Enea technology transfer best practice presented at the Advanced Manufacturing European Workshop

Appreciation for “The solar receiver tubes for termodynamic power plant” practice presented to the workshop on "Technology transfer: paving the way for advanced manufacturing" 25th February 2015 in Bruxelles, organized by JRC and EFFRA.

Advanced and clean manufacturing is a key driver of the upcoming industrial revolution. The aim of this workshop was to explore how technology transfer activities can be used as a mechanism to help EU industry, particularly manufacturing SMEs, to adopt new advanced and clean manufacturing technologies. Practical examples have been presented to illustrate the potential of technology transfer in this area.

The workshop (Technology transfer: paving the way for advanced manufacturing) gathered technology providers, industry executives, technology transfer officers, policy makers and financial intermediaries in order to share experiences and lessons learned. One of the key objectives was to discuss policy implications at all levels that could help accelerating the adoption of advanced technologies by the European manufacturing industry.

After an opening session animated by the Director General of DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs of the EU Commission, the speech of President of the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) and the speech by a Business Europe representative, Enea presented a concrete case of technology transfer concerning the Solar Receiver Tubes (transfer to Archimede Solar Energy company) in the field of advanced manufacturing, during the session devoted to technology push approach.

The workshop, held at the Committe of Regions, involved 250 technology transfer officers and exeperts in advanced manufacturing coming from the major european RTOs and companies, as well as a number of officers of the European Commission.

A final round table has defined challenges and policy actions to be tackled by policy makers.