mecatech, building the future

COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS

OBJECTIVE:

→ Boosting Activity And Employment

→ Driving the entire mechanical engineering sector

by Setting Up And Implementing Large Innovative Projects with an International dimension, based

on Networks Combining Large Companies, Smes, Universities, Research And Competence Centres.

6 COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS:

POLE MECATECH – STRATEGIC FIELDS & APPLICATION DOMAINS

4 Strategic Fields 6 priority markets10 technologies

Shapping

technologies (ex :

AM..)

Maintenance &

smart production

Materials &

surface treatment

Mecatronics &

microtechnology

105 projets labellized

Investment:

290MM€

3 Plateforms

(90MM€)

280 members

2140 jobs

created by

cluster

members

POLE MECATECH – RESULTS (2006-2016)

« DRIVING FORCE : MECATECH HAS BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT LEADING COMPANIES »

« JOB CREATION WAS COUPLED WITH AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITYV »

POLE MECATECH – RESULTS (2006-2016)

« DRIVING FORCE : MECATECH HAS BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT LEADING COMPANIES »

« JOB CREATION WAS COUPLED WITH AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITYV »

Mechanical Engineering is a transversal domain. The projects supported by MecaTech match the

with the following strategic guidelines :

• The necessity to address markets involving Finished Products, Machine & Equipement for

consumers or industrial production

• The combination of varied scientific & technological knowledge and know-how leads to the

hybridization of technologies, and breakthrough innovations which are vital in todays

innovation process. It relies on synergies between partners including some improbable

� MECATECH PROJECT LIONEL :

3 NEW INTRAOCULAR LENSES – 4

PATTERNS

� MECATECH PROJECTS WIN-GTR :

NEW PRODUCT « PROTEUS » - 4

PATTERNS

POLE MECATECH – VISION / STRATEGY / HYBRIZATION

PROJECT EXAMPLE

Consortium Partners : Cerisic, I-Care, Micromega Dynamics, MoDyVa, Multitel

• Main services :

� Initiate, Set-up, Select and Follow-up Industrial R&D projects

(collaborative), Investment projects, or training projects ;

� Support in commercialization of research outputs (market studies, IP

management, partner search, link with public or private investors,…);

� Setting-up Innovation platforms (sharing research capabilities,

production facilities…): Reverse Metallurgy etc…

� International Development with support of AWEX&WBI. Focus on

projects => Exploring missions, Partner Search for EU consortia, EU

projects, Experts Seminars & Events, Attraction of foreign investors…

SERVICES

MecaTech’s digital strategy consists in 3 levels of action :

1. Demand side : Promoting the use of digital in products : Automotive, Medical Devices, Machines & Equipment,

Smart Maintenance… Ex AW EUROPE, ICARE, LORA-SENSE, ADRIC,…

2. Demand side : Digitalization of industrial processes in order to improve productivity and competitiveness at

various stages of the value chain. Ex : JTEKT, Procoplast, Legomedic, …

3. Supply side: Development of competences of companies providing digitalization and automation support,

especially SMEs. Ex: Big data, Sensors, Simulation, IoT, …

Mecatech wants to match competences of companies from the supply side, with the needs of companies

from the demand side. This is achieved through various programs, the set up of projects, and trainings

POLE MECATECH – DIGITAL STRATEGY

OFFER & DEMAND

New support programme for SMEs, financed by ERDF funding

(INTERREG France Wallonie Vlaanderen).

The goal is to accelerate the digital transformation of SMEs by

providing them with a clear and concrete understanding of the

priority changes to make in their strategies. Based on this

action plan, the MecaTech Cluster will identify partners who

can provide the skills required and the best financing options

to implement the action plans..

FACTORY 4.0 - Support ROBOTIX - Training

In addition to the support programme, this training projet aims at

strenghtening the industry to face the challenges of qualified

wrkforce shortage, and job preservation.

Formation: Managers & Operators, Business Cases,

Demonstrators,…

POLE MECATECH – DIGITAL STRATEGY

PROGRAMMES

� Anthony Van Putte – CEO

[email protected] | +32 476 972609

� Danielle AUBRY– Project Manager

[email protected]

� Alice Szostak – Communication Manager


� Jean Denoël – Continous improvement & Training Executive


� Sébastien Pinoy – Factory 4.0 Project Manager

[email protected] | +32 470 21 71 32

� Thibaud Van Rooden – International Affairs Executive


� Jacques Germay – Administrator, International & Strategy


� Natalie Boever – Office Manager

[email protected] | +32 81 20 68 50

CONTACTS

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