1. 4 th COCOM Meeting Tenerife Susanne Jakobs, ZENIT Katja Käding, NeMa 7 th and 8 th of April, 2005 Mancommunidad of North Tenerife Implementation Activities PSIP / NRW - State of the Art -

2. nNeMa: New Materials nNeMa: Who we are! nZENIT: NeMa and STRATINC nZENIT: STRATINC – State of the Art – nNetwork of Experts for Plastics and Ceramics Agenda

3. Centre of Competence for Advanced Materials Support for suppliers of Advanced Materials

4. Advanced Materials A growing market plastics, nanomaterials, coatings complex products and processes (need explanation) ca. 25 % of all enterprises are potential customers

5. Gaining new customers and information? Time and money innovations need to be quick to the market good connections to innovative SME joint projects Gründer Mittelständler $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

6. Market Place Advanced Materials Target Marketing for Advanced Materials information no advertising specialised on Advanced Materials good connections - network

7. Our Trade shows HMI 2005, 11.–15.4.2005, Hannover TechTextil 2005, 07.-09.06.2005, Frankfurt a. M. Z 2005, 21.-23.06.2005, Leipzig Materialica 2005, 20.–22.9.2005, München Surfacts 2005, 04. -06.10.2005, Karlsruhe EuroMold 2005, 30.–03.12.2005, Frankfurt a. M. Participation: 990 Euro

8. PR-package: The components NeMa-News: most often read Newsletter in the field Press release: we do have something to say Special reports: Good content and interesting

9. high value for low price gaining new customers good partners good Google rank, attractive homepage NeMa-membership: being part of the business Surface Technology (CVD-process) Analytics (Surface of a diamond) Advanced Materials (microperls) Technology (Simulation)

10. Technology transfer - top-notch contacts to match know-how- Business visits (especially SMEs Advanced Materials) Founders and Spin-offs Established companies with good market positions Universities and research institutes = „Trendscouting“ Ministry of economics and labour in NRW Partner initiatives e.g. Life Science, Optics, Microsystems, Chemistry Software Bazaar 42 Newsletter

11. Inhouse projects at NeMa: 1997 - 2003 Project Description Client Term Study: Spin-off potential in the field of Advanced Materials Research and evaluation of trends in the field of Advanced Materials. Display of opportunities and market potentials. Partners of the Rheinisch Bergischen Technology-Centre (RBTZ) 1997 First steps to establish the competence centre for Advanced Materials Foundation of an office for technology transfer in the field of Advanced Materials. Organisation of congresses with up to 300 visitors and 35 exhibitors. Ministry of economics, SME, technology and traffic in NRW and partners of the RBTZ 1998- 2000 Virtual marketplaceAn internet based data base for Advanced Materials is built up and established Ministry of economics and labour in NRW (MWA) and partners of the RBTZ 1999- 2001 kMAP Foundation of a knowledge based support software to manage knowledge in SMEs. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) 2000- 2003 Establish and growth of the competence centre for Advanced Materials Enlargement of the offices activities: 83 active members, four trade shows per year, edition of an E-Mail-Newsletters with two news daily from research and industry. Ministry of economics and labour in NRW (MWA) and partners of the RBTZ 2001- 2003

12. Projects since 2003 Project Description Clients Term Support for networking in the field of Advanced Materials in NRW Initiating and Establishing competence networks in the field of Advanced Materials in NRW by means of: identification of existing potentials support in concept development for efficient networking support of grass roots network activities and support concerning communication and PR Ministry of economics and labour in NRW (MWA) 01/2004 12/2005 Stratinc „Strategic Intelligence and Innovative Clusters“ Implementing and establishing innovative cluster in in various regions and sectors (all over Europe): In NRW Advanced Materials. enhance competitiveness and innovation of SMEs and industrial clusters by networking activities and knowledge management. support of cluster formation by means of an internet based software solution. EU-Commission and Ministry of economics and labour in NRW (MWA) 10/2003 09/2005

13. Thank you for listening!

14.  STRATINC in NRW covers the sector of „New Materials“  Materials have inherently an interdisciplinary character  NRW can be distinguished into several regions  To enable a demand orientated approach it was necessary to identify a “New Materials” leading business  NeMa supports STRATINC with its knowledge about the sector, its SMEs and its engagement to create a successful PSIP in NRW The role of NeMa within STRATINC in NRW

15.  Identification of an appropriate network  Change from the FORMETA network to the area of plastics and ceramic  Under the umbrella of NeMa and ZENIT STRATINC – State of the Art 1/3

16.  Bazaar42  Supports knowledge-based dialog in order to exchange and generate knowledge  Community Solution  Overcoming fragmentation on a local level STRATINC – State of the Art 2/3

17.  Technical software implementation succeeded  Recruitment of knowledge carriers from the ceramic and plastic sector in NRW  High motivation for participation is extremly important! STRATINC – State of the Art 3/3

18.  Kick-Off Workshop for Bazaar42: 22 nd, April 2005  Moderated workshop session  Objectives:  Attract 10-12 Experts in a first round (SME, research, intermediaries)  Enlarge participants number in the next month up to 80-100  Option to integrate customer within the virtual network  Participants will be accompanied and trained by NeMa and ZENIT Network of Experts for Plastics and Ceramics

19. Thank you very much for your attention!