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- Prof. Allan Carrie, University of Strathclyde, UK, Centre for Strategic Manufacturing: Comparison of different approaches Cross Clustering
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- Aluminiumriket
- The vision
Open the door to Aluminiumriket, the kingdom off aluminium. In geographical terms you have come to Småland and Blekinge (South Sweden). You are also coming to a region housing more than 500 companies working with aluminium. Together, these companies offer unique knowledge, resources and development for the future.
The market for aluminium products is constantly growing and is a growing trade for companies in Småland and Blekinge. The association Aluminiumriket was founded to stimulate the companies and to market the region as a forerunner for aluminium.
The objectives for Aluminiumriket are:
To stimulate a constant development of the member companies, existing companies are growing and new companies are founded
To offer qualified education to students and companies. This will keep manpower within the region.
To work internationally for research and development.
To create and market a Aluminiumregion known around the world.
To introduce a regional holistic view with cooperation between the business/industry and the public sector.
www.aluminiumriket.com - Automotive Cluster
- ACS enhances the development of efficient communication among its members, who produce components, modules and systems for OE customer producing cars, buses, lorries and special vehicles, and for after-sales market.
ACS enhances all activities connected with the research and development of new products and services with greater added value.
ACS also provides important links between members, supporting synergy with suppliers of machines, tools, manufacturing, design, logistics and other services.
ACS promotes joint members' activities to improve products and operations in R&D, production, quality assurance and to achieve and maintain business excellence.
ACS keeps members promptly informed of new and existing issues in the automotive industry.
ACS develops and maintains information, educational and other infrastructure for its members' needs.
ACS represents its members' interests and promotes their activities at home and abroad, especially at car manufacturers.
ACS monitors the business environment, suggesting the appropriate measures to the authorities enabling the members to respond to the constant challenges in the automotive industry.
www.acs-giz.si - Automotive Saarland
- Automobil cluster. Pieces of news from the innovation country Saarland contains of this new type character and beyond our region.
www.automotive.saarland.de - Desert Knowledge Australia
- Desert Knowledge Australia is working towards developing 'thriving desert knowledge economies', through the building of networks and partnerships across desert Australia to create an economically and socially sustainable future.
www.desertknowledge.com.au - FAS
- FÁS is Ireland's national training and employment authority. It aims to improve employability, job skills and mobility and promote competitiveness and social inclusion.
http://www.fas.ie/ - Giz Geodetskih Izvajalcev Slovenia
- Economic interest association of geomatic (geodetic) services providers – cluster GIZ-GI.
Cluster GIZ-GI is constituted of all bigger enterprises from the field of geodetic activities, geoinformatics and partly also from space management. They represent almost 80% of all enterprises in this field of activities according to number of employees and revenue.
www.giz-gi.si/ - Heavy vehicles
- Leading manufacturers of construction equipment, forklift trucks, logging and mining equipment cooperate with subcontractors in the cluster Heavy vehicles to promote further growth and competiteveness. Most companies are located in Kronoberg County and its surroundings in the south of Sweden. Regional authorities, the cities of Ljungby and Växjö, and Växjö university are active partners in the cooperation, whick is coordinated by the Technology Center of Kronoberg.
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Teknikcentrum Kronoberg, TEC är en stiftelse vars ändamål är att bidra till ökad konkurrenskraft och effektivitet hos företag i Kronobergs län och omgivande region. Detta sker genom erfarenhetsutbyte och genom att vi sprider kunskap som främjar produktutveckling och produktionsteknik.
TEC utvecklar också kontakterna mellan regionens företag å ena sidan och högskolor, universitet, forskningsinstitut, annan teknisk expertis samt myndigheter och organisationer å den andra.
Verksamheten drivs utan ekonomiskt vinstsyfte och med en bred uppslutning från regionens företag genom medlemskap i TEC.
www.tec-kronoberg.se - Indian Cotton Cluster
- In India , Gujarat province is one of the main supplier of cotton to the world. This delegation consists of some of the TOP suppliers of cotton from Gujarat to the world.
www.cottondelegation.com/ - Innovative Regions
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Innovative pilot project using a bottom-up approach to develop business opportunities in companies. The objective is to strenghten traditional metal industries in entering the knowledge economy - ie. become more innovative. Range of stake holders including research and education are contributing.
www.regionaalborg.dk/ - International competitive Shoe leather cluster program
- Action program for development al the shoe-leather chain, universities, development & research centers, to improve the competitity of the guanajuatos state.
www.procic3vision2020.com/ and www.ciceg.org - Northwest Automotive Alliance
- The Northwest Automotive Alliance is an industry-led cluster organisation, supported by the Northwest Development Agency, to provide a focal point for the region's automotive sector. The Northwest is the UK's second most important automotive region and employs over 43,000 people with a sector value of £9billion. 200,000 cars and 13,000 trucks were produced in 2003.
nwautoalliance.com/ - Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers
- Principal Functions:
To admit exporters to the Association from the manufacturers and exporters of readymade garments in Pakistan.
www.prgmea.org/ - Railgrup
- Asociación de empresas del sector ferroviario
railgrup.net/ - Slovenian Wood Industry Cluster
- The Wood Cluster combines a third of all the employees in the forestry and wood procesing industry as one of the biggest industries in Slovenia and the most prominent research institutions for the wood sector. We jointly contribute to different projects which are chosen in accordance with the needs of member companies. The aim of all the activities is to strengthen the competitive position of Cluster members.
grozd.sloles.com - Sutherland Shire Marine Cluster
- SSMA - Directory by Business Name and Activity
www.shiremarine.com.au/ - The Business Alliance for Sustainable Energy
- The Business Alliance for Sustainable Energy's (BASE) mission is to enhance the development of the emerging renewable and efficient energy clusters throughout the state of Oregon.
www.3estrategies.org/BASE_Site - The Packaging Arena
- You have to be bold if you want to develop the packaging solutions of the future! Our vision is to gather and attract world leading skills and knowledge within packaging and make it available in a global arena. Based on a dynamic concentration of organisations our strengths include exceptional know how, a sharp consumer focus and an open climate of co-operation. The idea involves co-operating with partners worldwide.
www.thepackagingarena.com - The Paper Province
- The Paper Province is an economic association that coordinates and develops co-operation
between participants in the pulp and paper technology business in Värmland, northern Dalsland
and Närke in central Sweden. The main focus is on packaging technology.
www.paperprovince.com - Timber Cluster Lower Austria
- The woods cluster Lower Austria
a network for the forest and timber economy in Lower Austria forms. The cluster initiative supported, initiates and coordinates plans to co-operate both along the creation of value chain and industry-spreading.
www.holzcluster-noe.at/ecoplus/cluster/hc/ - Toolmakers Cluster of Slovenia
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Tool and Die Industry in Slovenia
Slovenia has a relatively strong tool and die industry. This industry has traditionally been a significant industrial sector, well-reputed for its technology orientation and quality level. Like other Slovene industrial sectors, the tool and die sector has been confronted with serious obstacles during the last decade since political and economic changes took place. Most of the tool-making companies can be categorized as small or medium sized enterprises. The structure of the Slovene tool and die industry is similar to that in small Western European countries. Most of this industry's products are sold to the EU countries. A special segment of this industry represents companies, which produce tools and dies for the automotive industry (VW, BMW, VOLVO, RENAULT, FORD etc.).
www.toolscluster.net
