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from EU-JAPANEU-JAPAN news dECEMber 2012 I 4 Vol 10 I Page 10FR-JP Cluster cooperationFood and Biotech Clusters from Franceand Japan meet to boost R&D partnershipsVitagora has welcomed a delegation fromthe Kyushu Bio Cluster Conference (KBCC).Over 2 days, a group of 10 companies, researchcenters and universities visited Dijonto meet existing partners and createnew contacts. One-to-one meetings werescheduled for one morning, as well as visitsof research centers in Burgundy andFranche-Comté. After this, the delegationwent to Rennes and visited other F²C Innovationpartners.This event has been organised within theframework of a Memorandum of Understandingsigned between KBCC and F²CInnovation in 2010.KBCC aims to boost R&D, production andsales expansion of “functional or healthcarefood” in the southernregion of Kyushu in Japan. It brings togetherover 200 members from industryand academia.Vitagora® is the leading European clusteron Taste-Nutrition-Health. Its membersinclude more than 150 companies and theelite of international research. Vitagora® isa member of F²C Innovation..http://www.vitagora.comhttp://www.f2c-innovation.comhttp://www.kyushu-bio.jpInternational Medical Industrial Forum 2013Nagano, Japan, 29 January 2013Representative of medical clusters in Europe(Cluster MedizinTechnik.nrW – DE, I-Care leCluster des Technologies de la Santé Rhône-Alpes - fr), Usa and Japan will be presentingthe current status and issues of the healthcareindustry in each country.Nagano Prefecture is Japan’s foremostmanufacturing centre for high-tech andprecision machinery industries and one ofthe world leading producers of precisioninstruments including watches and personalcomputer-related devices.Currently, the manufacturing industry inNagano Prefecture is promoting new strategiesfor developing sectors such as greenenergy, environment, and healthcare.Bavarian Business Delegation to SaitamaThis business delegation is already the fourth round of businessmatchmakingbetween Bavarian and Japanese companies. The organiser and initiator is theBavarian Networking - Organisation Cluster Mechatronik & Automation e.V. with headquartersin Augsburg, Germany, in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce of Nuremberg.During this four day trip Bavarian and Japanese companies met for business-matchmakingand visited Japanese high-tech companies. The programme included more than 30 one-toonemeetings and 15 visits of Japanese SME companies.The overall goal of this RIT-Project is the idea of supporting Bavarian-Japanese business cooperation.A first cooperation between the companies Eutect GmbH and Nittoku Engineeringhas already been successfully started atthe beginning of 2012.Also several Non-Disclosure-Agreements(ndas) have been signed between Bavarianand Japanese partners.The cooperation within the rit-Project startedone year ago. Japanese companies’ representativesalso visited Bavarian companiesand trade fairs organised by the Cluster ofMechtronik & Automation in Bavaria.In particular, the sector of healthcare relatedindustries is expected to record significantdevelopments in human resourcesand advanced medical treatments.In that context, Nagano Techno Foundationis organising the International MedicalIndustrial Forum 2013 with the aim toimplement a global network for cooperationin the healthcare sector and is lookingforward to welcoming EU representativesof this sector at the Forum.Agenda (as of 10/12/2012) and applicationform: http://documents.eu-japan.eu/nagano_application_formhttp://www.tech.or.jp/englishhttp://www.cluster-ma.deJapanese Delegation Visited TechteraThis business delegation is already thefourth round of business-matchmakingbetween Bavarian and Japanese companies.The organiser and initiator is theBavarian Networking - Organisation ClusterMechatronik & Automation e.V. with headquartersin Augsburg, Germany, in cooperationwith the Chamber of Commerce ofNuremberg.The overall goal of this rit-Project is theidea of supporting Bavarian-Japanese businesscooperation. A first cooperation betweenthe companies Eutect GmbH andNittoku Engineering has already been successfullystarted at the beginning of 2012.Also several Non-Disclosure-Agreements(ndas) have been signed between Bavarianand Japanese partners.During this four day trip Bavarian and Japanesecompanies met for business-matchmakingand visited Japanese high-techcompanies. The programme included morethan 30 one-to-one meetings and 15 visits ofJapanese SME companies.The cooperation within the RIT-Project startedone year ago. Japanese companies’ representativesalso visited Bavarian companiesand trade fairs organised by the Cluster ofMechtronik & Automation in Bavaria.http://www.techtera.org