ŁUKASIEWICZ - PIAP is a scientific institute based in Warsaw, Poland, witch over 50 years of experience in automation and robotics. Ł-PIAP’s more than 250 employees, including 150 research personnel, has wide, interdisciplinary experience in realization of unique solutions in the field of information technology, robotics, security, telemetry as well as artificial intelligence. The wide range of expertise in robotic systems development backed with experience in project management and lean back office processes resulted in more than 100 successful international projects. Its range of activities covers TRL 3-9, including in-house developed products manufacturing, sales and service.

Ł-PIAP’s implemented research projects, majority of which in consortia, is the best proof of Ł-PIAP’s capacity to involve different actors of the knowledge triangle. Recently Ł-PIAP had also the privilege to chair the Digitization of Polish Industry committee of the Digital Transformation Working Group at the Ministry of… Ł-PIAP has the following laboratories, with modern equipment, qualified staff and validated procedures:

Laboratory of Advanced Service and Industrial Robots (equipped with indiustral robot KUKA two-axis positioning table for the KUKA robot)
Industrial Equipment Testing Laboratory (equipped with EFT/B generators, et of emission measurement devices, digital multimeter, climate chambers, Sinusoidal, random and impact testing system, pyrometer calibrator, ESD symulator
Rapid Prototyping and Calculation Simulation Laboratory (equipped with professional CAD software including Autodesk Inventor, PTC Creo, 3DS Max, Rhinoceros, ANSYS, MD Adams and MatLab,  3D incremental manufacturing devices, extensive CNC workshop) as well as a team of experienced in finishing of the models guarantee the highest quality of manufactured parts.
Mobile Robotics Laboratory (equipped with equipment enabling continuous measurement of temperature, pressure, and air humidity during tests of mobile robots, tachometer and…. The most important services provided by Ł-PIAP:

robotization and automation of production lines
production of parts using industrial 3D printing from any kind of materials - from polymers to metals and their alloys, production of tools for immediate use
numerical calculations, optimization and topological design dedicated to 3D printing, quick prototyping 
shape acquisition, optimization and playback, non-contact quality control
electromagnetic compatibility tests, environmental tests (climatic, vibration)
design and development of HMI driver assistance systems, autonomy systems, integration of powertrain systems (electric and hybrid)
designing mobile platforms for enterprise logistics applications,
design of robots, conveyors and mobile platforms for inter-station transport
design, integration and autonomy of advanced systems for the construction industry, teleoperation and related systems
design of original measuring systems and sensors, systems integration, design and development…. Yes. service.

Centrum Badań i Rozwoju Technologii dla Przemysłu S.A. (eng. CBRTP – Industrial Research and Development Center) is a commercial research and technology center/hub specializing in materials science, photovoltaics, physics, geophysics, electrotechnics, robotics and automation. CBRTP creates and implements improvements and innovations of technology, systems and industrial processes, using knowledge and experience of itself and those of its strategic commercial and science partners. Since its conception in 2013, CBRTP has accumulated experience in conducting R&D projects (16 completed and ongoing projects, including 4 as sole beneficiary and two as consortium leader) financed by national and European Commission funds.

CBRTP is an effective catalyst for cooperation between companies, scientific entities and business itself. From the very beginning of its activity and to this day, CBRTP conducts scientific applicative research and development work on its own and in collaborative environments. R&D projects… CBRTP runs several R&D and production facilities:

Nanomaterials laboratory, including processing and characterization facility with R&D and semi-industrial equipment for photovoltaic and piezoelectric applications:

ISO5 clean room facility

The facility is dedicated to coating and nanostructures deposition. It is possible to create nanolayers with extreme uniformity and precision down to atomic monolayers over large surface areas, or in batches of many dozen of smaller samples. In order to perform process verification and quality control, the laboratory is equipped with quick characterization tools that allow to determine basic and more complex electrical, optical and structural parameters.

Deposition systems / layer engineering

The combination of three different deposition systems creates a great versatility

Batch atomic layer deposition (ALD): Two Beneq P400 reactors with 350x1000 mm vacuum chambers. The turnkey system including five…. Surface engineering

Vacuum reactors systems located at CBRTP nanomaterials laboratory allow for precise coating with layers between a few nanometers up to a few micrometers. Processing is performed in ISO5 clean room with adherence to strict norms and procedure, which results in high quality of deposition. Process parameters are highly adjustable to client specification of substrate size, quantity, desired film thickness and properties.

New coating processes can be designed from scratch and verified from a chemical viewpoint.

The functional materials that can be coated at CBRTP include:

·       Interference layers, such as band filters, beam splitters, polarizers, mirrors, etc.

·       Anti-reflective coatings

·       Photonics crystals

·       Optical diffraction elements

·       Efficient and selective transmission or reflective grids

·       Antibacterial and sterile coatings

·       Hydrophilic or hydrophobic coatings

·       Barrier and protective coatings

·      …. Yes. service.

FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH is the research subsidiary of the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt/Austria and has been founded in 1998. FOTEC initiates and implements R&D projects with intent to support the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt in the realization of its R&D strategy for the bachelor and master study programmes. FOTEC acts in a highly interdisciplinary environment and has access to a network composed of national and international companies, research organisations, universities, intermediary organisations as well as funding agencies.

FOTEC offers R&D services in the following areas:

Additive Manufacturing

Profitability studies
Simulation-supported design and topology optimization of complex components
Production of prototypes, pre-series and small series via additive manufacturing including heat treatment
Electrochemical post treatment via hirtisation (automatic removal of support structures and automatic smoothening of surfaces)
Short… Additive Manufacturing

EOS M280 laser beam melting system for metals
EOS M400 laser beam melting system for metals
EOS P396 laser sintering system for plastics
Rena H3000 Hirtisieranlage (automatic removal of support structures and automatic smoothing of surfaces)
various CAx tools (design and simulation-based topology optimization)
FARO Quantum M 3D Scanner
Horiba LA-950 Laser Diffractometer
Carbolite Gero GLO 210-11 heat treatment furnace
Alicona Infinite Focus SL surface profilometer
Hitachi TM-1000 REM
Mechanical workshop

Aerospace Engineering

Several smaller vacuum chambers (from 10 dm3 to 1.3 m3) for component development
3 medium size vacuum chambers (~3 m3) for the development and characterization of thrusters
1 large vacuum chamber (~25 m3) for plasma diagnostics including class 6 clean room tent
Test facility for chemical thrusters
Equipment for environmental tests (vibration test stand, shock table, thermal vacuum tests)
Assembly laboratory under….
R&D services
Simulation-supported design
Prototyping
Testing
Software development

. Yes. service.

STACC is the leading data science company in Estonia that develops artificial intelligence solutions. The company was established in 2009 with the mission to conduct applied research in cooperation with a consortium of scientific and industrial partners. For over 11 years, our engineers and analysts have helped our clients bring dozens of data-driven products and services to the market.

Examples of classic machine-learning problems we solve:

recommending products
customer segmentation and lifetime value prediction
detection of anomalies and fraud
demand forecasting
supply chain optimization
picture and speech recognition
chat robots in customer service

 STACC’s success stories include:

In collaboration with Microsoft Skype, STACC researchers developed some of the fastest and most memory-efficient methods known so far for calculating shortest paths in very large graphs. Three US patent applications have been filed to protect these methods.
STACC designed and built critical… STACC has built a modern IT Laboratory with all required infrastructure and equipment including high-end computing and database servers, a secured network, and functional office space in Tartu.
. The machine-learning solutions we develop are used, among others, in the following areas:

Commerce: recommendation systems, customer profiling, personalised online campaigns, supply chain optimisation, inventory optimization (Selver, Tallinna Kaubamaja, Magnum, Rademar, XS Toys)
Media: text analysis and Natural Language Processing (Balti Meediamonitooringu Grupp, Inforegister, Õhtuleht, Äripäev)
Industry: improving business processes and production (ABB, Elering, Ridango, Estonian Cell)
E-health: analysis of health data (Estonian Health Insurance Fund, Estonian Genome Centre, Roche)
E-government: nalysis of the X-road’s usage patterns, information architecture of the national personal medicine solutions, predicting physical condition of the museum artefacts for the Estonian Heritage Board.

. Yes. service.

BioCC carries out internationally recognized R&D to create, develop and implement innovative biotechnological solutions for feed, food supplements, integrating its and international knowledge in the field of microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, food technology, metabolomics, genomics, physiology, and medicine.

Internationally recognized R&D company.
BioCC OÜ conforms to the requirements of EN ISO/IEC 17025:2006 as testing laboratory in the field of food and feeding stuffs microbiological and chemical analyses and blood immunoasssays.
Registered and approved food/food contact materials business operator.
Authorized laboratories.
Member of ADAPTER

Bacterial culture lyophilizer
Bacteria and zootechnical growing equipment
Gas chromatography, liquid chromatography
BodPod®
AppliedBiosystems QuantStudio 5
AppliedBiosystems SimpliAmp
Tehtnica® Centric 400R
Evidence Investigator
Synergy HTX multi-mode plate-readers
Anaerobic workstation
Rheometer
Incubators (also with humidity control, CO2, atmospheric control)
E-Gel Imager
Armfield FT20-MKII cheese bath
Vertical sausage stuffer
Thermostats
Humidity analysers
Batter mixer
Thermomixers for pasteurization
Homogenizer

 
. BioCC services are for companies who wish to add extra value or improve the quality of their current and future zootechnical and technological additives, food products and dietary supplements or raise their production efficiency.

Development of food products
Development of food supplements
Development of probiotic bacteria
Development of feed additives
Clinical trials
Advisory services and consultations

BioCC offers services also regarding to 

Bacterial strains
Microbiological analyses
Hygene and air samples
Physiological analyses
Immunochemistry

. Yes. service.

Crystal innov is a European Open Innovation center in crystal growth and advanced materials (micro) manufacturing.

The center mission is pooling tools, sharing high tech facilities and providing expertise for your innovation in single crystal and bulk advanced materials.

From R&D project with academic labs to prototyping innovative crystal-based (bio)sensors, Crystal innov offers a wide range of services, such as :

hosting projects in technology halls,
pilote line installation
new crystal development
micro-manufacturing process scale-up
innovative crystal-based device prototyping

Furthermore Crystal innov team has specific expertise and skills in piezoelectric crystals and wafer manufacturing for main applications (resonators for Time Frequency, SAW filters, sensors, IMU, actuators, lead-free materials...). The center is able to be your partner for innovation, from crystal growth modeling to piezoelectric parts fabrication, up to small volume production (ISO 9001 compliant).

… I_ Growth facilities

Growth from melt (high temperature) 
Czochralski furnaces
Micro pulling down
Bridgman
High pressure growth
Autoclave for hydrothermal synthesis
Solution growth
Low temperature

II_ (Micro) manufacturing and prototyping

Cutting technologies (high temperature)
Diamond wire saw (single and multi wires)
ID Saw (Meyer Burger)
Ultrasonic vibration machining
Grinding and lapping equipment
Polishing equipment
Prototyping
3D printing equipment

III_ Softwares

Modelling
Matlab
Python
CAD
Solidworks

IV_ Characterization

Geometry / surface
Flatness (bow, warp)
Parallelism
2D dimension
Roughness
Chemical
ICP-MS
X-Ray, IR
X-ray topography
X-ray goniometer
IR spectroscopy

V_Halls for pilote lines

cleanrooms
private surfaces with industrial facilities

. Crystal innov offers valuable services for :

(micro)manufacturing (cutting hard / brite materials)
single crystal characterisation (geometry, dimension, orientation, X-ray, chemical...)
innovative crystal-based device prototyping

. Yes. service.

TZW develops scientifically founded solutions for all aspects of the water supply. Customers are water suppliers, industrial companies, specialist authorities and universities. Interdisciplinary teams are experts working in the areas of environmental biotechnology and contaminated sites, groundwater and soil, analysis and water quality, technology and economics, microbiology and molecular biology, water chemistry research, the test centre and corrosion as well as distribution networks and household installations. The sustainable protection of water resources and innovative solutions for drinking water supply are the core of the daily work.

The areas include:

DRINKING WATER TREATMENT AND SUPPLY CONCEPTS

TZW experts address all drinking water treatment matters, working on the basis of scientific contexts and taking into account technical and operational aspects in view of technical regulations. Economically viable solutions are devised that offer a high degree of supply reliability. Particular… DRINKING WATER TREATMENT AND SUPPLY CONCEPTS

Test facilities for diverse treatment technologies on a pilot and laboratory scale
Test methods to test the quality of filtering materials
Online measurement devices to monitor pilot and industrial scale plants (turbidity, particles, nanoparticles)

CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Methods of analysis for representatives of the following substance groups:

Trace elements and metals
Bromide, bromate, chlorite, chlorate, iodide, iodate and perchlorate
Speciation of arsenic, chromium and selenium
Pesticides and metabolites (more than 100 single substances including glyphosate, AMPA, N,N-dimethyl sulphamide, desphenyl chloridazon, other PSM metabolites)
Aromatic sulfonates
Chelating agents
Pharmaceutical residues (more than 100 single substances)
Iodinated X-ray contrast agent/s
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (steroidal hormones, alkyl phenols)
Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Aliphatic amines
Nitrosamines…. TZW offers customers tests persuant to more than 200 different product standards, accredited according to DIN EN ISO 17025. Each product test, the detailed testing procedure and set up will be discussed and specified individually with our customers. Development of customized test programmes for products that are not yet standardised and development of pre-standardisation projects with customers.

TZW works closely with DVGW CERT GmbH as well as with other international certification companies. Furthermore, TZW is active in national and international standardisation work.

TZW is an institution of the DVGW – German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water. The DVGW sets the benchmark for the future of Germany’s gas and water sector – as a recognised legislator, innovative designer, sponsor and service provider. It undertakes the following core tasks:

Technical guidelines and standardisation
Research and development
Testing and certification
Professional training and qualification…. Yes. service.

IFOS was founded in December 1989 as a non-profit research institution of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 1996, it has had the status of a scientific institution of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.

The core competencies of the institute, with its 20+ employees, lie in research and development in the field of instrumental surface and layer analysis as well as in the practical use of surface-sensitive analysis methods.

We see ourselves as a link between university research and market-oriented economy with two main aims: We aim to pursue research interests of the economy with regard to current and future products and production methods through our non-profit activities, and we aim to transfer scientific research results from universities and other research institutions to applied research and industry. To this end, we conduct both contracted research in the private sector and, often with cooperation partners from universities, publicly-funded research projects.

The main focus… Surface Mass Spectrometry

Dynamic Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (Dynamic SIMS)
Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)
Secondary Neutral Particle Mass Spectrometry (SNMS)
3D Atom Probe Tomography (3D-APT)

Electron Spectroscopy

Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES)
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS, ESCA)
Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS)

Micro-range Analysis

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM, SEM) with:

Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDX)
Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Analysis (WDX)
Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)

Focused Ion Beam in combination with a Scanning Electron Microscope (Dual Beam FIB)

Nanoscale Analysis

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) with:

Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDX)
Electron Series Loss Spectroscopy (EELS)
Electron Diffraction in Transmission (TED, SAD)
Automated Crystal Orientation Mapping (ACOM)
TEM-Preparation (Ultramicrotomy, Ion Thinning, FIB)

Atomic…. As part of contract research, IFOS, as the technical infrastructure facility of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, offers a wide range of services for the analysis of surfaces, thin layers and solids. IFOS has more than thirty years of extensive analytical know-how in this area. This is demonstrated by the successful processing of over a hundred customer orders annually, as well as the research results from many successfully processed BMBF, AiF and DFG research projects, e.g. in the areas of nanofunctionalization of surfaces, research into friction and wear on the micro and nano scale, investigation of the adhesion behavior of polymer-metal or metal-metal compounds, and the interaction of biomolecules with surfaces or the characterization of photovoltaic materials.

We examine topography, morphology, hardness and chemical-structural composition with modern and purposefully selected measuring methods, interpret the results and provide solutions. We not only deliver measured values, but we also help…. Yes. service.

PROFACTOR is an applied research company with headquarters in Steyr and Vienna. The company conducts applied production research in the field of industrial assistive systems and additive micro/nano manufacturing. PROFACTOR acts as an interface between science and business. In more than 1,700 projects, we have demonstrated what can be created with applied production research: Innovation. 
Industrial assistive systems
PROFACTOR research focuses on systems, which are combining human and machine interaction, intelligence and processing power, human expertise and machine power.
The aim of industrial Assistance Systems is to support human beings in a in a volatile, richly varied and highly flexible production. The cognitive abilities of these assistance systems are constantly being improved.

Additive Micro/Nano-Manufacturing
PROFACTOR is especially dedicated to the combination of additive manufacturing and functionalization of surfaces, which define the quality and functionality for components.
Additive Manufacturing processes are – as well as assistance systems – a key to a competitive production in small lots and customized products. Additive Manufacturing enables (almost) limitless design freedom and the ability to combine different materials.
The focus of research is the consistent view of process chains from materials, form the processes up to the adaptation of the necessary…. Profactor perform development activities including software development, electronics design, mechanical design and construction, system integration.

PROFACTOR is organizing conferences, seminars, workshops and training events.
. Yes. service.

The Fraunhofer UMSICHT is a pioneer of a sustainable energy and raw materials management, providing scientific results and transferring them to businesses, society and politics. The dedicated team researches and develops together with partners sustainable products, processes and services that inspire.

We want our developments to be economically successful, socially equitable and sustainable. The balance between these objectives is always at the forefront of our thinking. The institute has sites in Oberhausen, Willich and Sulzbach-Rosenberg.

In 2019, the institute generated a turnover of 49,4 million EUR with a staff of 529 persons.

As one of 74 institutes and research units of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the leading organization for applied research in Europe, we are part of a worldwide network and promote international collaborations.
Analytics Laboratory; Biotechnology Laboratory; Physics Laboratory, High Pressure Laboratory; Energy Storage Laboratory; Catalysis Laboratory¸ Chemical Laboratory
. Business Unit Polymer Materials

Material development (focus on bio-based plastics)
Product and process development, manufacturing processes
Product design, CAD design, and sample production
Surface modification and surface structuring
Foaming of plastics
Component and system development
Coating development
Studies and consultation
Multiphysics simulations of components and products
Technical and economic feasibility studies
Sustainability assessments
Analytics, chemistry, biology, environmental analysis
Determination of the biodegradability of materials and products

Business Unit Chemistry

Synthesis routes from fossil and biogenic raw materials and residues including consulting regarding the sustainable shift in raw materials
Optimization of process chains through integration of biotechnological and (thermo-/electro-)chemical-catalytic process steps
Development and optimization of scalable processes including upstream and downstream processing
Product…. Yes. service.