Embracing Technology, embracing the future

Need more information about IDES or how Innovation, Design and Engineering Service providers can accelerate your R&D&I activities?

You can send all your questions to jean-marc.timmermans@agoria.be

For more information about Agoria, visit: www.agoria.be

Want to know more about how Agoria supports Belgian Technological inspired companies?

Agoria Business Group IDES

Questions?

Chairman:

Koen Verhaert, President IDES (Verhaert New Products & Services)

Vice-Chairmen

Joost Thurman, Vice-President IDES (Achilles Design)

Michel Saint-Mard, 2nd Vice-President IDES (Taipro Engineering )

Coordinator

Contact Agoria: jean-marc.timmermans@agoria.be, Business Group Leader, Manufacturing Industries

https://www.agoria.be/ides/

‘IDES service providers are accelerators in an open innovation ecosystem’

Discover our Belgian IDES companiesAccelerate your R&D&I activities through collaborative innovation together with our Innovation, Design and Engineering Service providers.

AGORIA n BluePoint n Bd A. Reyers Ln 80 n B-1030 Bruxelles-BrusselTel +32-2-706 78 00 n www.agoria.be

Our members services:

Innovationmanagement

Design &Development

Engineering

Prototyping& Testing

Processautomation

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In our complex world of fast technology evolution, increased pow-er of end-users, disruptive business models and resource scarcity laying the innovation puzzle become more and more challenging for most companies.

At IDES we believe that a professional and well organised off ering in contract innovation, design and engineering is key in any inno-vation ecosystem that wants to cope these challenges.

It is our ambition to further accelerate innovation in our regions by making our joined expertise and technologies better available to our industries and to promote contract innovation, design, engi-neering services as a low barrier open innovation model.

Koen Verhaert, Michel Saint-Mard & Joost Thurman

Industry challengesn ID&E resource scarcity

n Increasing complexity of technology & innovation

n Avoid not invented here syndrome

n Focus on breakthrough innovation in ongoing businesses

n Access to available technologies

n Move from fi xed cost structures toward variable costs

To implement open innovation

Our members’ solutionn Make expert resources available to the whole industry

n Critical mass by sharing best practices, knowledge and technology

n Creative Out of the box thinking & insights from other industries.

n Collaborative I, D&E

n Bridge knowledge institutes with local industry

n Flexibility by outsourcing

Provide shared services for innovation

How can we accelerate innovation?The Aim of IDES:Who is IDES?

IDES is a business community within Agoria of about 40 Bel-gian companies that provide services to the industry in the domain of Innovation, Design & Engineering.

These companies are service providers & consultants in the domains of Innovation, Product Development & Industrial Design and Engineering.

These service providers can help your company to imple-ment and realize new products or processes, your Industry 4.0 or advanced manufacturing projects, to become a digital factory by means of their expertise and knowledge.

This group of Belgian Companies has as an ambition to boost the visibility of its members and creating market awareness for their services at an international level.

To be a recognized accelerator for the Belgian industry, to promote Belgium as a region for R&D investments and collaborations and to realize a shared ambition for Belgium to become an innovation top region.

https://www.agoria.be/ides/

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