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Simplified guide to aid for environmental protection
05-12-2022
The Ministry of the Economy and Luxinnovation have just published a guide to raise companies’s awareness of environmental protection measures, and to encourage them to take advantage of the aid available. Luxinnovation informs and supports companies wishing to apply for aid.
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Luxinnovation and the City of Tsukuba to jointly facilitate innovation
05-12-2022
On 2 December 2022, Luxinnovation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Tsukuba, a leading centre for research and innovation in Japan. The two organisations will cooperate to promote economic development and innovation and provide mutual support to innovative companies.
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Luxinnovation and South Korean KAIST GCC to cooperate
28-11-2022
Luxinnovation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Global Commercialization Center of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST GCC) on 28 November 2022. The main objective is to facilitate business and investment opportunities for South Korean companies in Luxembourg.
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Bridging the digital divide
23-11-2022
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology has recently been awarded substantial Horizon Europe funding for its COMMECT project, which is aimed at bringing digital connectivity to rural communities. Luxinnovation helped the coordinator find key international partners and ensure the high quality of the funding application.
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Engaging in Horizon Europe projects: What’s first?
17-11-2022
Organised by Luxinnovation, the event “Engaging in Horizon Europe projects: What’s first?” was held on 8 November 2022 at the Chamber of Commerce. Its main objective was to provide a detailed guided tour on the necessary sequential steps – from designing the project idea to the basics of proposal writing – to be taken by organisations wanting to get engaged in Horizon Europe projects for the first time.
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Wood Cluster workshop on cross-laminated timber innovation
16-11-2022
The construction sector’s use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) is constantly increasing. On 9 November 2022, the Luxembourg Wood Cluster organised an interregional workshop focused on potential new CLT applications in innovative timber construction.
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Circular by Design Challenge call for applications open
10-11-2022
The third edition of Circular by Design Challenge offers Luxembourg and European companies the opportunity to develop innovative, sustainable solutions through a 12-week coaching programme and the possibility to win an award of €8,000. The deadline for submitting applications is 9 January 2023.
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Fit 4 Start #13: 15 start-ups selected
28-10-2022
15 start-ups from 9 different countries have been selected for participation in the 13th edition of start-up accelerator Fit 4 Start. In addition to 6 months of coaching, pre-seed funding and access to all the key players of the Luxembourg start-up ecosystem, participants will also be encouraged to look into how their products and services can have a positive sustainable impact.
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How to combine competitiveness and sustainable development with Fit 4 Sustainability
26-10-2022
The new Fit 4 Sustainability support programme helps companies assess and decrease their environmental impact in order to reduce costs, improve their reputation and gain new customers who appreciate a sustainable approach. Emmanuelle Kipper, Senior Advisor – SME Performance at Luxinnovation, provides further explanations.
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Circular by Design Challenge #3: Join the launch webinar
25-10-2022
The call for applications for the third edition of Circular by Design Challenge will open on 9 November 2022. The launch webinar will provide detailed information for Luxembourg and European companies that want to join the programme to develop and refine their innovative, sustainable solutions.
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DIH ON TOUR: Inspiring digital transformation
24-10-2022
Between 20 September and 6 October 2022, the yellow DIH ON TOUR bus criss-crossed Luxembourg. The initiative by the Luxembourg Digital Innovation Hub, aimed at offering companies the opportunity to discuss their digital transformation in the close vicinity to their premises, was met with much enthusiasm by both manufacturers and digital service providers.
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MSCA4Ukraine: Supporting scheme for displaced Ukrainian researchers
19-10-2022
As part of the European Union’s response to the war in Ukraine, the European Commission has launched a scheme to support displaced researchers from Ukraine: the MSCA4Ukraine scheme. The call for applications will be launched on 24 October 2022.
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Next Health Tech market events
13-10-2022
Luxinnovation is working together with EIT Health, University of Luxembourg and Tomorrow Street on the organisation of a series of events that will take place at the end of October in Luxembourg
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Symbiotik: AI-driven data visualisation
06-10-2022
For the first time, an EIC Pathfinder grant is coordinated by the University of Luxembourg.
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Sustainable real estate project ELMEN constructed using wood
04-10-2022
As part of a professional exchange with Dutch investors and project developers from the real estate sector, Luxinnovation, via its Wood Cluster, organised on 30 September in close cooperation with Luxembourg Trade and Invest an interesting tour of the flagship ELMEN project, a timber construction complex.
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Luxembourg cooperation with Japan External Trade Organisation
03-10-2022
National innovation agency Luxinnovation has signed a memorandum of cooperation with JETRO, the Japan External Trade Organisation, in order to support innovative Japanese companies looking to open offices in Luxembourg.
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World Standards Day 2022
30-09-2022
ILNAS, in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg, will give an update on the 2020-2030 national standardization strategy on 14 October 2022.
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How digitalisation facilitates material reuse in construction
30-09-2022
The "Petite maison" project, inaugurated in mid-September, also provided input to a thematic day around circularity and reuse in construction.
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Feedback on Business Partnership Facility
29-09-2022
While a new call for projects of the BPF co-financing mechanism is open until 20 October, the first companies that have benefitted from it have shared their experience.
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Intellectual property: Workshop on design law
28-09-2022
An introduction to the design framework and practical issues SMEs should consider to protect the ornamental features of their products.
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Transport: EUR 5.12 billion to enhance key infrastructure across the European Union
28-09-2022
A call for proposals launched today under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport programme makes EUR 5.12 billion available for projects targeting new upgraded and improved European transport infrastructure. Projects funded under this call will help to increase the sustainability of the transport network, putting the EU on track to meet the European Green Deal objective of cutting transport emissions by 90% by 2050
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Luxembourg remains a strong innovator
27-09-2022
Luxembourg remains the 7th best-performing EU country in the 2022 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard and continues to stand out for its highly attractive research system.
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Haesaerts: Dual fuel diesel-hydrogen lorries from Luxembourg
26-09-2022
Luxembourg’s first public hydrogen stationwill be operated by TotalEnergies in 2023. Haesaerts Luxembourg will benefit directly from this technological advance in its development of a fleet of "dual fuel" lorries.
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5G-Safe-Plus: serving road safety
26-09-2022
The V2X system for data exchange between road infrastructure and connected vehicles deployed at a test site in the south of Luxembourg City is delivering on its promise.
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The "Petite maison" officially inaugurated
22-09-2022
The result of intense collaborative work, this building erected in Belval is a model in terms of circularity and... deconstruction.
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Joint call High Performance Computing: information sessions
21-09-2022
A webinar series will explain how to prepare applications in order to respond to the joint call for HPC projects.
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DIH ON TOUR, here we go!
20-09-2022
Officially presented at the end of August, the second season of the touring initiative aimed at promoting industry 4.0 officially started this Tuesday in Hosingen.
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Phoenix: a European project coordinated by LIST
14-09-2022
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology leads the research coordination of an open innovation test bed for the preclinical phases of developing nano-pharmaceuticals.
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e-Holzhaff: a digital marketplace for the wood industry
13-09-2022
Franz Fayot, Minister of the Economy, and Sasha Baillie, CEO of the national innovation agency Luxinnovation, presented the e-Holzhaff platform, a digital marketplace aimed at facilitating the connection between supply and demand in the wood sector, thus optimising the value chain.
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A permanent shop for On.perfekt
02-09-2022
The On.perfekt cooperative, which participates to the Circular by Design Challenge, will implement its basic project at the beginning of September 2022: opening a permanent shop to sell fruit and vegetables that do not necessarily correspond to the standards found in traditional shops.
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