As a leading institute for resource-efficient production within the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, with over 600 staff members, Fraunhofer IWU is an important R&D partner for the automotive/ vehicle, machine tool and mechanical engineering industries. Strong collaborations with European stakeholders are in:

Manufacturing processes such as forming, joining, machining (cutting) including machine tools and automation
Additive manufacturing
Acoustical solutions for industry
Lightweight design (metal foam, fibres, sheet metals)
Functional surfaces and micro manufacturing

Innovation at Fraunhofer IWU is grouped into three areas:

 Mechatronics and Lightweight Structures including

Adaptronics and acoustics
Medical engineering
Additive manufacturing
Functionally-integrated lightweight structures
Functional textiles
Applied polymers/plastics processing

Forming and Joining Technologies including

Sheet metal forming
Hydroforming
Hot bulk metal forming
… Forming machine tools

Clutch-controlled screw press
Die rolling machine
Cross rolling machine
Spin extrusion machine
Several hydraulic presses with press forces ranging from 50 kN to 16,000 kN
Two hydroforming presses (4,000 bar; press force: 15,000/50,000 kN)
Profile rolling machines
Rotary swaging machine
Pulsed power generator for electromagnetic forming
Precision forming machines for micro hot embossing
Testing station for high speed micro-forming

Machine tool thermal behaviour testing equipment (including a thermal cell to generate defined variable ambient conditions)

Additive Manufacturing: Laser Beam Melting

Several laser beam melting systems  

Robotics and assembly engineering

Car body construction plant for assembling car doors including different robot clamping fixtures
HRI experimenting platform including different heavy-duty KUKA robots  

Production Management/ Factory Planning

Laser scanner for 2D/3D detection of building outlines….
Innovation Services
Access to newest knowledge and technologies with expertise in solving industry problems
Applied research experts
Skills training and workshops for companies
Technology and process optimisation
Technology and knowledge transfer
Prototype development
Iterative and participative design

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The LTM technology center is one of the 5 French centers associated in the Renatech network. The LTM technology center in located in Grenoble - France. Its 1200m² cleanroom area is divided in two parts : 500 m² are located on the 200-300 mm LETI's platform. Developments of technological process are developed there on 200 mm and 300 mm Si wafers for projects in micro or nanoelectronics and photonics. The other 700 m² area is named "Plateforme Technologique Amont" (PTA) or Center for upstream research. Its objective is to provide to academic laboratories or industrial companies a set-up of technological equipments and associated processes which are compatible with various materials and substrate sizes from few mm² up to 100 mm wafers. Main objective of the LTM center is to provide a rapid and simple access to the platform.  Academic or  industrial users can be trained to be able to use the equipments, or can ask to the center staff to provide the technological process service.
The equipments of PTA are composed of all the standard tools for technological processes in terms of growth, deposition (E-beam, PVD, LPCVD, PECVD...), etching, lithography (e-Beam, optical UV and DUV, Nanoimprint...) and associated characterizations. Specific equipements usually devoted to MEMs and NEMs fabrication are also available, such as Chemical Mechanical Planarization. About 30 tools are present in the cleanroom with specifications at the state of the art. The equipment list is available on www.pta-grenoble.com website.

The 200-300 mm equipments platform is composed of two plasma etching clusters, one epitaxy cluster for III-V compounds growth, and a set of physico-chemical characterization tools such as XPS, Ellipsometry, Micro-PL, micro-raman...) The particularity of these tools is that wafers can be characterized directly after etching or deposition process without any oxydation, by using vacuum carriers. information on theses equipements can be consulted on the www.ltmlab.fr website.
. The LTM technology center provides various services for any academic or industrial customer who would like to perform a R&D project. The objective can be the identification of technological solutions, the experimentation of new processes, or the demonstration of the fabrication of a new device. The customer's staff can be trained for an autonomous use of the equipments, The center staff can also provide a service to develop and realize technological processes or complete flow chart. the customers can contact the center on the renatech website. After a discussion with the center director, the specifications will be established and a quotation will be proposed. Main objective is to provide a rapid access to the equipements or realization. 
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Laser and Engineering technologies cluster LITEK was established in 2011 but cooperation between science and SMEs continues for more than 20 years already. Today LITEK unifies 16 companies and organizations working in photonics and engineering field. LITEK cluster has strong connections with more than 50 companies and 10 RTOs working in fields of optoelectronic components, including optical materials and lasers and more than 80 companies working in engineering sector. LITEK has Research and training center with laboratories, clean-rooms & offices.

Overall goal of the cluster is to create the dynamic center of action, which would have a fully integrated chain of researchers, suppliers, manufacturers and retailers and, which would improve the international competitiveness of laser and laser-related engineering technologies as well as the knowledge and wealth of SMEs.

LITEK provides research services to Lithuanian and foreign companies. Using during researches obtained knowledge, specialist of LITEK… As it was mentioned, LITEK has Research and training centre with laboratories, ISO7 clean-rooms & offices with different equipment. LITEK research and training centre has UV-VIS-IR spectrometer, spherical/aspherical lens polishing equipment, fiber laser technology processing equipment, analytical equipment, 3D printing workstation, optical coating station, various program software, spectrum analyzers, lasers, CNC precise machining bar and other.

More information info@litek.lt or
. Laser & Engineering Technologies cluster LITEK provides a variety of services: perform designing, experimental production and testing high power and energy laser systems, fiber lasers; carry out prototypes, modeling services; develop technologies for multi-layer coating for optical components; provide flat optics and crystal polishing services and other photonics and/or engineering sector related activity.

More information info@litek.lt or
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The Association of Investigation and Industrial Cooperation of Andalusia "F. de Paula Rojas" (AICIA) is an association that exclusively pretends public interest without profit aim and whose purpose is to impel, orientate, and develop the industrial investigation, in order to favour the technological advance in Andalusia and to collaborate for a better capacity of the Andalusian industrial engineers.

 

The purposes of AICIA, as it is established in the fourth article of its statutes, are:

 

To realize investigation projects and studies of interest for the industry in general and particularly for its associates.

To establish cooperation relationships with public or private entities, or with people, for service contribution and the execution of investigation works.
To participate actively in the protection of the industrial environment, by means of evaluation of the contamination levels and advisory in fabrication processes less polluting and in corrective measures of the installations… AICIA has research laboratories in different parts of its research activities, as well as agreements for the joint use of the research laboratories at the Engineering School of the University of Seville.

​The list of laboratories  and its mains capacities are:

Aerospace laboratory.
Wind tunnel.
Solar energy Lab.
Structural testing lab.
High voltage electrical lab.
Co2 capture Lab
Chemistry and environment lab
Thermal engines lab
Electronic lab-white room
Power electronics lab
Aeronautics components test lab
Calibration and measurement lab
Materials lab

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INTRODUCTION

DESCRIPTION OF AICIA´S SECTORIAL ACTIVITIES

AERONAUTICAL

AERONAUTIC MATERIALS, STRUCTURES & MANUFACTURING

UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS

NAVIGATION & AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

AEROSPACE PROPULSION

AIRPORT ENGINEERING

ENERGY

ENERGY TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY

SOLAR ENERGY

BIOENERGY

WIND AND MARINE

ENERGY SAVING AND EFFICIENCY

POWER PLANTS

HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS

MATERIALS & NANOTECHNOLOGY

NANOTECHNOLOGY

METALLURGIC TECHNOLOGY

NUMERIC ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS

METALLIC MATERIALS

ENVIROMENT

CO2 CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION

EVALUATION AND CONTROL OF CONTAMINATION

WASTE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION

PROTECTION AND INSPECTION PROCESSES

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

GESTIÓN DE LA PRODUCCIÓN

DESIGN, MANAGEMENT & IMPROVEMENT OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

GESTIÓN DE PROYECTOS DE INGENIERÍA

ICTs

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

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CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY (hereinafter FTMC) is the largest research institution in Lithuania. FTMC is carrying out unique research and technological development works in the fields of laser technologies, optoelectronics, nuclear physics, organic chemistry, bio and nanotechnologies, electrochemical material science, functional materials, electronics, etc., and developing high technologies expedient for business and society needs.

There are 3 main KETs, namely photonics, advanced materials and nanotechnology, that identify the priorities for the R&D activities and the most excellent knowledge based expertise in FTMC. The Centre is also focused on strengthening the skills in micro and nanoelectronics and has ambitious plans for R&D in this area.

At present FTMC can provide the KETs based services that can be exploited in technology development, prototyping, testing, production validation and other knowledge based solutions, important for first production and upscaling, and these… FTMC exploits the equipment that is originally made and obtained from world leading companies. We share a part of equipment between the individual groups and individual modules of technologies for overlapping tasks and processes that are carried out in the basic clean room area. We have special measures to prevent interference between separated tasks and R&D projects. We also have dedicated equipment with original functional features. The infrastructure of FTMC:

- Clean room facilities (about 300 sq. m; from ISO7 to ISO5).

- MBE machine: "SVT III-V MBE System Model C-V-2" for the growth of A3B5 semiconducting layers and quantum structures. The device is equipped with In, Ga, Al, Bi metallic sources, As bulk and cracker and Si and Be for doping.

- Integrated Vacuum Deposition System Model TFDS- 870 – intended for metal contacts deposition.

- Magnetron sputtering device EvoVac (Angstrom Engineering) with 4 guns and Kaufman and Robinson EH400 5A  ion gun.

- E-beam vacuum deposition system:…. 1. Photonics:

1.1. Laser processing:

1.1.1. in-glass marking;

1.1.2. laser beam interference ablation;

1.1.3. laser direct writing;

1.1.4. ultrashort pulse laser ablation;

1.2. Optoelectronics:

1.2.1. development and applications of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy systems;

1.2.2. development and fabrication of infrared light emitters and photodetectors;

1.2.3. development and testing THz imaging arrays for security and diagnostics systems;

1.2.4. terahertz and broadband spectroscopy;

1.2.5. MBE growth of dilute bismide layers for infrared light emitters and photodetectors;

1.3. Prototyping:

1.3.1. photolithography;

1.3.2. laser lithography;

1.3.3. wet chemical processing;

1.3.4. thermal processing;

1.3.5. metal and oxide coatings;

1.3.6. assemblage and testing;

1.3.7. clean room (ISO7 – ISO5, about 300 sq. m) operations.

2. Advanced Materials:

2.1. Material development for special coatings, photovoltaics, sensors:

2.1.1. advanced optical…. Yes. service.

The Institut für Mikroelektronik Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS) carries out industrial-oriented research in silicon technology, customized circuits (ASICs), nanopatterning and image sensor technology as well as being involved in professional development. It is a public foundation and partner to the Innovationsallianz Baden-Württemberg.

Among the research and development done at the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart is the field of nano-electrical and nano-optical systems. We are in a top international market position in the development and production of advanced photo masks and diffractive optical components. This is done in a state of the art development and production environment with cutting edge structuring and measuring equipment available.

The Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart offers comprehensive support to small- and medium-scale companies realizing innovations with microelectronic technology.

Fast and cost-efficient development of ASICs and sensor chips in tailor-made quantities
… Design

The institute offers a multitude of possibilities for the design of microchips.

The microchip circuit design is done with standard design tools on high performance workstations. Our experienced continuously trained design team implements customer requests focused and accurately.
 

 

 

 
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Having alliances with small- and medium-scale companies we offer a whole variety of cooperative possibilities, such as the strict implementation of delivered netlists, a walk-in-service that enables customers to work inhouse supported by us as well as complete development by our design team according to requirement specifications.

Cleanroom

 
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The institute has a class 10 – 100 1200 m2 clean room available to manufacture microelectronic circuit and fabricate advanced masks using e beam lithography.

Production

 
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The Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart houses the entire equipment necessary for qualified production of microchips…. Integrated circuits & systems

IMS offers both, access to various foundry technologies and to the IMS 0.5 µm / 0.8 µm CMOS process that provides a powerful Gate Array technology applicable for a fully digital and Mixed Signal Application with analog functions.

An outstanding feature is the fast and cost-efficient production of ASICs in small quantities of less than 100 chips as well as the production in series.

In addition to the development and technological consultancy we also provide the consolidated qualified manufacture and testing of ASICs. By cooperating with partners from the semiconductor industry the IMS can guarantee timely delivery and fast production of bulk orders. In cases where your application requires the development using other types of technology we provide this in cooperation with external semiconductor manufacturers.

 

Basic data of our Mixed Signal Gate Array technology:

analog and digital signal processing
low development costs
short delivery times
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RITecC is a center dedicated to innovation and technology transfer for advanced functional materials. There are three main pillars: 1) materials for high-tech industries (e.g. electronics, automotive, renewable energy, telecommunications, security); 2) materials for bio-relatd industry and health; 3) materials for extreme conditions. The center ofer a large variety of services: preparation (especially thin films and nanomaterials) by various techniques (sputtering, PLD, CVD, MBE, chemical, electrochemical); structural and chemical analysis (XRD, SEM, TEM, EPR, Moessbauer, XPS); investigation of physical properties (electric, magnetic, thermic, optic, mechanic); development of demonstrators and prototypes.

 
The main equipment is grouped in three main infrastructures:

- Research Department for Condensed Matter Physics and Advanced Materials

(see http://erris.gov.ro/CMATPHYS_ADVMAT)

- CEUREMAVSU-Euro-Regional Centre for Studies of Advanced Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces

(see http://erris.gov.ro/CEUREMAVSU)

- RITecC-Research Innovation and Technology Center for New Materials

(see http://erris.gov.ro/RITECC)

The Center offers state-of-the-art equipment for structural investigations (high-resolution TEM/STEM), surface/interface analysis (XPS, XAS, PEEM/LEEM, AFM/PFM), optical spectroscopies (IR, Raman, luminiscence) and complex investigation of physical properties of advanced materials (VSM, SQUID, PPMS, cryostations, network analysers, dielectric spectroscopy, etc.).

The Center offers access also to clean room facilities (metallization, photo-litography, electron beam lithography, CVD deposition, plasma treatment)
. The Center offers services for material characterization, training on advanced characterization techniques and methods, development of demonstrators and prototypes, testing demonstrators and prototypes.

Details on specific services can be found at:

- Research Department for Condensed Matter Physics and Advanced Materials

(see http://erris.gov.ro/CMATPHYS_ADVMAT)

- CEUREMAVSU-Euro-Regional Centre for Studies of Advanced Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces

(see http://erris.gov.ro/CEUREMAVSU)

- RITecC-Research Innovation and Technology Center for New Materials

(see http://erris.gov.ro/RITECC)
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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, CIDETEC is comprised of three international technological reference institutes in energy storage, surface engineering and nanomedicine.

CIDETEC Energy Storage

The CIDETEC institute for Energy Storage specialises in creating new battery technology and facilitating its transfer to industry. The institute has the capacity to develop complete products and processes and offers material validation, pilot manufacture, pack engineering and battery testing and battery post-mortem analysis services.

CIDETEC Surface Engineering

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… Each institute has its own offices and installations furnished with top-of-the-line equipment, among them a pilot plant for integrated battery manufacture; first-rate European facilities specifically for the testing of batteries, equipment to synthesise, characterise and process polymers and advanced composites;and  laboratories completely equipped for surface study, characterisation and treatment.
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Experimental services for R&D

Materials Development and process qualification

Development of new components and products having specific combinations of properties and functions

Development and optimization of production processes

Testing of materials and components

Pilot series, technology transfer, and employee training for newly developed processes.

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Multitel is an innovation centre, located in Mons, Belgium. The centre has 20 years of history. It was created in 1995. Two departments of Engineering Faculty of Mons (which became now the University of Mons) had proposed several common projects whose objective was to reinforce the economic development of the province of Hainaut by means of technological development. Those projects were labelled with the name of Multitel, which became the official name of our centre in 1999. That year, Multitel became a non-profit independent research centre. The same year, the Catholic University of Louvain joined Multitel in order to speed up the transfer of its research results to companies. Multitel became a bridge between universities and the industry (transfer of pure research to applied research in order to enhance the exploitation of the research results in companies). On the one hand, it continued receiving financial support from European and regional funds, on the other hand, it has developed its own financial… We own several equipments and laboratories:

1. 1 anechoic chamber
2. 8 laboratories for railway on board equipment testing according to Subset-076
3. 2 laboratories for railway trackside Eurobalise/BTM testing according to Subset-085
4. Cleanroom for photonics
5. Laser micro-manufacturing platform
6. Non-destructive laboratory testing based on Tera Hertz. 

 

 
. We offer several services to companies, mainly 4 groups of services:

* Supporting SME's by offering them different services: feasibility studies, technological guidance,  sampling/micro-production service, partnership for regional and European research programmes.
* Training (catalogue & on-demand) in several fields: network engineering (appointed by Redhat), applied photonics, signalling processing and railway signalling.
* Organizing workshops and thematic conferences about video surveillance, Wifi, IPv6, RFID, NFC, photonics for industry.
* ERTMS testing (on-board and trackside test according to Subset-076 and 085)
* Optical and electronic devices prototype, micro/pre-series production 
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The Center of Microscopy and Nanotechnology (CMNT) is a strategic research unit of the University of Oulu. The CMNT offers cleanroom, research, and analysis services for the University’s research groups and industry. Versatile selection of modern research equipment creates an excellent research environment for carrying out research in the fields of micro and nanotechnology and materials science.

The CMNT works in close collaboration with several Finnish and foreign universities, institutes, and companies.
The equipment of the CMNT can be roughly divided for fabrication and characterization devices. Fabrication devices enable preparation of different kinds of micro- and nanostructures and materials research. Characterization devices enable the analysis and measurement of optical and structural properties of micro- and nanostructures and materials. Besides technology related research, most of the characterization equipment can be used in other fields of research like in biomedical sciences.

CMNT equipment include for example several scanning electron microscopes (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA), x-ray diffractometer (XRD), and x-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) for imaging, characterization of microstructure, and elemental analysis of various samples. The center has also equipment for sample preparation for all the analysis devices.

 
. - Characterization of microstructures

- Imaging 

- Sample preparation for all the analysis devices.

- Elemental analysis of various samples

- Measurement of optical and structural properties of micro- and nanostructures and materials

- Design and simulation
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