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Luxembourg ranks 2nd in EU for digital connectivity
21-06-2019
According to the EU’s 2019 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), Luxembourg ranks among the top 3 EU countries in digital connectivity as well as in human resources.
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Luxembourg supercomputer Meluxina will support digital transformation
17-06-2019
The future high performance computer (HPC) will be part of the European HPC network, EuroHPC.
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Euro-Composites will invest €160 million in Luxembourg
13-06-2019
Composite materials specialist Euro-Composites will invest €160 million in its Luxembourg site in Echternach. The investment programme is supported by the government, the town of Echternach and the state-owned bank Société nationale de crédit et d'investissement (SNCI).
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ArcelorMittal and Ceratizit granted access to university supercomputer
28-05-2019
The University of Luxembourg has granted two Luxembourg-based businesses, ArcelorMittal and Ceratizit, access to its high performance computer (HPC). The companies will use the HPC capacities to perform numerical analyses and deploy advanced numerical models.
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Anisoprint: Luxembourg an ideal EU base
07-05-2019
When Russian start-up Anisoprint decided in 2018 to bring its pioneering 3D printing technology for composite materials to the European market, Luxembourg quickly stood out as the ideal EU base. One year later, the company is in the process of moving its headquarters as well as most of its staff here. Convinced by the country’s start-up friendly environment and excellent support network, Anisoprint is also counting on a strategic research partnership to meet the requirements of large industrial clients.
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Goodyear and Luxembourg – partners in innovation
16-04-2019
The top management of global tyre company Goodyear was in Luxembourg on 12 April 2019 for the group’s Patent Dinner 2019. Luxinnovation’s CEO Sasha Baillie was invited to give a keynote speech on the long-standing and successful innovation partnership developed between one of the largest tyre companies in the world and the dynamic host country of its only innovation centre located outside the US.
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Autonomous cross-border mobility tested in Schengen
08-04-2019
Autonomous and connected driving opens up completely new perspectives for mobility of tomorrow. However, there are still hurdles to overcome, in particular for self-driving vehicles travelling in several different countries. On 3 April, top-level politicians, researchers and industry representatives gathered in Schengen to see the first live demos of autonomous cars using the digital cross-border testbed that links the three countries.
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LIST supports the digital transformation of Ceratizit
14-02-2019
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) will provide expert support to a major Industry 4.0 project implemented by hard material products producer Ceratizit. In the context of a two-year partnership agreement, LIST's data analytics and artificial intelligence specialists will support the digital transformation of Ceratizit's development and manufacturing processes.
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Husky implements Industry 4.0 project in Luxembourg
08-02-2019
The company has put in place a system that makes its whole production process, from the moments clients ask for an offer until the final product is delivered, completely digital.
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Luxembourg sets up first European partnership on artificial intelligence with NVIDIA
31-01-2019
The Luxembourg government, the country’s scientific community and NVIDIA will create a joint research laboratory for artificial intelligence (AI). Focusing on using AI and high performance computing to search for solutions to major societal challenges, the collaboration will also be successively opened to industrial companies and start-ups.
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New Happen magazine highlights Industry 4.0
06-12-2018
Hot off the press, the second issue of Happen provides an insight into business opportunities and advantages in Luxembourg and showcases the country’s technological excellence and innovative spirit.
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Successful take-off for the Luxembourg Space Agency
12-09-2018
This Wednesday, the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) was officially launched, with the aim of promoting the economic development of the Grand Duchy's space industry. A dedicated fund is also being set up, targeting an initial capital of 100 million euros to support the emergence of new space companies with innovative ideas and technologies.
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Luxembourg industry investments create dynamic job market
06-07-2018
Numerous industrial groups in Luxembourg are currently investing in future-oriented technologies and smart factories. As a result, the national job market abounds with interesting opportunities for scientists and engineers as well as for skilled technicians and machine operators.
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DuPont invests $400 million in its Luxembourg facility
06-06-2018
WILMINGTON, Del., June 4, 2018 – DuPont Safety & Construction, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, today announced plans to invest more than $400 million to expand capacity f...
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Minister of the Economy meets with key US companies in Luxembourg
22-05-2018
On 14 May 2018, Étienne Schneider met the senior management of the Guardian group, which has a strong presence in Luxembourg due to its two float glass production units in Bascharage and in Dudelange ...
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Luxembourg in the top 5 of digital economies
22-05-2018
DESI is a composite index that summarises relevant indicators on Europe’s digital performance and tracks the evolution of EU Member States in digital competitiveness. The DESI report tracks the progre...
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Connecting international start-ups with Luxembourg business
17-05-2018
“We are ready to expand our business in Europe, and Luxembourg is right at the centre. That is why I’m here,” says Sera Kwak, engineer at Korean company MINDs Lab. “We offer an artificial intelligence...
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Artec 3D and University of Luxembourg research team call for volunteers
07-05-2018
Scientists at the University of Luxembourg in collaboration with Artec 3D are working on the future of 3D scanning. In 2017 their project was unveiled to the public, with volunteers coming to the scan...
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Carlex invests €25 million in Luxembourg
07-05-2018
Grevenmacher is a comprehensive fabrication facility capable of making standard and advanced automotive glazing products including new lightweight glass roof systems. The plant is located in Western E...
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A Luxembourg partnership for Industry 4.0
07-05-2018
“Having semi-automatic or fully automatic assembly lines has always been part of our business model,” says Paul Elvinger, Member of the Executive Board at Cebi. “We want to go further and take advanta...
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Goodyear Announces New Senior Leadership Roles
12-09-2017
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today named new leaders in two of its strategic business units.
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Luxembourg supports China's Belt and Road Initiative
31-08-2017
Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is in favour of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a comprehensive trade proposal that aims to create the world's largest economic platform.
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Committee Meeting Reviews Rifkin Strategy
14-07-2017
The second meeting of the Rifkin Strategic Review Committee was held yesterday, on 12 July 2017, during which the Strategic Monitoring Committee reviewed the Rifkin strategy.
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Rolf Tarrach Prize 2017 for Mads Weber
13-07-2017
The physicist Mads Christof Weber has won the “Rolf Tarrach Prize 2017” for his outstanding doctoral thesis in physics and material science. The award for the best doctoral thesis in Luxembourg ...
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OCSiAl to set up the world's largest nanotube production facility in Luxembourg
05-07-2017
The Ministry of the Economy and the Ministry of Finance of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and OCSiAl, a manufacturer of advanced materials, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the construction of a production facility for single wall carbon nanotubes with an annual capacity up to 250 tonnes and a centre for applied nanotechnology.
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MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING CLUSTER “PRESENT YOURSELF” DAY
30-06-2017
The Luxembourg Materials & Manufacturing Cluster would like to thank you all for your participation in the “Present Yourself” Day. Our main objective with the event was to provide you with an oppo...
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Workshop at CleanTech Forum Europe 2017 in Helsinki
22-05-2017
Luxinnovation hosted the workshop: “Grow your CleanTech business from Luxembourg – the perfect central hub” to promote the Luxembourg cleantech ecosystem at the CleanTech Forum Europe in Helsinki, Finland last Wednesday.
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Luxembourg open for business
19-05-2017
Luxembourg unveiled a new strategy in 2017 to promote economic growth in a sustainable manner, focused both on attracting foreign direct investment in a targeted and service-oriented manner and supporting Luxembourg-based companies moving into foreign markets.
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Luxembourg 3rd most attractive city to move to for work
17-05-2017
Using data from its in-house survey team, which continually researches the financial and lifestyle conditions of more than 400 cities around the world, AIRINC, a global research company which currentl...
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#Luxembourg 2nd in the new FM GLOBAL RESILIENCE INDEX 2017
16-05-2017
The new FM Global Resilience Index 2017 analysing the resilience of 130 counties and territories ranks #Luxembourg 2nd – having gradually risen from it’s 8th ranking in 2013.
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