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Economic mission to Japan
16-10-2017
Japan is one of the most important business destinations. In spring 2017, Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, paid a visit exclusively dedicated to the s...
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Materials and manufacturing: Promoting collaboration
16-10-2017
The sharing of skills and specialised expertise was on the agenda when the members of the Luxembourg Materials & Manufacturing Cluster met for the second edition of their “Present Yourself” event on 12 October 2017.
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Bertrand Piccard: "Clean growth is always better than the polluted status quo"
13-10-2017
Energy transition and sustainable growth were at the heart of the speech given by Swiss entrepreneur Bertrand Piccard, one of the key speakers of the recent international “Life Cycle Management&...
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Innovation as key driver of growth for businesses
13-10-2017
The paths which lead to a company’s growth are multiple, and include technological innovation, diversification, mergers and acquisitions, forecasting, with each one needing special attention. Th...
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Luxembourg AutoMobility Cluster - For a mobility that is connected, automated and green
13-10-2017
While the issue of mobility is now a hot-button topic both politically and at a grassroots level, the Luxembourg AutoMobility Cluster, managed by Luxinnovation reflects the will to develop this worthy...
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Luxembourg becomes first country to seal participation contract in Expo 2020 Dubai
13-10-2017
As part of the visit, Maggy Nagel, General Commissioner of the Luxembourg Pavilion and President of the Board of Management of Luxembourg @ Expo 2020 Dubai, and Najeeb Al-Ali, Executive Director, Duba...
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Inauguration of Luxembourg's new Cybersecurity Competence Center (C3)
13-10-2017
On Thursday 12 October 2017, Luxembourg’s Secretary of State for Economy, Francine Closener, participated in the official opening of the C3, the national competence centre in cybersecurity. This...
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International cooperation Cross-border automatic driving
13-10-2017
Autonomous cars are the future, at least in part. Forty years after a Japanese laboratory successfully tested a driverless car (at 30 km/h on a dedicated circuit), technological advances have now made it possible to envisage such vehicles becoming a part of everyday traffic
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RAK Porcelain announces €7.5m Investment Project
13-10-2017
On the last day of the trade mission to the United Arab Emirates chaired by HRH the Hereditary Grand Duke, accompanied by HRH the Hereditary Grand Duchess and headed by Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime...
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Emirates SkyCargo and Cargolux announce codeshare partnership
12-10-2017
Earlier this year Cargolux Airlines and Emirates SkyCargo announced the start of a strategic operational partnership with the two carriers working closely on a number of operational areas including bl...
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Researcher addresses gap in messaging privacy
12-10-2017
Dr. Jiangshan Yu at the University of Luxembourg has developed a solution to a longstanding problem in the field of end-to-end encryption.
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CLINNOVA kick-off: towards a Centre of Excellence in Digital Health and Personalised Healthcare
12-10-2017
A consortium coordinated by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), together with partners including LIH and IBBL - Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg as well as the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg, has been successful in Phase 1 of the European Commission’s H2020 programme TEAMING.
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Exclusive training session IATF 16949:16
12-10-2017
On 8 September 2017, the Luxembourg AutoMobility Cluster and the Luxembourg Materials and Manufacturing Cluster organised a one-day training session for key functional group managers on the topic of IATF 16949:16, one of the automotive industry’s most widely used international standards for quality management.
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50 years of Morgan Advanced Materials Luxembourg
11-10-2017
On 15 September, the Royal Highness Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg participated in the 50th anniversary of Cluster member Morgan Advanced Materials Luxembourg.
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Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates to cooperate on space activities
11-10-2017
Considering their common interest in the exploration, use and application of space for peaceful purposes, Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) jointly agreed on the opportunity to cooperate on space activities.
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Sectoral Mission to Belgian Research Centre, “Flanders Make”
11-10-2017
On October 5, 2017, the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (CC) in collaboration with the Luxembourg Automobility Cluster (LAC) and the Luxembourg Materials & Manufacturing Cluster organised a sectoral mission to the headquarters of strategic research centre for the manufacturing industry, Flanders Make in Lommel, Belgium.
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Electric scooters made in Luxembourg
10-10-2017
Read the article about Cluster member Ujet published in Luxemburger Wort on 4 October.
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Call for applications: Y-ISEF
04-10-2017
The Ministry of the Economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is willing to select up to two highly motivated candidates, who are likely to play a major role in the space sector of Luxembourg in the future, to represent Luxembourg at Y-ISEF.
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Innovation Prize in skilled workmanship 2017: These are the finalists
04-10-2017
The 12 finalists of the Innovation Prize in skilled workmanship 2017 are selected. The award ceremony will take place on 23 November in Luxembourg.
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Certificate - Smart ICT for business innovation (professionnel)
03-10-2017
As of the 2015 Winter Semester, the University of Luxembourg and its partner, the Institut luxembourgeois de la normalisation, de l'accréditation, de la sécurité et qualité des produits et services (ILNAS), are offering the certificate - Smart ICT for business innovation.
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Heating with wood
03-10-2017
Read the article about Luxenergie's biomass plant on Kirchberg published in Luxemburger Wort on 29 September.
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Goodyear Using Soybean Oil-Based Rubber in Tires
02-10-2017
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is harvesting some unique “seeds” of innovation as it introduces a new tire technology with support from the United Soybean Board
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A new Innovation Hub in Dudelange
02-10-2017
At a press conference on 29 September 2017, Francine Closener, Secretary of State of the Economy, and Dan Biancalana, Mayor of Dudelange, presented the "Innovation Hub Dudelange" project, the first incubator for young innovative companies in Dudelange.
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Virtual Reality: Tourists experience 19th Century Luxembourg
29-09-2017
Digital Devotion Group presents new Tourist attraction - Virtual Reality (VR) turns City Tour into time travel experience
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Call for new earth explorer mission ideas
29-09-2017
The call invites scientists working in Earth observation to submit ideas for ESA’s 10th Earth Explorer mission. Deadline of submission is 15 December 2017.
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New space activities in the Grand Duchy
29-09-2017
The Ministry of the Economy and Sweden-based GomSpace Group AB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for their cooperation to develop, through a company to be created in the Grand Duchy and 100% owned by GomSpace, several activities focused on operations of constellations of nanosatellites and supporting GomSpace customers in data processing and delivery.
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New participants for Fit 4 Start autumn 2017 edition announced at spring 2017 Graduation Night
27-09-2017
Last night at Technoport (Incubator, co-working space and fab lab), Luxinnovation announced the five new start-ups selected for the Fit 4 Start coaching program.
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Luxembourg has won one place in the global competitiveness report
27-09-2017
The grand duchy ranked 19th out of 137 territories in the Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018, produced by the World Economic Forum, a major Swiss research institute. Locally the WEF worked with t...
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Francine Closener signs co-funding agreement for 1535° Creative Hub
27-09-2017
The project 1535° Creative Hub was launched by the city of Differdange in 2013 with the objective to boost creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship and to create a platform where creative industries can develop and exchange. A co-funding agreement was signed on 24 September 2017 by the Secretary of State of the Economy Francine Closener and the Mayor of Differdange Roberto Traversini.
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Goodyear to Acquire Ventech Systems from Grenzebach Maschinenbau
22-09-2017
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced today that it has agreed to acquire Ventech Systems GmbH, a leader in automated tire inspection technology, from Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH.
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