Success stories

Founded in 1906, Hijos de Rivera produces a million hectolitres a year using hops from Germany and other parts of Spain.

An Italian SME advised by the Enterprise Europe Network is applying its mechanical expertise to the world of biomedical research.

Scottish company Scotmas set its sights on Turkey as a destination for its water treatment, hygiene and environmental care products.

Thanks to two micro-companies brought together by the Enterprise Europe Network, there is now a new range of wildlife identification apps for smartphones and tablets.

Guided by the Enterprise Europe Network, a French textile SME helped design car seats made from recycled materials as part of a project co-financed by the EU’s Eco-innovation initiative.

Keeping the bugs at bay poses a challenge for organic farms that shun pesticides. But help is on the way: a small Turkish plastics maker has developed an environmentally friendly bug trap, under an EU research project it learned about from the Enterprise Europe Network.

A three-person company based in Carinthia, Austria, has developed an ecological process for painting starry skies onto ceilings.

Terapo, based in Banská Bystrica in central Slovakia, is a niche electrical engineering company that installs electrical equipment and assembles printed circuit boards (PCBs) for television sets, radios, appliances, computers and hospital equipment.

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.