Success stories (111)
From his workshop in northeastern France, Michel Muller makes dollhouses, toy cars and other old-fashioned wooden playthings. Thanks to advice from the Enterprise Europe Network about CE marking, he has expanded his range of products, which he now sells throughout Europe.
With help from the Enterprise Europe Network, a Spanish maker of hospital beds designed to help prevent pressure ulcers and bedsores in patients finds a French distributor.
People with limited mobility can have trouble using furniture that's too low. Thanks to two companies brought together by the Enterprise Europe Network, there's now a simple solution on the market.
One hot summer day, Italian metalworker Fabio Benetti dreamed up the idea of a bottle that can be turned upside down and used as a glass The Enterprise Europe Network helped the entrepreneur turn his lightbulb moment into a marketable innovation.
The Enterprise Europe Network helps a maker of dyes and pigments comply with new EU chemical safety rules.
Great things often come in small packages. Take SmartDrive-S3, the best-selling product of Westline, a family-owned electronics engineering firm based in the Paris region, near Versailles. The device can operate motors and other moving parts in machines that assemble all kinds of goods from confectionery to cars.
A German travel agency serving people with disabilities finds a suitable holiday destination in Greece with help from the Enterprise Europe Network.
Trivia question: What looks like an oversized whisk, is light enough to carry in a backpack, and measures the liquid water content of snow? A Snow Fork of course! Despite the whimsicalsounding name, this device, developed by a Finnish space and microwave technology expert, is a handy new tool for climate-change research.
Since 2006, all new trucks and buses in the EU have had to carry digital tachographs, devices that record speed, distance and driver activity. That same year in Verona, Italy, former software architect and project manager Dr Claudio Carrano founded Infogestweb.
When Italian entrepreneurs Cristina and Irma Tolin needed high quality products for their home textile business, the Enterprise Europe Network helped them find exclusive suppliers in Portugal.