LIST & the National Composites Centre UK sign a collaboration innovation agreement

A few months after the official presentation of the future National Composite Centre – Luxembourg  (NCC-L) hosted by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), LIST is pleased to announce that a new partnership with the National Composites Centre (NCC) in the United Kingdom (UK) was officially born on July 26, 2016.

Professor Gabriel Crean, Chief Executive Officer at LIST, was part of the Senior Delegation from Luxembourg headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider that visited the NCC - UK. On this occasion, a historic collaborative innovation agreement was signed between the NCC – UK and LIST. This is a powerful and positive example of ongoing collaboration in the European and UK innovation community.

The agreement sets out to advance the innovation capability and capacity across the two organisations. Luxembourg’s aspirations to strengthen its (already strong) innovation capacity are supported by €1 billion for programmes and infrastructure, including the opening later this year of the €60m NCC-L. The new centre will complement LIST’s capabilities, which include bio-based materials, nano additives and life cycle analysis, all of which are of interest to the NCC-UK. The NCC - UK supports industry in research and development for composites products and manufacturing processes. Offering open access to the latest technologies, expertise and collaboration opportunities, it has the means to research, design, develop, prototype and test across a full range of relevant sectors.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Prof Gabriel Crean and NCC Executive Director of Strategy & Business, Alison Starr. It offers an important opportunity to grow knowledge through partnership. The link between LIST and NCC will further advance exploitation of the opportunities of composites for the UK and Luxembourg.

> Information source: National Composites Centre UK. Read the NCC - UK news “European Collaboration milestone achieved at the National Composites Centre” and access the related press released, published on July 16, 2016.

Group picture: Senior Delegation from Luxembourg including Mr Etienne Schneider, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg and representatives from the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of State, Embassy of Luxembourg in the United Kingdom, Ministry for Higher Education and Research, National Agency for Innovation and Research, LIST and Luxinnovation.

Picture in the lab: Mr Etienne Schneider and Professor Gabriel Crean by the Coriolis AFP Machine with Peter Giddings.

Picture of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding: Alison Starr, Executive Director Strategy & Business at the NCC, Mr Etienne Schneider and Professor Gabriel Crean.


> All pictures © NCC - UK