Partners
CIDETEC is a private organization for applied research founded in 1997 that seeks to contribute value to companies by harnessing, generating and transferring technological knowledge. Located in the Donostia-San Sebastián site of Gipuzkoa’s Scientific and Technological Park and with additional facilities at MUBIL, the Gipuzkoa Electromobility Hub, CIDETEC is comprised of three international technological reference institutes in energy storage, surface engineering and nanomedicine.
The CIDETEC institute for Surface Engineering is a reference institute and the main thrust of an innovation pole specialising in the development of these technologies, providing surface solutions throughout the entire value chain for the automotive, aerospace, extreme environment and other sectors.
The National Composites Centre (NCC) is the UK’s world-leading composite research and development facility; where innovators come when they need to make things lighter, stronger, smarter and more sustainable. Its key focus areas are Composites, Digital Engineering, Hydrogen and Sustainability. With access to 'beyond' state-of-the-art technology and the best composites engineering capabilities in the world, the NCC collaborates with customers to solve the most complex engineering challenges of our time.
Located in Bristol, UK, and part of the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult, the NCC works across all manufacturing sectors and has forged strong links with aerospace, energy, defence, space, construction, infrastructure, auto, rail, marine and biomedical. It works with organisations across the board from micro-enterprises and SMEs to disrupters, the supply chain and OEMs, providing businesses with a de-risked environment to design, develop, test and scale their ideas and get them to market fast.
For more information visit https://www.nccuk.com/
AlmaScience is a Portuguese applied research organization that was founded as a collaborative lab that brought together industry and academia. Its mission is to build a world-class ecosystem focused on innovation, development and deployment of cellulose-based smart and sustainable applications, with emphasis on market-driven solution development and commercialization, to provide industry 4.0, locally produced, printable, cost-effective, recyclable alternatives to conventional electronic devices.
AlmaScience has created a number of innovative technologies that show promise, including devices and systems made possible by nanotechnology, cutting-edge functional materials, and/or printed electronics techniques, enabling the incorporation of intelligence into common objects and aspects of daily life like security, energy, health, logistics, and packaging. With a committed team of 20 researchers, is involved in several national and EU-funded projects, as well as in client-on-demand projects, a network of partners and has attracted the interest of major corporations.
SPECIFIC POLYMERS (SP) is a French SME with 30 employees located in Montpellier specializing in the custom design of polymers and innovative materials for academic and industrial research. The company offers its customers and partners its expertise in this field through various services: (i) Sale of R&D products, (ii) Implementation of research and innovation programs (states of the art, custom synthesis, material development, physico-chemical and thermomechanical analyses, scaling up) and (iii) Contribution of expertise within the framework of multidisciplinary collaborative projects.
As a service provider, the company is involved in projects in very diverse fields of application such as automotive, construction, aeronautics, cosmetics, biomedical, environment, energy or even electronic. SP's involvement in these different sectors for almost 20 years has enabled it to acquire a strong culture and expertise in the chemistry of polymers and materials, and today enables it to offer breakthrough innovation based on the cross-fertilization of these multiple skills.
CPI's various offices are in the north of England. We are a leading independent technology innovation centre and a founding member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult. Established in 2004, our teams tirelessly apply their many years of experience to ensure that every great invention gets the best opportunity to become a successfully marketed product or process. We work with our partners across diverse markets in the UK and around the world, driving their innovations forward and helping them to reduce the risk and cost associated with product development.
CPI acts as a catalyst bringing together academia, businesses, government and investors to translate bright ideas and research into the marketplace. We do this by giving our customers access to the right experts, equipment, networks, funding and more – connecting the dots for effective innovation.
NOVA.id focuses on the support and promotion of scientific research, technology and development services to society at FCT-NOVA. NOVA.id, based at FCT-NOVA campus, supports FCT-NOVA’s research units, across different scientific fields, in carrying out high impact research work, as well as managing the financial and administrative aspects of those collaborative projects promoted by FCT-NOVA.
Furthermore, NOVA.id’s qualified staff provide expert advice on knowledge dissemination and technology transfer activities. For this project, the participation is made via the Materials Research Centre, CENIMAT (http://www.cenimat.fct.unl.pt/) that hosts 10 of the ERC grants of FCT-NOVA, a hub of the Institute for Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication.
i3N is a cross interdisciplinary institute and integrates state of the art facilities as required by high level research groups having as its objective to be at the forefront edge of research, technological development and innovation in the demanded areas of advanced micro/nano materials.
Crowdhelix is an Open Innovation platform that forges links between an international network of excellent researchers and innovative companies.
Since its founding in 1827, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. KTH is working with industry and society in the pursuit of sustainable solutions to some of humanity’s greatest challenges: climate change, future energy supply, urbanisation and quality of life for the rapidly-growing elderly population. Basic and applied research are performed side-by-side at KTH and interdisciplinary research is conducted in parallel with work in specific fields.
KTH embraces academia and the public and private sectors working together. KTH is part of extensive international research collaborations and participate in a large number of educational exchange or joint programmes with universities and colleges in Europe, the U.S., Australia, Asia and Africa.
Talkin’ Things is an EU based global designer and manufacturer of high-quality RFID inlay and tags. Our products help clients access and use data about their physical products or assets to increase the efficiency of their processes.
Through innovations and dynamic development Talkin’ Things shapes the global RFID market by providing breakthrough solutions enabling implementation of this technology on a mass scale. The performance and quality of products and solutions provided by Talkin' Things has been recognized by the world's largest RFID adopters.
Talkin’ Things is actively involved in transforming the RFID industry to sustainable production technologies.
AIMPLAS is a Technological Center with more than 30 years of experience in the plastics sector. They provide solutions to companies throughout the value chain, from raw material manufacturers to transformers and end users.
CISC is an innovative company that specializes in adding trust in communication technologies. With a 20-year history, CISC is a leading standardization consultant and an active member of various industry associations. The company is dedicated to providing competitive and innovative products and solutions to improve performance, conformance, interoperability, security and privacy. CISC is headquartered in Klagenfurt, Austria, with subsidiaries in Graz, Austria and Mountain View (CA), U.S.A. and is a trusted partner for various companies within the top 50 of the Fortune 500 list.