This report summarizes the ECEI Excellence labels assigned to EPIX project clusters (Rete di Imprese Luce in Veneto, Sustainable Infrastructure Cluster, HABIC cluster, Dutireg/STEPP cluster and MoWiN.net) within the project duration. The ECEI quality labelling system consists of three levels – Bronze, Silver and Gold. N° 10 tailored training and coaching sessions to increase cluster…
Discover the latest updates from the EPIX project! In our 4th newsletter, you’ll find insights into our activities such as the International Focus Groups, the Smart City Factories organized in Italy, Poland, Spain, Germany and Hungary, exciting results from the ClusterXchange missions, and the news from the EPIX clusters. Stay informed and connected with our…
EPIX project at the European Cluster Conference 2024 EPIX Project was thrilled to be part of the European Cluster Conference 2024 held in Brussels on 7-8 May 2024! ECC was a exceptional moment as all EPIX partners gathered in person for the final meeting, sharing and promoting the project’s outcomes with other clusters, businesses, policy makers and European…
ELCA European Lighting Cluster Alliance is organizing an international training on the Smart Cities trends, challenges & funding opportunities to support collaboration among clusters, companies and cities! 🗓 24.04.2024 | 14:30-16:00 The training is open to EPIX project clusters and its associated companies, and networking cities!For the registration link, please contact your cluster of reference:
On 22 March 2024, DUTIREG organized the 5° EPIX International Focus Group online. The latest focus group was organized online, with participation from all project partners as well as representatives from Hungarian Universities, companies, and the Regional Innovation Agency, Szeged and other relevant stakeholders.The primary aim was to engage in discussions and presentations on projects…
Last week, Cluster HABIC had the unique opportunity to dive into the future of sustainable cities and the New European Bauhaus 🌍🏙️. The EPIX Smart City Factory event under the title “New European Bauhaus challenges and opportunities in the Basque Country” was filled with inspiration, learning, and meaningful connections. One of the highlights was the…
📌 Another exciting ClusterXchange in Frankfurt, Germany during the Light + Building Fair, hosted by Vossloh-Schwabe, a technology leader company in the lighting sector, with its headquarters in Germany and over 500 employees at more than 20 production and sales locations worldwide! Visitors from Italy, Spain and Poland had the opportunity to delve deep into…
EPIX Project (COSME Programme) recently organised another impactful ClusterXchange initiative in Paris, France during the MAISON&OBJET from 18-20 January 2024, hosted by SAFI SALONS! Visitors from Italy and Spain had the opportunity to learn more about the French market thanks to the participation in one of the most important international lighting Fair, the MAISON&OBJET managed by HOST SAFI, to network with exhibitors, including international…
On 11-12 December 2023, EPIX partners met in Krakow for the 4th International Focus Group organised by Klaster Zrównoważona Infrastruktura beside the Clusters meet Regions event! A great opportunity to gain deeper insights into the SIC ecosystems and the S3 priorities of the Malopolska region and the main goals of the Krakow Smart City Strategy. During the Focus Group, EPIX clusters engaged…
The Clusters Meet Regions in Krakow, Poland is just around the corner and EPIX Consortium is proud to announce that will actively contribute to the conference providing insight and sharing knowledge in the MODULE II: Cosmic Kraków – Smart Cities! In particular, on Monday 11 December 2023, our Polish and Hungarian partners, respectively Irena Łobocka,…
EPIX CXC missions continues to bridge connections! Our recent EPIX ClusterXchange mission hosted by AMR – Indústrias Têxteis during the Décor Hotel Fair, brought together eight Visitors: Basmat, INNOMAT, iSiMAR, MARINVER INMUEBLES SL, Mobekip, onn arquitectura interior, QMASD GALEO and Cluster Habic, creating meaningful business connections and fostering collaboration in the vibrant city of Lisbon, Portugal! EPIX Visitors had the incredible opportunity to network with the Host organisation, explore…
Another inspiring EPIX ClusterXchange mission hosted by SECARTYS took place from 7 to 9 November 2023 during the Smart City Expo World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, with the participation of four Visitors: During the Group Exchange, EPIX Visitors engaged in discussions with representatives from SECARTYS and its cluster members, visited the stands of Spanish-affiliated companies active in the lighting and ICT industrial…
Discover more about our activities and achievements, ClusterXchange missions, news from EPIX clusters and upcoming exciting events! Good reading to all, EPIX Consortium
In the frame of the EPIX Project, ELCA is organizing an up-skilling international online training “Big data & IoT for Smart Cites” in collaboration with Dr. Meneghello from the University of Padua! During the webinar, Marta Krakowiak (ELCA) will present the EPIX project and its main focus on reinforcing business relations between clusters-SMEs and cities,…
Great business exchanges and inspirational insights from the 3° EPIX International Focus Group hosted by Cluster HABIC in Bilbao on 3rd of October 2023. During this international networking event, EPIX partners gained deeper insights into the HABIC cluster ecosystems, learned more about their cooperation with Innobasque and the services they offers to SMEs. Moreover, EPIX…
ELCA European Lighting Cluster Alliance is organizing a ClusterXchange mission in Barcelona, Spain aimed at exploring the business ecosystem of the SECARTYS networks and taking on the opportunity to visit the Smart City Expo World Congress 2023 to deep dive into new urban realities, new technologies & urban challenges! SECARTYS serves more than 1,200 industries it represents, including companies in electronics; professional…
Cluster Habic is organizing a new ClusterXchange mission in Lisbon aimed at meeting our host organization AMR – Indústrias Têxteis exhibiting at the Dècor Hotel Fair, the professional fair of equipment, construction, decor, products, and services in the hotel sector. 📅 26-27-28 October 2023! 👉 Our HOST, AMR – Indústrias Têxteis is a company that combines in its design and production processes the Portuguese textile…
https://epixproject.eu/clusterxchange/ In short video interviews, EPIX CXC Visitors and Hosts share their experiences, ideas, suggestions, and lessons learned gained during the EPIX exchanges on how this unique opportunity enriched their skills, expanded their business partnerships and learned more about market trends! Join the EPIX ClusterXchange Community: follow us and stay up-to-date on upcoming exchanges! For further information on the…
Our partners MoWiN.net e.V. and ELCA European Lighting Cluster Alliance, in collaboration with Regionalmanagement Nordhessen GmbH, are organizing a 2-hour upskilling workshop on 07 July 2023 at 10:00am-12:30pm on Smart City and Smart Innovation concepts, including smart energy, mobility technologies and ICT solutions for companies, cities & regions! The participants will have the opportunity to learn more and discuss the vision and future “smart city” challenges in the areas of smart…
The last EPIX CxC mission took place on 14-16 June 2023 at the Intersolar Europe, the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry, held in Munich, Germany. The Group Exchange, hosted by Viessman, a member of the EPIX Partner MoWiN.net cluster, engaged 7 Visitors – Polish companies belonging to Klaster Zrównoważona Infrastruktura (Sustainable Infrastructure Cluster),…
The 2nd EPIX newsletter has been issued in May 2023. It showcases exciting updates on our project activities as the ClusterXchange missions success stories, the EPIX transnational platform, news from EPIX partners, and upcoming events! . . Good reading to all, EPIX Consortium
Very successful and productive EPIX Project Focus Group in Kassel! On 2 days of meetings, EPIX Cluster members had inspiring discussions on the Kassel innovation, its Smart City ecosystem and related solutions, technologies and challenges, networking opportunities between businesses-cities and clusters, and visits to innovative companies and start-ups located at the Science Park Kassel! It…
Another successful EPIX ClusterXchange, this time in Milan! In the frame of Euroluce, the International Lighting Exhibition at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, EPIX Coordinator Rete di Imprese Luce in Veneto organized a group ClusterXchange involving 14 Visitors from Poland, Czechia, Spain and Slovakia! The 3-days exchange included visits to the exhibition stands of…
The European Cluster Collaboration Platform, on behalf of the European Commission and in partnership with the Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency, the Union of Slovak Clusters, the Ukrainian Cluster Alliance and the Enterprise Europe Network, organised the “Clusters meet Regions” workshop on EU-Ukraine Business Partnership in Kosice, Slovakia, on 29-30 March 2023. The event aimed to integrate Ukrainian…
EPIX Transnational platform – upcoming soon! EPIX project partners intend to provide information on shared techniques, technologies, financing opportunities, common issues, and ideas for complementary businesses. For that, the EPIX transnational digital service platform has been created as a common point of contact where all the clusters will have the opportunity to share all the…
EPIX project promotes actively, among its partner-clusters and their SMES, the adhesion to the EU Pact for Skills, the first of the flagship actions under the European Skills Agenda, an initiative firmly anchored in the European Pillar of Social Rights. The Pact, launched by the European Commission in 2020, is one of the main tools…
EPIX partner DUTIREG-STEPP is organising a ClusterXchange group mission in Hannover, Germany hosted by Druseidt GmbH company, at the Hannover Messe on 18-19-20 April 2023. The CxC Host Druseidt GmbH, company expert in high-current-engineering, will exploit with the Visiting SMEs business collaborations and new R&D initiatives in the framework of the Industry 4.0. The Visitors…
Rete di Imprese Luce in Veneto, EPIX Coordinator, is organising ClusterXchange visits on the occasion of Euroluce 2023 – Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy on 18-19-20 April 2023. In the frame of Salone del Mobile (Milan, April 18-23), Euroluce, the International Lighting Exhibition, on its 31st edition, is the biennial trade fair that, between…
On March 14-16 2023, in the framework of the COSME EPIX project, partner SIC Sustainable Infrastructure Cluster organized a ClusterXchange mission for its SMEs in Iceland, hosted by Mannvit Engineering, Icelandic engineering leader firm in the fields of engineering and technical services. The mission included on-site visits to local companies – Mannvit network business partners…
ELCA European Lighting Cluster Alliance organized a fact-finding ClusterXchange 3-day mission to the City of Barcelona on November 15-17 2022, including a deep dive into the Smart City Expo World Congress 2022 #SCEWC22 to be inspired, share, and learn from other cities and institutions. The main goal of this exchange was to learn more about…
🤩 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀! ELCA European Lighting Cluster Alliance within the COSME 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗫 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 #𝗖𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗫𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 in cooperation with Barcelona City Council (our Host) and Smart City Expo World Congress – Fira Barcelona! 📅 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣: 𝟭𝟱-𝟭𝟲-𝟭𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 💥 Great opportunity for SMEs from lighting, building, mobility, and urban furniture sectors and upscaling entities to learn more about Barcelona 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 and investments, discuss public-private business collaboration opportunities and explore new urban realities, new tech and new…
ELCA European Lighting Cluster Alliance is glad to become the collaborating partner organisation of Fira Barcelona, organised of the Smart City Expo World Congress. In the framework of the COSME EPIX project, we are organising a fact-finding ClusterXchange mission to the City of Barcelona including a deep dive into the SCEWC22 to be inspired, share,…
The first international focus group hosted by LUCE IN VENETO will take place on July 20th.The EPIX partners will have the opportunity to dialogue with 10 cities of the Veneto Region united in the Federation of Municipalities of Camposampierese (FCC). It will be the start of a joint collaboration with the city managers and a great…