C-Plus Project World-class Clusters in Central Europe

1. C-Plus ProjectWorld-class Clusters in Central Europe Status on Multilingual Register 16th April 2012 Prague, Czech Republic PP4: Campus 02

2. Recap: Requirements from Jan. 19th (I) • Project partner description (1 p / PP) • Cluster management & region (1 p / cluster or region) • Innovation leaders (1 p / leader = 3 pp / cluster) • field of activity • operative headquarters • website • number of employees • year of foundation • “special characteristic“ • a short statement regarding a topic of C-PLUS interest such as innovation, collaboration, etc. • best practices

3. Recap: Requirements from Jan. 19th (II) • Text length of each page should not exceed • 1800 characters without spaces or • 2000 characters including whitespaces • Short company statement: up to 100 characters without spaces • Graphics: • 1 logo / page • 1-2 photos / page • all images and logos in printable quality • I3SME example register attached

4. Contents PP1/PP2 (I) • Entire material received  • Length restrictions met  • Company profiles consistent with specification  • Comments on graphical material: • Logos of footwear and packaging cluster (pending designer feedback Apr. 13th 3pm) • Better resolution: logo Castellani • Comments on textual material: • Company slogans: too general or not in C-PLUS focus (Bottazzi, CBR, Tacchificio) • Company profiles: what makes them innovation leaders? • CBR seems okay

5. Contents PP1/PP2 (II) • F.lliFico, Filippini, Tacchificiohave, at least, briefly mentioned innovation and r&d • Remaining profiles say little about the innovation behaviour (do the firms collaborate, do they force knowledge exchange?)

6. Contents PP3 (I) • Majority of material received  • Missing: data on 3 companies • Length restrictions predominantly met  • Company profiles not entirely consistent with specification  • Comments on graphical material: • Better resolution: logo oabb, logo and image Unitechnik (pending designer feedback Apr. 13th 3pm) • Comments on textual material: • Exceeding text length: profi.metal cluster • Exceeding slogan length: all 3 profiles, but perfect in content • Suggestion: 100 character extraction and re-formation of the statements as “normal” text

7. Contents PP3 (II) • Missing company activity and “special characteristic”: in all 3 cases

8. Contents PP4 (I) • Entire material received  • Length restrictions predominantly met  • Company profiles consistent with specification  • Comments on graphical material: • Better resolution: image Convergent (pending designer feedback Apr. 13th 3pm) • Comments on textual material: • Exceeding text length: GW St. Pölten, M&R • Exceeding slogan length: 4 out of 6, but perfect in content • Company activity and “special characteristic”: too much text (GW St. Pölten, M&R, PLS)

9. Contents PP5 (I) • Almost half of the material received  • Missing: data on 5 companies; Thermal cluster image • Length restrictions met halfway through  • Company profiles not entirely consistent with specification  • Comments on graphical material: • Received graphics (pending designer feedback Apr. 13th 3pm) • Comments on textual material: • Exceeding text length: Thermal cluster, Büki • Exceeding slogan length: Kehida • Missing company activity and “special characteristic”: in both cases

10. Contents PP5 (II) • Company slogans: both too general or not in C-PLUS focus • Company profiles: what makes them innovation leaders? • profiles say little about the innovation behaviour (do the firms collaborate, do they force knowledge exchange?)

11. Contents PP6 (I) • Entire material received  • Length restrictions predominantly met  • Company profiles not entirely consistent with specification  • Comments on graphical material: • Better resolution: logo Invea, picture SovaNet • Suggestion: an alternative image from Adva ICT (original image is overlong and only a snippet might be included) as well as CVVI • Comments on textual material: • Exceeding text length: furniture cluster, SovaNet (simply eliminate last sentence) • Exceeding slogan length: DDL

12. Contents PP6 (II) • Missing company activity: Adva ICT, Unis • Missing short “special characteristic”: all 6 profiles • C-PLUS slogans: • Nadop, Adva ICT, Unis are missing • Remaining ones do not contain a C-PLUS statement • Company profiles: what makes them innovation leaders? • Invea seems okay • SovaNet, at least, briefly mentioned knowledge and technology transfer through e.g. trend monitoring, conference participation • Remaining profiles say little about the innovation behaviour (do the firms collaborate, do they force knowledge exchange, what make them innovation leaders?)

13. Contents PP7/8 (I) • Majority of material received  • Missing: description PP8, company 6, images of FEWE, HVAC and ECO • Length restrictions predominantly met  • Company profiles not entirely consistent with specification  • Comments on graphical material: • Better resolution: entire graphics (pending designer feedback Apr. 13th 3pm for some) • Comments on textual material: • Exceeding text length: FEWE • Missing slogan, activity, employee number, “special characteristic”: in all 5 cases

14. Contents PP7/8 (II) • Company profiles: what makes them innovation leaders? • FEWE and SPEC coalitions, sustainable development and using contacts for meeting customer requirements, at least, briefly mentioned • Remainingprofiles say little about the innovation behaviour (do the firms collaborate, do they force knowledge exchange, what make them innovation leaders?)

15. Thank you for your attention!