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22. September 2017

Sustainable Innovation Policy in Upper Austria

During the visit of MS Wissenschaft, the Upper Austrian Research GmbH organized the Upper Austrian Science Talk on 22 September 2017. The exhibition underlines the importance of treating the world’s oceans and the environment in a sustainable way. The Upper Austrian Science Talk examined concepts for sustainable innovation in the energy, logistics and plastics engineering fields that pursue the aim of drastically curbing existing threats to the environment in the long term.

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22. September 2017

Upper Austrian Science Talk: How research in Upper Austria is helping to protect the seas

The exhibition “SEAS AND OCEANS. DISCOVER. EXPLOIT. PROTECT.” on MS Wissenschaft raises awareness of the importance of protecting the oceans and exploiting them in a sustainable way — without exhausting or polluting them. But can research in Upper Austria really make a significant contribution to sustainable protection of the seas?

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20. September 2017

MS Wissenschaft back in Linz after two-year break!

The science ship visits Linz from 20 to 24 September 2017. The research ship MS Wissenschaft offers fascinating and entertaining ways of experiencing research. This year, the floating science centre presents the exhibition “Seas and Oceans. Discover. Exploit. Protect.” which invites visitors on an exciting research expedition into the fascinating and mysterious worlds found under water.

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04. September 2017

Silicon Austria’s High-Frequency Technology in Upper Austria

With Silicon Austria, Austria will have a new top-level research centre for microelectronics of global standing. The centre should ensure the country maximum international visibility and take it to the very top of this branch of technology. Three sites, each with a different focus are to be set up in Linz, Villach and Graz. Upper Austria will take on the competence lead in the field of high-frequency technology. The centre is expected to create a total of 500 top-level jobs in Austria over the next few years.

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22. August 2017

PROFACTOR: Rapid configuration of robots for non-experts

At Motek in Stuttgart from 9–12 October 2017, PROFACTOR will be presenting XRob, an assistance robot for screwing and inspection tasks that can be programmed in a matter of minutes. With XRob systems, screwing and manual inspection and handling can be automated with a high degree of flexibility, even for small batch sizes. The XRob systems have been designed so that they can be easily operated by staff and be autonomously configured for new tasks.

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21. August 2017

RECENDT: Approval for the AuRea-NDT digitalization project

In the digitalization call issued by the government of Upper Austria, the AuRea-NDT project of RECENDT GmbH was among the 14 innovative research projects to be approved. Together with the project partner Catalysts the year-long project “Augmented Reality meets NDT” (AuRea-NDT for short) aims to visualize the precise position and situation of defects in components with the aid of smart glasses.

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21. August 2017

Wood Kplus: Upper Austria researches bioplastics made of wood

In terms its uses, petroleum is extraordinarily versatile – it is used not only to generate energy and to provide vehicles with fuel but is also found in countless everyday products. However, while it may provide us with comfort and convenience in our daily lives it also causes considerable environmental pollution and rapidly dwindling supplies of raw materials. There is now a widespread consensus that environmentally friendly alternatives should be found.

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16. August 2017

TCKT is expanding its infrastructure with tape-laying technology

The TCKT is owner of an Automated Fiber Placement System (AFP facility). With the ongoing project “PROFVK – Industrielle Produktionsprozesse für die Verarbeitung von FaserVerbundKunststoffen und zur Herstellung von Leichtbaustrukturen” and in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria the TCKT is able to work on the secrets of the automated laying process of fiber reinforced thermoset and thermoplastic materials.

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24. July 2017

Upper Austria: “Silicon Austria High-Frequency Technology Lab” in Linz

With ʻSilicon Austriaʼ the country will have a new top-level research centre for microelectronics of global standing – Upper Austria’s involvement is a unique opportunity for the province as a centre of innovation. This was announced today at a press conference in Vienna by Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern and Infrastructure Minister Jörg Leichtfried together with those responsible for research in the provincial governments of Upper Austria, Styria and Carinthia.

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12. July 2017

Hagenberg’s Research Institutes are Torchbearers in the Digital Revolution

Deputy Governor Strugl visited Research Institutions in Hagenberg. On Tuesday, 27 June 2017, Deputy Governor Strugl was a guest of RISC Software GmbH, Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH (both associated companies of UAR) and the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences. During his visit, he was able to gain an insight into pioneering R&D projects currently being run at the Softwarepark Hagenberg.

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