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Plastics Cluster

Largest Plastics-Network in Europe Cluster Approach with Special Interest Groups for

Cross Innovation

Clusters and networks in Upper Austria

Ecoenergy(Upper Austrian

Energiesparverband)

Food(Upper Austrian Chamber

of Commerce)

Logistics(Association for Network

Logistics)

© Clusterland Upper Austria Ltd

Plastics

Automotive Health Technology

Mechatronics

Furniture & Timber

EnvironmentalTechnology

Resources andEnergy Efficiency

Human Resources

Information Technology

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Core strategy of the Plastics Cluster


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Our core competencies:

Increase in profit through

innovative products /

services

Optimization of costs or

resources through

collaboration

GOAL!

„we know, who knows

what“

CRM

Working withcompany groups

Project

Management


The Plastics Cluster not profit but performance orientated


� Legal body: - Clusterland Upper Austria Ltd.

- ecoplus. The Business Agency of Lower Austria Ltd.

- ITG Salzburg

� Founded: 01.04.1999

� Funding: - financial ressources of the state governments of UpperAustria, Lower Austria and Salzburg

- contributions of cluster-partners- Externally funded projects (national / EU)- Self-financing ratio (2011): 95,3 %

Governance & evaluation: KC-advisory board (company members)

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Participation of the regions(409 Partners)

Germany 32Switzerland 4Liechtenstein 1Belgium 1

Vorarlberg3

Tyrol6

Burgenland6

Carinthia11

Salzburg25

Lower Austria83

Styria18

Upper Austria186 Vienna

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Supra-regional cluster development

CM

CM

CM

Common Advisory Board

Regional Services:

- Cooperation Projects - Corporate Services - Regional Specialization- Regional Funding for Projects - Regional Marketing - Regional Events/Seminars

Central Services:

- Information platform- database - website - events/seminars - qualification - internationalisation

Regional Services:


Regional Services:


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Recyclate producers (9)Raw material producers/retail (33)

Incorporating the whole value-chain409 Partners

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Mechanical Engineering (52)Dye and tooling production (35)

OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)

Plastics Processing (166)

Tubes Profiles Vehicle Industry

Packaging Medical Industry Optical applications

Sanitation / Hygiene

Structural Industry

……

Aircraft Manufacture

Textile applications Sport / Leisure / Household / Office


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Starting point:• events• market observation• company visits• advisory board

Support by:• newsletters• contacts• database• company visits

Support in:• moderation• project structuring• proposal writing• ev. submission for funding

Working out of:• press information• press conferences• events

Support in:• preparation of interim reports• preparation of the final report

find partners

structuringimple-

mentationdissemination

Project preparation

Support in:• moderation• administration• cooperation agreements

projectkick-off

idea

Description of cooperation processes

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Cross-company collaborationDeliver innovative ideas together in cooperation projects

Support services of the clusters

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Cross-company collaborationNationally funded projects

Example: KnittFRPKnitted Fiber Reinforced Plastics

Project term: June 2010 - December 2012

Project partner: ASA.TEC Asamer Basaltic Fibres GmbH, StranzingerMetallbau, Kobleder GmbH, TCKT, FH OÖ, Ingenieurbüro Wolfgang Billinger, Kunststoff-Cluster

Objectives and results:A new manufacturing process for fiber-reinforced plastic parts has been developed. The special: first multilayer circular knit fabrics are used.

The prototype of the world's unique circular knitting machine has been constructed.Press release >>

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Fiber supply and knitting unit of

the multilayer circular prototypes


Cross-Cluster/Cross-Border CollaborationEU-funded projects

Example: ALPlasticsProject term: September 2011 - August 2013

Project partner: Kunststoff-Cluster (Austria), Proplast (Italy), RegionePiemonte (Italy), Carma (Frankreich), Plastipolis (France), Chemie Cluster Bayern (Germany), Réseau Plasturgie (Switzerland)

Tasks and objectives:ALPlastics is a network of private/public actors involved in local development policies in 5 Alpine regions - will promote a public-private cooperation and create proper conditions for OPEN and STRATEGIC INNOVATION in the ALPINE PLASTICS CLUSTERS and strengthen the related economic sector.

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Cross-Cluster collaborationEU-funded projects

Example: WiintechProject term: January 2012 - January 2014

Project partner: Plastipolis (France), Proplast (Italy), Chemi-Cluster Bayern (Germany), NEPIC (UK), Kunststoff-Cluster (Austria), Plastival (Spain), Veneto Nanotech (Italy), Poolnet (Portugal)

Tasks and objectives:The aim of this international project is to link the clusters and their companies with more clusters and companies in the plastics industry and environmental engineering in the target markets of India, Brazil and the USA.

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Cross-Cluster collaborationNationally and regional-funded projects

Example: Strat:netStarting Point for Defined Cross Cluster Activities

Development of a Roadmap Process for Special Interest Groups(SIG)

Tasks and objectives:Defining relevant sectors: WPC, Renewable Energies, Leightweight, SmartPlastics and Plastics-Textiles-Mechatronics

Screening of players and networks in Europe

Defining Roadmap Process and Implementation

Project Potentials within the Strategic Interest Groups

Cross-Cluster & Company collaboration

Development of Special Interest Groups(SIG)

Objective:

Cluster Interdisciplinarity

Focus on

Technology Development

International Marketing

Collaboration of Regions

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Cross-company collaborationWood Plastics Composites

WPC Platform in Austria200,000 t total market volume for wood-plastic composites in Europe (EU 25 + Norway + Switzerland in 2010)

15 % annual growth rate

Market volume is expected to double by 2014

Two thirds of extruded WPC is used for decking in the European market

WPC has also a place in building construction for both outdoor and indoor applications

Members of the WPC Competence Center Austria:

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Eco-WPC

Main Objective

Ecological and economic production of WPC products:

improvement of properties and cost situation


3. Eco-WPC Project: Improvement of properties and

costs of WPC as a chance for new, innovative products and markets

Austrian Advanced Lightweight Technology

A cooperative initiative of Automotive-, Mechatronics-, Plastics-Cluster, the industry division of the Economic Chamber of Upper Austria and the Automotive Cluster Styria

Cross-company collaborationAustrian Advanced Lightweight Technology

Networking of companies and R&D institutions

Bundling of material transversal competences(steel, light metals, plastics)

Develop and market innovative products and solutions for new markets

Increase visibility of businesses and their products / services

Strengthen and develop the lightweight theme in the various fields of work

Use of complex technological or manufacturing opportunities for completely new fields of application

Arouse interest of companies and R & D facilities outside Austria

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Materials development, testing / simulation, construction

Connection technology, functional integration, hybrid

Accompanying measures: training, public relations, lightweight roadmap, competence matrix

Manufacturing, production and recycling

Market, application and lifecycle management

Systematic lightweight construction and design

TOPICS


Topics/Themes approached

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material development & testing, engineering & design principles

joining technologies, functional integration, hybridization

dissemination & training

production & recycling

market analysis & lifecycle management

systematic lightweight development processes

� Target group: companies, R&D institutions, associations, education

institutions and stakeholders located in Austria

� Membership in at least one cluster is necessary

� If there is no location in Austria or no membership in at least one of

the participating clusters, the proposal will be put to the vote

� Signed membership agreement

� Admission of new members by ordinary resolution

� Membership may be canceled in case of violating binding rules

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Membership

PLASTEXTRON NETWORKBoosting collaboration between research centres and industry

• The quick industrial implementation ofnew technologies in the segment offunctional textiles

• To stimulate knowledge and technologytransfer from universities and R&D institues towards industry

• Joint projects with interdisciplinaryPartners (R&D and Industrie)

Project Targets

Aims of PlasTexTron

Project duration:

September 2013 -August 2014

Günter Grabher V-

Trion

smart textile

platform

Jürgen Dienstl

KC&MC

Clusterland

Upper Austria

Harald Bleier

KC&MC

ecoplus

Lower Austria

� Strengthen the competitive position

� Gain new business contacts

� Gain access to new markets

� Develop new business fields

� Collaborations and long-term international strategic

partnerships arise across industries

Develop interfaces between

approx. 1.000 companies

First results and conclusionsafter two years in Austria

• The economic situation in the textile industry isbelow of the industrial average

• The still existing companies focused on niche market segments

• Textile companies are developing new market segments e.g. smart light weight constructions used for technical solutions

• Cross sectional technologies and competences are needed to reach the project aims.

Project ideasGloves with sensors: for machine safety to substitute light barrier. When the employee's hand is in the machine, the machine will stop

Solar grill: prototype is produced. Searching for producers. Spin doctor: www.sunsausage.com

Chair cushion: with heating elements in textiles, with integrated sensor technology. Used in garden, restaurants, sidewalk cafés, outdoor

Sensor-coat for robots to protect them from collision and damage, with integrated sensor technology

Intelligent clothing for e.g. firefighters, police, street workers: to increase their safety during their mission

Renewable fiber bundles replacing polyurethane foams

Activity time tablePlastic-Cluster

Cross-company collaborationEU-funded projects

Example: ImB – Innovative with bionicsProject term: September 2013 - December 2014

Project partner: Clusterland OÖ GmbH, Innovations- und technologietransferSalzburg GmbH, HDU - Deggendorf - Technologie Campus Freyung

Tasks and objectives:Langfristig soll dies zu wirtschaftlich verwertbaren Innovationen führen. The aim of the Interreg project is to demonstrate the potential of the discipline of bionics as an innovation strategy for SMEs in Bavaria and Austria. Various activities are performed in special with small- and medium-sized companies. This should lead to economically exploitable innovations.

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The European Initiative for Smart PlasticsDr. Redlhammer (Dynaxity)

Cross-company collaborationSpecial Interest Group: Smart Plastics

Back injection molded, intelligent foils (flexible substrates, cheap mass production, electrical conductor and semiconductor properties)

Future potential for the plastics industry in upper Austria

Networking & advancement of the focal points of developement in mechatronics and plastics

Awareness-raising of the regional economy for innovative new technologies

Members of the Initiative Smart Plastics:

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The touchskin surface is used in

"sensitive_surface" to navigate through the

operating levels of the onboard computer.


Transportation Packaging Medical devicesBuilding & construction

Consumer and sport goods

Smart Plastics: a fast growing area

www.smart-plastics.com

Map of Competences


Sensitive Surface

Touch. Feel. Interact.New technologies will change theface of man-machine interface forever.Intuitively to use, easy to assemble.


Cluster Collaboration ProjectsPlastics ClusterDeep drawing and injection moulding of conductive

structures

Partners:HUECK FOLIEN Gesellschaft m.b.H., Schöfer GmbH, plastic electronic GmbH

Topic:The project involved the selection of the materials for films, conductor paths and injection, the production of a film or film composite with conductive structures, deep drawing, pre-forming, back injection of the film and contacting via the external electronics.

Results:The project partners have succeeded in bringing the new moulded component concept to serial production maturity. Two applications have been developed and manufactured consisting of a touchskin® Presenter (remote PC control) and the touchskin® light control.

Success Story:On the basis of the project and the teamwork between the project partners, the Smart Plastics Platform has been founded and Sensitive Surface Technology developed.

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Component with

intergrated electronics

From the sensor film to

the sandwich component

made from sensor film

and black decorative film.

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New musical instruments withunlimited possibilities for a new age.(design study)

Touch Sensitive Guitar


3D-MEOD

A simulation/production platform will be the techno-logical basis for the inno-vative user console 2.0!

New materials and newprocesses for 3D-shaped injection molding partsbring up electric, opticaland sensory film substrates.


touchskin, waterdrop design

Pure design for white goods.Switches, buttons, wheels and complicated setups.All that belongs to the past.


‚Inno-Roadmap‘ – creative process model

A new kind of innovation process.

The best way to discover, what capabilitiesand features of my company are valuable forthe smart plastics industries.

Access to a growing market of the future.


Thank you for your attentionLucia Seel ([email protected]) on behalf of:

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Office Linz:

Clusterland Oberösterreich GmbHKunststoff-ClusterA-4020 Linz, Hafenstraße 47 - 51, Bauteil BHerr DI (FH) Christian AltmannTel. +43/732/79810-5115 Fax +43/732/79810-5110E-Mail: [email protected]: http://www.kunststoff-cluster.at

Office St. Pölten:

ecoplus. The Business Agency of Lower Austria Niederösterreichring 2, Haus AA-3100 St. PöltenHerr Ing. Harald BleierTel. +43/2742/9000-19672Fax +43/2742/9000-19684E-Mail: [email protected]: http://www.kunststoff-cluster.at

Office Salzburg:

Innovations- und Technologietransfer Salzburg GmbHA – 5020 SalzburgMag. Rainer SteindlerTel. +43/662/254300-18Fax +43/662/254300-80E-Mail: [email protected]: http://www.kunststoff-cluster.at


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