Industry Members

AGORIA is Belgium's largest employers' organisation and trade association. It represents and helps more than 1,600 companies in the technology industry.

Agoria member companies supply goods and provide services for many international projects abroad: equipment for airports, oil, gas and petrochemical plants, international sporting events, environmental infrastructure, construction, etc.

In order to represent the interests of its members effectively, AGORIA operates five representative sections (called clubs):

- Infrastructure Club

- Sports Technology Club

- Renewable Energy Club

- Carbon Energy Club

- Banking Club

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ArcelorMittal is the world's largest steel producing company, operating in 60 countries, maintains 12 R&D centres and is the market leader in steel for use in automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging.

The company operates in all major steel markets including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, with leading R&D and technology, as well as sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and outstanding distribution networks.

ArcelorMittal identifies its core values as sustainability, quality and leadership, with a commitment to operating in a responsible way with respect to the health, safety and wellbeing of its employees, contractors and the communities in which it operates. It is also committed to the sustainable management of the environment and of finite resources.

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Assoknowledge is a professional association of Confindustria, the Italian industry confederation. The primary role of Assoknowledge is to represent Italian companies that provide knowledge and education services. Assoknowledge also represents companies that offer such services in the areas of research and development and human resources.

The primary objective of the Association is to promote and sustain economic growth as well as the competitiveness of its industries both in the domestic and the international arena. Consequently, Assoknowledge protects and represents the technical, economic, social and cultural needs of its industrial sectors at local, national and EU level.

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N. Bazigos S.A. is a complete constructive and productive unit. Bazigos' Mold Shop is one of the biggest in Europe, combining know-how and high technology (including robotics) and is a key partner to some of the world's most important companies.

The areas in which Bazigo specializes are the manufacturing of molds - injection, cutting and forming, SMC, vacuum, die casting - and the manufacturing of high precision parts. The company has two key goals, first to maintain high quality standards of molds, parts and final products and, secondly, to achieve reduced costs for services offered without any reduction in quality.

Bazigos’ Productive Unit uses a large variety of new and high quality machines - Injection, Mechanical & Hydraulic presses – to produce goods for its Mold shop's customers as well as for customers from all over the world.

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C2i2 is a Spanish economic interest group promoting technological innovation. Its purpose is the promotion and implementation of actions concerning the footwear and components industry at a national, European and international level.

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CASP S.A. is a software and consulting company, based in Athens, Greece, working closely with European and local industry as well as with Universities and Technological institutes, on developing and marketing Business Solutions for a wide range of industrial problems.

CASP develops and markets business solutions for enterprise resource planning, production scheduling, quality engineering, supply chain management, virtual reality applications and product and process design. This is done by providing advanced concepts and software solutions based on state of the art tools and technologies for object oriented design and development.

Some of the tools used are Rational Rose for software design and documentation, Interdev for ERD visualisation, JBuilder for Java code implementation, SourceSafe for co-operative/web based source code management, XML Spy for XML development and Visual Studio for C++ code implementation.

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CECIMO represents the common interests of the European Machine Tool Industries, particularly in relation to authorities and associations. CECIMO promotes the European Machine Tool Industry and its development in the fields of economy, technology and science. The members of CECIMO are the 15 National Associations of machine tool builders that represent over 1600 industrial enterprises in Europe, many of which are SMEs.

CECIMO undertakes four key activities:

- Statistics and Market Studies/ Market Surveillance

- Monitoring: EU dossiers, Legislation and Standardisation

- Exhibitions - Cooperation with Machine Tools associations over the world

- Research and Development activities

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CEI produces industrial equipment for the automotive, footware and stone processing industries. The company specialises in cutting solutions and automation. CEI also makes equipment that uses laser technology to cut or engrave leather or synthetic materials.

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CIE Automotive is a multi-technological industrial group, a global service supplier of components and subassemblies for the automotive market. The CIE Automotive Group was created in 2002 as a result of the merger between the Egaña Group and Aforasa. From then until the present, CIE Automotive has become a group with a global presence and with matching financial strength.

The group has three core aims:

- To be a benchmark for quality, technology, innovation, design and procurement.

- Excellence in management

- To become the leading example of a sustainable business through our commitment to people, the environment and value creation.

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COMAU is a global supplier of industrial automation systems for the automotive manufacturing sector. COMAU supplies complete engineering solutions from product development to the realisation of industrial process automation systems.

COMAU provides integrated services to the manufacturing plants, from assistance to the production start-up phases, up to equipment and plant full maintenance activities. The group maintains 26 centres in 15 countries.

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Convergent Information Technologies is a software company that develops easy to use software tools that make robots adaptive and that programs them to be up to 100-times faster than conventional systems.

The software tools allow the clients of Convergent Information Technologies to plan and program complex robotic applications, be they semi or fully automatic, at a much more increased speed than is found in many more conventional systems.

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Correa Anayak is the result of a merger between Nicolás Correas S.A. and Industrias Anayak. The Nicolás Correa designs and produces milling and boring machines with a strong focus on research, development and innovation.

CRF (Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A) is FIAT's centre for innovation, applied research and development.

Recent research has been focused on sustainable mobility by adopting a systematic approach to investigate innovative solutions which address all aspects of sustainability in transport. This includes reducing emissions and noise pollution through innovations on the powertrain, fuel efficiency, optimising subsystems and ecological and recyclable materials.

CRF employs approximately 860 people. The centre's work comes under six main headline areas: powertrain, vehicles, systems, materials, infomobility and manufacturing.

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Daimler AG is a globally leading producer of premium passenger cars and the largest manufacturer of heavy duty and medium duty trucks in the world. Daimler brands and services include Mercedes-Benz Cars and Vans, Daimler Trucks, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services. Products of Daimler are sold world-wide with production facilities on five continents.

The group employs over 260,000 people and engages in a broad range of research in areas that includes hybrid drive, electric motors and fuel cells.

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Dallara is an Italian based racing car constructor  and research and development facility. Dallara makes extensive use of computer modelling and simulation in advance of production. Recent research and development at Dallara has focused on structural analysis testing the capabilities of materials that form the key components in their vehicles.

Dallara also provides consultancy services automotive manufacturers for both racing and high performance road cars including Bugatti, KTM, Alfa Romeo and Toyota.

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Danfoss is one of Denmark's largest industrial companies and a global business employing over 26,000 people with research, development and production at its core. It operates in a large number of areas including refrigeration and air conditioning, heating, water controls, solar energy and industrial automation.

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Danish Crown AmbA is a Danish food processing company, dealing primarily in meat processing of pork and beef. Through its subsidiaries, collectively the Danish Crown Group,  it is also involved in a long list of other food products.

Danish Crown is Europe’s largest pork-processing company, Denmark's largest beef-processing company, and its single largest agricultural exporter.

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The Confederation of Danish Industries (DI) is a private organisation that is funded, owned and managed by 10,000 private companies within the manufacturing, trade and service industry. Its core aim is to maintain the best corporate conditions for Danish industry.

The main activities of DI are:

- Policy advocacy - local, national, and international level

- Membership services - providing information, advisory services, and consulting

- Network relations - between members and with society at large

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Delcam is one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced CADCAM software. Declam develops CADCAM solutions for the manufacturing industry, this software is in use with more than 30,000 companies in over 80 countries.

The Delcam company provides comprehensive designs through manufacture system for companies that are new to CADCAM or that are looking to replace old or obsolete software.  It also supplies individual programs for companies looking to increase the performance of their existing system or to remove bottlenecks in their design and manufacturing processes.

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Doppelmayr Seilbahen GMBH is a world-wide market leader in planning, manufacturing, assembling, maintaining and operating ropeway systems of all kinds.

The Group has production facilities and sales and service locations in over 33 countries of the world and to date has built more than 14,100 installations in over 83 countries.

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EUnited is a European umbrella association that includes a branch specialised in robotics. EUnited Robotics is the robotics industry’s voice in Europe representing the robot suppliers’ view on industry issues and R&D policies.

EUnited Robotics serves as a platform for manufacturers, component suppliers and system integrators of robotics in Europe. Other stakeholders concerned with robotics such as research institutes, national associations or customers can join as cooperation partners.

EUnited Robotics manages the secretariat of the European Technology Platform EUROP and has been supporting the ‘Factories of the Future’ public-private partnership from its inception. EUnited Robotics intends to act as a bridgehead between EFFRA and the robotics sector by coordinating the robot manufacturers’ point of view on R&D topics towards EFFRA and vice versa.

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EXALCO S.A. is an integrated industrial unit producing aluminium profiles and shaping sheet metals, with the aim of meeting modern structural and architectural needs. The company is based in Greece with two European subsidiaries, EXALCO Romania SRL at Bucharest and EXALCO Bulgaria SRL at Sofia.

EXALCO's aluminium products include systems (ALBIO, ALPIN) for doors, windows, building facades etc, composite panels as well as railing and shading systems.

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The Federation of Finnish Technology Industries represents companies in the metals industry, the mechanical engineering and metal products industry, the electronics and electri-cotechnical industry and the information technology industry, and for companies engaged in comparable or related activities regardless of their raw material base.

The mission of the Federation of Finnish Technology Industries is to ensure that the Finnish technology industry has the preconditions for success in the global marketplace.

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Federmacchine is the Italian national federation of associations of manufacturers of capital goods intended for industrial and handicrafts manufacturing processes.

It is composed of 12 industrial associations and companies employing over 175,000 people between them.

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Festo AG is an industrial control and automation company, a leading world-wide supplier of automation technology and the performance leader in industrial training and education programs. Festo’s aim is to maximise productivity and competitiveness for their customers.

Festo also offers Engineering Services via its Customer Solutions department. These solutions range from simple assemblies and kits, to full automation solutions utilizing Festo and third party components. Typical tasks include custom machine design and process automation. As part of its research, Festo is linked to a number of universities through their Bionic Learning Network that researches new concepts and technologies that may lead to new products and product areas.

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D.I. Fidas A.E. is an industrial manufacturer of footwear, producing approximately 8,500 pairs a day using state-of-art machinery which is complimented by computerised systems that include productivity programs and storage/delivery programs. Fidas employs 250 people directly and 750 indirectly/in supporting roles.

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Fédération des Industries Mecaniques (FIM) represents the economic and technical interests of French professional associations and their members.

It aims to help mechanical engineers to design, produce and sell in France and to develop their activities in international markets. It undertakes to represent and promote, on a French, European and international level, this important sector of French industry.

In supporting companies in their business activities, FIM also offers solutions to problems that may arise in today’s economic environment.

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FIMECC is the Finnish Metals and Engineering Competence Cluster. The company works to boost strategic research in the metals and engineering industries.

FIMECC aims to increase and deepen the cooperation between companies, universities and research institutes in the area of top quality research. FIMECC Ltd. manages research in the area of five strategic research themes through research programs that address specific issues and research questions mentioned in their strategic research agenda.

The cluster has five main research themes:

- Service business

- User experience

- Global networks

- Intelligent solutions

- Breakthrough materials.

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FME-CWM is the Dutch association of enterprises in the industrial sector with 2,700 members who employ 260,000 people. FME directly employs 235 people.

FME aims to strengthen the position of the technological industry in the Netherlands, internationally as well as nationally, by providing representation, advice and services. This activity is designed to improve the competitiveness of its members, position the sector optimally and assure its continuity.

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FMMI (Fachverband Maschinen & Metallwaren Industrie) is the Austrian association of the machinery and metal-ware industry. FMMI is an autonomous organisation within the framework of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. It represents all Austrian industrial enterprises active in mechanical and plant engineering, steel construction and metal-ware production.

FMMI is among the most important industrial and employers’ associations in Austria.

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Gema Medical S.L. is a Spanish medical products manufacturing company that has been in existence since 2004.

Gema Medical produces a range of syringe filters and membranes in clean room mechanised production facilities that meet the highest standards (ISO 9001-2000 & ISO 13485-2003).

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GESCO Consorzio Coop S.c.a is a food company involved in poultry production and trade. The coop, via its brand Amadori, aims to provide innovative meat-based gastronomic solutions. Products are controlled at every stage of the production cycle.

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Gizelis S.A. specializes in the manufacturing of machines for the sheet metal industry. The company is one of the oldest companies in this field, with activities that start from machine design and development, and continue with complete ‘in house' manufacturing of sheet metal processing machines.

Gizelis S.A. maintains a significant presence in the European market, with a large network of European associates the company is able to provide complete solutions regarding the production chain associated with sheet metal processing machines.

The company's industrial plant includes 3 distinct manufacturing divisions regarding press brakes, shearing and plasma cutting machines.

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Gorenje Orodjarna d.o.o is a major tool making company in Slovenia. A subsidiary of the internationally established Gorenje Group, Orodjarna’s core business involves the development, manufacturing, marketing and maintenance of a variety of tools for sheet metal processing, injection molding, thermoforming and Styrofoam packaging as well as measuring systems for the control and testing of appliance functions and safety features.

Orodjarna employs over 200 people The company is actively involved in different national and international R&D industrial projects. This has been achieved through the establishment of a  qualified and highly motivated R&D team, which is registered at the Slovenian Research Agency.

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IBEROMOLDES S.A. is an engineering and tooling group. It is a supplier of added value services and products, specialising in the development, engineering and manufacturing of moulds and tools. It also supplies systems and functional components.

To deliver high quality products and services, IBEROMOULDES uses its own process called Simultaneous Engineering Technology (SET) which integrates all process from concept to industrial production.

IBEROMOULDES operates it in five markets: automotive, aerospace, medical devices, electrical and electronic.

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INDO is a Spanish multinational dedicated to the marketing of ophthalmic lenses and equipment for opticians and ophthalmologists. The group has more than 70 years’ experience in the optical industry and continues to lead the Spanish market, while progressing with its international expansion.

The group employs more than 500 people, with branches in the United States, France, Italy, Portugal, India, Morocco and Chile. INDO exports its products to more than 80 countries.

INDO has five core aims: innovation in all company areas, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, sustained value creation, and respect for society and the environment.

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Industria de Turbo Propulsores, S. A. (ITP) operates in the fields of engineering, research and development, manufacturing, assembly and testing of aeronautical engines and gas turbines. Its activities also include inline engine maintenance and the maintenance of aircraft, and the provision of services for the leasing and sale of engines and aircraft.

ITP has seven subsidiary companies Santiago de Queretano ITR, Barakaldo PCB, ITA, Aeromaritime Mediterráneo, Aeromaritime America, ITP Repair UK and ITP engines UK. The group employs 2,682 people.

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Innovalia is a strategic alliance of seven technological companies together with one research and development unit with a focus on innovation, technology and internationalisation.

Innovalia operates in four areas:

- Consultancy

- Metrology

- Information society

- Transportation

The group delivers customised inline metrology solutions for the aeronautics, automotive and transport sectors. This work has made use of a virtual metrology concept, high-precision 3D optical sensors, calibration devices, high-speed CMMs and metrology SW. Innovalia also operates a micro- and nano-metrology division.

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John Deere is the world’s largest manufacturer of agricultural and forestry machinery and equipment. It also provides other products including commercial and consumer equipment and construction machinery. The company operates in 27 countries world-wide, with six factories in Europe.

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Lamaplast S.A. is an injection moulding tool manufacturer that also produces injection moulded plastic parts. Lamaplast manufactures a wide range of plastic siphons, plumbing fittings and plastic bathroom accessories. In recent years it has expanded its product range by importing new products composed of alternative materials, such as inox, in order to satisfy a wider spectrum of needs.

Utilising advanced technology, the company cooperates with a number of large companies from various industries (white goods market, electric appliances, telecommunications, etc.), in producing technical parts of their product lines as a subcontractor.

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LINPRA is the trade association for the Lithuanian engineering industry. LINPRA not only promotes a more business-friendly regulatory framework but also helps developing the national infrastructure for public innovation support services.

In this capacity, LINPRA coordinates the activities of the national MANUFUTURE technology platform and runs three projects, funded by European Structural funds, for strengthening R&D networking, promoting innovative engineering and developing human resources. LINPRA is member of ORGALIME and has, in turn, 80 member companies in a sector that provides 40,000 jobs in the Lithuanian economy.

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Microelectronica S.A. is a Romanian manufacturer of semiconductors and optoelectronic devices. The company also engages in extensive research and development.

Company is activity focused on research, technology, innovation, development and production in electrical sciences and the applied materials field.

Microelectronica's five key product areas are:

-Pressure/temperature/mass sensors for various applications

-Ceramic composite materials

-LED's assembling and packing

-Rapid Manufacturing technologies

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Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa is a business group made up of more than 250 companies and entities that are organised into three sectoral groups: financial, industrial and distribution, which operate autonomously within a framework of a common strategy.

The group incorporates 11 research and development centres and a private university (Mondragón University) which has three campuses focusing on engineering, economics and social sciences. It's main areas of industrial activity include home appliances, automotive components, electromechanical and consulting services.

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ORGALIME is the European engineering industries association representing the interests of the mechanical, electrical, electronic, metal working and metal articles industries. ORGALIME represents 35 trade federations who represent 130,000 companies based in 23 European countries. The industrial areas collectively represented by ORGALIME employ 10.6 million people in the European Union.

ORGALIME’s aims are set out in their strategic document "Manufacturing Matters". In which it builds on the proposals of the European institutions to provide a coherent industrial policy vision for industry in the short, medium and long term.

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Robert Bosch GmbH has more than 350 subsidiaries in 60 countries and operates in three core technology ares: automotive, industrial and consumer goods and building technology.

The Bosch group operates a Corporate Sector Research and Advanced Engineering centre that develops new technologies and product innovation. Areas of innovation include car multimedia, safety and security systems and manufacturing techniques.

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RU Robots LTD provides research and development services in the field of advanced and cognitive robots together with feasibility studies on potential developments. It is the UK's foremost advanced robotics and cognitive science company that provides advanced robotic systems designed to work effectively with people and for people.

RU Robots works with leading Universities and other technology providers to ensure that the most relevant technology is considered for each application.

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SAP is a global software company that provides enterprise software applications and support to businesses. It is the largest software company in Europe and, globally, one of the largest with four global operations: EMEA (Europe), AMERICA (USA & Canada), LAC (Latin America and Caribbean) and APJ (Asia, Pacific and Japan).

SAP markets and distributes its products and services primarily through a worldwide network of local subsidiaries, which are licensed to distribute SAP products to customers in defined territories.

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SAPA Operaciones S.L. is a Spanish manufacturing company that designs and produces transmissions for heavy vehicles, designs and develops APUs, electric drivers and weaving looms.

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SCM Group designs, produces  and distributes  technologically advanced solutions for processing a wide range of materials with specialist brands in the different application sectors and centres of excellence qualified in industrial components.

SCM operates in the wood, glass, plastic, stone, advanced materials and metal market areas.

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SERCOBE is the Spanish National Association of Manufacturers of Capital Goods. It is composed of 180 industrial groups and 14 sector associations or circles, representing  400 companies with an added annual turnover in the sector exceeding €38 billion and exports above €26 billion a year.

The main functions of SERCOBE are the representation of  the capital goods industry to Spanish and foreign economic agencies, and the promotion of exports of capital goods and industrial facilities.

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Siemens AG is a German engineering conglomerate, the largest of its kind in Europe. The company has three main business sectors: Industry, Energy, and Healthcare along with cross sector services; with a total of 15 divisions. It employs approximately 405,000 world-wide in 1,640 locations.

The company undertakes extensive research and development with 30,100 people employed in research and development.

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Sintesi S.c.p.a. is a high-tech company that specialises in developing solutions for sophisticated motion and position control mechatronic systems.

Sintesi supports businesses in the robotics and automation sectors by the integrated supply of control, measurement and design solutions. it supplies hardware, software and consultations to assist in the design of, and creation of, high-performance system.

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SolMateS b.v. is a global supplier of industrial deposition equipment based on laser deposition.

SolMateS' revolutionary deposition technology has been under development since 2007. This resulted in the PiezoFlare 1200 a system with which a new class of materials can be deposited such as the piezoelectric material PZT. This enables, for example, movement on a chip for emerging thin layer piezo based applications like novel generation print-heads, micropumps, RF-MEMS, micromirrors or other chip based sensors and actuators.

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Sonae Indústria SGPSSA is one of the largest wood panel producers in the world. Present in twelve countries on three continents, Sonae Indústria has a wide range of products, from simple board to complete construction systems, a large range of wood-based products and materials for furniture, construction and decoration.

Sonae aims to provide high quality products in a sustainable manner with a continuous improvement of operations to ensure a high level of efficiency.

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Synesis is a public-private consortium that engages in research activities.

The enabling technologies that Synesis researches relate to a diverse selection of fields of operations that range from control systems to advanced machinery to the design and automation of production. It has a particular focus on knowledge-based sustainable factories.

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Teknikföretagen is the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries, representing more than 3,500 engineering companies. The associations’ members operate in a range of sectors that include telecommunications, fabricated metal products, electronics, machinery and equipment, office machinery and apparatus, power industry, instrument technology, optics, motor cars and transport equipments.

Teknikföretagen provides support, advice and representation to its members

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VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau - German Engineering Federation) represents 3,000 mainly small and medium sized engineering companies. It is one of the largest industrial associations in Europe.

The VDMA covers the entire process chain - everything from components and plant manufacturers, system suppliers and system integrators through to service providers. It aims to reflect the varied customer-supplier relations all along the value adding chain, permitting both industry-specific and inter-industry cooperation.

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