ATI Technology Centres help SMEs cross the 'Valley of Death' and go from lab to market to develop and produce new ATI-based products. They help companies reduce the time-to-market for new innovation ideas.
ATI Technology Centres are public or private organisations carrying out applied research and close-to-market innovation (Technology Readiness Levels TRL 3 to 8, not necessarily the whole range) in Advanced Technologies for Industry.
Technology Centres typically provide the following services to SMEs:
Access to technology expertise and facilities for validation;
Demonstration;
Proof of concept / lab testing
Prototype development and testing;
Pilot production and demonstration/ pilot lines / pre-series
Product validation / certification
Technology centres have to comply with 3 qualitative criteria
Provide services to industry and SMEs
Be active in at least one of the Advanced Technologies for Industry
- Be active in the higher Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) -have activities in TRL5, TRL6, TRL 7 or TRL 8
- Technology Centres have to comply with at least 2 additional quantitative criteria among the following 4:
More than 10 projects with SMEs in the last two years.
More than 2 major investments in equipment for close-to-market R&D activities with industry in the last 3 years. The Centre should provide a short description of these investments (type, functionality and investment amount)
At least 15% from industrial funding in the total annual funding of the Centre in the last 2 years.
At least 7% from projects with SMEs in the total turnover of the Centre in the last 2 years.
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Location of Technology Centres
VTT Bioruukki Pilot plants for bioeconomy, circular economy and cleantech
Laboratory for Innovation in New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials (LITEN)
Laboratory of Electronics and Information Technologies (LETI)
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
Textile Research Institute Thuringia-Vogtland - TITV
CEA Integrated circuit and embedded systems design Infrastructure
INESC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (Fraunhofer IWU)
Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques (FHR)
RECENDT - Research Center for Non-Destructive Testing GmbH
BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH
INESC MN - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias
CETMA - European Research Center for Technologies Design and Materials
Hahn-Schickard Institute for Micro and Information Technology
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Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
AIJU - Asociación de investigación de la industria del juguete, conexas y afines
Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Division Engineering of Adaptive Systems EAS
VTT SMACC Smart Machines and Manufacturing Competence Centre
Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV
Materials Industrial Research & Technology Center S.A.
CD6 - Center for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development
Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratory of Materials Technologies Faenza - ENEA - SSPT-PROMAS-TEMAF)
Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (IMM) - Section of Bologna
INESCOP – CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek
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HII-DI – High Impact Initiative – Digital Industry (FBK - ICT Centre)
Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI)
NAITEC - Automotive and Mechatronics Technology Centre
Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica - Asociación de investigación de las industrias cerámicas (ITC-AICE)
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