Objective The European power electronics printed circuit board market is worth 780Mio with approximately a percentage of 73% small and medium enterprises working in this sector. The whole market has undergone many major changes in the past few years and has been recovering some of the competitiveness that it lost to the Far East, Japan and Malaysia. The aim of the proposed project is to develop low cost thermally sprayed and structured conductive layers for power electronic printed circuit boards. This work will be carried out by a consortium of SMEs which will form a supply chain able to deliver the developed technology. Providing technological development capability three RTD performers will complement the skills of the SMEs in the project. They carry out scientific and technological research. Thus, the project will meet specific strategic objectives of the Horizontal Research Actions involving SMEs under Co-operative Research:1.Improve or create competitiveness of European SME in the power PCB market by reducing their cost for manufacturing heat-sink substrates;2.Improve competitiveness and technology of local SME suppliers materials supplier by opening a new market for his;3.Support participating SMEs in respond to pressures of continuous innovation and technological adaptation;4.Grant benefit of proposing SMEs by accessing new developments that enable them to use those in new applications on new markets with new customers;5.Facilitate trans-national co-operation between SMEs and research organisations from 7 member states, as well as large enterprise route to market, thus enabling their strategies for competitiveness and intenationalisation;6.Facilitate co-operative relations in research activities between SMEs and research institutes, thus enabling SMEs to benefit from many advantages of networking for innovation.The material savings consists mainly of the fewer use of Aluminium (smaller heat-sinks because of better thermal conductivity)... Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrynoble gasesnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metalsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2003-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme COOPERATIVE - Coordinator FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. EU contribution No data Address Hansastrasse 27c MÜNCHEN Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (17) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all PNC S.C. NATRYSKIWANIE CIEPLNE POWLOK Poland EU contribution No data Address ul. Konopacka 20/32 WARSZAWA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LIFCO INDUSTRIE France EU contribution No data Address Parc d'Activite´s du Moulin d'Ecalles BUCHY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ANDUS ELECTRONIC GMBH LEITERPLATTENTECHNIK Germany EU contribution No data Address Goerlitzer Str. 52 BERLIN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data P4Q ELECTRONICS S.L. Spain EU contribution No data Address Alonsotegui Elkartegia, 51 ALONSOTEGI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data S.P.R.I.N.T. S.R.L. Italy EU contribution No data Address via Martiri di civitella 7 AREZZO See on map Total cost No data SULZER METCO AG (SWITZERLAND) Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Rigackerstr., 16 WOHLEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EUPEC EUROPÄISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR LEISTUNGSHALBLEITER Germany EU contribution No data Address Max-Planck-Strasse 5 2340 WARSTEIN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HELLA KG HUECK & CO. Germany EU contribution No data Address Rixbecker Strasse 75 LIPPSTADT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data APTRONIC AG Germany EU contribution No data Address An der Helle 26 BAD SASSENDORF - LOHNE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PERA INNOVATION LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address PERA Innovation Park, Nottingham Road MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE See on map Total cost No data ZENTRUM FUER AUFBAU- UND VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Erwitterstr. 105 LIPPSTADT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONTECH ELECTRONIC GMBH &CO. KG Germany EU contribution No data Address Westring 31a LEOPOLDSHOHE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNOSERT ELECTRONICS GMBH Austria EU contribution No data Address Angererweg 7 WARTBERG OB DER AIST See on map Total cost No data SIRIO PANEL SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address LOCALITA' LEVANELLA BECORPI -159 MONTEVARCHI- AREZZO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG Germany EU contribution No data Address St.- Martin Str. 53 800949 MUNCHEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data METALLISATION LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Pear Tree Lane DUDLEY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WURTH ELECTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG Germany EU contribution No data Address Salzstrabe 21 NIEDERNHALL See on map Total cost No data