Opportunity of gaining access to smart products

How can small-sized companies benefit from modern microtechnologies? How can these systems be manufactured economically in quantities of only some hundreds or thousands? The European research project SMARTER-SI intends to answer these questions by building up a joint manufacturing infrastructure driven by the cooperation between several European Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Further SMEs are asked to participate in this project and bring in their ideas of smart products as the European Union provides financial resources for the implementation. Selective criteria will be the novelty of the idea, challenging technology mix, feasibility at short notice as well as the market potential of the targeted product. Previous experience in microsystems technology or smart products is less important as SMARTER-SI also addresses first-users by this offer. Project partners are the IVAM members Hahn-Schickard (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany), CiS Forschungsinstitut für Mikrosensorik (Erfurt, Germany) and CSEM (Switzerland) accompanied by e.g. IK4-IKERLAN (Spain), Tyndall National Laboratories (Ireland), and Swerea IVF (Sweden).

For more details about the project and the possibilities of contribution, please consult the project's website: www.smarter-si.eu or directly contact the coordinating Institute Hahn-Schickard.
 
Contact: Hahn-Schickard
Stephan.Karmann@Hahn-Schickard.de