Finding cooperation partners

External cooperation partners can make a major contribution to the success of projects, especially when they involve innovative concepts. We help you find the right cooperation partners for your project - regardless of whether you are looking for companies or research institutes in Austria or abroad.

Our support and mediation includes

Establishing contact with potential sales partners and providing comprehensive support for entering the market in Upper Austria
Finding potential cooperation partners in industry clusters, science and research
Providing international cooperation partners for your projects
Reliable process support for acquisition projects in Upper Austria
Getting site-specific operations support

Cluster cooperation partner

From our clusters you have a choice of more than 1900 partner businesses from nine different industry sectors available for innovative cooperation projects. Our competence network consists of manufacturing companies, retail companies, leading service providers, training and research institutes as well as other qualified institutions. You may search our partner databases to look for specific competencies and matching cooperation partners.

Partner databases and cooperation projects

You can use our partner databases to look for specific competencies and matching cooperation partners. An overview of cooperation projects already implemented is provided under "Cooperation projects". A wide range of funding opportunities are available to you for cooperation projects.

Partner database

>> Partner database of the Automotive cluster

>> Partner database of the IT Cluster

>> Partner database of the Food Cluster

>> Partner database of the Mechatronics Cluster

>> Partner database of the Furniture & Timber Construction Cluster

>> Partner database of the Softwarepark Hagenberg

>> Partner database of the Plastics Cluster

>> Partner database of the Medical Technology Cluster

>> Partner database of the Cleantech Cluster

>> Partner database of the Human Capital Management

Cluster cooperation projects

>> Cluster cooperation projects of the Automotive Cluster

>> Cluster cooperation projects of the IT Cluster

>> Cluster cooperation projects of the Food Cluster

>> Cluster cooperation projects of the Mechatronics Cluster

>> Cluster cooperation projects of the Furniture & Timber Construction Cluster

>> Cluster cooperation projects of the Plastics Clusters

>> Cluster cooperation projects of the Medical Technology Cluster

>> Cluster cooperation projects of the Cleantech Cluster

>> Cluster cooperation projects of the Human Capital Management

International cooperation partners

We search for and find international cooperation partners and buyers interested in your innovations and technologies. We are a meeting place for European project partners with Horizon 2020, Eurostars and EUREKA projects. We use the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), which with more than 600 partner organisations in 60 countries and more than 3000 experts, is the largest service network in the world.

Our services include:

Surveying the advantages and application possibilities for your technology and providing introductions to users
Establishing your technology requirements and making available suitable solution providers
Identifying your R&D priorities and mediating European funding projects
Initiating personal contacts with potential cooperation partners

Access to more than 8000 international cooperation opportunities:

In our Marketplace you will find firm offers of cooperation within your industry and technology sector.

>> Technology marketplace Enterprise Europe Network

Experts from research institutes

As part of our neutral technology consultation initiative "TIM – Technology and Innovation Management" take the opportunity to work with experts in university and non-university research centres as well as technical colleges. This is an easy way to find suitable R&D partners to help you implement innovations while making the most efficient use of the available resources.

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