Success stories

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

With support from the Enterprise Europe Network, a Polish company sought patent protection for the processing of industrial glass.

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

Network helps Polish bakery owners secure funding for state-of-the-art equipment and a new drive-through window.

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.

NeuroProof was established in 2007 as a spinoff of the University of Rostock's animal physiology department in northern Germany. Its founders, Alexandra Gramowski and Olaf Schröder, have won international recognition for research that may lead to the development of new pain-relief drugs.

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.