European maritime export consortia

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2023-03-02

Description

Description (EN):

In Interreg Atlantic Area, the economic and social importance of the industry and services related to sea is high, and shipbuilding industry has a significant tractor effect on a set of complementary activities carried out, in most cases, by SMEs. Consortex project aims to set up at least five export consortia formed by six or more European interregional SMEs specialized in the manufacture of certain built-in packages of naval production (bridge, engine room, accommodation and deck) for a certain type of shipbuilding (offshore vessels, marine power plants, cruise ships and scientific vessels) to improve their market positioning, sign contracts, and make international sales. While the goal of the consortia is innovation in marketing, their performance will be extended to all areas of the shipbuilding industry, such as innovation and technological development. And, within a Corporate Social Responsibility approach, the result will be a return to society and territory. This return will be based in taxes income for Public Authorities, employment, high technical qualifications of workers and environment protection.

Achievements (EN):

The high importance of the economic and social shipbuilding industry and services related to the sea in the Atlantic regions has a significant tractor effect on a set of complementary activities carried out, in most cases, by SMEs. These firms do not have size enough to address international markets in a good negotiation position and cannot complete a whole value chain on their own regions. So, collaboration with other companies from other European Atlantic regions becomes strategic. The CONSORTEX project aimed to set up export consortia formed by European SMEs specialised in providing solutions for vessels and maritime structures. Six consortia have been established and started up: Vessel design, Deck, Accommodation, Engine Room, Bridge, and Offshore energy. All of them are composed of companies from different European Atlantic regions. They address international markets of a certain type of shipbuilding, such as offshore vessels, marine power plants, cruise ships, and scientific vessels, offering specialised built-in packages which cover their value chain. The project partners thus committed to bringing together SMEs in the shipbuilding sector of the Atlantic Area, promoting collaboration among themselves. By being part of an export consortium, the companies maintain their autonomy, share knowledge and financial means, and grow in size and in negotiating power in international markets, where there is fierce competition from Asian companies. The maritime industry in each of the European Atlantic regions has been reinforced by the new shared capacities of the participant companies. "Obeki Electric Machines is a company specialised in the design, manufacturing and sale of electric engines for vessels deck, offshore and maritime cranes, ships propulsion and other related applications. We have participated in the CONSORTEX project incorporating our company into Deck Consortium. The project has allowed us to know other complementary to us companies from other regions of the Atlantic Area with which we have shared experiences. The possibilities of carrying out joint projects in the future remain open, being therefore the final assessment of the project positive.” Javier Múgica Obeki Electric Machines SL.

Website: http://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

The main product of this project is the establishment and implementation of at least 5 export consortia specialized by product package, formed each of them by 6 or more SMEs to improve their market access. A diagnosis of the ancillary industry of shipbuilding and its impact on the economy of their territories, an analysis of the value chain of product packages and types of vessels chosen, the strategic diagnosis of each firm involved, an analysis of the world market for each market niche, and a plan to return results to the society will also be obtained along the project. The beneficiaries will be the SMEs ancillary shipbuilding industry, which will increase its presence in international markets, workers of these firms, who will have greater assurance of continuity in their jobs, and economies of the territories where the industry is located, which will have less unemployment.

Thematic information

Labour market and employment SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: Enhancing innovation capacity through cooperation to foster competitiveness

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Foro Marítimo Vasco

Address: BILBAO, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 606 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 454 500.00

Clúster del Sector Naval Gallego

Name: Clúster del Sector Naval Gallego

Address: Vigo, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 180 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 135 000.00

Cork Institute of Technology

Name: Cork Institute of Technology

Address: Cork, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 176 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 132 000.00

Associação das Indústrias Navais

Name: Associação das Indústrias Navais

Address: Lisbon, Portugal

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 204 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 153 000.00

Fórum Oceano - Associação da Economia do Mar

Name: Fórum Oceano - Associação da Economia do Mar

Address: Matosinhos, Portugal

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 138 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 103 500.00

Bretagne Pôle Naval

Name: Bretagne Pôle Naval

Address: Lorient, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 195 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 146 250.00

IMWA cic t/a National Maritime

Name: IMWA cic t/a National Maritime

Address: Dartford, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 184 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 138 000.00

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Summary

Project name (PT): Consórcios marítimos europeus de internacionalização

Project name (ES): Consorcios marítimos europeos de exportación

Project name (FR): Consortiums maritimes européens d'exportation

Project name (EN): European maritime export consortia

Project acronym: CONSORTEX

Project start date: 2017-10-02

Project end date: 2019-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 683 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 262 250.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 262 250.00.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Economic Sector and Territories Diagnosis

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-26

Document date: 2018-10-12

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

CONSORTEX Registration of Companies Report: World Market Opportunities Report for Maritime Industries

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-26

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Economic Sector and Territories Diagnosis - Interview Transcripts

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-26

Document date: 2018-10-12

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

Consortex Brochure

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-26

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Flyers

Consortex Flyer

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Flyer

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-26

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Media releases / articles

Press Release - Consortex Project promotes the creation of six Export Consortia

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-26

Document date: 2019-11-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Press Release - Consortex Virtual Congress

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-26

Document date: 2021-02-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Websites / webtools / webforums / cooperative platforms

Constitution of international consortium to access opportunities as part of an export consortium

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-26

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://www.sphinxonline.com/SurveyServer/s/BPN2015/WP5CONSORTEX_EN/questionnaire.htm

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2021-08-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

71 / 71 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

718 / 718 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.atlanticarea.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2023-02-02 and 2024 01 30. Fields project name and description (from 23 projects) translated from Spanish into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: @BluePortS, 4H-CREAT, ACCESS2SEA, AGEO, AGRITOX, ALERTOX-NET, AtlanticFoodExport, ATLANTIC-KET-MED, AT-VIRTUAL, AYCH, CABFishMAN, CircularSeas, COCKLES, CONSORTEX, FAN-BEST, iFADO, IN 4.0, JONAS, MONITOOL, NANOCULTURE, PROTOATLANTIC, SIRMA and USER-FACTOR.

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