universityâenterprise cooperation
universityâenterprise cooperation
universityâenterprise cooperation
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CRO<br />
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Rijeka<br />
Banja Luka<br />
B&H<br />
MEF (CEVIP)<br />
SRB<br />
Kragujevac<br />
MNE<br />
800<br />
700<br />
VMnet statistics<br />
Podgorica<br />
Skoplje<br />
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EU Links<br />
WBC Links<br />
VMnet Links<br />
In line with idea of network knowledge and transfer technologies, Centre for Virtual Manufacturing has<br />
established Virtual Manufacturing Network – VMnet as efficient industrial-science link, which has already<br />
more than 800 members (large companies, SMEs, R&D organizations, NGO, Agencies for SMEs, entrepreneurs,<br />
experts, managers, engineers, researchers, students etc.)<br />
During the last year VMnet has increased number of members from other WBC (Bosnia and Herzegovina,<br />
Croatia, Montenegro and FYR Macedonia) within WBC-VMnet TEMPUS project realization.<br />
Network gathers 13 experts from area of production technologies, materials, information technologies,<br />
software development, numerical FE/FV simulation of production processes, rapid prototyping, reverse<br />
engineering, design and marketing, who offer support for companies in their R&D activities to implement<br />
new technologies, thus improving their competitiveness on the global market. Apart from expertise offered<br />
within VMnet, by this network enterprises would get quality, timely and inexpensive development cycle and<br />
may optimize the existing products and processes, as precondition for increasing of competitiveness on<br />
increasingly requiring market.<br />
Development and broadening of the network is helped by R&D organizations, SMEs, companies, Regional<br />
agencies for development of SMEs, Chambers of commerce, resource Ministries and all other institutions<br />
that find interest for joint actions. VMnet members are being updated and informed through e-mail about<br />
the latest news on important events, electronic brochures and magazines, useful links on manufacturers of<br />
equipment and software etc. In that way they have access to information on the latest achievements in the<br />
area of virtual technologies, in order for them to improve their knowledge and gain new skills, useful for<br />
doing business at their companies.<br />
New WBC model of university-enterprise <strong>cooperation</strong> 6