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Ecostart Enterprise and Innovation Centres
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Contacts
Mario GROTZ
Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade
Phone: +352 24 78 41 85
E-mail: mario.grotz@eco.etat.lu
Frédéric BECKER
Luxinnovation, National Agency for Innovation and Research
Phone: +352 43 62 63 1
E-mail: frederic.becker@luxinnovation.lu
The Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade offers support services to innovative businesses in Luxembourg by making facilities available to innovative start-ups. The project is also part of the government plan concerning the City of Sciences, Research and Innovation for high-tech companies in Belval where an additional business and innovation centre is already in an advanced planning stage.
Objective
The mission of the Ecostart Enterprise and Innovation Centres is twofold:
to support Luxembourg promoters of innovative projects in their initial stage and to provide them with active guidance until their start-up stage- to provide temporary premises (relay-centre) for domestic and foreign businesses at their development stage, seeking to establish a temporary foothold in Luxembourg
Beneficiaries
The Ecostart Centres offer their services to the following types of actors and companies:
- innovative companies at a start-up stage who are searching for their first industrial and/or administrative premises
- small technological companies seeking to establish a temporary foothold for their operation in Luxembourg
In order to be admitted at the Ecostart Centres, applicants should undertake innovative activities. Their business plans are evaluated with a specific focus on their financial viability, technology and team, their employment potential and their potential to develop R&D activities.
Forms and terms of support
The Ecostart Centres offer an extensive range of facilities and services to the companies they host.
They provide companies with the following facilities located in Foetz, in the south of Luxembourg:
- 1,600 m2 of office space
- 6,300 m2 for assembly and production activities (initial prototypes or small factory workshops)
The Centres also offer individual support services provided by Luxinnovation for the setting-up of business plans, as well as a personalised follow-up of the start-ups, including application support for public aid measures, training, and regular information via a monthly newsletter.
