Writer: Miglė Lebedevaitė (in the picture) ‘Technorama 2020’ is an international event organized annually by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, which attracts over 60 scientists from various universities and more than 2,000 visitors. The innovations presented by young scientists range from products and technologies for health monitoring to concrete made from waste, as well…
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Writer: Deivydas Čepas On 28-30th of April 2020, Lithuanian Business Confederation (LBC) together with partners from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Poland and Lithuania hosted an important online meeting aimed to discuss the progress and future opportunities of the “ECOLABNET – Network of Service Providers for Eco-innovations in Manufacturing SMEs” project. “ECOLABNET” project is carried out as…
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Writer: Sanna Peltonen, MUOVA, Pictures: Veera Hautala, MUOVA SMEs need support from external organisations when they are developing eco-innovations. Intermediary organisations have an important role in encouraging, promoting, and facilitating business-to-business linkages and partnerships. Intermediary organisation can be public or private. They can be non-profit or for-profit organizations like chambers of commerce, trade associations, local…
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Writer: Trine M. Nielsen, VIA University College An important task in the project is to communicate about ECOLABNET, making the network visible. This post is an example of such an activity. We would be happy to do it again.PRE- Corona, Team VIA presented the ECOLABNET project externally at a conference in an Intermediary organization “Hedensted…
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Writer: Trine M. Nielsen, VIA University College A survey conducted within the ECOLABNET project in the 6 partner countries – Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark – shows, that the manufacturing SMEs in regard to eco-innovation in general are: highly motivated, already working with eco-innovation or at least considering it making procedures for implementing…
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Writer: Mangirdas Malinauskas, Vilnius University We have investigated acrylated epoxidized soy bean oil (AESO) based photocurable resins, which were proven to be suitable for both commercially available personal table-top 3D printers and to state-of-the-art ultrafast laser nanolithography dedicated setups. Thus, it covers the range of 5 orders of magnitude in spatial fabrication resolution/accuracy, which by…
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Writer: Sanna Peltonen, Vaasa university of Applied Sciences, Design Centre MUOVA. The importance of ecological aspects has increased in recent years and eco-innovation is often discussed in the context of sustainability. According to the European Commission, “Eco-innovation refers to all forms of innovation – technological and non-technological – that create business opportunities and benefit the…
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Writer: Veera Hautala, Vaasa university of Applied Sciences, Design Centre MUOVA. Ecolabnet project researchers participated in the leading industrial event in Northern Europe in Helsinki on March 11-12, 2020, called PacTec, FoodTec & PlastExpo Nordic. A total of 2,765 visitors visited the fair over two days. Although the current coronavirus significantly reduced the number of…
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Writer: Rathish Rajan, Centria UAS, Finland Today, prototyping is a crucial part of the industrial product development process to remain competitive in the business. A prototype is a physical representation of a whole product or a component of a product that, although limited in some aspects, can be used for testing, design, and evaluation. Prototypes must…
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Writer: Dariusz Dudek, CTU Czestochowa University of Technology On October 27-29, 2019 in Czestochowa, the second working meeting of the ECOLABNET Network of Service Providers for Eco-innovations in Manufacturing SMEs project, implemented as part of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region program, aimed at creating a network of service providers supporting ecological innovations in manufacturing SMEs…
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