Exchange of experiences

Problems are rarely unique. Someone has usually solved them before. In exchange of experiences and special interest groups, you will build up helpful practical knowledge.

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How do others solve the same problems?

Our exchange of experiences (ERFA) and platforms are cross-industry hubs on various topics.

They offer a subject-specific discussion forum and exchange with external experts and company representatives.
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Process & organization

The participants define the topics together and meet regularly and bindingly with changing host roles.

In addition to organising and coordinating the appointments, the Plastics Cluster acts as a neutral player and moderates and documents the individual meetings.
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Participation fee per year & company

KC partner: €700, - excl. tax
Normal price: €1,400, - excl. tax

The participation fee is used to cover the costs of organization, moderation and documentation. If a participant is prevented from attending a meeting, we would like a replacement participant from the respective company.

Current exchange of experiences & platforms

Exchange of experience in plastic packaging

Legislators and the public are calling for Design4Recycling and sustainable packaging. Strategies such as reducing or avoiding, re-use or material recycling have come to the fore. The packaging industry has numerous challenges to overcome.

Michael Heinzlreiter, Projektmanager Kunststoff-Cluster, Business Upper Austria
Michael Heinzlreiter

Exchange of experience in plastic recycling

Plastics recycling is currently at the crossroads between legislative requirements and technical challenges. Recycling quotas and sustainability efforts in the industry require companies in the plastics value chain to recycle the recyclable material and to increasingly use recycled plastic materials.

Hannes Mitter, Projektmanager Kunststoff-Cluster, Business Upper Austria
Hannes Mitter

Exchange of experience in injection moulding

The injection moulding industry faces a wide range of technical, economic and organisational challenges. At the same time, different approaches and experiences offer great potential for mutual learning. This ERFA provides a forum for in-depth discussion with experts from various areas of injection moulding, with the aim of jointly developing solutions and sharing best practices.

Quality Management Platform

The target group is employees who perform tasks to implement quality policy and quality goals in the company. They can exchange ideas with experts from other companies on specific tasks and topics and work on them together.

Platform quality management participation fee per year and company:

KC partner/AC partner: €1,000, - excl. tax
Partners from other clusters: €1,300, - excl. tax
Normal price: €2,000, - excl. tax

Stefan Hopfer, Projektmanager Automobil-Cluster, Business Upper Austria
Stefan Hopfer
Project manager

Efficient & sustainable processes, Lightweight construction

stefan.hopfer(at)biz-up.at
Hannes Mitter, Projektmanager Kunststoff-Cluster, Business Upper Austria
Hannes Mitter