In Luxembourg, both the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research are committed to supporting and stimulating Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) through targeted state aids and support schemes. Luxinnovation
is responsible for promoting these funding measures towards the private sector and providing support to enterprises wishing to participate in PPPs. The National Research Fund
(FNR) is responsible for promoting these funding measures towards the public sector.
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How Goodyear addresses its long-term challenges with the help of the FNR’s CORE programme
“The fusion of the different basic abilities of Goodyear and the University of Luxembourg is a great added value for the achievement of the project objectives.”
Dr Georges Thielen, Manager External Science and Technology, Goodyear Innovation Center Luxembourg
Finding out how tyres respond under ABS braking conditions is one of the main priority projects of Goodyear Innovation Centre Luxembourg. In May 2010 the tyre maker’s R&D arm began its work on a three-year project with the University of Luxembourg to conduct fundamental research into how the various components of tyres react when under this particular stress.
Thanks to the public-private partnership, the University of Luxembourg was able to dedicate the equivalent of one and a half PhDs and Postdocs to work exclusively with Goodyear. The synergy between the latest academic and business knowledge coming together will produce added value greater than the sum of its parts.
CORE Research Project: Surface-Induced Molecular Organization in Polymers - SIMOP
Contact: Ass. Prof. Dr Roland Sanctuary, University of Luxembourg
How Circuit Foil develops new products with the support of the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade
“Our cooperation with the Gabriel Lippmann Public Research Centre enables us to integrate innovative technologies in our production process.”
Luc Helsen, CEO, Circuit Foil
Circuit Foil is one of Luxembourg’s most high-tech manufacturing companies, producing top-grade, ultra-fine copper sheets for circuit boards. Employing just 300 people, it relies on public-private partnerships to sustain its research efforts to keep it ahead of increasingly tough competition.
A prime example is how the company is developing a new generation of ultrathin foil, to be produced in an innovative, more economical way with the Gabriel Lippmann Public Research Centre.
This new product will be more stable through the innovative use of non-copper materials. As well, the partners are working on an alternative to the electrolysis-based production process, which is costly in both electricity and water. Backing on existing expertise at Gabriel Lippmann, they expect to develop a new, more efficient system using plasma.
CIRCUIT FOIL R&D PROJECT : ULTRATHIN
PUBLIC PARTNER : CRP Gabriel Lippmann (contact: Dr Patrick Choquet)
