Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) helps businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions. The Network is active in more than 60 countries worldwide.
Global Business Inroads (GBI) as "EEN India - GBI" is a Business Cooperation Centre of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) in India.

EEN India – GBI Services:

Advisory services for growth and expansion into international markets.
Support corporates, SMEs, startups and R&D organizations in finding partners for technology, business and research collaborations with international counterparts
Identification of business or academic partners to manufacture, distribute, co-develop and supply your products, ideas and services
Providing insights into the market for the uptake of technology and support with the viability assessments reports

Indian organizations:

Please register for your offer/request for technology, business or research collaborations with European counterparts at The Global Technology Interface® (GTI®)

For European organisation:

Please share your offer/requests technology, business or research collaborations with Indian counterparts at The Global Technology Interface® (GTI®)

Why India?

India, the second most populated country, is welcoming the SMEs from developed nations to collaborate with Indian SMEs for technology up-gradation and also to facilitate feasible business activities benefiting all. The Indian SME sector contributes 30% of the nation’s GDP and also anticipated to achieve a GDP of US $5 trillion by 2024. Also, 45% of India’s export business and 34% of manufacturing output depends on the Indian SME sector. India has emerged as third largest ecosystems for more successful start ups right behind China and US but ahead of Britain and Israel, according to Hurun Global Unicorn List 2019. India's start-up ecosystem has the potential to create up to 1.2 million direct jobs by 2025 according to a new report from industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom). The number of indirect jobs created by the start-up ecosystem in India can jump to 4.4 million by 2025 as per the report titled "India's Tech Start-up Ecosystem". The start-up landscape in the country is becoming the epitome of innovation, with companies bringing out solutions that are aimed at solving locally relevant issues.

Though the Indian SME sector is burgeoning, the Indian government considering the influencing factors [such as social, economic, and environment], wants to strengthen the efficiency of the SME sector. Henceforth, the better business activities can be accomplished without compromising the aforementioned factors. For enhancing efficiency, the Indian government is stimulating global SMEs (e.g. Make in India, Make in India 2.0) to collaborate with the Indian SMEs – thereby achieving the sharing of technology, knowledge, and business.

EEN India - GBI can support SMEs for facilitating access to innovation and technology in the Indian and global markets. EEN India – GBI can organize training and presentations/interactions offering customized knowledge and information to make key decisions.

Opportunities for collaboration - European technologies seeking collaborations with Indian counterparts

A Czech company is offering collaboration to manage short textile fibre problems.

The company has developed and offers a manufacturing device for the production of blown-in thermal and acoustic insulation from very short textile fibre waste which is no longer processable, therefore it is disposed of in the landfills. They offer collaboration to big textile, construction, recycling companies, and government institutions to manage short textile fibre problems.

A Spanish company is seeking thermal insulation technologies for electric vehicle battery pack housing.

The company specialised in the design and manufacturing of thermal, thermo-acoustic and electromagnetic insulations for automotive industry, is looking for technologies to thermally insulate the battery pack housing to optimize the performance of electric vehicles batteries and guarantee the protection of the passengers in case of thermal runaway inside the battery.

A Slovenian company is offering a licence for in-wheel electric motor technology for electric vehicles

The company has developed an innovative in-wheel electric motor. This innovation enables an improved agility of the vehicle, while at the same time the solution proved to be reliable with redundancy and additional safety. The partners sought should have knowledge of mass production and required facilities for manufacturing larger quantities of the in-wheel motor. Produced motors will be used in two, three or four wheel light e-vehicle applications.

Please contact us to learn more about these opportunities.