Brightlands Materials Center fuels the polymeric materials field with knowledge, talent and entrepreneurship by bringing universities, students, industry leaders and business professionals all together in shared research programs and the inspiring community of the Brightlands Materials Center.
The themes of our research address major societal challenges such as sustainable energy, mobility, and health & well-being. These research themes can also be related to Horizon 2020, the European Commission’s EU programme for research and innovation, a pivotal part of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and economic growth:
Additive Manufacturing -  Health & Well-being
Lightweight Automotive - Mobility
Sustainable Buildings - Sustainable Energy Digital technologies.

(mission, scope, services provided) BrainsBusiness – ICT North Denmark is a regional industrial cluster intiative that brings together all major forces within the North Denmark ICT environment: Companies and knowledge institutions within ICT (Information and Communications Technology) as well as relevant public organisations and authorities. The long-term goal of BrainsBusiness is to contribute to the North Denmark ICT cluster being recognised as one of the most attractive and competitive ICT clusters in Europe. The mission of the cluster is to strengthen and develop the ICT environment in North Denmark through three overall activities: 1. Strengthen the competitiveness of the North Denmark ICT companies through facilitated networking across sectors, internationalisation, the facilitation of the development of Smart Society solutions, competence development within marketing and service design as well as furthering knowledge sharing by building bridges between university and industry. 2. Ensure recognition through increased visibility to the strengths of the North Denmark ICT cluster – nationally and internationally. 3. Establishing an attractive industrial environment for ICT companies in North Denmark by ensuring access to resources, knowledge and favourable framework conditions. Digital technologies.

Leading knowledge institutes and reputable companies will work together at the Brainport Industries Campus to bring ideas to manufacturing readiness and develop business cases. The campus is a state-of-the-art working, innovation and (non-for-profit) learning environment for the next generation in high-tech manufacturing. The Brainport Industries Campus is home to broad alliances between suppliers, specialised SME companies and innovative educational and knowledge institutions. Digital Manufacturing - High Tech Production, Innovation, Education & Training. Joint open innovation well be executed in an open innovation, non-for-profit, pre-competitive setting. Digital technologies.

BOOST, the Smart Industry network East Netherlands, was launched by Oost NL (East Netherlands Development Agency) in May 2015. BOOST is (since 2018) one of the five Smart Industry Hubs in the Netherlands (https://smartindustry.nl/in-de-regio/).

It is of great importance to our economy that the manufacturing industry continues to lead the way in digitization and robotisation. This requires - in addition to applying new technologies - social innovation within the companies themselves. The BOOST activities focus on taking manufacturing industry entrepreneurs into the opportunities offered by the digital revolution. BOOST does this by making manufacturing companies aware of the upcoming transition, activating the trend following SME companies and providing direction by offering a broad range of in-depth instruments. BOOST is a network organization in which entrepreneurs, the BOOST partners (Oost NL, branche organizations, business networks), education, research partners and (regional) government participate in order to realize a strong, smart and sustainable industry. Under BOOST collaborations are realized, where the Fieldlabs, innovation projects, masterclasses, workshops, events and professorships are good examples. With BOOST we work together on the development of digital skills and the digitalisation of the SMEs in our region. 

The BOOST partner network covers a combination of services: 

-BOOST and Oost NL focus on Ecosystem development

-The (Smart Industry) Fieldlabs, universities and education, research partners focus on Technology development (TRL 6-9) and the development of digital skills.

-Most of the BOOST partners (branche organizations, business networks) focus on Business Development.

For the next years to come the BOOST partners will work on the further development of the Hub structure, projects, workshops, tools  to support the digitalisation of the SMEs in our region. Digital technologies.

The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) is one of the leading technical
universities of Central Europe. The Department of Electron Devices (BME-EET) is a worldwide
recognized research organization in the field of thermal and electro-thermal issues in
microelectronic devices. The Department deals with all aspects of microelectronics, from
semiconductor physics through device manufacturing to system level design.

Being a member of the SAE community and the National Industry 4.0 Platform, BME-EET provides the following actions as a non-profit Digital Innovation Hub:

Helps SMEs, start-ups and mid-caps to become more competitive through the adoption of latest digital technologies.
Provides access to infrastructure for physical and environmental testing digital innovations, with additional domain specific expertise in a couple of technical fields
Provides access to a broad network of local SMEs and service providers in Hungary and Central Europe
Digital technologies.

Biorizon is a shared research centre with a focus on technology development for the production of biobased bulkaromatics (BTX) and functionalized biobased aromatics for performance materials, chemicals & coatings. Biorizon is the leading innovation hub for bio-aromatics, bringing together brilliant minds from all over Europe to enable our goal: commercial production of bi-aromatics in 2025. By leveraging our infrastructure, local and European ecosystem of diverse expert partners, industry along the value chain, we accelerate progress towards a sustainable future with reduced CO2-emmissions. Digital technologies.

Network services, safety strategies for industry, project development, support for research

BioNanoNet is an Austrian scientific network that specializes in Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) on national and international level, with a strong focus on bio- and nanotechnologies.

BioNanoNet has the clear aim of supporting innovative interdisciplinary research by forming cooperative networks and synergistic collaborations, with special emphasis on nanotoxicology, health, safety & (nano)medicine and sensor technologies.

The BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH is European key player in the field of nanosafety, specialised in developing nano-safety-by-design strategies together with researchers and industry, and coordinates the national technology platforms NanoMedicine-Austria and SusChem-AT.

Additionally, the BioNanoNet GmbH supports national and international research projects in coordination, management, dissemination and communication. Digital technologies.

Bioindustry Park is a science and technology Park and a competenze center specialised in life science and health. The goal od Bioindustry Park is to support the growth of innovative projects in health and life science through supporting services and a multidisciplinary approach involving also process and organisational innovations including digital technologies. Bioindustry Park is managing the bioPmed health cluster, an initiative based on the no profit association bioPmed onceived to improve the competitivness of health care companies particularly SMEs Digital technologies.

Bic Euronova, the European Businesses and Innovation Center (CEEI) of Malaga, is a company formed by public and private capital, founded in 1991 on the initiative of the Commission of the European Communities, to support the creation of innovative SMEs, boost the implementation in progress of new innovative activities in existing SMEs and Public Administrations. 

 

The objective of BIC Euronova is to promote the development of innovative and technology-based companies, therefore it has support services for them that are installed in the incubator as: personalized advice to entrepreneurs with training content in management, marketing, consulting and technology; debates, forums, etc. In addition, it is important to materialize their objetives in a Business Plan, therefore, BIC Euronova has a tool in computer support for telematic advice in the preparation of the Business Plan, also startups and companies count with permanent tutoring and information services to continue growing and developing.

In this way, BIC Euronova hosts companies in the ICT sector with which it collaborates, whose activities, among others, are 3D printing and prototyping, application development, architectural services, integral and advanced solutions with engineering projects, drone and RPAS manufacturers as well as industrial consultancy with activity in the aerospace and renewable sector, automation of industrial processes, and software development among other activities. Digital technologies.

BI-REX is one of the eight Competence Centres founded by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development within the 4.0 Industry National Plan framework. The centre, as reported in its Chart is a no for profit consortium which carries out external activities following non-profit aim and focused on Big Data. BI-REX is a public-private Consortium born on the 11th of December 2018 in Bologna gathering in partnership 56 actors: 12 bodies between Universities and Research Centers and 44 enterprises of excellence working in the field of services finance and logistics, energy, automotive and aerospace, mechatronics, ICT, biomedical and agree-food. BI-REX collects the know-how of the Emilia Romagna High Technology network (existing industrial research laboratories, infrastructures, Digital innovation Hubs - DIH) but with a national and international road map. One of the main goals of the Centre is to assist companies, especially SMEs, in the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies. In particular, BI-REX provides companies, especially SMEs with the following services: Orientation and Consultancy Awareness raising on Industry 4.0 technologies and related benefits for enterprises and SMEs, on Italian Industry 4.0 Strategy, in particular on the Italian Competence Center System and BiRex services. Workshops, webinars and conferences, thematic working groups, reports and analyses on Key Enabling Technologies Digital readiness assessment services and support services for the digital transition Consultancy services on I4.0 technologies (e.g. cybersecurity, IoT, big data, AI, 3D printing, advanced robotics, etc.) Demo, proof of concept and prototyping  activities to allow enterprises an SMEs understanding and testing the real advantages offered by Industry 4.0 technologies Trainings Several types of trainings: trainings on specific topics, technologies and tools related to Industry 4.0, trainings on innovation management. Trainings can be delivered: (a) on site, using the learning centre or the digital capability center, which is the pilot plant for proof of concepts, testings and prototyping activities which require the use of the equipment. (b) in e-learning or blended mode, using a dedicated web platform. Innovation Projects and Fundraising Support Possibility to implement collaborative projects of industrial research, experimental development and innovation through calls co-financed by Bi-Rex and Italian Ministry of the Economic Development Scouting of funding opportunities and support in collaborative projects definition, proposal writing and submission It’s important to remark that BI-REX headquarter is located in Bologna (Italy), its facilities cover 1.500 square meters inside the Opificio Golinelli, place of competence and activity contamination: training, research and business activities. In particular the competence center can rely on: offices area for its personnel, co-working area which will host professionals and researchers from different companies and research institutions, training laboratory hosting over 100 students/trainees and the Digital Capability Centre. The Digital Capability Centre is an advanced production pilot line, where new Industry 4.0 technologies are integrated with traditional ones, in a digitally interconnected environment. The Pilot Plant has been designed in order to: anticipate digital transformation processes; support technological innovation of enterprises; increase the added value of company products. The pilot plant is made of the following technologies and tools: selective laser melting, direct energy deposition-DED, mobile and collaborative robotics, a measuring station, a CNC machine center, edge computing, cloud and analytics, a 5G cell. This pilot line will allow the realization of advanced prototypes and high added value small series, making them available on the market and will allow SMEs testing technologies before invest. On the website Bi-Rex company profile in English can be found at the following link: file:///C:/Users/Serena%20Dangelo/Downloads/BI-REX_Institutional-Presentation_ENG%20(2).pdf. The translation into English of the whole website is on-going and will be available soon.     Digital technologies.