Press Release: EU industrial leadership gets boost through eight new research partnerships

The European Commission on 17 December 2013 launched eight contractual Public Private Partnerships (cPPPs) of strategic importance for European industry.

The partnerships will leverage more than €6 billion of investments to be allocated through calls for proposals under Horizon 2020, the new EU programme for research and innovation. Each euro of public funding is expected to trigger additional investments of between three and 10 euro to develop new technologies, products and services which will give European industry a leading position on world markets.

The eight contractual Public-Private Partnerships are:
- Factories of the Future (FoF),
- Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB),
- European Green Vehicles Initiative (EGVI),
- Sustainable Process Industry (SPIRE),
- Photonics,
- Robotics,
- High Performance Computing (HPC),
- Advanced 5G networks for the Future Internet (5G).

ESO: Background information: Horizon 2020 launched with €15 billion over first two years http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-horizon-2020-launched-with-e15-billion-over-first-two-years/

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/13/1159: Contractual partnerships with industry in research and innovation http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-1159_en.pdf

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