Success stories (143)
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.
Andrzej Miciuła is a professional percussionist who has turned his passion for music into a successful business selling percussion instruments and grand pianos to orchestras, theatres and music schools throughout Poland. Helped by the Enterprise Europe Network, he is now an official dealer for two top European brands and is busy expanding his business.
'Positive economist' may sound like a contradiction in terms, but that is what Irish entrepreneur Susan Hayes calls herself. She’s even more positive after expanding her business to Malta with help from the Enterprise Europe Network.
Thanks to the Enterprise Europe Network’s in-depth knowledge of EU-funded projects, an Austrian research centre seeking partners for a geo-monitoring project found a Norwegian company specialised in survey systems and solutions.
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.
The Enterprise Europe Network matches a UK developer of executive training courses with a Czech partner.
Two SMEs brought together by the Enterprise Europe Network cooperate across borders to develop a computer-controlled automatic timer.
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.
When a bright and enthusiastic start up came along with a life-saving idea to provide clean water, Italian network partners joined forces to provide an extra-specialised service.