Design LED is a technology SME located near Edinburgh, Scotland in the UK and formed in 2004. The company designs and has manufactured LED lighting products using their light-guide/LED technology patent portfolio. The focus of Design LED’s commercial exploitation is into general lighting applications where the USPs of high optical efficiency, thin/flexible panels and beam angle control, are enabling the next generation of energy efficient lighting based on LEDs.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) has been active for half a century in the fields of Corporate Organisation, Automation and Surface Engineering and since 1971 as it was admitted in the Fraunhofer Society. Solutions for organisational and technological functions in the production sector of industrial companies form the main areas of research and development work in the 14 specialised departments where it also addresses issues resulting from developments and changes in the service sector.
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is one of Germany’s largest National Research Centres. It is one of 17 members of the German Helmholtz Association (HGF), with more than 31.000 employees and an annual budget of approx. 3,1 billion Euro. KIT operates the Helmholtz Programme “Nano and Microsystems” (NANOMIKRO). This is Germany’s largest programme dedicated to understanding, developing and exploiting new and novel capabilities, functions, structures and components realized in a wide range of materials at the micro and nano scale.
MicruX Technologies is an innovative technology-based company (SME) focused on the design, development and manufacture of miniaturized and portable analysis systems. MicruX works in Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) technologies being expert in microfluidic devices and electrochemistry field. Thus, MicruX commercializes new technologies using the results of its wide research & development activities.
Neotech Services MTP was founded in 2001 with the aim of developing markets for new processing technologies. The company is currently the EU representative for the patented Aerosol Jet® technology and has been instrumental in its adoption by 20 European companies and institutes. The company has developed a wide network of system users in the areas of sensors, electronics, automotive, aerospace and medical technologies.
Norbert Schläfli Maschinen based in Zofingen, Switzerland, was founded in 1985 and specialises in the development, design, manufacture and worldwide sales of pilot printing and coating machines, mainly for Functional & Security printing. Norbert Schläfli and his team are known for the implementation of projects which nobody else has dared to tackle.
PROFACTOR is an Austrian research organisation located in Steyr and focuses on developing new methods for integrated production technologies. Profactor is the executive organization of the VPTÖ, an association for production in Austria led by CEOs of leading companies. About 80 scientists of various disciplines conduct research to improve the competitiveness of the production industry and to strengthen the industrial region.
The University of Nottingham is a research-led UK university with over 27,000 registered students, around 1,830 academic and research staff and an annual income of over £280 million, including research awards of around £90 million. Moreover, the institution and its outstanding performance were praised the award of Britain’s 'University of the Year 2006/2007'.
