SERVICES
Our support
Becoming a member means joining a dynamic network of 200 key players working together to build tomorrow’s ceramic industry. It further includes benefiting from tailored support, access to funding opportunities, enhanced visibility and exclusive access to French and European industrial value chains.
Through innovation, monitoring and intelligence, targeted connections and technological valorisation, the Cluster assists actors within the field in their environmental, energy and digital transitions while supporting their development and growth in France but also in Europe and internationally.
Your membership gives you access to services with high added value.
Driving innovation forward: from concept to market
Interested in:
- Finding technical, industrial or academic partners?
- Identifying the right fundings? Increasing your chances of success?
- Being guided to target the Defense markets?
- Expand your business internationally thanks to partnerships or European projects?
- Having access to a network of technological experts?
- Sharing your challenges and benefiting from the support of industry experts?
EMERGENCE & STRUCTURING
- Development and framing of your idea
- Assessment and identification of the right technology or scientific partners
- Access to intelligence newsletters which include relevant call for projects
- Participation in working groups promoting collaborative innovation
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
- Selecting the appropriate funding channel (regional, national, European)
- Project review by our innovation experts
- Identification of market challenges and strategic recommendations
CERTIFICATION
Increase your chances of success and credibility with investors. The Cluster reviews your project’s technological and market potential. 65 % of certified projects are funded.
The certification process for projects complies with the national charter of certification by competitiveness clusters. The label applies to and is primarily recognized for collaborative* or individual R&D and innovation projects seeking public funding.
With unique expertise and tailored support, the certification process adds significant value throughout the project lifecycle. It relies on a network of diverse and specialised experts from the Cluster’s ecosystem, with a multidisciplinary team as well as inter-cluster collaboration, giving access to a national and cross-sectoral network.
MONITORING & PROMOTION
- Communication, dissemination and promotion of your project
- Projects showcased during our events and European partnerships
1 A consortium of partners comprising at least 2 companies, one of which an SME or mid-sized company, and 1 or more academic research partners.
Expand your network & boost your visibility
Interested in:
- Growing your activity in Europe and globally via business missions?
- Meeting with future clients, partners or suppliers?
- Reaching new markets with targeted connections?
- Boosting your visibility thanks to events, trade shows and different communication channels?
OPPORTUNITIES ALL YEAR ROUND
- 50 annual events with over 2000 attendees: networking, workshops, webinars, thematic days…
- Trade fair shows, business conventions, scientific congresses
- Contact reports with the potential to generate up to 200 contacts per year
- Your news and updates via 22 intelligence newsletters per year
- Your member’s page on our website
RESOURCES TO REACH YOUR TARGETS MORE EFFICIENTLY
- Scheduled business meetings
- Visibility opportunities during our events
- Collective pavilions during trade shows (3 to 5 actions per year)
- Attend Ceramic Network, one of the major events of the ceramic industry (every 2 years)
THANKS TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ADI NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE, COMPANIES BASED IN NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE, FRANCE, CAN BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
- Succeed and finance its innovation and transformation projects
- Support for fundraising for start-ups
- Accelerate its development with the regional SME and ETI accelerator
- Optimize industrial performance with the Factory of the Future program or the DIHNAMIC program (SMEs and ISEs only)
Services operated by ADI Nouvelle-Aquitaine as part of a partnership with the European Ceramic Cluster.