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This joint call for projects will take place in two phases. The first phase, between 15 November 2023 and 9 February 2024, will allow interested economic players to submit their projects (summary, planned research, timetable, budgets, etc.).

As the winter season approaches, and with the obligation to switch to winter tyres when winter weather conditions prevail on the roads, tyre dealers traditionally experience a high level of demand for tyre changes.

Intellectual property (IP) intensive products and services, particularly in key areas such as renewable energies, circular economy and artificial intelligence, are of the driving forces behind the green and digital transformation of the economy.

At the opening of the "Automotive Day" in Esch-Belval on 5 October 2023, Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, Minister of Finance, Yuriko Backes, and Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the American company Lyten, which will establish its European headquarters in Luxembourg.

Today, on October 4, 2023, Prime Minister and Minister for Communications and Media, Xavier Bettel, and Minister of Economy, Franz Fayot, had a meeting with Young Sang Ryu, President and CEO of SK Telecom (SKT).

The shift towards sustainable mobility will be the central topic of the Automotive Day 2023, scheduled for October 5 at 9 am in Luxembourg in Esch-Belval and organised by Luxinnovation's Luxembourg AutoMobility Cluster.

On 15 September 2023, the economic interest group (GIE) Luxembourg@Expo2025Osaka signed a contract with the Japanese general construction company Naito House Co, Ltd to build the Luxembourg Pavilion (Type A, self-build pavilion) at the Expo 2025 Osaka World Exhibition...

During a press conference on September 6th, Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot, introduced the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct for Luxembourg: LuxNCP. During the conference, Minister Fayot presented the team, and outlined the missions, and the activities of LuxNCP.

Luxinnovation, the national innovation agency, is a member of the consortium selected by the European Commission to support the Ukrainian innovation community.

Following the success of the first call for projects in autumn 2022, the Ministry of the Economy, the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) and Luxinnovation are launching a second joint call for projects to offer companies and research institutions a new funding opportunity to support consortia wishing to take advantage of high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities.

Building on the success of the first call for projects launched in November 2022, the Ministry of the Economy and the Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning have decided to launch a second call for projects to encourage companies to set up and operate photovoltaic solar power plants in Luxembourg, with the aim of enabling them to use the electricity produced themselves.

The Graduate Showcase 2023 of the Fit 4 Start programme highlighted, in the presence of the Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, the 10 start-ups that successfully completed the 13th edition of the start-up acceleration programme run by Luxinnovation.

The General Directorate for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises presented a new brochure featuring Luxembourg's creative industries at an event of the Luxembourg Creative Industries Cluster hosted by 1535° Creative Hub Differdange.

From June 6 to 9, 2023, the 6th edition of the Smart Manufacturing Week will take place in Luxembourg, organised by the national innovation agency, Luxinnovation. During the four-day programme, companies will discover innovative ways to reduce the environmental impact of their manufacturing processes, while minimising costs and increasing their competitiveness.

At the invitation of TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, the President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, José Maria Neves, and his wife, Débora Katisa Carvalho, paid a state visit to Luxembourg from 23 to 25 May.