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The cluster partnership Silicon Europe Worldwide wants to implement the third country internationalization strategy as defined within the Silicon Europe project. The internationalization activities defined in this strategy are primarily meant to strengthen the international impact of the cross-regional ecosystem created by the cluster partnership. These activities will focus on three objectives:
1. Support electronics companies, and more in particular, SMEs, to be present in foreign markets either for business or partnerships.
2. Attract foreign investment money or actors missing in Europe’s value chain.
3. Promote the European electronics industry worldwide.
In order to realize these objectives, Silicon Europe Worldwide will implement and further develop relationships with selected regions outside Europe. The relationship building will be done with one region at a time. Within the Silicon Europe project (FP7), a thorough analysis of regions outside Europe has been made. Based on this analysis, Taiwan and North East USA have been selected as the first two regions to focus on. At least one more region will be selected during the project.
For each region, two main phases are distinguished. First, a relationship will be initiated. The aim is to get a good understanding of the local market, identifying the relevant events and to set up a bridge-head. This is the basis for the next phase, the collaboration development. The collaboration development is the phase of the project where we want the SMEs to take advantage of the relationship that has been implemented. Matchmaking activities have to be considered. Examples are Business to Business matchmaking events, possibly before or after an important event; a trade mission with visits to selected companies; organizing a visit of foreign companies to Europe and also matchmaking with potential investors. These activities should preferably be executed in cooperation with organizations like EEN or Foreign Trade Organizations in order to give optimal support to the SMEs.
In order to promote the electronics companies from the Silicon Europe Worldwide regions, a marketing & communication plan will be made and executed. Again, the marketing communication plan from Silicon Europe will be the basis. Silicon Europe Worldwide will be the common brand under which the micro- and nanoelectronics ecosystems in the six participating clusters will be promoted on global level. Brochures and flyers developed in the Silicon Europe project will be updated for use by the Silicon Europe Worldwide cluster partnership.
For more information, please have a look at the project's website.
Target Group | Type | Estimated Date | Country | City |
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Cluster Organisations Open to SMEs | Matchmaking Event | May 30 | Taiwan | Taipei |
Cluster Organisations Open to SMEs | Matchmaking Event | Spring 2017 | United States | North east coast to be defined |
Define promotion strategy for Taiwan
Fact finding mission to North East USA
Build relation with North east USA and define bridge head
Define promotion strategy for North East USA
Selection of third region and fact finding mission to third region
Relation built with Taiwan and North East USA. Releation development started with those two region. Events will be organised at both sides (foreign region and Europe) in order to offer European SMEs the opportunity to set up business relations with companies from the 2 selected regions. A third region will be selected.
The status of the results is displayed on the website of Silicon Europe Worldwide.
Country | Name | Link |
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Silicon Europe | partnership is part of the Silicon Europe alliance | |
Taiwan | TAITRA | local contact |
Taiwan | ECCT | local contact |
Partnership composition
Name | Sector/Technology fields | Country | Regions | Total no. of members | Total no. of SME |
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Silicon Alps Cluster GmbH |
Automotive, Information Technology and Analytical Instruments Semiconductors, Internet of Things Digital Agenda›Automated driverless vehicles, Digital Agenda›ICT trust, cyber security & network security Digital Industries, Mobility Technologies |
Austria | Kärnten | 100 | 60 |
GAIA.-Association of Knowledge and Applied Technologies industries in the Basque Country |
Education and Knowledge Creation, Electric Power Generation and Transmission Electronic engineering, Cloud Technologies Energy production & distribution:›Power generation / renewable sources, Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)›Information service activities Creative Industries, Digital Industries |
Spain | País Vasco | 251 | 203 |
High Tech NL |
Education and Knowledge Creation, Information Technology and Analytical Instruments Embedded Systems and Real Time Systems, Micro and Nanotechnology related to Electronics and Microelectronics KETS›Advanced manufacturing systems, KETS›Micro/Nano electronics Digital Industries, Medical Devices |
Netherlands | Noord-Brabant | 200 | 160 |
Silicon Saxony |
Communications Equipment and Services, Information Technology and Analytical Instruments Electronic engineering, Micro and Nanotechnology related to Electronics and Microelectronics KETS›Micro/Nano electronics, Manufacturing & Industry›Electrical equipment Advanced Packaging, Digital Industries |
Germany | Dresden | 342 | 260 |
Minalogic |
Communications Equipment and Services, Information Technology and Analytical Instruments Micro and Nanotechnology related to Electronics and Microelectronics, Digital Systems, Digital Representation KETS›Micro/Nano electronics, KETS›Photonics Digital Industries, Environmental Industries |
France | Rhône-Alpes | 470 | 370 |
mi-Cluster |
Communications Equipment and Services, Electric Power Generation and Transmission Electronic engineering, Micro and Nanotechnology related to Electronics and Microelectronics Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)›Telecommunications, KETS›Micro/Nano electronics Digital Industries, Medical Devices |
Greece | Aττική (Attiki) | 50 | 38 |
Fondazione Distretto Green & High Tech Monza Brianza |
Communications Equipment and Services, Information Technology and Analytical Instruments Micro and Nanotechnology related to Electronics and Microelectronics, Broadband Technologies Digital Agenda›High speed broadband: last mile networks (>30 Mbps), Digital Agenda›Intelligent inter-modal & sustainable urban areas (e.g. smart cities) Creative Industries, Digital Industries |
Italy | Lombardia | 100 | 90 |
DSP Valley |
Information Technology and Analytical Instruments Embedded Systems and Real Time Systems, Semiconductors KETS›Micro/Nano electronics Digital Industries, Medical Devices |
Belgium | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 114 | 86 |