Value4Nano Final Report Summary

Executive Summary:
The final goal of VALUE4NANO CSA was to develop an Implementation Plan of 4 value chains and related target products (detailed in the list below), including detailed business modelling and planning for a set of pilot lines and involving strategic industries and other stakeholders.
• Nano and micro printing for industrial manufacturing
• Nano-enabled, depollutant and self-cleaning surfaces
• Manufacturing of powders made of functional alloys, ceramics and intermetallics
• Lightweight multifunctional materials and composites for transportation
In order to reach such target, the following 4 strategic objectives were set:
1. Formation and activation of 4 value chain expert groups, fostering industry alliances and involving relevant research and innovation actors;

2. Development and completion of the 4 Value Chains (VCs), by in-depth market analysis, clustering of project best practices on the selected value chains, gap analysis up to identification of needed technical and not technical actions to implement the VCs.

3. Release of a short-medium term (up to 2022) Implementation Roadmap for the selected value chains and related pilot lines. Long term actions were also considered. Business modelling and planning for selected pilot lines will were performed.

4. Performing roadmapping, networking and exploitation activities in a wide application-oriented network with nano relevance, linking together all EU actors and stakeholders.

Project Context and Objectives:
During the second decade of the 21st century, Europe has been facing a series of crucial challenges: low growth, insufficient innovation, and a diverse set of environmental and social challenges. Europe 2020, the EU’s comprehensive long-term strategy, recognizes these challenges and argues that Europe is experiencing a moment of transformation.
Whilst a significant part of the goods and services that will be available in the markets of the 2020’s are yet unknown, the main driving force behind their development will be the deployment of KETs.
In order to advance European Research Area (ERA) and Innovation Union objectives and reduce fragmentation, it is vital to implement nano-promising related research into activities and finally into key marketable products:
• which may contribute to address Societal Challenges of our time in alignment with Horizon 2020 strategies;
• which may boost European Industrial Leadership in different sectors and contribute to the development of a knowledge-based economy;
• where the nanotechnology can offer a clear benefit and added value compared to traditional pathways;
• where critical mass is vital for success and where breakthroughs require cross-border solutions, enhancing synergies with other KETs.
The NANOfutures initiative, the Integrating Technology and Innovation Platform on nanotechnology launched in 2009 by NANOfutures association, has the skills and network (driven by industries) to lead this process. NANOfutures links together more than 1000 nano-related stakeholders from industries, research centres and universities, public organisations, national and regional clusters, standardisation bodies, banks, investors and developers. The NANOfutures Research and Industrial Roadmap developed in the framework of the past NANOfutures CSA defined industry-driven-value chains involving many industrial and research experts and other stakeholders. Seven cross-application value chains were identified and then a list of actions for some specific markets, leading to a preliminary identification of 27 market driven value chains.
VALUE4NANO focused on a specific set of NANOfutures market-driven value chains aimed at particular applications, bringing forward a clear plan for their implementation in order to develop successfully and socially sustainable products.