Focus on SMEs. Dedicated European support measures and "Hints and Tips" in light of the outcomes of the first Call for Proposaks of the SME Instrument

1. Styrian Business Promotion Agency - SFG
Andreas Lackner, Sept. 30th 2014

2. founded 1991
owned by the state of Styria
Responsible for implementing smart specialisation
strategy
financial support for R&D, investment in
production facilities, VC, …
cluster strategy, investor’s service,
Enterprise Europe Network, …
about 60 employees
grants given 2013: 41,8 MEUR
for 1468 projects
Key p j
data of SFG
SFG and the operating of the Economic Strategy

3. Lower Austria
Linz
St. Pölten
Eisenstadt
Upper Austria
Vienna
Salzburg
Innsbruck
Bregenz
rarlberg
Tyrol
Salzburg Styria
Carinthia
Burgenland
Klagenfurt GRAZ
Styria‘s location in the centre of Europe
Introduction of Styria

4. VINEYARDS ALPS
WELLNESS CULTURE
The most favored holiday destination
for Austrians
Introduction of Styria

5. R&D rate of 4.7 % - one of the highest in Europe
Six universities, two universities of applied sciences
55 % of Austria‘s researchers at technical Unis work in Styria
7 of 10 Austrian companies with the highest R&D rate are located here
(www.nxp.com, www.ams.com, www.siemens.com, www.infineon.com,
www.anton-paar.com, www.avl.com, www.epcos.com)
Styria was very successful in FP7:
518 participations, 174 MEUR cash
Some outstanding facts
Introduction of Styria

6. Smart Specialisation Strategy Styria

7. More than 170 companies and research
centers are working on the Green- and
Cleantech solutions of tomorrow within the
*Ranking: Top 10 cleanteCchlucsltuesrtEerC(O20W12OGRlLoDbaSl TCYleRaInAt.ech Directory)
More globally leading Green Tech Companies
within an hour´s drive than anywhere else.

8. MOBILITY
Powertrains
Materials
Design & Smart Production
ECO-TECH
Biomass / Biofuels
Energy Efficiency
Waste Management
HEALTH-TECH
Pharmaceutical engineering and production processes
Biobanking and biomarker technologies
Biomedical sensor technologies &
biomechanics
Fields of Competence
Smart Specialisation Strategy

9. Thank You!
Andreas Lackner
+43 (316) 7093-328
andreas.lackner@sfg.at
SFG – Styrian Business
Promotion Agency
A 8020 Graz, Nikolaiplatz 2
http://www.sfg.at