News

  • Fertile ground for green-technology partnership
    15 April 2013
    Thanks to the Enterprise Europe Network, a Czech SME found a Chilean partner to sell its eco-friendly compressors in the South American country. Jakub Spicka, the Czech firm's business department manager, says: "Chile is a hard market to succeed in on your own, but we believe in our cooperation and the competitiveness of our new partner." Read the full story
  • Toymaker makes his mark
    08 April 2013
    From his workshop in northeastern France, Michel Muller makes dollhouses and other old-fashioned wooden toys. Thanks to helpful advice from the Enterprise Europe Network, he is now able to sell his products throughout Europe. "Thanks to the Network, I'm selling more toys." says Muller. "With my new understanding of safety rules, I even developed a new range for children under 36 months." Read the full story
  • Green books for St Patrick's day
    08 April 2013
    Find out how the Network helped an Irish writer and book publisher bring her eco-firendly children's titles to the German audience."The Network's Cork branch was very efficient and the staff were positive and encouraging," says Olive O'Brien who runs Silver Angel Publishing and is about to start publishing its stories about polar bears going green in German. Read the Success Story
  • Success story of the week: Building a virtual playground
    14 March 2013
    The Enterprise Europe Network has brought together two SMEs which are now preparing to take the online and mobile gaming world by storm with a virtual playground designed to teach real-life ‘hero’ skills to youngsters. “Thanks to the Network, we found our first European partner,” says Remode Studios CEO Ella Romanos, whose firm has already doubled its staff amid the increased workload. Read the full story
  • Success story of the week: Moving into the fast lane
    14 March 2013
    The Enterprise Europe Network supports SMEs in their internalisation efforts. Auto-equipment firm Alca Mobil hooked up with wholesalers from Spain, Turkey and the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia at a trade fair applying lessons learnt from a Network seminar series. Tom Heyner, Alca Mobil's spokesman, says: “Thanks to the practical seminars, we have improved how we approach and communicate with potential clients.” Read the full story
  • Success story of the week: Restocking the Baltic Sea
    14 March 2013
    Discover how the Enterprise Europe Network helped a German state-owned company assemble a winning consortium for a research project on sustainable fisheries management. Matti Skor, project manager at Landesgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH, says: “When you start with the Network, one contact often leads to several others.” Read the full story
  • Success story of the week: Harvesting new business
    22 February 2013
    The Enterprise Europe Network helps companies explore new business opportunities and tap into foreign markets. With new machines from Austria, a Siberian agricultural firm prepares to branch out into butter and juice production after landing new SME suppliers through the Network. Entrepreneur Vasily Zhuravlev says: “We look forward to selling a range of new products made from quality home-grown products.” Read the full story
  • Success story of the week: New partner in a flash for chemicals firm
    14 February 2013
    On St. Valentine's day discover how the Network helps companies find their perfect match and build long-lasting partnerships. Thanks to the Network a German maker of environmentally friendly chemical products swiftly found a new distributor in Denmark. Jens Becker, Bio-Circle export manager, says: “We never found such a reliable business partner in such a short time. The Network is outstanding at generating successful business contacts – we couldn’t have done it without them.”
  • Success story of the week: Growing the family business
    06 February 2013
    The Enterprise Europe Network helps small businesses spread their wings abroad and grow. Thanks to the Network Italy’s Tolin family that runs a home textile and flooring SME found suppliers of quality materials for both business activities abroad. The Tolins are now selling Croatian-made oak floors in Italy and are the exclusive Italian distributor of Portuguese-made tablecloths, towels and baby linens. Read their story
  • Success story of the week: A new partnership takes root
    01 February 2013
    The Enterprise Europe Network helps companies to source new technologies and find partners abroad. The Swiss company Hydroplant found a way to literally grow plants on walls after the Network matched it with a Dutch horticultural innovator. The Dutch firm Quick Plug cultivated a new substrate for vertically grown plants with their own automatic watering system. Erik de Ruiter, CEO Quick Plug, says: “The seeds have been planted for a long-term collaboration.”