Pole of Competitiveness and Technology

Engineering and Tooling

The Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Cluster, established in October 2008, has as nuclear goal to help to highlight the evolution path of Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Industry.

Over the years, this Industry was to integrating and affirming its character as a global infrastructural and development partner, which takes the Technical Competence, Innovation and Technology as the main ingredients of its differentiation in a market increasingly globalized, competitive and sophisticated.

The bet on a consistent strategy of medium and long term aims in the first instance a new competitive position in six core markets: Automotive, Aerospace,

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Health, Energy & Environment, Electronics and Packaging. This desideratum involves the mobilization and effective engagement of all stakeholders of this community, in particular those with responsibility in industrial, scientific, technological and political planes.

The assertion of the “Engineering & Tooling from Portugal” brand in international market, essentially passes by strengthening the distinctive characteristics and performance of this industry, that all stakeholders need to promote, consolidate, strengthen and preserve.

POOL-NET Association takes in this context the responsibility to act as pivotal element that integrates those desiderata and operational goals in its Mission, lending to our Association a

characteristic of boosting pole of competitiveness of an industry that reveals itself with a strong potential to raise Portugal to an undeniable reference on industrial competence worldwide.

Therefore I reaffirm the Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Cluster, as a open Community, integrating members of an extended value chain and enabling the design and development of the most sophisticated tools, products and operational systems, protagonists of effective value transfer to our customers.

Allow me therefore to encourage the membership of new partners, business, scientific and / or public entities that share this vision and are engaged in the development and affirmation of Portuguese Engineering & Tooling Industry on global market.

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Portuguese Engineering & Tooling Industry represents a Cluster highly internationalized and in constant evolution, which emerged within the Moulds and Special Tooling Industry. Its integration capabilities, promotes expertise in design, engineering and prototyping, manufacturing of moulds and tools, injection and assembling products and components.

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This Community includes a wide range of stakeholders, on business, science and technology fields, and was officially recognized by the Portuguese Government in 2008 as Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Cluster, taking into account their nature to promote structural- economic development and by integrating the critical path of development of most of industrial products.

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The Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Cluster is run and animated by POOL-NET, a non-profit association established in October 2008. POOL-NET Portuguese Tooling Network streamlines and monitors the implementation of the Strategic Plan, set for the sector on a medium and long term vision (10 years).

This is a Business, Science and Technology Community, opened, which is assumed as a partner of public decision makers in the country’s development by encouraging the entry of new partners to POOL-NET, which will strengthen the competitiveness of Portuguese Engineering & Tooling Industry.

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Goals of the Pole of Competitiveness

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Association POOL-NET - Portuguese Tooling Network includes among its key stakeholders, businesses, universities, training centers and technology centers, representing an extensive value chain and an industry infrastructure, cross and multi-sector, based on equity and intensive knowledge networks and supported on multi-disciplinary networks.

The implementation and development of the Strategic Plan of the Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Cluster, based on the development

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of a significant number of R + D + I (Research + Development + Innovation), variable geometry (individual projects, community, national and international), in a Logic of Collective Efficiency Strategy.

POOL-NET mobilizes businesses to change through the development and promotion of international trade mark “Engineering & Tooling from Portugal”, stimulating the diversification of market sectors and the attraction and qualification of human resources in this community, investing in innovation.

To place Engineering & Tooling sector in top 5 at worldwide level, according ISTMA key performance indicators, in productivity, innovation and human resources qualification areas.

To assure at least a 2% production value growing by year (in Euro currency) on mouldmaking area.

To assure a high rate of production growing (two digits, in Euro currency) of high precision machined parts business area.

To assure high revenue levels for mouldmaking and high precision machining companies, with average results above the average of ISTMA-Europe Section.

To reach 30 new technological companies on Engineering & Tooling area.

To reach high recognition levels of the brand “Engineering & Tooling from Portugal”, at national and international level.

To promote a consistent reduction of the dependence of Automotive sector on Portuguese Engineering & Tooling exports, for values closer to 50% of total sales.

To assure a significant increase of market share for Portuguese Engineering & Tooling industry on strategic markets, namely, Energy & Environment, Electronics, Health, Aeronautics and Packaging Industry.

Goals of the Pole of Competitiveness

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Over the next Five to Ten years

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The Action Plan for the Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Cluster, is implemented through several instruments, including three anchor projects and a set of complementary projects that contribute for the materialization of the strategy advocated in several dimensions.

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In parallel, Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Cluster has also an ongoing series of complementary cross-actions with other National Poles of Competitiveness (Clusters), highlighting the partnership in Mobilizing projects, including the PRODUTECH - Pole of Manufacturing Technologies.

BtM -Branding to Market Actions to promote the Brand “Engineering & Tooling from Portugal”.

DiMarkets Action of Prospection / Market Research International Representation.

Engineering & Tooling from PortugalAnnual promotion projects, missions, participation in exhibitions, etc.

ETF - Empresa Tooling do FuturoInnovation, Organization and Organizational Reengineering - Lean Organization,Standardization, etc.

Tooling EdgeMobilizing Project: Technological Processes, Materials, Reengineering, Production Celland Sustainability.

Tooling SurfaceEngineering Surfaces, Technological Processes, Optimization of surfaces and tools.

MMToolingMicro-Technology Processes, Micro-Technologies for PIM Production.

BigprotoRapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling for large parts.

ReFRAKnowledge Development in New Processes of Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling.

Tooling PushKnowledge Development in New Finishing surfaces and Coating Processes.

Hybridmould21Engineering Solutions for large Plastic Parts in Small Series.

InovJovemTraining and Insertion of Young Technicians in Industry.

TrainingEnhancement of Technical Skills in areas of Strategic Training.

START UPPromoting Entrepreneurship, in schools and in the market.

The implementation of the Strategic Plan of the Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Cluster relies heavily on international affirmation of the brand “Engineering & Tooling from Portugal”.

This brand embodies Know-How, Technology and Innovation, Quality and Reliability, Networking, Competitiveness, Social Responsibility, main attributes that characterize the Portuguese Industry of Engineering & Tooling.This link promotes a distinctive ability to offer an

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integrated chain of competences of Portuguese Engineering & Tooling Industry, supporting the development of any product in the global market.

The allocation of use of the brand “Engineering & Tooling from Portugal”, is of the sole responsibility of POOL-NET - Portuguese Tooling Network, based on specific regulations of this Collective Efficiency Strategy, thus ensuring the credibility of the statement wanted on the global market.

The Pole of Competitiveness and Technology Engineering & Tooling fosters the participation and integration of its Stakeholders in International Cooperation Networks, in particular through its close coordination with the “European Tooling Platform “ within the Technological Platform MANUFUTURE.

POOL-NET also acts to mobilize their members and the industry in general to promote the Portuguese participation in European projects, namely DG Research, DG Enterprise and Industry, ICT, Eureka Eurostars, Interreg III, Capacities.

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Pool-net - Portuguese Tooling Network Edifício OPEN Zona Industrial, Rua da Bélgica, Lote 18, PO Box 782431 - 903 Marinha Grande, Portugal

Location GPS: 39º 43’ 18,6 N 8º 55’ 46,29 O

E-mail: info@toolingportugal.comWEB: www.toolingportugal.com

Tel. : +351 244 570 420 Fax : +351 244 570 421

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Pool-net - Portuguese Tooling Network Edifício OPEN Zona Industrial, Rua da Bélgica, Lote 18, PO Box 782431 - 903 Marinha Grande, Portugal

Location GPS: 39º 43’ 18,6 N 8º 55’ 46,29 O

E-mail: info@toolingportugal.comWEB: www.toolingportugal.com

Tel. : +351 244 570 420 Fax : +351 244 570 421

The formal access Portuguese Engineering and Tooling Cluster membership is implemented by the association POOL-NET, a non-profit association that manages this Collective Efficiency Strategy.POOL-NET members enjoy the following benefits:

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MembershipBenefits

Insertion on Collective Efficiency Strategy Engineering & Tooling;

Expansion of visibility (mainly international);

Free use of the brand “Engineering & Tooling from Portugal”;

Promotion of International and National image;

Privileged access to the System of Incentives of COMPETE;

Special increases on incentive programs under the COMPETE, approved and that meet the requirements recommended by the lender;

Preferential conditions for participation in projects developed and promoted by Members of the Pole of Competitiveness and Technology Engineering & Tooling;

Disclosure as an associate member of the portal Pool-net (www.toolingportugal.com);

Ease access and inclusion in International Innovation Networks, particularly under the 7th Framework Program of EU;

Integration into a global network.