TEST-4-SME: Laboratory network for testing, characterisation and conformity assessment of electronic products developed by SMEs

Project partners:

From Latvia:

University of Latvia

Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

From other countries:

Tartu Observatory, Estonia

University of Tartu, Estonia

Applied Research Institute for Prospective Technologies, Lithuania

Centria University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Germany

JSC Modern E-Technologies, Lithuania

Project summary:

The Project will initiate an innovation support network in the Baltic Sea Region for electronics SMEs. The support network will provide testing and consultation for electronics SMEs on how to demonstrate conformity with international standards during early product development. No electronic product can be successfully placed in global markets if conformity to standards is not proven, which typically requires extensive testing of product prototypes. Early stage testing can also help avoid failures in later stages and thus can also be extremely cost-effective. Project partners will consult and train employees of SMEs as well as share knowledge across the network to improve the quality and efficiency of testing in order to speed up the process of product development. Pilot projects will be implemented in seven SMEs.

Project funded by: INTERREG Baltic Sea Region

Project duration: Oct. 2017.-Sept. 2020.

Project budget: 1 780 000 EUR

Project coordinator in VUAS: Baiba Reimane

Link to project main homepage: http://projects.interreg-baltic.eu/projects/test-4-sme-107.html