Services and benefits for cluster partners

Operating according to the principle "innovation through cooperation," ecoplus Clusters offer a variety of support measures which are designed in such a way as to yield both short-term and long-term results. The overall aim is to ensure that companies in Lower Austria are especially well prepared for future challenges and have the best possible framework for doing business.
Please read on for more information about the services we offer our Cluster partners and the benefits they receive. 

Innovation through Cooperation.
Innovation through cooperation is the secret of success for more than 530 collaborative cluster projects. ecoplus supports collaboration among companies as well as with R&D and qualification facilities.
ecoplus makes access to national and international programs and projects possible. We also take on time-consuming organizational tasks on behalf of companies, thus enabling even small and medium-sized enterprises to engage in application-oriented R&D at the highest levels. What we do:
 

• Initiate, guide and manage R&D-related, collaborative projects
• Provide guidance and advice on subsidies, particularly in regard to Lower Austrian cooperation subsidies
• Act as interface to funding providers
• Help broker cooperation partners
• Provide stimulus for innovative product development and research projects  
• Establish contact to research facilities
   

Qualification.
ecoplus Clusters offer a comprehensive program of qualification measures tailored to current needs.

• Sector-specific trainings 
• Professional events with focus on sector-specific themes
• Initiation, guidance and organization of qualifications projects
• Study trips, trade fair visits
   

Information.
ecoplus Cluster teams put a comprehensive communication platform at the disposal of our partner companies.
Current information about Cluster partners, topics, projects and activities via website and newsletters
Database with detailed information about Cluster partners

• Support of Cluster partners by way of professional recommendations
• Details and descriptions of Cluster projects

Public Relations.
ecoplus Cluster teams offer the dissemination of sector information as well as project and topic-related PR for Cluster partners.

• Topical and project-related press relations by way of media articles, presentations at professional functions, and press conferences
• Company and product presentations within the framework of collaborative projects
• Presentations at national and international trade fairs

Internationalization.
The ecoplus Clusters department is also the first point of contact for all matters related to the broad topic of internationalization. Working together with our Internationalization department, we can supply all the relevant information your company requires.  

• Support for international cooperation – in particular projects in R&D
• Assistance for internationalization efforts of individual companies
• Processing of requests from abroad regarding cooperation partners
• Bringing companies together with topic-specific international networks
  
  

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