Politecnico di Milano is a scientific-technological University, training engineers, architects and industrial designers. The University has always focused on the quality and innovation of teaching and research developing a fruitful relationship with both business and manufacturing worlds, as well as the public and third sectors, by means of experimental research and technological transfer. POLIMI is the top Italian university for projects funded by the European Commission under the

Aalto University is a multidisciplinary community where science and art meet technology and business. It is committed to identifying and solving grand societal challenges and building an innovative and sustainable future. It has six schools with 12 000 students and 4 000 employees, 386 of whom are Professors. There is a wide variety of Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees, and also doctoral programmes are offered in all the fields

BCD Barcelona Design Centre promotes design as a strategic element for business excellence and as a key factor for innovation and sustainability, and as a discipline that can improve people’s quality of life. Legally established as a private not-for-profit foundation in 1973, BCD is a promotion and information centre devoted to all aspects of design in business. The first promotion centre of its kind to be set up

CIAPE is a non-profit private organisation, which exists as an Association of Learners to promote the development of a learning society through the provision of a quality and comprehensive system of adult learning and education which is accessible and inclusive.

IDC is an industrial development center for manufacturing industry in the Skaraborg region. Our mission is to strengthen the competitiveness and profitability of these companies. We are owned by about 150 small and medium-sized companies. Our model is based on providing assistance to self-help. We require that our partner companies have a desire to develop themselves, for a sustainable future industry. We have been working to support manufacturing

ISQ is a private, non-profit and independent technological institution founded in 1965, currently running operations in more than 40 countries, offering its experience in technical inspections, technical assistance for engineering projects, consultancy services and training activities, supported by transversal research and development activities and by 16 accredited laboratories. ISQ conducts also a Research and Innovation activity, promoting projects with national and international partners, both from public and private

Material Design Lab is an interdisciplinary space set up to explore, test, grow and design new materials with a strong focus on sustainable production and innovation. Material Design Lab consists of 3 physical spaces; a large materials library made in collaboration with Material Connexion in New York, the box, which is an exhibition of raw materials, finishes and binders and the lab, that is a laboratory set up

Materially helps companies in the development and promotion of sustainable innovation starting from materials. Thanks to daily research and constant dialogue with the various players in the world of materials, from universities, to start-ups, to companies offering or looking for solutions to be applied in their manufacturing processes, Materially is the ideal partner for development and implementation of innovation strategies based on materials. We support companies in the development of new

TECNUN, the faculty of Engineering of the University of Navarra (UNAV- Spain) is a private engineering school closely connected to Asociación Centro Tecnológico Ceit-IK4, a private multidisciplinary non-profit research centre. The research activities at TECNUN are carried out in collaboration with Ceit-IK4, this ensures that scientific research, vital for any university, is supplemented with applied research. The mission of TECNUN is to provide the industry with services through

Materfad is the Barcelona Materials Centre, created and driven by the FAD (Fostering Arts and Design). At Materfad we work as an observatory of the future, conducting technological research and surveillance focused on innovation, sustainability and creativity through materials. In the Materfad database you can consult thousands of innovative, commercially available materials, processes and technologies, facilitating technological transfer between widely differing sectors. We assist businesses in identifying opportunities