Partners

Network Co-ordinator: CECIMO

Foresight Co-ordinator

 

  • Derek Palethorpe (UK)
    e-mail: derek.palethorpe(AT)btopenworld.com
  Watch Co-ordinators

They are the core participants of the Watch and Foresight Committee. They establish "Innovation Sheets" to disseminate the main innovative trends and exploitable results of the research projects linked to Mantys. They establish the Trend Reports that synthesise the current technology trends and address the related Hot Topics. Group of 10 research organisations working in 5 Technical Areas:
  Agility – flexibility

  • ITIA-CNR Italy: Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation (Italy)
    Contact person: Francesco Paolucci , phone +390 2 2369 9948
    e-mail: f.paolucci(AT)itia.cnr.it

  • AMTRI: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Research Institute (UK)
    Contact person: Andy de Vicq, phone +44 1625 425421
    e-mail: devicq(AT)amtri.co.uk

Reliability - process monitoring - control

  • ISW Stuttgart: Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (Germany)
    Contact person: Peter Pruschek , phone +49 711 1212407
    e-mail: peter.pruschek(AT)isw.uni-stuttgart.de

  • FhG-IPK Berlin: Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology, Fraunhofer Society (Germany)
    Contact person: Eckhard Hohwieler, phone +49 3039006121
    e-mail: eckhard.hohwieler(AT)ipk.fhg.de
Process (ECO) efficiency

  • IWT (ECO-Center) Bremen: Institute for Metal Working Technologies (Germany)
    Contact person: Jochen Eckebrecht, phone +49 421-218-7481
    e-mail: ecke(AT)iwt.uni-bremen.de

  • EPFL : Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (Switzerland)
    Contact person: Dimitris Kiritsis, phone +41 21 6935163
    e-mail: dimitris.kiritsis(AT)epfl.ch
Virtual Manufacturing

  • IFW Hannover Institute for Production Engineering and Machine Tools (Germany)
    Contact person: Peer-Oliver Woelk, phone : +49 511 7622554
    e-mail: woelk(AT)ifw.uni-hannover.de

  • IRCCyN, Cybernetic and Communication Research Institute of Nantes (France)
    Contact person: Philippe Dépincé, phone : +33 2 40 37 69 50
    e-mail: philippe.depince(AT)irccyn.ec-nantes.fr
Precision Engineering

  • Cranfield University (SIMS) School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science (UK)
    Contact person: Paul Shore, phone +44 1234 754610
    e-mail: p.shore(AT)cranfield.ac.uk

  • LFM Bremen, Laboratory for MicroMachining (Germany)
    Contact person: Oltmann Riemer, phone +49 421 2189433
    e-mail: oriemer(AT)lfm.uni-bremen.de
 
  Watch Towers

They are the external expertise of the Watch Co-ordinators. Group of 7 research organisations:

 
 

  • FUNDACION TEKNIKER, (Spain)
    Contact person: Ramon Arana, phone +349 43206744
    e-mail: rarana(AT)tekniker.es

  • FATRONIK System, (Spain)
    Contact person: Rikardo Bueno, phone +34943748020
    e-mail : rbueno(AT)fatronik.com

  • ISTEC-ILM, Institute of Science and Technology of Ceramics - National Research Council (Italy)
    Contact person: Franco Rabezzana, phone +39011 548653
    e-mail: metec(AT)fileita.it

  • SjF-STU: SlowakUniversity of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Slovakia)
    Contact person: Stefan Valcuha, phone +421 752497891/5729655
    e-mail: valcuha(AT)kvs.sjf.stuba.sk

  • Castings Technology International, (UK)
    Contact person: Peter Haigh, phone +44 1142 728647
    e-mail: pm.haigh(AT)castingstechnology.com

  • UPV-EHU: University of the Basque Country (Spain)
    Contact person : José Sanchez, phone +349 46014068
    e-mail : impsagaj(AT)bi.ehu.es

  • WTCM/CRIF: Belgian Research Centre for Manufacturing Technologies (Belgium)
    Contact person: Peter Perremans, phone +32 (0)11 859180
    e-mail: peter.perremans(AT)wtcm.be
 
  Cluster Co-ordinators

A more appropriate term would be “Project Technical Reviewer”. They are the direct relays between the research projects, the European Commission and MANTYS.

 
 

  • Malcolm Thorneycroft, former Engineering Director BSA Tools (UK)
    Phone +44 121 783 40 71, e-mail: malcolm.thorneycroft(AT)talk21.com

  • Peter Mason, former Engineering Director Cincinnatti Milacron (UK)
    Phone +44 24 76464368, e-mail: peter(AT)mason78.freeserve.co.uk

  • John Liverton, former Engineering Director Jones & Shipman International (Renald group) (UK)
    Phone +44 1926 810657, e-mail: jlc(AT)johnliverton.com

  • Vincenzo Nicolo, former Group Innovation Director Mandelli (Italy)
    Phone +390523 332898, e-mail: v.nicolo(AT)agonet.it
 
  Socio-Economic Task Force

The socio-economic task force consists of socio-economic experts who are seeking to identify mechanisms that relate technological innovation with socio-economic factors like employment and education, business cycles, societal issues and sustainable growth.

 
 

  • AFM (Spain)
    Contact person: Xabier Ortueta, phone +349 43309009
    e-mail: xabier.ortueta(AT)afm.es

  • CEU-UCIMU (Italy)
    Contact person: Massimiliano Mandelli, phone +3902 262551
    e-mail: tech.dept(AT)ucimu.it

  • MTA (UK)
    Contact person: Geoff Noon, phone +44 20 72986400
    e-mail: gnoon(AT)mta.org.uk

  • SWISSMEM (Switzerland)
    Contact person: Daniel Röschli, phone +41 1 3844827
    e-mail: d.roeschli(AT)swissmem.ch

  • SYMOP (France)
    Contact person: Catherine Bruzaud, phone +33 147176717
    e-mail: c.bruzaud(AT)symop.com

  • VDW (Germany)
    Contact person: Gerhard Hein, phone +49 69 7560810
    e-mail: statistik(AT)vdw.de

  • HSG – University of St Gallen, (Switzerland)
    Contact person: Bernold Beckenbauer, phone: +41 71 228 24 64
    e-mail: bernold.beckenbauer(AT)unisg.ch

  • IFO Institute for Economic Research (Germany)
    Contact person: Hans-Günther Vieweg, phone +49 8992241362-985369
    e-mail: vieweg(AT)ifo.de

  • IRES, UCL The Institute of Economic and Social Research (Belgium)
    contact person: Raouf Boucekkine, phone +32-10-47.38.48
    e-mail: boucekkine(AT)ires.ucl.ac.be

  • University Stuttgart - BWI (Institute of Business Studies) & IPP (Institute of Philosophy, Educational Sciences, Psychology) (Germany)
    Contact person: Peter Pruschek, phone : +49-711-1212407
    e-mail: peter.pruschek(AT)isw.uni-stuttgart.de

  • Mike Page, Industrial Journalist, (UK)
    Phone: +44-1223.245.789
    e-mail: mikepage(AT)freeuk.com

  • Oxford Economic Forecasting (UK)
    Contact person: John Walker, phone : +44.1865.202.828
    e-mail : jwalker(AT)oef.co.uk

  • University of Munich – IWB (Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management) (Germany)
    Contact person: Georg Wünsch, phone : +49-89-289-15542
    e-mail: georg.wuensch(AT)iwb.tum.de
 
  Industrial Advisory Committee

The Industrial Advisory Committee is composed of industrial experts working for manufacturing equipment suppliers and manufacturing equipment users. From the side of the manufacturing equipment suppliers, the national member associations of CECIMO will delegate industrial representatives. Their role is to give recommendations and comments about the relevancy of the projects evaluated and discussed in the Network.

 

  • Stephen Lebeau, 600GROUP (UK)

  • John Liverton, 600GROUP (UK)
  • Manuel Leon, ASCAMM (Spain)
  • Stefano Roncelli, BREMBO (Italy)
  • David Norris, BRIDGEPORT (UK)
  • Peter Chandler, CA TECHNOLOGY (UK)
  • Marc Wouters, CATERPILLAR (Belgium)
  • Jean-Jacques Janosch, CATERPILLAR (France)
  • Dominika Frackowiak, CEPM (France)
  • Angelo Merlo, CESI (Italy)
  • Philippe Lubineau, CETIM
  • Xabier de Maidagan, CIC MARGUNE (Spain)
  • Michele Putero, COMAU (Italy)
  • Anna Maria Izzi, DEA (Italy)
  • Sergio Durante, FIAT CRF (Italy)
  • Anja Herrmann Praturlon, FIAT CRF (Italy)
  • Fabrizzio Meo, FIDIA (Italy)
  • Claude Mège, FOREST-LINE, (France)
  • Werner Fleischer, HAUZER Techno Coating Europe (Netherlands)
  • Tony Bannan, HOLROYD RENOLD Precision Technologies (UK)
  • Jörg-Michael Nussbaum, HÜLLER-HILLE (Germany)
  • Juan-Manuel Minguez, IDEKO (Spain)
  • Sergio Leoni, INNSE-BERARDI (Italy)
  • Jeff Ostman, IONBOND (Switzerland)
  • Jaroslav Soldat, KOVOSVIT MAS (Czech Republic)
  • Claus Eppler, KRAUSE-MAUSER (Germany)
  • Adriano Dolcini, MECOF (Italy)
  • Francesco Tamburini, MECOF (Italy)
  • Derek Rimmer, NEWALL MEASUREMENTS SYSTEMS (UK)
  • Guillermo Diaz-Ambrona, NICOLAS-CORREA (Spain)
  • Michel Bergeon, NUM (France)
  • Arturo Garcia, ONA ELECTROEROSION (Spain)
  • Olivier Moreau, PCI SCEMM(France)
  • Stéphane Deblaise, RENAULT POWERTRAIN (France)
  • Jean-Louis Houpert, RENAULT POWERTRAIN (France)
  • Rolf Zeller, ROBERT BOSCH (Germany)
  • Peter Hill, ROLLS-ROYCE (UK)
  • Chris Nex, ROLLS-ROYCE (UK)
  • Eros Gabellini, SAMTECH Italy (Italy)
  • Didier Granville, SAMTECH (Belgium)
  • Joël Vigneau, SNECMA (France)
  • Jan Wubs, STORK FOKKER (Netherlands)
  • Gianpaolo Taglietti, STREPARAVA (Italy)
  • Borijov Vyskup, TAJMAC (Czech Republic)
  • Bernard Hoessler, TECNOMATIX (France)
  • Constant Bernard, TMS (France)
  • Jiri Marek, TOSHULIN (Czech Republic)
  • Georg Stappen, VISTEON Deutschland (Germany)

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