Is the European Commission’s SME Instrument right for you?

The European Commission is looking for high-growth, highly innovative SMEs with global ambitions that want to disrupt the established value networks and existing markets. You should be driven, actively investing in innovation, and looking to grow. Your company should be well-established, and not at the early start-up stage.

Company Checklist:

• Are you located in Ireland?
• Do you meet the EU’s definition of an SME?
• Has your company or management team previously successfully commercialised a product?
• In the last two years, have you:
• Been based in an innovation hub?
• Received grants or venture capital funding?
• Received innovation-related tax benefits?
• Won an innovation prize?

Project Checklist:

• Is your project highly innovative and does it have the potential to disrupt existing markets in your sector?
• Does the project have evident EU / global impact?
• Is the project at Technology Readiness Level 6 (i.e. has the technology been demonstrated in a relevant environment)?
• Do you have the necessary IP protection for the IP protection for the project, or a clear IP strategy in place?
• Are you looking to fund your project over the next 1-2 years?
• Are your estimated project costs between €500k to €3.5m, and will you be able to raise 30% of the costs?
• Does the project fit under one of the current open calls?

If you are an SME that can answer yes to all of the above, please contact eimear@corkchamber.ie for further information about the SME Instrument.

Events

International Matchmaking Event, Celje, Slovenia, 11th September 2014

An international matchmaking event will take place in Celje, Slovenia, on 11th September 2014. The event will focus on the areas of Renewable Energy, Metal Processing, Construction, Wood Processing, Electro Industry, and Plastics. This free event will offer the opportunity to pre-schedule targeted meetings with potential cooperation partners. The event will be conducted through the English language. For further information about this event click here or contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Regional Investment, Brussels, Belgium, 24th September 2014

A seminar entitled ‘Aligning Regional Investment to Digital Enablers for Future Growth’ will take place in Brussels on 24 September. The seminar will discuss how ICT’s potential as a major contributor and enabler of growth and jobs can be best primed to drive economic and regional development, and how synergies might accordingly be created with European Structural and Investment Funds and other financing sources. For further information about this seminar, click here.

Italian Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and Bio-economy (IFIB), Genoa, Italy, 25th - 26th  September 2014

IFIB2014 is a workshop organised by Assobiotec, the Italian association for the development of biotechnology, Innovhub-SSI, the Italian Biocatalysis Centre, and the Genoa Chamber of Commerce. The IFIB 2014 is organised in the framework of the IFIB workshop and offers the chance to meet potential research, technology, and technology transfer partners through pre-arranged one-to-one meetings.  Participation is open to companies, universities, and public and private research centres from the field of Industrial Biotechnology and Bio-economy. For further information about this event click here or contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie.

Partnership Opportunities

A Slovakian company which focuses on the production of mortice door-locks, casting lines, garden furniture, electro-galvanising, and zinc galvanising, seeks buyers. The company’s focus area is to find potential buyers within the automotive, electro-technical, gardening, and lock manufacturing industries that are using zinc castings as parts of more complex products. For further information about this profile, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie

A Finnish-Korean producer of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) kits seeks distributors for its range of products. The company is experienced in the fields of Aesthetics, Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Dentistry, Ophthalmology, and Veterinary. The company’s advanced PRP devices are already present in Japan, South Korea, China, and in some European countries. It currently seeks distribution partners on the Irish market. For further information about this profile, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote 20110511009.

A Japanese manufacturer of domestic and industrial knives seeks Irish distributors. The company has over 60 years’ experience in the field of knife production and produces knives using materials such as carbon steel, stainless steel, and powder alloy steel. Its integrated production system from the material selection enables efficient and speedy production and development. For further information about this profile, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote BOJP20140401001.

A Maltese producer of wine, liqueur, olive oil, jams, and chutneys, seeks cooperation opportunities with Irish off-licences, speciality food shops, restaurants, and speciality food distributors.  For further information about this profile, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote 20120830002.

To view all of the profiles contained within the Enterprise Europe Network database please click here.