Our goal is to help manufacturers improve their agility, reactivity, performance and quality.

List, a CEA Tech institute, masters the technologies that support industry to produce in a more effective and sustainable way.

Our institute relies on scientific expertise that is unique in France considering our close collaboration with most industrial sectors.

Our research is expanding onto smart manufacturing emerging topics: modelling and simulation, knowledge engineering, data processing, vision, information and communication systems etc.
Industrial R&D partners can access our technology platforms to achieve goals like building a demonstrator system or prototype or doing test production runs. The industrial-grade equipment at the platforms closes the gap between testing and industrial scale-up.

Facilities include

Augmented and virtual reality: product design and simulation software, production equipment, and workstations
Non-destructive testing (NDT): modelling, simulation, and instrumentation (US, EC, CT) and new inspection systems (SHM) for new production methods (additive manufacturing)
Robotics and cobotics: versatile robotic components, cobotic systems (operator assistance, task-sharing)
Digital factory and Internet of Things (IoT): secure protocols, vision systems, HMI; model-driven engineering, knowledge engineering, runtime support

. 220 research engineers dedicate their time to six main domains of activity

Collaborative robotics
Virtual reality
Augmented reality
Non destructive testing
Instrumentation
Radioactivity metrology

Services include feasibility studies, prototype development, testing, security analysis, and competitive benchmarking.
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The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is a research centre whose purpose is to carry out interdisciplinary research at the highest international quality level which, by creating knowledge, helps to improve health and quality of life and generate wealth.

IBEC conducts excellent interdisciplinary research at the frontiers of engineering and life sciences in order to generate new knowledge by putting together fields like nanomedicine, biophysics, biotechnology, tissue engineering and the applications of health information technology.

The knowledge that exists in the IBEC research groups is structured in three broad avenues of knowledge: nanomedicine, cellular and tissue engineering and ICT for health. These are placed at the service of science and society to progress in three major application areas, namely:

Bioengineering for future medicine

Bioengineering for regenerative therapies

Bioengineering for active ageing

IBEC actively pursues the establishment of… IBEC structure consists of R&D core and a Nanotechnology Service Platform. IBEC’s Nanotechnology Platform is an accessible and versatile research facility featuring 150m2 of class 10,000 cleanroom space and laboratories offering state-of-the-art equipment for the fabrication and characterization of micro- and nanodevices and structures.IBEC R&D core: Establishing a partnership with IBEC gives companies access to top-class scientists and research know-how, in three breakthrough avenues of knowledge: nanomedicine, cellular and tissue engineering and ICT for health..
Scientific & technological
Study / initial design / Simulation
Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation
Component/ breadboard / process development & testing
Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
Pilot line / demonstration line / preseries
Product validation / certification
Bioprinting of 3D structures using biomaterials and cellladen hydrogels.
Microfluidic chips design and fabrication using photolithographic processes, including Cr photomasks fabrication.
Microelectrode fabrication using a thin layer deposition technique.
Chemical characterization of materials using ToF-SIMS:  mass spectra of surfaces; chemical mapping of elements and molecular distribution and depth profile, implantation profiles and interface analysis.
SEM morphological and topographical characterization.
Wettability characterization of surfaces using a contact angle measurement technique.

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IMO-IMOMEC is the Institute for Materials Research of Hasselt University. The core competence of IMO is the development and characterization of new material systems with potential use in microelectronics, bioelectronics and nanotechnology. In the core competence field, fundamental as well as applied research programs are carried out.
IMO-IMOMEC has a leading analytical & electrical testing laboratory that possesses a wide variety of testing capabilities. Also fully equipped chemical laboratories are available for custom organic and polymer synthesis.
Our scientists are highly qualified industrial analysts, who focus on generating the appropriate data needed to solve our client's needs. We provide our clients with high-quality problem solving services by utilizing the skills of our physicists & chemists in conjunction with state of the art scientific equipment. Standard turnaround time is typically three business days and all reports generated can be emailed or faxed.
All data collected and test results generated are considered strictly confidential.
Currently, there are around 70 techniques available at your disposal ranging from materials synthesis to electrical and physical/chemical characterization. . - Scientific & technological
- Study / initial design / Simulation
- Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation
- Component/ breadboard / process development & testing
- Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
 
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Ceit is a non-profit research centre that was created by the University of Navarra in 1982. Our primary mission is to carry out applied industrial research projects under contract, working closely with our clients' R&D departments. Ceit promotes excellence in applied research by publishing non-confidential results, disseminating scientific and technical knowledge in a variety of venues, and training doctoral students within the framework of industrial research projects.

Ceit seeks regular collaboration with companies in a range of sectors (railway, aeronautical, automotive, health, manufacturing, energy and environment) and strives to understand all aspects of our clients' business in order to develop high value added solutions through applied investigation projects. In addition to offering innovative solutions to our clients, Ceit trains young researchers who are preparing to join the labour market and add value to the production system.

Our core mission is to serve the industrial sector carrying out… Please refer to the organisation website at http://www.ceit.es/en/areas-of-r-a-d
. Ceit seeks regular collaboration with companies in a range of sectors (railway, aeronautical, automotive, environmental, energy, health&food, ICT and manufacturing), including SMEs. Please, find information related to our references, capabilities and services in the following links:

Railway: http://ceit.es/en/industrial-sectors/railway
Aeronautical: http://ceit.es/en/industrial-sectors/aeronautical
Automotive: http://ceit.es/en/industrial-sectors/automotive
Environmental: http://ceit.es/en/industrial-sectors/environmental
Energy: http://ceit.es/en/industrial-sectors/energy
Health & Food: http://ceit.es/en/industrial-sectors/health-a-food
ICT: http://ceit.es/en/industrial-sectors/ict
Manufacturing: http://ceit.es/en/industrial-sectors/industrialmanufacturing

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Founded in 2004, PRODINTEC is an industry-driven multisectorial Technology Centre created to boost the competitiveness of European companies by applying by applying technological advances both to their products and to their manufacturing and management processes.

The main lines of activity are:

-Innovative manufacturing Technologies

-Product design and engineering

-Digital Industry

-Electronic engineering

-Innovation management

PRODINTEC possesses in-house cutting-edge equipment for manufacturing and advanced software for product design along with high skilled engineers with experience in different fields, from advanced manufacturing technologies to production plant management. Thanks to that, it has a high experience not only developing private turnkey projects for different sectors, but also on developing national and international projects. Main competences: additive manufacturing, microtechnologies, milling, industrial robotics, process engineering (3D inspection , metrology....),… Additive manufacturing facilities, different materials ( metal/plastics).
Light-Rolls pilot line: high throughput production platform for the manufacture of functional flexible products.
Possibility of testing different materials and substrates on the current pilot line (manufacture of validators) and design of tailored products with roll-to-roll manufacturing criteria.

. - Scientific & technological
- Study / initial design / Simulation
- Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation
- Component/ breadboard / process development & testing
- Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
- Pilot line / demonstration line / pre-series
- Product validation / certification
-Advanced manufacturing, 3D design tools and printed electronics training.
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ITMA Materials Technology is a Spanish private and non-profit technological organization, which aims at promoting and executing research and innovation for industrial companies (especially SMEs) through its expertise in applied research and technological development in the specific field of materials science and technology. ITMA´s R&D activities on KETs (especially regarding advanced materials, advanced manufacturing technologies and photonics) comprise the following areas of specialisation: steel and metallic alloys, ceramics, refractory materials & raw materials, active materials, plastics & composites, surfaces and engineering.

Fusion pilot plant; induction furnaces. Heat treatment furnaces.
Light optical microscopes, confocal, electronic microscopes (SEM and FEG SEM) and XRD
Thermal analysis (DTA, TGA, DSC and DIL) and in situ thermal analysis.
Specific Software: Selector material (CES Selector) and thermodynamic and phase diagram calculations (Thermo-Calc). 
Rhesca hot-dip galvanizing simulator
Universal testing machines(up to 1 MN and 200 Hz) with furnaces (up to 1100ºC) and temperature champers (from -150ºC up to 300ºC) , for dynamic and static tests.
Static and dynamic multiaxial test rig
Creep and stress-rupture machines (until 1100ºC)
Slow strain rate machine for stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen induced cracking test equipment.
Amplifier-logging device to experimental stress measurements by strain gage method
Tribology Lab: Pin-on-disc, high frequency friction test machine, twin disc rolling contact fatigue
Welding robot cell with DX100 dynamic controller, utilizing CMT and TIG welding….
Materials´ Development
Supporting the development of new materials, products and processes.
Testing of prototypes and real scale components
Advanced Characterization through several techniques, including mechanical, physical or chemical tests.
Product validation, prototypes and testing.
Supporting engineering/simulation activities using FEM.
Improvements in manufacturing processes.
Cost reduction actions through materials´ selection studies.

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The Equipment & Prototype Center is a department of Eindhoven University of Technology providing the design and manufacturing of Prototypes and Research Equipment. We work for Eindhoven University and also for external Research Institutes and Industry. Our services include precision mechanics, mechatronics, electronics, software and scientific glassware.
Mechanical Machining, Electronics, Software, Glass Technology, Cleanroom
. - Scientific & technological
- Study / initial design / Simulation
- Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation
- Component/ breadboard / process development & testing
- Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
- Pilot line / demonstration line / preseries
 
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LEITAT is a non-profit organization, specialised in material, device and production technologies. LEITAT develops R&D activities in the areas of material sciences, environment, surface treatments, biotechnologies and low carbon energies with deep knowledge and experience in technologic transfers to several industrial sectors (chemistry & material, transport, health, packaging, energy, textile, detergency, environment, cosmetic, pharmacy, building, food, sport, maritime and security). LEITAT is recognized by the Spanish government as a CIT (Centre of Technological Innovation) and is one of the 5 Technology centres which are accredited by the Regional Government of Catalonia.

Main activities can be summarized by the following key knowledge divisions: 

Industrial Biotechnology
Bioinvitro
Biomed
Nanohealth & Safety
Analytical Chemistry
Fast moving consumer goods
Nanomaterials
Advanced Polymers
Surface treatments
Textile technologies
Smart systems
New production processes
… The equipment available at LEITAT covers broad range of applications and techniques, as broad as the ‘Key Enabling Technologies’ described by the European Commission. LEITAT owns suitable facilities with small, medium and pilot plant equipments that allow to interact with any technology along the TRL scale from 3 to 9.

Infrastructures and equipement related to technology area under focus, including (non exhaustive list):  microbiology lab with pilot scale fat crystallizer and pilot scale homogenizer, in vitro technologies, Facilities and equipments for in vitro and in vivo toxicological studies of nanomaterials and nanocomposites, analytical chemistry equipments, consumer goog testing facilities (including humidity, temperature, UV aging, stability testing, hard surface testing), nanomaterials characterisation, advanced polymer equipments (extruer, mould injection, compounder, polymerization reactor and related characterisation equipments), surface treatment technologies, textile technologies & equipments…. LEITAT can provide a full range of services the different industrial sectors going from material design, testing and processing, to the development of prototypes. In particular, the several testing departments at LEITAT offer services for the determination of more than 800 physical and chemical parameters (including ISO Certification and Normalization).

- Scientific & technological
- Study / initial design / Simulation
- Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation
- Component/ breadboard / process development & testing
- Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
- Pilot line / demonstration line / preseries
- Product validation / certification
 
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R&D technology centre specialising in product, process and service innovation helping companies enhance their competitiveness. We offer comprehensive solutions combining the six areas in which we have a high level of specialisation:
 -   Embedded Systems
 -   Conversion and Control of Power Electronic Systems
  -  Design, monitoring and control of mechatronic structures
  -  Smart Systems for Industrial Applications
  -  Intelligent Maintenance Systems
  -  Electrical Storage and Thermal Management Systems
 
- Embedded Systems Laboratory
- Combustion and thermal management laboratory
- Medium voltage power electronics Laboratory
- Structural reliability and mechatronics laboratory
- Electrical energy storage systems laboratory
- Microsystems Laboratory
- Other facilities
    Acoustical Semianechoic Chamber
    EMC and Electrical Security Test Laboratory
    Climatic chambers
. - Scientific & technological
- Study / initial design / Simulation
- Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation
- Component/ breadboard / process development & testing
- Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
- Product validation / certification
 
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Main Topic: Advanced manufacturing & industrial production technologies.

RESEARCH UNITS:

Strategic Innovation Management (technology roadmapping, competitive & market intelligence, industrial property, strategy planning)
Manufacturing processes (process optimization, non-conventional processes, production management, inspection systems)
Dynamics and Control (machine dynamics, vibration control, chatter avoidance, stable machining, robotics)
Precision design & engineering (precision systems, mechatronic design, machine vision, in-process measurement)
Automation & digitisation (CPS, cloud computing, data monitoring, data analytics, predictive maintenance, business intelligence)

9 Laboratories (prototypes workshop, composites, laser, high-performance dynamics, components testing, measurement systems, CNC & digital factory, ultra-precision processes, ultra-precision metrology)
Prototype workshop
Machine and ultra-precision processes laboratory
Ultra-precision metrology laboratory
Measurement systems laboratory
High performance dynamics laboratory
Composites laboratory
. - Scientific & technological
- Study / initial design / Simulation
- Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation
- Component/ breadboard / process development & testing
- Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
- Pilot line / demonstration line / preseries

e.g. Grinding Technologies specialisation course for Line managers, plant managers, production managers, technical directors
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