Energy Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Cluster mission: TREC is a platform for R&D driven innovations in alternative energy, renewables, energy efficiency and advance environmental technologies and environment protection


Transylvania Energy Cluster is searching for Institutional partners from European countries, in order to apply to Horizon 2020 calls -based on Circular Economy, Smart Specialisation, Energy Efficiency, Internationalisation, or on Cluster Management

Excellence and exchange of good practices between clusters, etc.

We have European experience on implementation of energy efficiency calls, and also a wide experiency of the entities of the

cluster on the energy efficiency and renewables sector.


Contact: Executive Manager Mrs.Alexandra Stoica

[email protected]

ROMANIA

Website link of the clusterhttp://www.trec-cluster.ro/


Transylvanian Furniture Cluster

Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania


N° of members: 63

Sector of activity: Furniture production

Cluster mission: The members of TRANSILVANIAN FURNITURE CLUSTER were joined together in order to offer support to the existingfurniture industry, to increase the competitiveness strength of the cluster and also, of each individual cluster company member, both ondomestic and foreign markets. Transylvanian Furniture Cluster focus is to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, transferability and mutual trustas key to increasing competitiveness and also to continuously develop our services and increase the regional and national representativeness ofthe cluster.


1. Finding partners with high experience in furniture research field in order to exchange know-how.

2. Finding partners interested in enhancing their international collaboration in order to develop cross sectorial/internationalprojects.


Contact: Diana Morcan

email: [email protected]

Romania

Website link of the clusterhttp://www.transylvanianfurniture.com/


http://www.transylvanianfurniture.com/

http://www.transylvanianfurniture.com/


Transylvanian Mechanical Engineering ClusterLocation: Sfantu Gheorghe, Covasna county, 520064


N° of members: 26 members

Sector of activity: Metal processing and machinery industry

Cluster mission: Internationalisation and leading through innovation of the members

Participation objectives: Searching interested clusters in founding a network for Industry 4.0. at european/ international level

Meeting and seeking partners for trans-sectoral projects


Contact: Kinga KRISTÓ Cluster [email protected]

ROMANIA

Website link of the clusterwww.tmecluster.eu

http://www.tmecluster.eu/


Triple Steelix 2.0Location: Borlänge, Sweden

Year of creation: 2005/2015

N° of members: 600/50

Sector of activity: Steel and metal working – Innovation in the value chain, resource efficiency, competence and attractiveness

Cluster mission: The leading innovation region in Europe for advanced steel, steel products, industrial service and processing

Participation objectives: Internationalisation


Contact: Larz Ignberg

[email protected]

Sweden

Website link:www.triplesteelix.se


TWEED – Energy Cluster in Belgium (Wallonia/Brussels)Location: Liège, Belgium


N° of members: 110

Sector of activity: Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Smart-Grid & Storage

Cluster mission: Our first mission is to pave the way for the setting up of high quality and

industrial-size projects in the fields of production and exploitation of sustainable energy.

Participation objectives: EU clusters partnerships for future EU projects/calls, potential joint missions/BtoB,…


Contact: Cédric Brü[email protected]

Belgium

www.REWallonia.bewww.clustertweed.be

http://www.REWallonia.be

http://www.clustertweed.be


Location: Lithuania, Vilnius


N° of members: 20 SME, 2 Universities, 2 Colleges

Sector of activity: ICT, Creative industries, Cybersecurity, SmartHome, SmartCity, Startups

Participation objectives: Looking for cooperation with clusters focusing on any application domain where clustercooperation, Internationalisation, BSR, Smart Cities, Smart home, smart mobility, cybersecurity, ICT, Creative industries,etc.


Contact: Marius Pareščius

[email protected] , +370 686 77781

Lithuania



ArcticDesignLocation: Rovaniemi, Finland


N° of members: 150

Sector of activity: Inductrial Design, Service Design, Interaction Design and Fine Arts

Cluster mission:

Arctic Design Cluster is in 2025 the world’s leading place to conduct design research, which combines the knowledge of arcticcultures and context, linking them to design and art.


Arctic Design seeks to increase the wellbeing and economic competitiveness of arctic areas. Arctic Design combines art, designand research in order solve challenges in the sparsely populated areas. Understanding arctic environment, everyday life,internationality and indigenous cultures is in the core of Arctic Design.


Contact: Mika-Petri Laakkonen

Email [email protected]

Finland

http://luotsi.lappi.fi/arctic-design


Location : ANGERS – LOIRE VALLEY - FRANCE


N° of members: 400

Sector of activity: Plant- Agricultural sector

Cluster mission: To be a cluster leader for plants that have a more favorable impact on health, environment and biodiversity

Participation objectives: find potential partners for European projects in innovative agriculture and better efficiency of naturalresources


Contact: Pauline CAPUS

[email protected]

FRANCE

www.vegepolys.eu

VEGEPOLYS


VITAGORALocation: Dijon, France


N° of members: 320

Sector of activity: Human Food&Drink, Animal Feed

Cluster mission: Foster economic growth through innovation and

target high-value food markets in France and abroad


- To identify potential partners to extend the consortium of a COSME “Clusters go international” project, in preparation for phase 2

- To identify potential partners for H2020 projects

- To develop our European network, including in complementary sectors of activity and new technologies, to create synergies aspart of Vitagora’s strategy for internationalisation and Food Tech.


Contact: Anne-Céline Renaud

[email protected]

France

www.vitagora.com


http://www.vitagora.com/


Vojvodina ICT Cluster - VOICTLocation: Novi Sad


N° of members: 45

Sector of activity: ICT

Cluster mission: Strategic objective of Vojvodina ICT Cluster is to increase visibility of Serbian ICT and put Novi Sad on theregional and European map as the hotbed for ICT in this part of the world.

Participation objectives: Networking, building bridges with similar organizations, creating opportunities for cross-sectorial and/orcross-border cooperation of clusters and companies.


Contact: Milan Šolaja

[email protected]

Serbia

Website link of the clusterwww.vojvodinaICTcluster.org


http://www.vojvodinaICTcluster.org


Water AllianceLocation: Leeuwarden


N° of members: 100

Sector of activity: Water technology

Cluster mission:


• Cluster collaboration for cross-sectoral and sectoral business development and innovation support

• Connecting innovation infrastructures

• European Strategic Cluster Partnerships

• Coordinating & support actions


Contact: Bart Volkers

[email protected]

Netherlands

www.wateralliance.nlwww.watercampus.nl

http://www.wateralliance.nl/

http://www.watercampus.nl/

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