European Lamp Companies Federation

The European Lamp Companies Federation (ELCF) consists of manufacturers of light sources with European headquarters in one of the European Union or EFTA countries. The federation aims to promote efficient lighting practice for the benefit of the global environment, human comfort and the health and safety of consumers; and monitor, advise and co-operate with legislative bodies in developing European Directives and Regulations of relevance to the European lamp industry. It also acts as the key discussion partner for the European Union (EU), as well as for European Industry federations, such as CELMA (luminaires and ballast), ORGALIME (metalworking, electrical and electronics industry) and UNICE (employers) on all topics concerning light sources. 

Commercializing Organic Large Area Electronics

Europe's leading organisations have united to form COLAE a project designed to simplify and speed up the commercialisation and adoption of organic electronics technology through the creation of industry clusters.

COLAE aims to raise awareness of the diverse range of applications utilising OLAE technology and to reduce the delivery time to market of these products while demonstrating the major business opportunities that can be explored and exploited, especially for SMEs across Europe.

As the organic and large area electronics market continues to grow and evolve at speed through the promise of new products, developed with lower cost, low energy processes using environmentally friendly materials, COLAE will provide European organisations access to an unparalleled knowledge base and the know-how to implement OLAE technology.

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International

SEMI® is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the micro- and nano-electronics industries.

• Semiconductors
• Photovoltaics (PV)
• High-Brightness LED
• Flat Panel Display (FPD)
• Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
• Printed and flexible electronics
• Related micro- and nano-electronics

The industries, companies, and people SEMI represents are the architects of the electronics revolution. SEMI members are responsible for the innovations and technologies that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and more affordable electronic products and devices that bring the power of the digital age to more people every day.

For more than 40 years, SEMI has served its members and the industries it represents through programs, initiatives, and actions designed to advance business and market growth worldwide. SEMI supports its members through a global network of offices, activities, and events in every major electronics manufacturing region around the world.

European Photonics Industry Consortium

EPIC works with the European Commission to translate industry needs into research and development programmes. Through the NEXPRESSO programme EPIC works with SMEs and universities to train students and to launch on the market components and technologies that represent the new direction of the photonics market.

EPIC is working with industries, universities, and the European Commission to build a more competitive photonics industrial sector in the European economic area, capable of both economic and technological growth in a highly competitive world-wide marketplace.

EPIC is owned and operated by its members. The annual budget is supported by subscription fees which are scaled to encourage participation of SMEs, R&D laboratories and universities, as well as larger companies.

Professional Lighting Designers’ Association

The Professional Lighting Designers' Association PLDA is a voluntary federation of lighting designers and lighting consultants who are active on an international scale, their purpose being to increase the reputation of the profession and to establish the profession as such in its own right.

Membership is centred around the professional architectural lighting designer. An architectural lighting designer is a person who possesses the knowledge and expertise to carry out all the work required to design light for interior and exterior architectural projects in such a way that the design can be implemented, become an integral part of the project and establish an efficient, enjoyable, healthy, safe, sustainable and well accepted environment for the people who live, work and relax in it.

Digital Fabrication

The DIGINOVA project aims to establish the current status across material domains and application domains in Europe in order to identify the most promising technology and business propositions for Digital Fabrication. Digital Fabrication can be defined as a new kind of industry that uses computer-controlled tools and processes to transform digital designs and materials directly into useful products. The project consortium, consisting of 4 large companies, 7 SMEs and 9 research institutes will identify and connect main stakeholders through establishment of innovation networks centred around concrete business cases to determine the added value and feasible routes to commercialization.

The DIGINOVA consortium has broad research and development experience covering a wide range of materials and applications. The consortium is well equipped to generate international interest and expanding participation in the opportunities it identifies and has a proven track record in drafting roadmaps, establishing networks, involving stakeholders and informing the public at large.

Photonics21

Photonics21 is a voluntary association of industrial enterprises and other stakeholders in the field of photonics in Europe. It unites the majority of the leading Photonics industries and relevant R&D stakeholders along the whole economic value chain throughout Europe. Presently,  Photonics21 has more than 1700 stakeholders.

Photonics21 undertakes to establish Europe as a leader in the development and deployment of Photonics in five industrial areas (Information and Communication, Lighting and Displays, Manufacturing, Life Science and Security) as well as in Education and Training.

Its mission is the coordination of the research and development activities in Europe among all the contributing partners from education, basic research, applied research and development to manufacturing and all relevant applications.

Intelligent lighting solutions

The Intelligent Lighting Institute (ILI) of the Eindhoven University of Technology explores novel intelligent lighting solutions that become within reach as a result of the large-scale introduction of advanced LED technologies. The ILI approach is scientific, multi-disciplinary, and based on experimental (city) test beds. It is aimed at investigating and developing novel people-centric lighting concepts and providing scientific evidence for the user benefits that go with the solution claims.

Market intelligence services

NanoMarkets is a leading provider of market research and industry analysis of opportunities within advanced materials and emerging energy and electronics markets. Since the firm's founding, NanoMarkets has published over over one hundred comprehensive research reports on emerging technology markets. Topics covered have included OLED displays, lighting and materials, thin-film electronics, conductive inks, transparent conductors, renewable energy, printed electronics and other promising technologies.

Nanomarkets is a key partner of InnovationFab in developing and providing market intelligence services to our clients.