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London dream comes true for designer

Carolin Schmidt is a young German fashion designer from Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt. She launched her own fashion line in 2008 and runs her shop and office from her parents’ home, designing funky bespoke dresses for clients who follow the process from the first sketch to buying the fabric to the final one-of-its-kind result.mehr

Green locks find the key to EU funding

Berlin firm Horatio has invented an eco-efficient locking system for office and hotel doors, called GreenAccess. The Enterprise Europe Network helped the firm to open its doors to EU funding opportunities.mehr

Taking advertising to the third dimension

The use of 3D in digital signage means advertisers have a more eye-catching way to showcase their products. Italian software firm Edisonweb used the Enterprise Europe Network to tap into this new technology through German company 3D International.  mehr

All hands on deck

Danish entrepreneur Martin Dufresne is a man with a mission: to persuade homeowners in his country to invest in high-quality wooden patio decks made in Germany. After teaming up with a supplier found through the Enterprise Europe Network, he is building his business.mehr

From market stall to new markets for sausage-maker

Sausages and other smoked meats are staples of Czech cuisine and deserve their reputation as among the best in Europe. Frantisek Berousek, a Prague butcher and distributor of Czech specialities, is proud of his additive-free sausages, smoked ham and streaky bacon, and was keen to find a market beyond his country’s borders.

Breaking into new markets for green services

The Enterprise Europe Network helped a German green engineering company make its all-important first steps towards business abroad.

Safe food for man's best friend

One of the first food allergy tests for dogs is about to hit the market, thanks to a partnership set up by the Enterprise Europe Network.mehr

Turning over a new leaf

Nature field guides have been published in book form for years, but who wants to lug around all that weight on a long trek? Thanks to two micro-companies brought together by the Enterprise Europe Network, there is now a new range of ecology-based applications for iPhones and iPads.

Water treatment firm cleans up with foreign deal

Levapor is a small German company that has pioneered a biofilm technology for removing harmful pollutants discharged into industrial wastewater. With its invention and the help of the Enterprise Europe Network, the company has now entered the Italian market.

A fresh coat of paint

A Berlin-based company making eco-friendly paints and coatings has blossomed into an international player. It would not have been possible without the Enterprise Europe Network, which has worked alongside the firm every step of the way.

Partners for a worthy cause

Guided by the Enterprise Europe Network, a tiny Italian company that designs high-precision sensors for the aerospace and environmental industries has teamed up with a German biotechnology firm to develop a biosensor with huge implications for stem-cell research.

Precision smiles for Playmobil faces

Cruse Leppelman Kognitionstechnik is a small German company that develops automated quality-control systems for food packages and labels. Working with the Enterprise Europe network, the Münster-based company is now testing its technology at a Playmobil toy factory in Malta.

Waste company cleans up with foreign deal

Treating and transporting waste can be a dirty business, but not for one innovative company in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. Hoelschertechnik-gorator, an environmental technology specialist, has found a way to transport wastewater and faeces without harming the environment.

Helping doctors diagnose strokes

Every year, some 650 000 Europeans die from strokes, triggered when the blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked or severely reduced. Multitel, a Belgian research institute, is helping develop an innovative new photonic chip to prevent strokes in an EU-funded research partnership made possible by the Enterprise Europe Network.

Biotech SME compounds research efforts

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.

Infant business grows across borders

More than half of all three- to four-month-old infants vomit frequently, a condition known as gastroesophegeal reflux. Working with paediatricians, a Belgian entrepreneur has designed a bed proven to be effective as a first course of treatment.

Trip of a lifetime

Many of the world’s 650 million people with disabilities are travellers with special needs. For them, simple tasks can be challenging, from checking in luggage to getting on and off planes. For more than 10 years, boutique German travel agency Weitsprung GmbH has organised guided tours around the world for individuals with reduced mobility – from those in wheelchairs to blind people accompanied by their guide dogs.

Milestone in marble technology

Thanks to the Enterprise Europe Network, German SME Enviplan is now helping Egyptian marble companies turn out better-quality stone. “Some of the best ideas come from small companies,” says Mohamed Samy, a Network expert from Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and Industry. “This is one of the strengths of the Network: supporting companies with technological innovations, and then getting those innovations to where they are needed most.”

Bright future for solar mapping

German researchers have taken to the skies in a bid to find which buildings can be easily powered by the sun. Thanks to the Network, the idea has spread to Austria, where an entrepreneur is using it to carry out solar analyses for new clients.

Marine SME makes waves with EU funding

EU funding helped German firm CRM float new ideas, thanks to the Enterprise Europe Network.

Brokering a sunny deal

German solar wholesaler extends its reach into Italy and Austria after networking at key industry events.

Tracking down partners for research funding

We have been using trams to get about European cities since the 1880s. But one German firm looking to improve urban rail transport found it could reach its destination faster by hopping on board the Enterprise Europe Network.