Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, is a dispersed centre of excellence in software engineering and related topics. Founded in 2005, it brings together software research teams from the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) and 9 Irish academic institutions: Dublin City University, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland, Galway, Tralee Institute of Technology, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University College Dublin and its headquarters at University of Limerick.

Lero’s research programme focuses on evolving critical systems (ECS). These systems change over time (“evolving”), are strategically important to their users or owners (“critical”), and are often software intensive (“systems”). ECS increasingly characterises a sizeable proportion of software systems in development and use today, from business-critical systems (such as airline websites), to safety-critical systems (such as an automotive braking control system), to product… Through ICHEC, Lero has access to the Fionn supercomputer, a SGI ICE-X hybrid cluster providing part of the ICHEC national service. Fionn quadruples the computing resources previously available to scientists in Ireland, also provides access to the latest technology from Intel, Ivy Bridge and Xeon Phi coprocessors, and NVIDIA, Tesla accelerators, to researchers across Ireland.

A wide range of new research and development (R&D) will be enabled on Fionn. These potentially include an increased resolution in weather and climate forecasting, larger and longer simulations for research in areas such as medical device development, nanotechnology, genomics, drug design, etc. The machine will also be capable of running heterogeneous workflows that require large compute power and large amounts of memory either during the pre- or post-processing phases of researchers work.
. One of Lero’s strategic goals is to work with industry partners to identify and solve industry problems, generating new SW-based products & services thus ensuring that Lero’s research is firmly connected to the real world. Without the involvement of our industry partners, we wouldn’t have the same insights into the evolving challenges of the software engineering community or the opportunity to test our ideas in live business and industry environments.

We currently work with approximately 40 companies in a wide range of projects funded by Irish funding agencies (SFI, Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Research Council), by European agencies (Horizon 2020, the European Space Agency) and directly by industry partners themselves.

There are many ways in which companies work with Lero, supported by a wide range of Irish and international funding programmes. Whether we are dealing with a major research challenge being addressed by an international team of collaborators or a smaller challenge being faced by a…. Yes. service.

CITEVE – The Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industry of Portugal, is a private non-profit organization active since 1989 being a reference organization within the national and european scene, regarding research, innovation and technology transfer promotion for the Textile & Clothing Industry,

CITEVE’s mission is to support the technical and technological development of the textile & clothing industry, promoting innovation and inducing new capacities and new competences as well as helping on the definition of industrial public policies.

With facilities in Vila Nova de Famalicão and in Covilhã, and commercial delegations in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Tunisia and Pakistan, CITEVE offers technological services of the highest level in different areas: Laboratorial activities, Technological consultancy & development, R&D+Innovation, Technology Watch, Product standards and certification, Training and Fashion intelligence.

Since April 2017, CITEVE is the managing authority of the… In the field of R&D and product innovation, CITEVE pilot plants are equipped with the most advanced and innovative technologies in what concerns to dyeing, finishing/functionalization, coating, lamination, printing, embroidery, seamless and weft knitting, garment manufacturing (non-conventional seams: welding, seams sealing, laser cutting, ultra-sons, high frequency), etc.

This prototyping technological facility is managed by a specialized technical and scientific staff, with competences in the textile and clothing processes and in the new application markets namely for technical products. This pilot unit is essentially devoted to demonstration/reengineering and for product/process development.

CITEVE’s laboratories are equipped with the best available technologies controlled by a highly qualified staff and are internationally accredited for more than 446 tests according to 900 different standards. Recognised by several national and international brands this business area is responsible for performing…. Services:

Testing: CITEVE’s laboratories are equipped with the best available technologies controlled by a highly qualified staff and are internationally accredited for more than 446 tests according to 900 different standards. Recognised by several national and international brands this business area is responsible for performing around 180.000 tests per year. CITEVE’s labs are specialized in material and product testing, such as chemical and physical testing, comfort and new functionalities measurement, fire behaviour, toxicological substances, microbiological tests, geotextiles, automotive and protective clothing.

R&D and Innovation: In the field of R&D and New product development research, CITEVE gathers know-how within the most advanced and innovative technologies such as hotmelt, coating, laminating, digital printing, 3D knitting, laser welding or seamless knitting. This prototyping technological facility is managed by a specialized technical and scientific staff, with competences in the textile…. Yes. service.

The Institute of Precision Mechanics carries out research in the area of corrosion protection, modern technologies and new materials, safety of machines exploitation, renewable energy, environmental protection, recycling and materials recovery using environmentally friendly technologies and research for the defense and security of the country. The Institute conducts research and implementation of modern and innovative technologies for surface protection through the use of various types of protective and functional metallic and non-metallic coatings, including ceramic and composite coatings, and also prepares dedicated temporary protection technologies against corrosion. Institute conducts also theoretical and practical trainings for industrial plants employees in the area of implementation and improvement of surface engineering technologies.
IMP is equipped with technological and experimental facilities for research and development of heat and thermo-chemical treatment of metallic materials. The technical equipment includes:     

- Universal vacuum furnace with high pressure (12 bar) gas quenching, with integrated deep freezing (cryogenic treatment) system
- Vacuum furnaces  (operating temperature up to max. 1250 °C, vacuum range up to 10-4 mbar);
- Cryogenic chamber (operating temperature range: -190 °C - +300 °C);
- Equipment for PA PVD-Arc technology ;
- Thermo-chemical treatment under direct current and pulsed current glow discharge conditions furnace;
- Controlled gas nitriding installation;
- Ion nitriding furnaces ;
- Endogas atmosphere generators;
- Atmospheric furnaces (silit furnace, pit furnaces, operating temperature up to max. 1200°C);
- Fluidized-bed furnaces (operating temperature up to max. 1000°C);
- Soaking furnaces (operating temperature up to max. 700°C);
- Mass finishing devices (vibratory finishing and tumble…. Institute of Precision Mechanics, dealing with issues of materials, coatings and their heat and thermo chemical treatments, environmental protection (including the material recovery), performs research projects in the scope of modern materials technologies:

 modern technologies of materials for land transportation and aviation,
 technologies of production of functional composite materials, nanocrystalline, layered and functionally graded materials,
surface treatment of steel, iron alloys and non-ferrous metals, 
 technologies of production and application of functional materials for applications in computer science, electronics and energy, including graphene, surface strengthening of light alloys (e.g. titanium and aluminum, functional coatings), 
technologies used in devices related with the production of renewable energy (photovoltaics panels and wind turbines),
metallic and conversion coatings for applications in the chemical, machine and food industry, as well as biomedical engineering,
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The Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC), a Global Hub of Pharmaceutical Process Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing, funded by Science Foundation Ireland and industry, is a unique collaboration between 24 industry partners, 9 research performing organisations and 12 international academic collaborators.

The SSPC transcends company and academic boundaries and is the largest research collaboration in Ireland, and one of the largest globally, within the pharmaceutical area. The role of the SSPC is to link experienced scientists and engineers in academia and the pharmaceutical industry, to address critical research challenges.

The SSPC leads the way for next generation drug manufacture and spans the entire pharmaceutical production chain from synthesis of the molecule, to the isolation of the material, and the formulation of the medicine. The aim of the SSPC is to deliver industry relevant solutions, which result in job growth and retention within the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland…
University of Limerick Physical Properties, Polymorphism, Chemical Engineering, Modelling and CFD
University College Cork Synthetic Organic Chemistry & Pharmaceutics
University College Dublin Chemical Engineering
Trinity College Dublin Pharmaceutics, Spray-Drying & Milling
National University of Ireland Galway Analytics & Chemometrics
Dublin City University, biomedical diagnostics, biofermentation process analysis, separation science and marine monitoring
Waterford Institute of Technology, drug delivery, pharmaceutical analysis, sensor technologies, biomedical science and molecular biotechnology, X-ray Microtomography, Finite Element Modeling & Microwave processing and material research
Athlone Institute of Technology, Industrial Polymer Solutions and Design, rapid prototyping fabrication, polymer processing, physical and mechanical testing, analytical chemistry, surface and elemental analysis

. Online catalogues and repository:

Online catalogue of infrastructure (Access to Third Level Analytical Services – ATTLAS, www.attlas.ie)

Online national repository showcasing the research capabilities relevant to the (Bio)Pharma sector

(www.therapeutics.ie) 

State of the art Crystallisation, Isolation and Drying Test-Bed which is the first of its kind globally:  It will be utilised regularly for training, moving away from traditional didactic methodologies towards the ‘learning factory model’, and additionally incorporating significant elements of problem-based learning.

The Biological Processing Testbed, BioPOINT: This research infrastructure will bridge the current technology gap between industrial scale manufacturing and academic research and development for novel biological applications. BioPOINT will engage industry with academics in collaborative research in biopharmaceutical bioprocess problem solving and innovation to drive bioprocess R&D directly enhancing Irish BioPharma activities…. Yes. service.

The Biophotonics group investigates the interaction of light with biological systems to develop innovative sensors for rapid and non-destructive characterisation and monitoring of biosystems. 

We have a long tradition in working together with industry -SMEs as well as large companies- to translate our knowledge into workable solutions. Our clients come from very diverse fields, ranging from food companies over high tech sensor technology providers to large agricultural equipment manufacturers.  

The services we offer cover a large range of activities, including consultancy, complete R&D projects and access to top notch biophotonics equipment.
Our unique and broad range of high-end equipment is an crucial basis for performing successful research and development tasks.  Our main equipment categories are:

Dark Optics Room (supercontinuum laser, double integrating spheres, laser scattering
Hyperspectral imaging setups (VIS-NIR, SWIR, line scanning system, snapshot cameras) 
Active thermography (high-end cooled camera, microbolometers, pulsed and lock in system, flash excitation, halogen sources)
Spatially resolved spectroscopy (SRS probes, translation stage, large range on spectrophotometers)
Data acquisition systems (National instruments DAQ, PXI, SICK) 
Specialised data analysis software (JMP, The Unscrambler, Matlab, Python, SAS, R)
Mechanical properties measurements (Universal Testing Machine, Rheometer, Impact pendulum)
Vibration test rigs (up to 7500kg)

. The Biophotonics group provides services at several levels to industry.  Our main activities are:

Providing access to outstanding equipment
Complete bilateral R&D projects - from proof of concept studies to demonstrators
Consultancy services - providing academic expertise in biophotonics
Providing information on funding opportunities - local, national and international
Support customers to perform very reliable and efficient experiments, and help them analyzing the data
Providing in-company training on biophotonics and advanced data analysis

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The main tasks of the Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA) are: research on nanometer scale functional materials exploring their physical, chemical and biological properties, as well as the exploitation of these properties in the development of integrated nano/microsystems, sensors, and non-destructive characterisation techniques. Important task of the MFA is the technical support of the SMEs and the university education, the utilisation of the research infrastructure for serving the needs of graduate and postgraduate education (TDK, BSc, MSc, and PhD) in the scheme of an open access laboratory.

MFA hosts 5 scientific departments and 2 groups:

Microtechnology Department (www.mems.hu, www.biomems.hu, www.nems.hu)

The main task of the Microtechnology Department is the multidisciplinary research on sensors, the realisation of functional nano- and microsensors based upon novel sensing principles, their validation and elaboration of the adequate processing technology.

In the… The Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA)  Microtechnology Department runs two 300 m2 + 160 m2 clean labs (Class 100-10000) comprising a complete Si-CMOS processing line and a mask shop, unique facility in Hungary. The technology allows to manufacture layers, patterned structures and devices with line resolution of 1 µm by optical and down to 20 nm by e-beam lithography on 3” and 4” Si and glass wafers. (http://www.mems.hu)

Competences (available also for our industrial and academic partners and customers):

High temperature annealing, diffusion and oxidation;
Ion implantation;
Rapid Thermal Treatment;
Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of poly-Si, SiO2 and Si3N4 layers;
Low Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition;
Atomic Layer Deposition;
Physical Vapor Deposition – Electron beam evaporation, DC and RF Sputtering;
Reactive Ion Etching, Deep Reactive Ion Etching;
Photolithography with back-side alignment and Nanoimprinting;
E-beam lithography;
Nanopatterning…. Services provided by our laboratories:

High temperature annealing, diffusion and oxidation;
Ion implantation;
Rapid Thermal Treatment;
Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of poly-Si, SiO2 and Si3N4 layers;
Low Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition;
Atomic Layer Deposition;
Physical Vapor Deposition – Electron beam evaporation, DC and RF Sputtering;
Reactive Ion Etching, Deep Reactive Ion Etching;
Photolithography with back-side alignment and Nanoimprinting;
E-beam lithography;
Nanopatterning, deposition and etching by Focused Ion-Beam;
Wafer-bonding;
Wet chemical treatments;
Electro-chemical porous Si formation;
Mask design, laser pattern generator;
Polymer (PDMS, SU8, Polyimide) structuring by photolithography and micro-molding techniques;
Chip dicing, packaging especially for sensor applications; 
Materials and structural analysis & characterization:, SEM, FIB, EDX, Atomic Force Microscopy, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Stylus Profiler;
Electrical and…. Yes. service.

In the CENTRUM INDUSTRIAL IT (CIIT) the cooperation between industry and science being frequently demanded is actually put into practice. The CIIT is Germany’s first sciene-to-business-center in the field of Industrial Automation. Under one roof companies acting autonomously on the market and research institutes work and research cooperatively on the linkage between information and automation world.

The field of automation technology is the innovation driver for machine and plant engineering. Germany’s core industry, thus playing an essential part in securing Germany’s position as an important economic location. In joint research projects, within the framework of applied basic research, new technologies for the factory of the future are developed in the CIIT.

A Strong Network – Beyond the Boundaries of the Building
Main drivers and actors from industry and science are, apart from the Institute Industrial IT (inIT) of the OWL University of Applied Sciences and the Fraunhofer Application Center… Solutions for Intelligent Automation are jointly researched and developed at CIIT - either in collaborative research projects or at the integrated laboratories (e.g. Big Data Lab, Lab for Cyber Security in Production, Lab for Discrete Systems).

At SmartFactoryOWL, an initiative of the Fraunhofer Society and OWL University of Applied Sciences, technologies for Intelligent Automation are researched, tested and demonstrated.
. ·  Various working groups (e. g. Intelligent Networking, Data Analysis, Human-Machine-Interaction)

·  Industry-on-Campus-Model

·  practice-oriented studying in collaboration with the research institutes under the roof of CIIT
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The Cybernetics Lab IMA & IfU is an interdisciplinary institute consortium at the RWTH Aachen University assigned to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. It is composed of the Institute of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (IMA) and the Associated Institute for Management Cybernetics e.V. (IfU). 

The aim of the participating institutes is to implement and professionalise inter- and transdisciplinary methods in research and teaching, and to conduct research on current scientific problems. 

The Cybernetics Lab was headed by Prof. Sabina Jeschke until November 2011 and is currenty lead by the deputy heads Prof. Ingrid Isenhardt and Dr. Frank Hees. Managing directors are Prof. Dr. Tobias Meisen (IMA - Information Management), Dr. Max Haberstroh (IMA - Knowledge Management) and Dr. René Vossen (IfU). The former head of the Cybernetics Lab Prof. Klaus Henning supports the as senior advisor. 

Research topics include distributed artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, traffic &… The Cybernetics Lab IMA/ZLW & IfU currently employs an interdisciplinary staff of 200 and technical equipment as well as a broad method spectrum in teaching and organization development, including:

A set of industrial robots (like six axe ABB, Robotino, Pepper, NAO) and equipment
Computer cluster for computational analytics and machine learning tasks
Virtual Theatre and VR technology

. We provide a broad range of services for Industry, including solutions for Industry 4.0, production process organisation and integration of production into Smart Cities. Furthermore, our services include custom-made solutions for organisation development in the areas of innovation, knowledge management and communication processes, as well as training of academic personnel.

Scientific and technological evaluation
Market Studies / Initial Design / Simulation
Component and process development and testing
Prototype / demonstrator development and testing
Custom made solutions for organization development and consulting
School Labs and
seminars and individual coaching for academic personnel

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The Institute of Photonics coordinates all photonics activity within the University of Eastern Finland (UEF).

Researchers come from the Department of Physics and Mathematics, the Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences and School of Computing in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry. 

The photonics research personnel consist of over 20 professors and visiting professors, ca. 30 senior scientists and post docs, and over 30 PhD and ca. 40 MSc students. It is the largest academic unit of photonics in Finland. It is internationally well-recognized, for example, for its contributions to diffractive and micro-optics and nanophotonics (design, manufacturing, and applications), guided-wave optics, optical coherence theory, nonlinear optics, and polarization optics as well as spectromics (imaging plants and environment) and spectral color research. It has a long history on strong collaboration with industry within, e.g. TEKES (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) programs… Characterization laboratory

LEO 1550 electron microscope
Dektak 150+ surface profiler
Wyko NT9300 optical profiler
AutoProbe M5 atomic force microscope

Femtosecond laser laboratory

Quantronix Integra-C 3,5mJ femtosecond laser
CDP TISSA 50 femtosecond laser
Grenouille FROG beam analyzer
CDP ExciPro pump-probe spektrometer
Ekspla THz spektrometer

Lithography laboratory

Electron beam patterning tool EBPG5000+ES
Obducat Eitre 3 nanoimprint tool
Plasmalab 100 ja 80 reactive ion etching tools
Kurt J. Lesker LAB 18 Physical Vapour Deposition
Beneq TFS-200 Atomic Layer Deposition
PTMTEC R2R100UV roll-to-roll printer
Disco DAD3240 wafer dicing saw

3D printing laboratory

Custom-made 3D printer based on Luxexcel’s Printoptical© technology (special inkjet printing technology)
Ultimaker 3 printer based on Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) / Material extrusion
Redsail X700 laser cutter

Nanocarbon laboratory

Plasma-assisted CVD facility
Hot…. Institute of Photonics provides various kinds of services to industry from training and feasibility studies to prototyping, development and testing as well as innovation on topics focused on its core research topics on photonics. International MSc and PhD students are available for Thesis and interim work in industry all over Europe. Institute of Photonics is active partner in various industrial programs as well as direct contract research with national and international companies.
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MIRTEC S.A. - Materials Industrial Research and Technology Development Centre, is a technological Center, active in Applied Research, Technological Development, Certification and Quality Control in a wide range of materials and products.

The company was founded by the merge of three renowned Greek technological centers with over 25 years of experience:

MIRTEC S.A. - CERECO S.Α. - CLOTEFI S.Α.

while the new unified MIRTEC incorporates the certification activities and the laboratories of the Greek Standardisation Organisation (ELOT S.A.).

Our mission is to support industry through leading edge technology and transfer knowledge to our clients, thus improving their competitiveness and competence by adding value to their products.

MIRTEC is the only Hellenic Certification Body with own Laboratories for testing and analysis of materials and products;, this enables our capabilities of offering integrated solutions to our clients.
The systematic collaboration and communication with high respected… The « Industrial Research, Technological Development and Laboratory Testing, Certification and Quality Societe Anonyme », shortly MIRTEC S.A., has its headquarters in Volos and has branches and offices in Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Volos and Thiva), in China (Shanghi), while also has an extensive network of experienced associates that covers Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Romania.

The company’s headquarters are located in the First Industrial Area of Volos and cover an area of 7.500 m2 of indoor facilities on a land plot of 32 acres. Seven of MIRTEC laboratories are located in these premises where testing for a wide range of metal and metallurgical materials is performed, including chemical analysis.

The Thiva branch (former CERECO) is housed in the privately owned building complex which is located on the 72nd km of the Athens-Lamia National Road in Ritsona on a total surface of 3.100 m2. On these premises are located 4 labs and designated areas for industrial testing, conference rooms, lecture halls…. Laboratory Testing

MIRTEC SA has specialized laboratories acknowledged by the National Accreditation System (ESYD S.A.) according the requirements of ELOT EN ISO/IEC 17025 and up- to-date equipment of the latest technology so that it can check a wide range of industrial and consumer products, organic and inorganic materials, which include agricultural products, surface and ground water, irrigation and potable water, solid and liquid waste. The vast experience of the EVETAM laboratories allows the prospect of internal processes (in-house) and specialized analysis depending on the requirements and needs of each customer.

Metallic & Metallourgical Materials Laboratories

Mechanical Testing Laboratory

A number of tests, such as tensile, compression, impact, bend, creep, fatigue and hardness tests are carried out, mainly at metallic materials. The laboratory, in some cases, has the possibility to perform such kind of tests at non metallic materials as well. 

Non Destructive Testing Laboratory

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