Solutions and best practice examples

The shortage of surgical masks and FFP2 has prompted the proliferation of tutorials and patterns for making protective masks. Faced with this anthology of advice and models with heterogeneous and sometimes dubious qualities, the international consulting group AFNOR took the initiative to capitalize on leading collective expertise by producing a reference document proposing requirements to be...

On Apr 2, 2020 08:00 AM (IST) IT@Cork cluster is organizing an informative and insightful webinar on remote working through the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear from experts from different backgrounds with a common interest and expertise in remote working and business continuity planning (BCP). This webinar is free to all it@cork members and the general public. Registration link is available here. Find out...

To the attention of cluster managers: a short online course to better prepare the industry's response to the challenges raised by the current crisis. ST Academy is supporting managers in learning how they can lead the company through crises: Corporate survival in the age of COVID19 – together with the brand new tool Corporate Survivability Canvas - is designed to help make the tough choices and...

Ventilaid is an unusual project which came straight from Poland and in time as a solution for the COVID crisis19: a team of Polish engineers has developed and made available free of charge on the internet a ventilation project which can be printed on a 3D printer for the modest sum of 40 euros. The project uses inexpensive and widely available components - it can save the lives of thousands of...

An interdisciplinary team of RWTH Aaachen University scientists is developing a very simple ventilator for patients infected with coronavirus. These are only to be used as a last resort, when hospitals or emergency care facilities are over capacity. The device automatically widely available bag valve masks, so-called Ambu bags, which are normally used for manual resuscitation. In addition to the...

The Cluster OTIR2020-TFC - Next Technology Tecnotessile announces that CEQ - Centro Eccellenza Qualità Laboratory, established in 1998 as a joint initiative of the Industrial Association of Pistoia (now Confindustria Toscana Nord), the Chamber of Commerce of Pistoia and the Municipality of Monsummano Terme, acquired by the research centre Next Technology Tecnotessile in 2018, following the current...

The medical textile manufacturer Coramed Medizinische Produkte in the central Romanian county of Hunedoara has decided to reprofile part of its production line in order to produce surgical masks and already has orders for 200,000 pieces. The company's general manager has been in permanent contact with Romania’s ministry of health even before the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in the country...

We share with you an example of cooperation between different ecosystem actors, featured in the article autored by Davide Sher for the online publication 3D Printing Media Network, helping to support industrial supply chains that are affected by limitations on traditional production and imports given the implications of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The article shows how 3D printing can have an...

Catalan clusters boost competitiveness, internationalization and innovation among 2,300 companies. Now they are joining forces and promoting a platform to share information and offer cross-cutting services that allow them to address the effects of the COVID-19 crisis among their members. In this sense, the next few weeks we will also hold online seminars on telework, financing, legal and...

The coronavirus crisis affects us all, which is why it is of high importance to be united, do everything one can to contribute to ease the situation and provide a reliable source of information. In this context, Transilvania IT Cluster, together with its partners, has developed a list, more specifically an economic rescue kit for its members and other interested companies, containing a series of...