Final alps4eu conference mesap presentation alps4 eu

MESAP MEchatronics and Systems for Advanced Production

Innovation Cluster in Piedmont

Alps4EU final conference - 16 January 2014

MESAP in numbers • MESAP (MEchatronics and System

for Advanced Production) is one of the 12 regional innovation clusters of Piemonte; it aggregates firms and other entities operating in the mechatronics industry.

• Mesap coordinator is Centro Servizi Industrie Srl, a service company from “Unione Industriale di Torino”.

• The final goal of MESAP’s actions is to strengthen and complement local supply chains, enhancing their competitiveness all over the world, through:

– technology transfer (from research centres to firms and among firms)

– international expansion (both for business and research)

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members

universities

research centres

Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

large Companies

collaborative projects

M€ allocated on projects

technological trajectories

technology paths

industrial fields

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Manufacturing plants and

machines/robotics 21,3

Automotive and operation

machines 19,8

Aerospace 12,5

Energy and environment 9,0

Biomedicine 6,7

Railway

6,5

ICT 6,1

Household machines 4,8

Buildings/civil engineering 4,2

Food and agriculture

2,5

Textile

1,9

Chemical

1,9

Printers 1,7

Nanotechnologies

1,0

55,0% is active in processes

29,4% is active in products

15,6% is active in products/processes

25,6% large companies

16% medium enterprises

58,4% small enterprises

% MESAP enterprises: size and activity sectors

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What are we talking about?

Mechatronics is the powerful synergy among four different and

complementary diciplines and sectors:

Mechanics, Electronics, Ict, Control Science

electronics mechanics

Control

science

Ict

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MESAP Technology Mapping

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MESAP main goals and activities

Local based actions

• Knowledge development and transfer from research centers to companies

• Cross transfer and spread of sectorial competences into new application fields

• Strengthening and enlarging manufacturing local supply chains

International actions

• New end markets identification at European and world level

• International cooperation for R&D European/international projects, sharing of skills and competences with international similar innovation clusters, exchanging best practises and technology transfer methods

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R&D projects

Involved Companies

M€ (costs)

M€ (public funding)

Regional Intercluster Projects

Industrial Sectors:

• Manufacturing plants and machines robotics

• Automotive

• Aerospace

• Energy-Environment

• Biomedicine

• Railway

• Chemical

• Printers

• Household machines

MESAP Knowledge development and transfer (2009-2012 Local R&D projects)

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International relationship

MESAP is open to international collaboration in order to:

1. participate to cooperative R&D European/international projects

2. share skills and competences with international similar innovation clusters, exchanging best practises and technology transfer methods

3. join the most important mechatronics networks and clusters in Europe

4. enhance commercial relationship between our Partners and international ones in the field of mechatronics and advanced productions systems

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European and cross regional projects

International projects involvement

InToMech project: the Torino-Piemonte Manufacturing Shop

Involvement in European platforms/networks

Integrated Project managed by Piemonte Agency (Ceipiemonte) on behalf of Regione Piemonte, Turin and Cuneo Chambers of Commerce, in collaboration with MESAP, designed to provide opportunities of international expansion for Piedmont companies operating in the fields of Automation and manufacturing plants, mechatronics and industrial supply

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MOU with Italian Clusters and Districts

National and International Partnerships

MOU with European Clusters

Member of National Cluster “Intelligent Factory”

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An example of a purely private initiative: European Mechatronics Intercluster, started in july 2012

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An example of purely private initiative: European Mechatronics Intercluster

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Present situation • As a matter of fact this is an example of private «Metacluster» • At the moment, activities are «voluntary» based • No public financing in any form for «Metacluster» activities • No access to «european dedicated measures» • We are experiencing some difficulty in «speeding up» cooperation at

level of both Cluster Managers and Cluster Members Opportunities • Networking Activities could highly benefit from a «European formal

endorsement and support» • It could be very useful if PPP should be a suitable environment and

instrument in order to support these «Metacluster» activities

Thank You!

MESAP tel. + 39 011 5718225

[email protected] www.mesapiemonte.it

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