Our MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY innovation programme aims to join forces with key players in the manufacturing industry to overcome their challenges: • development of new functional and intelligent materials • analysis, testing and validation of materials • consideration of environmental aspects in the design and development of innovative products, procedures and services • Life-Cycle Analysis and the eco-design of products, as well as energy optimisation of procedures and processes

1. PROGRAMME
RETHINK INdusTRy
THINK INNOVATION
Our MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY innovation programme aims to join forces with key players in the
manufacturing industry to overcome their challenges:
• development of new functional and intelligent materials
• analysis, testing and validation of materials
• consideration of environmental aspects in the design and development of innovative products,
procedures and services
• Life-Cycle Analysis and the eco-design of products, as well as energy optimisation of procedures and
processes
Innovating together

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manufacturing
companies,
rise to your
innovation
challenges
with us!

3. Who We are
The Public Research Centre Henri Tudor is an independent applied research centre
located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Since it was established in 1987, CRP
Henri Tudor has been focusing on business innovation, with the goal of making
a significant contribution to increasing the competitiveness of Luxembourg
industry and of its partners throughout the world. In order to achieve this goal,
we collaborate actively with the manufacturing sector, most notably in the fields
of advanced materials and environmental technologies, but also in the area of
organisation and management science. This multidisciplinary approach is one of
our primary assets: our teams are comprised of chemists, physicists, environmental
engineers and experts in industrial systems and technology watch. Through our
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY innovation programme, we mobilise our skills
in a cross-disciplinary manner in order to propose global solutions that meet the
requirements of the manufacturing industry.
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our aim
The MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY innovation programme aims to respond to the
market challenges facing the manufacturing industry, which can be grouped around
three main areas:
• Industry-specific factors, such as cost reduction, improving the cost-benefit
ratio, reducing delays for product delivery and marketing, as well as identifying
new client needs and market niches;
• Life-Cycle Analysis a
consideration when de
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introduction and assess
• Support for the defin
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• Mega trends such as urbanisation, the common market and the increasing
demand for natural resources;
• Production managem
and 'Lean Managemen
process modelling/simu
• The continuous evolution of normative and legislative landscapes, especially
regarding environmental aspects and the marketing of chemical products.
• Economic intelligen
research services (pat
What We propose
In order to respond to these industrial needs, we have developed an innovation
programme that addresses the following topics in a cross-disciplinary manner:
• New functional and intelligent materials
• Analysis, testing and validation of materials
• Eco-design, Life-Cycle Analysis of products and processes
• Support services for the
assets;
• Macro-economic ana
economic environment
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• Energy optimisation and renewable energies
• Optimisation of procedures and processes; economic intelligence
• Integration of normative and legislative constraints
The activities of this programme encompass contractual and collaborative research
projects, innovation services and products as well as scientific support for national
policies and their implementation by manufacturers.
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The detailed catalogue of our
www.tudor.lu/manufactur

4. our offer includes:
• The formulation and development of materials, both conventional and
innovative, as well as new coating technologies by wet or dry routes;
• The analysis and characterisation of materials according to their
mechanical, thermo-mechanical, topographical, compositional (elementary
and molecular), electro-chemical and structural properties, adopting a
multi-technology and multi-scale approach, which may also include the
development of original ad-hoc methodologies;
• Mechanical and accelerated ageing/weathering tests, as well as the
validation of materials and finished products in accordance with various
standards (ISO, ASTM, etc.) for the metallurgy, energy, automotive and
aeronautical sectors, etc.;
• The modelling and simulation of composite structures and materials;
• Life-Cycle Analysis and eco-design (taking environmental aspects into
consideration when designing products, processes and services);
• Services for the optimisation of energy consumption, alongside the
introduction and assessment of clean technologies and renewable energies;
• Support for the definition and set-up of eco-innovation and sustainable
development strategies;
• Production management in accordance with the 'Theory of Constraints'
and 'Lean Management', as well as ’Value Engineering’, business flow and
process modelling/simulation;
• Economic intelligence, competitive intelligence and information
research services (patents, web monitoring, etc.);
• Support services for the valorisation of intellectual property and intangible
assets;
• Macro-economic analyses in order to anticipate developments in the socioeconomic environment.
You can also benefit from the support of the REACH&CLP Helpdesk
Luxembourg, a national technical assistance service that helps you to
identify your obligations and prepare you for ensuring compliance
with the European regulations REACH (registration, evaluation,
authorisation and restriction of chemicals) and CLP (classification,
labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures).
Our materials laboratory is ISO/IEC 17025 certified
to conduct its testing activities.
The detailed catalogue of our products and services is available at
www.tudor.lu/manufacturing-industry

5. hoW to innovate With us
We offer five types of collaboration:
1. collaborative research
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Identification of common interests, joint design and implementation
Joint financial participation and risk-taking
Possible national or European co-financing
Sharing of results and profits
2. research services
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A customised offer and Tudor’s innovation capacity dedicated to meeting your R&D needs
Company investments
Possible national co-financing
You hold the material rights to the results and profits of the collaboration
Calculation of your investment on a commercial rate base
3. deliverY of innovative services
• Services with an innovative impact for your activity and defined in a commercial offer established at the
beginning of the collaboration
• Possible national co-financing
• You hold the material rights to the results and profits of the collaboration
• Calculation of your investment on a commercial rate base
• Possibility to work at cost or at a fixed price
4. netWorKing
• Joint participation in innovation networks
• Possible national or European co-financing
• Sharing of results
5. researchers available or Welcomed
• Highly-qualified staff (PhDs, postdocs, research engineers) at your disposal or training of
your personnel at Tudor
• Identification of common interests, joint design and implementation
• Joint financial participation and risk-taking
• Possible national or European co-financing
• Sharing of results and profits
To learn more about our five types of collaboration, download our brochure at
www.tudor.lu/collaborate
Interested?
Don't hesitate to contact:
Dr João A. S. Bomfim, programme manager
Phone: +352 42 59 91 – 4415
industry@tudor.lu | www.tudor.lu/manufacturing-industry

6. our other innovation programmes
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New communication tools for construction projects
Process improvement within construction projects
Sustainable construction
New materials for construction
ECOtEChnOlOGy
• Innovative technologies for wastewater treatment
• Renewable energies and technologies with
optimised energy performance
• Innovative materials for environmental technologies
MObility
• ICT for sustainable mobility
• Clean technologies for mobility
tRAnsPORt & lOGistiCs
• Sectoral strategy for transport and
European integration
• Innovative and sustainable supply chains
• Co-modal transport
hEAlth
• Advanced ICT applied to the health care sector, e-Health
• Process, semantic and technical interoperability
in health care
• Biomedical engineering and regulatory affairs
• Feasibility studies, development, validation and analysis in
public health
PubliC sERviCEs
• New services, e-services and e-infrastructures
for the public sector
• Innovation in public management and policy support
• Organisation and change management in
the public sector
• Interoperability and European integration of public services
innOFinAnCE
• Innovation in the financial services
• Impact analysis of public policies and regulations
applicable to the financial sector
• Operational risk management and performance
measurement
huMAn CAPitAl
• ICT applied to learning and evaluation
• Anticipatory skills management
• Innovation in the strategic management of
human capital
• Individual and collective excellence in human capital
Discover our innovation programmes at www.tudor.lu/innovation-programmes
public research centre henri tudor
29, avenue John F. Kennedy | L-1855 Luxembourg-Kirchberg
Phone: +352 42 59 91 - 1 | Fax: +352 42 59 91 - 777
info@tudor.lu | www.tudor.lu /en
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