Europese bedrijven minder optimistisch dan een jaar geleden

Bron: Eurochambres

 

Uitkomst economische enquête 2019 van EUROCHAMBRES

Europese bedrijven zijn opnieuw optimistisch over het komende jaar, maar minder dan een jaar geleden. De zorgen over de beschikbaarheid van geschoolde werknemers zijn toegenomen. Dit zijn enkele van de belangrijkste bevindingen van de EUROCHAMBRES economische enquête van 2019. Deze jaarlijkse enquête over de verwachtingen van Europese ondernemers is voor de 26ste keer gehouden. Meer dan 45.000 ondernemers deden eraan mee.

Vereniging Europese Kamers van Koophandel
EUROCHAMBRES is de Vereniging van Europese Kamers van Koophandel, opgericht in 1958 en gevestigd in Brussel. 45 nationale Kamers van Koophandel zijn lid van deze organisatie.
De daling van het ondernemersvertrouwen kan niet alleen worden toegeschreven aan de zorgen over de beschikbaarheid van geschoolde werknemers. Ook lagere groeipercentages en toenemende geopolitieke zorgen spelen een rol.

Uitkomsten van het onderzoek
Belangrijkste bevindingen zijn:

• Europese bedrijven verwachten een nog sterkere toename van de binnenlandse verkoop
• Een daling van de groei van exportverkopen wordt voorspeld in de periode na 2015-2018
• De cijfers voor investeringen en werkgelegenheid wijzen op een zwakkere groei na een herstel in 2013-2018
• Brexit wordt door bijna twee derde van de Ierse respondenten als de grootste uitdaging gezien.

Het rapport
Meer lezen over dit onderzoek? Lees dan het complete rapport of bekijk de infographic.

Partner Search: End-User for added manufacturing of Hard-Metals, Composites for H2020 call

Source: Enterprise Europe Network Berlin - Germany

A Berlin-based research institution is looking for partners in Europe (excluded Germany) for the H2020 Call "Advanced materials for additive manufacturing (IA) - Topic identifier: DT-NMBP-19-2019". Deadline: 22 January 2019.

Summary of the project idea:
The high potential of additive manufacturing could still only partly used by industry. This mainly is due to the fact that so far only materials originally developed for conventional manufacturing processes such as casting or sintering could be used.
The project is intended to close this gap and develop completely new materials for three fields of application that will make it possible to open up new and innovative opportunities.

Partners sought:
The already existing consortium is looking for End-User for Hard-Metals, Composites; Possible sectors could be Aerospace, Mobility, Tools etc.

Please find further information about the project idea in the attachments and contact me if you do have a potential partner among your clients in mind.

Interested, please contact my Berlin colleague Mr. Jens Woelki at Berlin Partner fur Wirtschaft und Technolgie GmbH

Further information on this partner search:

Development of new high-performance materials for additive manufacturing
A European-Brazilian Research project for call H2020 - DT-NMBP-19-2019 - Advanced materials for additive manufacturing
The high potential of additive manufacturing could still only partly used by industry. This mainly is due to the fact that so far only materials originally developed for conventional manufacturing processes such as casting or sintering could be used.
This project is intended to close this gap and develop completely new materials for three fields of application that will make it possible to open up new and innovative opportunities.
1. Hard Metals:
Design of an AM-compatible hard metal for filament based Fused Deposition Modelling process (FDM). First time production of high-quality parts using additive processes. Replace classical processing technologies like sintering for application in moulding and die making industry as well for forming tools.
2. Composites:
Ground-breaking innovation by development of a new functional metal composites for liquid based AM technologies with ultra-high build-up rates as well as for laser processes. Light weight alloys in binder matrix with ultra-high strength to weight ratio for structural parts of automotive industry.
3. Aerospace Alloys:
Modelling of a new lightweight material for Laser based AM technologies to address Aerospace industry. Material should show advantages in processability, wear- and high-temperature resistance and be significant cost effective than available alloys.
This cooperation project has powerful approaches and unique selling points:
a) Process-related material development
New materials will consequently be developed by considering thermodynamic transformation processes during the additive manufacturing. Parallelization of material and process design.
b) Strategic partnership with Brazil
The European access to strategically important raw materials is getting progressively more restricted and constitutes a major problem for the future economic stability. Brazil is one of the largest producers of raw materials in the world with great expertise in materials processing. Brazilian companies and research institutions are therefore involved in the project.
c) Wide-ranging technology base with high synergy impact
Within the planned project, four different AM technologies will be investigated. Synergy effects can be exploited for a large number of material-scientific and process-technical questions.
d) Low costs open broad field of applications
For the first time, very cost-effective technologies originally developed for plastics processing will be used to manufacture products from metal composites and hard metals. In addition a low-cost alloys for laser processes will be developed. This opens high potentials to replace standard process technologies inside the three different application routes.

KVK Business Challenge Hi-tech: HTC parking & security - Electronic Checkpoint

Source: KvK / The Dutch Security Cluster

Are you a startup, scale-up, self-employed or an SME? The Dutch Ministry of Defence wants to develop an unmanned vehicle access control and needs the help on the final, remaining elements needed for the creation of this system in the field of sensors, data analysis and IT measurement techniques.

To do so, the Chamber of Commerce organises in collaboration with Holland Instrumentation and InnovationQuarter a 'KVK Business Challenge Hi-Tech'. Amongst the challenges (that are open from 1 November - 1 December 2018) is a HTC Parking & Security Electronic Checkpoint.

HTC business challenge in relation to ministry of Defence
This Electronic Checkpoint has been realised physically but remains without an electronic component where specialised SMEs are needed for. An unmannned vehicle access control would allow employees with the Ministry of Defence to stay out of harm's way when vehicles are being controlled. This can be extended to include routine processes that can be automated.

The questions that require answers and innovative solutions include:

• How can we identify vehicles, individuals and loaded goods?
• How can we affirm whether or not vehicles and individuals are authentic?
• How can we inspect vehicles on potential dangers such as explosives?

SMEs who specialise in sensors (both software and hardware), data analysis and IT and measuring techniques are looked for to complete this assignment, set out of by the Dutch Ministry of Defence. You will share your thoughts and ideas and make additions in the form of questions to display yourself as the best partner to cooperate on this challenge. On 1 December the involved corporate organisation will select the SMEs they wish to cooperation innovatively.

To sign up for the online platform and to begin chatting about your ideas and innovative solutions, go here.

Other challenges are on the platform are:

1.       Airbus           : Serial production of solarpanel wiring

2.       Lely               : Automated packaging of dairy products at a mini dairy farm 

3.       Demcon       : Wireless charging of mobile robots

4.       EMHA           : Alignment of rotating equipmen