Flemish Brabant Promised Land for Smart Logistics

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Contents Innovation fuels economic development 1

Strong together 2

Flemish Brabant as a Logistics Hub 3

Flemish Brabant, the smart region 10

Flemish Brabant, the province that boosts innovation 13

Flemish Brabant as a Smart Hub: the promised land for smart logistics 15

Organisations actively involved within (innovative) logistics and mobility 32

Knowledge institutes with in-depth research on logistics and mobility 33

Flemish Brabant: more than just a logistics hotspot! 37

Flemish Brabant: think Smart, act Hub 39

Contact 40

Colophon 41

In Flemish Brabant, we are absolutely convinced of that statement. Plenty of assets all over our province prove our point, starting with the know-ledge region around Leuven, the association with healthcare (UZ Leuven), and the world-renown research centre, imec. In recent years, this region has evolved into a unique myriad of knowledge institutes as well as “knowhow”-driven private companies. The pres-ence of an international airport and the good coverage by the logistics sector in the county of Halle Vilvoorde perfectly complements the role of the VUB, together with its associate partners Erasmushogeschool Brussels and AZ Jette (Academic Healthcare Facility), as a Flemish knowledge pool in the Brussels region.The added value for the regional development of our province lies in the synergies and interactions between the aforementioned assets.

The province wants to foster this and, in its role as director and pioneer, give the largest possible boost to innovation. The aim is for the province of Flemish Brabant to further excel as a top end technological knowledge (knowhow) region, with an emphasis on “smart logistics”, healthcare (including healthy food and nutrition), high-tech systems, cleantech, nanotechnology and nanoelectronics.

A great deal of attention goes to the business application, the so-called “valorisa-tion” and marketing of the expertise and knowhow developed in our province. This seems to become the proverbial “bottleneck” in many cases.How are we going to tackle this? How do we render innovation tangible? How do we route new promising innovations from their conception to the concrete appli-cations and the finished products with important economic potential and impact?

The first steps are the follow-up, monitoring and steering of the innovation scen-ery. What is at the forefront of todays’ and tomorrows’ technologies, taking into

account the social and technological evolutions, and what role can Flemish Brabant play therein? What is our (current or future) level of strength on a European or global scale? What type of research is being done in our knowledge institutes, which companies are actively involved, how can industrial actors in Flemish Bra-bant make an optimal use of the innovation potential available?

Through a selection and analysis processes, we can boost innovation by gather-ing together the ideal parties involved and having them start concrete innovation trails. Our guiding principle is the “triple helix”: knowledge institutes, industry and the government join forces to build Flanders and Flemish Brabant up as a leading knowledge region.Flanders Smart Hub is the most active player on behalf of the province of Flemish Brabant, with a broad partnership behind it. As a province, we recognised the importance of this approach and committed ourselves even further to this in-novation platform.

The first cluster we have put in the picture recently is the “logistech-cluster”. This brochure constitutes the first result of their initial findings.We hope it provides new impulses for innovation in this sector and leads to an optimal valorisation of the knowhow and expertise available in our province.

Jean-Paul Olbrechts,

economic representative province of Flemish Brabant

Jean-Paul Olbrechts,

economic representative province of Flemish Brabant

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In the first chapter, we create a picture of the logistics sector in Flemish Brabant today.With up-to-date figures and data (most recently made available at the time), this publication should reflect the present situation as accurately as possible.In the second chapter, our focus will be on the knowledge component of the region; and in a third chapter, you will learn more about the support for innovation available in

our province. The final chapter is a summarisation of the aforementioned components, where industries, knowledge institutes and government organisations elaborate on how each of them has an innovative angle for making logistics smart.Our sincere thanks obviously go to any contributor to this brochure!

Strong together

On this brochure:

Logistics and mobility are extremely important to Flanders. To perpetuate and enhance Flanders’ position as an excellent logistics region, it is important to main-tain our investments in logistics and mobility. Training and innovation are deciding factors. Innovation in logistics will certainly not limit itself to a mere technological innovation. Process innovation and innovation in the field of labour organisation are going to be of key importance.There are many organisations actively involved in logistics and mobility. Better and more intense cooperation between the different actors is what I personally deem extremely important. As a minister in charge of the “competence centres”, I initiated the streamlining of this cooperation. This cooperation is essential to avoid duplication and to safeguard the efficient use of public funds.An initiative such as Flanders Smart Hub can play a prominent role in boosting both innovation and cooperation between different organisations.

Ingrid Lieten, Vice-Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and Flemish

Minister for Innovation, Public Investment,

Media and Poverty Reduction

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The logistics sector is an important economic industry in Belgium, Flanders and the province of Flemish Brabant. According to a study of the National Bank of Belgium (based on figures 2008), the logistics sector accounts for 8% of the total prosperity (GNP or Gross National Product) and contributes in the same propor-tion (8%) to the total employment in Belgium.

It is only logical that Flanders, within the regeneration project “ViA 2020” - “Vlaan-deren in Actie” (that aims to turn Flanders into a leading region within Europe by 2020), wants to develop itself into the “Smart transit point in Europe”. This entails: “Flanders strives through its productivity and cost efficiency to become the most attractive region for logistics in Europe. Through optimal accessibility and our peo-ple’s skills, know-how, expertise and drive to innovate, we will sustainably create high added value and prosperity for the economy and the community”.

To realise this ambitious goal, the Government of Flanders created “Flanders Logistics”. Flanders Logistics is an initiative that strives towards the development of several subdomains of the logistics sector:

Flanders Port Area (FPA) (Ports),Flanders Inland Shipping Network (FISN) (Inland navigation),Flanders Air transport Network (FAN) (Airports),Taskforce Flanders Land Logistics (TFLL) (Road- and process logistics).

Flemish Brabant plays an important role in these initiatives, putting in all its assets to help shape Flanders’ ambition. Within the University of Antwerp, the “Steun-punt Goederenstromen” (Research Centre Commodity Flows) is a knowledge centre giving academic support to the initiative.

Flemish Brabant as a Logistics Hub

Capital economic value in Flanders

DirectIndirect

Other

Total

Added value (% of GNP)

3,11,92,9

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Added value (in MEUR)

929658858559

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Direct: Transport companies, logistics service providers, handlers, freight forwarders, terminal operators, etc.Indirect: incl. ICT providers on behalf of direct logistic activitiesOverig: industrial shippers

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The logistics sector in Flemish Brabant is focused on activities with a high added value and many supporting activities.

In 2005, the logistics sector accounted for a share of 9.23% in the employment figures of Flemish Brabant. Comparing this percentage with an average share of 6.64% at the entire Flemish Region level, we can conclude that the sector is strongly represented in Flemish Brabant.

Moreover, thanks to the presence of the Brussels Airport, the logistics sector in Flemish Brabant accounts for 16% of the total added value in logistics in Flanders.

This is confirmed, among other things, by the number of FTEs actively working at Brussels Airport: direct employment in 2008 was good for 19.905 FTEs. Indirect employment in the airport generates another 19.732 FTEs. Activities at the airport are a boost to the level of activity and thus account for employment with subcon-tractors as well as organisations making use of the airport.

Distribution logisticsNot only is the province of Flemish Brabant located in the heart of the “Blue Banana” area that comprises most of the European regions, from which, at favour-able transport rates under workable lead times (24/48 hrs.), the largest part of Europe can be reached - it is equally centrally located between major consumer markets in Europe, namely the Randstad in the Netherlands, the Ruhr area in Germany, the Flemish Diamond, Ile-de-France in France and the London Met-ropolitan Area in the United Kingdom. + KAART Blauwe Banaan (copyright @Cushman&Wakefield).

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Starting in Flemish Brabant, these consumer markets, where the vast majority of the European buying power is located, can be served in one day. Research revealed consumers within a range of a three-hour drive from Flemish Brabant - equivalent to the market available within one working day inclusive of the loading and un-loading operation both ways - have a purchasing power equal to €675 million. This makes the province of Flemish Brabant an ideal location for distribution logistics.

Industrial logisticsBesides these distribution activities, Flemish Brabant is the perfect place for indus-trial logistics.Three so-called “spearhead sectors” prevail in our province:the strong presence of developers, products and distributors of high value IT and telecom products. As regular users of the airport for the transport of their com-modities, they create a logistically prominent role for the airport and the province of Flemish Brabant;the position of the province of Flemish Brabant on the super-provincial axis around pharmaceutical products. The province does lie directly between the Wal-loon “Pharma Valley” (in Walloon Brabant) and the high concentration of phar-maceutical industries in” Klein-Brabant” (in the Rijksweg region near the cities of Puurs and Bornem);the Agro- and Food Logistics finds the perfect breeding ground in the province of Flemish Brabant. The eastern-most part of the province is characterised by highly present industry focusing on food-related products.

Value logisticsMoreover, the presence of the Brussels Airport, in combination with excellent connections to the different seaports (such as the Port of Antwerp via both E19 and the A12 motorways), means that the world lies at our fingertips. This is a particular asset for products with a high value. In addition to the earlier mentioned pharmaceutical products, it involves diamonds from Antwerp, the transport of luxury goods, race horses and various other live animals.

Flemish Brabant, the location of choice for “sea-air” cluster activities.

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Infrastructure

The province of Flemish Brabant is perfectly accessible by motorway (road), rail, inland navigation and air.

Road network

The province of Flemish Brabant lies on the crossroads of several motorways:RO: the “ring road around Brussels” is the central node in the Belgian road network. This ring road provides access to the other motorways.E40: the E40 is an important link in the trans-European road network and con-nects with the north of France (Chunnel) towards the west, and towards Germa-ny (Ruhr area), Poland and further through to the Ukraine and Russia in the east.E19: this motorway connects the province with Antwerp and the Randstad in the north and connects to the R0 at Vilvoorde. To the south, the E19 is the link to the Île-de-France region.

A12: the A12 runs parallel to the E19 and connects, as does the E19, Brussels with Antwerp and the Netherlands.E411: the E411 connects Brussels with France. The Autoroute des Ardennes goes via Wavre and Namur to Arlon and continues to the east of France.E429: the E429 links Halle with Tournai and connects further to Lille and Dunkirk in France.E314: the E314 links Leuven with the province of Limburg (Genk) and the Dutch and German motorways. The E314 crosses the E313, linking Antwerp with Liège.

These motorways connect the province with trans-European north-south and east-west axes; the province also provides a dense network of regional roads.

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Waterways network

The cargo transport by inland navigation in Flemish Brabant is primarily carried out on one of the three canals running through the province. On the ABC junction (Antwerp-Brussels-Charleroi), there is the Sea Canal Brussels-Scheldt (ships with a capacity of up to 4,500 tonnes) and the Brussels-Charleroi Canal (ships with a capacity of up to 1,350 tonnes). Finally, there is the smaller Leuven-Dijle Canal (ships with a capacity of up to 600 tonnes).

Railway network

Just as for the motorway network, the province of Flemish Brabant has a dense railway network mainly directed towards Brussels. This railway network provides a suitable connection with the largest nearby consumer concentrations.

Multimodal terminals

Our province has three bimodal, waterfront terminals.

• Cargovil Container Terminal (CCT) is situated along the Sea Canal Brussels-Scheldt in Vilvoorde-Grimbergen.

• Batop container terminal (Herent) is located along the Canal Leuven-Dijle and sails to/from Antwerp.

• Multimodal Inland Container Terminal (Van Moer Stevedoring) in Vilvoorde.

For the use of a railway terminal, the industry in Flemish Brabant can make use of the nearby container terminal (Dry port) in Muizen, located just over the province border in the province of Antwerp.This terminal has daily railway services for cargo to and from southern and central Europe and the ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge.

Trimodal terminal

Moreover, the industry of Flemish Brabant can also make use of the trimodally- accessible Port of Brussels for their commodity flows. The Location Analysis Model for Belgian Intermodal Terminals (LAMBIT), developed at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (dept. MOSI-T), reveals clearly that the marketing area of the Brussels Container Terminal (BCT), located in the Port of Brussels area, is extending itself up into a large part of Flemish Brabant.

The Port of Brussels is accessible through inland navigation and by sea for ships with a capacity of up to 4,500 tonnes. From the Port of Antwerp, the navigation time is a mere five hours through the Brussels-Scheldt Sea Canal, with only two locks to be passed. The Charleroi-Brussels Canal links the Port of Brussels with the Walloon Region. There is direct access to the motorways network and also connects through its outport to the northern European railway network - one of densest in the world.The Brussels Airport cargo terminal (Brucargo), near the motorway to Antwerp, is located a few minutes from the outport and the platform for international road transport, the so-called “T.I.R. centre”.

A study by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (dept. MOSI-T) calculated that on a Belgian level, the savings realised by inland navigation on the external costs thanks to the presence of the Port of Brussels (including pre- and/or post-delivery transport) compared to the transport by road, which would be imperative if the Port of Brussels did not exist, amounts to €7.4 million, not taking into account the parameter “congestion” (based on loadings and deliveries made in 2007) and €19.1 million with congestion taken into account. 400,000 truck journeys to/from Brussels would be necessary every year to compensate for these flows by inland navigation, flows that all would have to cross Flemish Brabant. In addition to the above, another 280,000 truck journeys are avoided thanks to transit flows on the Antwerp-Brussels-Charleroi Canal.

5 Macharis, C. and E. Pekin, 2009, “Assessing policy measures for the stimulation of intermodal transport: a GIS-based policy analysis”, Transport Geography, Vol 17(6) pp 500-508; PEKIN E. “Intermodal Transport Policy: A GIS-based Intermodal Transport Policy Evaluation Model”, PhD Thesis. Brussels. VUB, 2010.

6 Van Lier, T. & C. Macharis. 2009. “Calculating the impact of the external costs of an inland port.” In: Macharis, C. & L. Turcksin (eds.) Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day 2009 Part 1. 27 mei 2009, Brussel. 4

The striking presence of a multitude of different transport infrastructures, i.e. motorways,

waterways and the railways, combined with the proximity of several transfer terminals makes

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Airport

Brussels Airport is, as the second largest economic pool of Flanders, the “gate-way”; in other words, it is the primary economic gateway to and the centre of logistics activities in the province of Flemish Brabant. Thus Brucargo, the cargo part of Brussels Airport, was good for 666,000 tons of air freight in 2008, and in the same period, transit cargo for the airport by road haulage accounted for another 300,000 tons.

Brussels Airport has a prominent place within the European ranking of favourite airports of non-home-based full freighters and airports related to scheduled full freighters.

Excellent weather conditions as well as a coordinated cooperation between involved partners ensure an efficient inbound and outbound cargo process.No wonder Brussels Airport was proclaimed the “most punctual airport” by the Association of European Airlines (AEA) in both 2006 and 2007.

Some features:

• 18 cargo airlines• 80 passenger airlines• 74 flight movements per hour• Landing strips / Length:• 07L/25R: 3,638 m• 07R/25L: 3,211 m• 02/20: 2,984 m• Over 150 freight forwarders and logistics service providers with several

international hauliers are present on the airport premises

Brucargo is a state-of-the art industrial estate on Brussels Airport territory.

Some figures:

• Surface area of 130 hectares• 120,000 m² freight handling area with loading and unloading bays having

immediate access to runways• 9 B747 parking spots• Several perishables centres• Public transport solutions

The “Brucargo Secured Gateway” project of the Flemish Institute for Logistics (VIL) will position Brucargo as the most secured and most efficient air freight cargo zone in Europe.Not only will the control of the in- and outbound flow of vehicles raise the level of security, it will also create more opportunities for amplifying and expanding the special customs status that Brucargo already enjoys. The raised security level is to the advantage of all the companies applying for a status of market conformity based on the Authorised Economic Operator certificate (AEO).

The AEO status, granted by an EU Member State, identifies a certified company as a reliable party regarding customs transactions, and thus results in advantages through-out the whole EU territory. It is a European label recognising that all commodity flows through the certified company meet the most stringent customs requirements.Maximum effect of the AEO status, a quick circulation/flow of goods and smooth handling of customs formalities is achieved when a supply chain environment is cre-ated, which allows commodities at external EU borders and through the whole sup-ply chain to travel without or with a minimum of controls. Whenever such an AEO supply chain has been established, where commodity flows can easily be followed, it is referred to as a Secured Trade Lane (STL). Only AEO-certified companies can benefit from these swift and safe commercial flows.By its participation in the aforementioned projects, Brucargo as a zone is to be con-sidered more and more as a “Secured Gateway” and use this to take a leading posi-tion in Europe.

The interest group SCALE (Stakeholders Committee for Airport Logistics and Economy) represents the freight community of the Brussels Airport. All stakeholders in the air freight supply chain have, together with VOKA (Chamber of Commerce (Halle-Vilvoorde)), united under this air freight umbrella. All the parties involved in the supply chain of air cargo want to fine tune their specific tasks better to each other’s in the total supply chain.

Brussels Airport also participates in several international programmes, aiming for the evolution towards a paperless information flow, such as “E-freight” and “Paperless Customs”.Moreover, they are preparing to be one of the first European venues to welcome the newest and most environmentally friendly cargo aircraft, namely the Boeing 747-8F.

As an office location, the airport zone distinguishes itself from other airports through its unique blend with Brussels, capital to the European Union, a magnet for interna-tional organisations and multinational headquarters.Located near the slip roads on to and exiting the E19 motorway, the ring road around Brussels, and the Sea Canal, Brussels Airport offers a variety of assets to the logistics sector, making it a strategically prime location not only for Belgium, but for the whole of Europe and its transport companies and logistics service providers.

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Creation of knowledge, talent, technological innovation and entrepreneurship are the basic ingredients for dynamic regional development.

In recent years, Flemish Brabant has developed into one of the leading and guiding knowledge regions in Europe.

Within the province, K.U.Leuven, imec and the Vrije Uni-versiteit Brussel, with its numerous related high-tech en-terprises, make an important contribution to the creation, valorisation and dissemination of the acquired knowledge.

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IMEC (est. 1984)

Research of the highest level• VUB has a research budget of

over MEUR 70 • Cooperation with all Flemish

specialised research centres (SRC: VIB, IBBT, imec, etc.) and international research institutes

• VUB in European top 4 of “University-Industry Cooperation Intensity - all fields of science”

Leading research institutes• VUB – 1,802 researchers; 2,700

members of staff• UZ Brussel – 3,000 members of

staff• 100 active patent families in

portfolio• 18 active spin-offs in 2009• Brussels: 16,254 students (VUB +

Erasmushogeschool Brussel)

Research infrastructure• VUB - 26.5 ha total infrastructure• IICB (Innovation and Incubation

Centre Brussels) – 13.2 a total infrastructure

• ICAB (Incubation Centre Arsenal Brussels) – 20 a total infrastructure

• Science park Neder-over-Heembeek – 17 ha 25 a

• Science park Zellik – 20 ha

www.vub.ac.be

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (est.1834)

• imec is the largest European autonomous research centre for nanotechnology and nanoelectronics• 1,700 researchers• 3.5 ha total infrastructure• 23 active spin-offs in 2009• Turnover (2008): MEUR 270

www.imec.be

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Research of the highest level• Over MEUR 330 for research • Cooperation with all Flemish

specialised research centres (SRC: VIB, IBBT, imec, etc.) and international research institutes

• K.U.Leuven and UZ Leuven are ranked among the top 25 European research centres

Leading research institutes• K.U.Leuven – 4,250 researchers; 990

professors• UZ Leuven – 1,200 researchers• K.U.Leuven: 386 active patent

families in portfolio• 78 active spin-offs in 2009• Leuven: 35,000 students (K.U.Leuven,

Groep-T, KH Leuven)

Research infrastructure• K.U.Leuven – 50 hectares total

infrastructure• K.U.Leuven + imec – 15 ha

dedicated to research• Science parks: Haasrode (136 ha),

Arenberg (13 ha), Termunck (14 ha)• Incubation and business centres:

Innovation and Incubation Centre I&I Leuven (0.3 ha), Bio-incubator, Campus Remy and Ubicenter

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K.U.Leuven (est. 1425)

Its role as a knowledge region obviously has a strong interna-tional dimension. The key element is the strategic and struc-tural collaboration between Leuven, Eindhoven and Aken (Aachen), known as the ELAt (Eindhoven-Leuven-Aken trian-gle) collaboration, in which the three regions ensure synergies in research and innovation. This spans from partnerships in re-search through to alliances in education and training, coopera-tion with fellow universities and academies to projects and contract research for the industry and the authorities.

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The province of Flemish Brabant has initiated a provincial grants ruling to sup-port projects contributing to the development of Flemish Brabant as a knowledge region. Grants are bestowed upon partnerships between knowledge institutes and industry, social partners or public services.

Moreover, the province provides funding for co-financing intended for European regional development project, that are consistent with the provincial economic po-licy of prioritising innovation. For the stakeholders involved, this extra co-financing is in many cases crucial for the region to be able to capitalise on the opportunities offered by European projects.

Funding for research, development and innovation for companies is not exclusive to Flemish Brabant.The Government of Flanders has made it an absolute priority in recent years to accrue resources for science, technology and innovation. The position of Flemish industry and Government services in the various technology and innovation indi-cators is far better than the European average.In 2007, 2.03% of the GNP was invested in R&D, exceeding the European average (EU27: 1.76%).

Flanders, through the Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT), funds a great deal of innovation activities both for industry and research institutes.Financing of R&D into innovative products, processes and services with valorisation potential within Flanders are key. In 2008, this support accounted for MEUR 297. The R&D expenditures in the public sector (non-BERD) amounted in 2007 to BEUR 1.197 (0.63% of GNP). Moreover, there are government loans for R&D, good for MEUR 1.494 in 2009.

In addition to the programme for small- & medium-sized enterprises (SME), IWT offers supplementary grants for protection of Intellectual Property (IP) and one can turn to them for Baekeland mandates, a doctoral mandate fit to the industry’s needs.As from January 2009, companies can invoke the SME portfolio of Economic Agency for technological advice by a recognised knowledge centre.

On a national level, the main incentives are fiscal measures to boost R&D; partial exemption of company taxes for researchers and the R&D tax credit, investment deduction and notional interest are just a few examples. Furthermore, the system of the innovation bonus for creative employees rewards people who bring a new idea to life within the company.

On a European scale, many funding and cooperation mechanisms exist, including Eureka and the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for research, technological development and demonstration projects. The focus here is on the cooperation with other EU Member States. An overview can be found at Flanders’ Contact point for European Programmes (www.europrogs.be).

7 De GERD (Gross Expenditure on R&D) wordt opgesplitst in een BERD-component: Business Expenditure on R&D, i.e. de O&O uitgaven van ondernemingen, inclusief de collectieve onderzoekscentra, en een nonBERD-component: de optelsom van de GOVERD (GOVernment Expenditure on R&D: de overheidsuitgaven voor O&O), HERD (Higher Eduction Expenditure on R&D: de uitgaven van het hoger onderwijs voor O&O) en PNP (O&O uitgaven van semi-publieke en private non-profit organisaties).

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Risk capital:Most of the time, grants alone are insufficient. Starting or fast growing companies cannot always rely on banks as their risks are considered too high for financial backing by private financial organisations. Flemish Brabant holds a strong concen-tration of risk capital providers, Business Angels and specialised academic growth capital funds. The Participation Company Flanders (PMV) offers funding solutions for projects and industries valued important for Flanders’ future. Through this pro-ject funding and industrial investment, PMV creates added value for the money Flanders invests in its future.

In addition to Flanders Smart Hub, several network organisations in Flemish Brabant focus on boosting innovation:

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Leuven.Inc (Leuven Innovation Networking Circle) is a horizontal network organisation building bridges via events, workshops and trainings for tech-nological entrepreneurs, knowledge institutes, investors and other innovation actors in both Leuven and Flanders.

www.leuveninc.com

CROSSTALKS, the university and corporate network of VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), wants to boost innovation and cooperation through organising work-shops and events involving all stakeholders.

http://crosstalks.vub.ac.be/

DSP Valley is a network/cluster organisation in the field of hard- and software design for digital signal treatment, focussing on various applications, including logistics.

www.dspvalley.com

The Innovation Centre of Flemish Brabant is at the service of SMEs with questions or plans concerning innovation. They audit innovation, look for e xpertise and partners and monitor innovation files.

http://vlaams-brabant.innovatiecentrum.be/

The Flemish Innovation Network (VIN) groups together the expertise of various Flemish organisations. Innovation questions are being replied to in a “one-stop-shop”.

www.innovatienetwerk.be/

Voka – Chamber of Commerce and Industry Flemish Brabant wishes to cre-ate an optimal framework for successful enterprise, and thus seeks to make a fundamental contribution to its region’s welfare and well-being

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Sustainability, environmental impact, reliability, safety, quality and functionality are just a few examples of the features within logistics where quality requirements and needs will be raised right now and in the future. To meet these needs, it is impera-tive that the transport and logistics industry foster and make use of the newest expertise and technologies, innovative products, services and concepts.

Flemish Brabant holds the needed logistics web and infrastructure and features innovative industry and a large presence of knowledge institutes active around a vast number of topics. That is why the Logistech cluster has huge economic poten-tial with numerous growth opportunities.

Flemish Brabant supports key trends in relation to transport-logistics-services and the supply chain management as reported in the VRWI study of 2006, “Technology and innovation in Flanders, priorities”. Attention and focus is given to the following trends:

• Intermodal transport• Intelligent supply chain management• Intelligent transport systems

All companies, organisations and knowledge institutes featured in this brochure are - each of them within their own trend - focused on supply chain optimisation and full supply chain control, the use and marketing of logistical expertise and in-novation as well image building of logistics on the labour market and cultivating the image of a region dedicated to logistics.

All parties do agree on the common ambition to make Flemish Brabant one of the leading, smart and most reliable multimodaI logistics nodes.

8 Technologie en innovatie in Vlaanderen, prioriteiten – proces van prioriteitsstelling en resultaten. Technologieverkenningsstudie uitgevoerd door de Vlaamse Raad voor Wetenschapsbeleid in samen-werking met de onderzoeksdivisie van Incentim, K.U.Leuven, samengesteld door Elke Smits, Elie Ratinckx, Vincent Thoen o.l.v. prof. Koenraad Debackere, Elisabeth Monard, Danielle Raspoet, 2006.

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Multimodal transport implies the use of different transport modes in combination with each other. A specific form of multimodal transport is intermodality. Intermodality is a transport system combining several transport modes and integrating them to offer a consumer-oriented, door-to-door service. Use is made of freight unitisation (containers, swap bodies, etc.) to raise the level of efficiency of transfer between transport modes.

A consequence of the higher external costs of road transport, compared with other transport modes, is that the authorities pay more attention to intermodality. Commod-ity flows are constantly growing in volume and a further increase of road transport, with its negative congestion impact, decreased reliability of deliveries, accidents and emissions are not always appropriate. Railways and inland waterways constitute a sustainable alternative. To facilitate this multimodality and the interoperability between diverse transport modes, there is a need for rational and powerful control and infor-mation systems, as well as innovative “transhipment terminals” that allow air and sea transport, inland navigation, railways and road transport to be developed in an inte-grated manner. Eliminating bottlenecks impeding interconnectivity and interoperability of infrastructures, vehicles, access modes, payment methods and accurate data gather-ing will shorten the total lead time. This development will increase transport velocity and frequency, with the bonus of a much higher reliability with regard to the end users/consumers and more flexibility.

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9 Bron: Macharis, C. and A. Verbeke, 2004, Intermodaal binnenvaartvervoer. Economische en strategi-sche aspecten van het intermodaal binnenvaartvervoer in Vlaanderen, Garant, Leuven.

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The CargoboxThe IBM Smarter Trade Lane concept is the first full “Service Oriented Archi-tecture” model in the logistics scenery. It can be used for containers in both air freight and sea freight. For air freight-related matters, a cooperation exists with Cargobox (NL). The Cargobox containers are primarily designed for optimisation of transport by air. Its unique sealing mechanism, built into the lock bar, makes door-to-door transport under an AEO regulation possible. Since these Cargobox containers can also be accommodated in a classic container, they can serve as a component of a dense transport network combining railways, inland waterways and motorways, enabling horizontal collaboration and bundling of commodity flows. Thus, beyond its contribution to safety, this concept enhances supply chain efficiency.

IBM:• Smarter Mobility & Logistics Solutions• Active in hardware, software, services, financing, research and techno-

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Transport solutions:The IFB Group, with important activities in Flemish Brabant, provides integrated transport solutions by rail, inland navigation and road haulage (and linked services) and has high terminal capacity.One of the core services is “Narcon” (National Rail Container Network). This network offers daily railway connections between the seaports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge and the hinterland (Belgium, France, the Netherlands).IFB operates the largest intermodal terminals in Belgium, four of which are in the Port of Antwerp. RailForce is a division of IFB and provides specific logistical solutions for the chemical and automotive sectors. IFB’s inland navigation is being organised through the subsidiary, H&S Container Line, headquartered in Duisburg.

IFB:• Multimodal solutions based on railway transport of containers • Member of NMBS Logistics• http://www.interferryboats.be

W&Z:• Sustainability and dynamic management of sailable waterways• Boosting multifunctional use of waterways or real estate linked to the waterways• http://www.wenz.be/

Keeper of Flanders’ waterways:As the keeper if Flanders’ waterways, Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV (W&Z) is an active partner in innovative initiatives such as:

• Waterslag en Inlanav: cross-border initiatives to make smaller waterways more attractive for goods transport through research into fit of ships and loads;

• Kraanschip: ship with crane on board, useful alternative for industry not having own quay or cranes;

• Stimulating transport of pallets through inland navigation;• Agroship: cross-border initiative to demonstrate both economic and

logistical potential of inland navigation for transport of agricultural products.

• Boosting estuary shipping: adapted inland vessels sailing on a par t of the sea between Zeebrugge and Vlissingen, thus improving accessibility of coastal ports.

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Modal Shift: innovative cooperation within the province of Flemish Brabant

Colruyt Group has, together with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Department MOSI-T), researched opportunities in intermodality. First, a feasibility study was conducted into shifting container transport by road to inland navigation or railways. Today, containers arrive in the Port of Antwerp, are picked up by Colruyt, and trans-ported by road to the various distribution centres in Halle, Lot, Ghislenghien, and Pommeroeul. The containers could be brought from Port of Antwerp to an inland terminal via inland navigation or railways. Then only the last mile from the intermodal terminal to the DC are done by road haulage, thus reducing environ-mental impact. Colruyt chose the inland terminal of the Port of Brussels for DCs in Halle and Lot, and the railway terminal of Charleroi for DCs in Ghislenghien and Pommeroeul.

A key issue, in addition to cost reduction, to make the modal shift is less CO2 emissions. Cost function is featured in relation to the distance; it is an increasing proportion. In the port, road haulage cost is relatively lower, since intermodal transport generates extra cost for transfer of load units on the inland vessel. Inter-modal transport has, however, a lower unit cost by economies of scale (meaning one inland vessel can carry more than one truck) than road transport. For the main transport fraction, the cost parameter of inland navigation is lower than road haulage. At the end of the transport cycle, intermodal transport cost is again increased by the extra handling costs in the inland terminal. This transfer is una-voidable. Finally, road haulage remains an alternative for the last mile. The pre- and post-transport have also become inevitable in the supply chain, since most ship-pers and receivers do not have a railway connection or are not located near an inland waterway.

The feasibility study revealed intermodal transport to be an interesting and finan-cially viable option for Colruyt. That is why Colruyt has been using intermodality for containers, containing wines and canned goods, arriving in the Port of Antwerp with final destination Ghislenghien, since 2009. The Ghislenghien and Halle DCs

are covered by the “market areas” of Charleroi and Brussels’ terminals. This can be shown by the Location Analysis Model for Belgian Intermodal Terminals (LAMBIT) model (Macharis et al., 2008). The market area of the terminal is the region in which cities or villages can be served most advantageously from the respective terminal. The diagram below shows the Halle DC to be in the market area of the inland terminal of the Port of Brussels. Inland navigation is thus the most interest-ing transport mode for flows ex Antwerp to Halle. Road transport is the next best alternative. Ghislenghien DC does not lie in the Charleroi market area, or in any other terminal’s market area. Its location is very near to the Avelgem terminal. Besides unimodal road transport, inland navigation is the most logical alternative. The diagram below represents the various terminals and their market areas rep-resented by coloured territories around the terminals. The two DCs are indicated by stars.

Diagram 3: Analysis of the LAMBIT model with grants for inland navigationSource: VUB MOSI-T

Colruyt Group• Managing over 350 shops in Belgium and France • Marketing different formulas : Colruyt, Okay, DreamLand, Collishop, Dreambaby, and Wholesale stores• Has 12 distribution centres in Belgium• Carries the banner of “Sustainability-minded enterprise”, taking corporate social responsibility• www.colruyt.be

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External costs

The second part of the study related to the external cost calculation. With it, one can verify the difference in external costs between unimodal road transport and intermodal transport. It implies assumptions towards euro-classification of trucks, weight of the transport loads, type of inland vessel, etc. This results in the exter-nal costs per transport mode. The next step is to determine the total external costs for intermodal transport and unimodal road transport. The following are external costs categories: air pollution, congestion, climate change, accidents, noise and several up- and downward processes. Intermodal transport is, when external costs are evaluated, almost always more economical than unimodal road transport (Macharis & Van Mierlo, 2006).

The Colruyt study has shown that 1000 truck journeys were made superfluous on yearly basis, saving some 30 tons in CO2 emissions.

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Air Cargo Managers Association of Belgium (ACMAB)Lobby group for cargo airlines

Belgian Aerospace Industries Association (GEBECOMA)www.gebecoma.org/Lobby group for the air freight industry in Flanders

Belgian Air Freight Institute (BAFI)www.bafi.beLobby group for the logistics service providers active in air freight on a national, European and international level, developing and promoting air freight

Belgian Courier Association (BCA)www.b-c-a.beLobby group for express and courier sector in Belgium

The Brussels Airport Companywww.brusselsairport.bePrivate airport operator

Contact group Cargo Afhandelaars (Freight Handlers) Brucargo (CCAB)Contact group between diverse freight handlers at Brucargo

Stakeholders Committee for Airport Logistics and Economy (SCALE)www.scalebelgium.orgCoordinating organisation of Brucargo lobby groups & industry (ACMAB, BAFI, BCA, The Brussels Airport Company, CCAB, OTM and VOKAS Chamber of Commerce Halle-Vilvoorde)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel - MOBI: Mobility and automotive technology re-search group - Department – MOSI Transport & Logistics:• Active in logistics and transport management• Department is chaired by Prof. Dr Cathy Macharis• http://www.vub.ac.be/MOSI-T

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Railways - Transport per railways

Buhlmann NVwww.buhlmann.be

CFL Cargowww.cfl.lu

Crossrail Beneluxwww.crossrailtrainingcenter.com

ERS Railwayswww.ersrail.com

NMBS - IFBwww.interferryboats.be

SNCF Fretwww.sncf.be

Veolia Cargowww.veolia-cargo.com

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Belgian Federation of Transport Providers in Inland Navigationwww.bftb-fbotf.be/

Cargo Community System vzwICT platform for data exchange on transports and loads between authorities and/or private players

Flanders Port Areawww.flandersportarea.beFederation of port-related and logistics enterprises, lobbying and port promotion, services and practice-based training courses

Institute for Inland Navigationwww.itb-info.be/nl/instituut.htmResearch service, lobbying and promotion for Belgian inland navigation

Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Unionwww.brv.beLobby group of all ship owners and ships’ managers, established in Belgium and active in the international maritime sea transport

Promotion Inland Navigation Flanderswww.binnenvaart.bePromotion and marketing of inland navigation in Flanders

Waterwegen en Zeekanaal nvwww.wenz.beFlanders’ Waterways keeper: operation, maintenance and management, marketing & promotion

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Belgian Instituut der TransportOrganisatoren (BITO)www.bito-ibot.beOrganisation representing transport organisers for third parties

Confederatie der Expediteurs van België (CEB)www.conexbe.be/National umbrella organisation of freight forwarders and customs brokers in Belgium

European Intermodal Organisationwww.eia-ngo.com/European association working to improve cooperation between different transport modes

Febetrawww.febetra.beBelgian lobby organisation of road hauliers and logistics service providers, advice and service, data gathering and knowledge dissemination

ITLB vzw (Instituut wegTransport en Logistiek België) (former Instituut voor Wegtransport - IWT)www.itlb.beFederal Public Service of Mobility and Transport with representation of professional organisations of road hauliers (SAV, FEBETRA, UPTR)

OTM (Belgian Shippers Council)www.otmbe.orgOrganisation of professionals in logistics and shipping industry

PICS Belgium: the Belgian Association for Production and Stock Management.www.picsbelgium.beMeeting place for professionals active in (internal) logistics

SAVwww.sav.beFlemish lobby organisation of road hauliers, logistics service providers as well as advisory and services & studies for their members and the public

UPTRwww.uptr.beBelgian lobby organisation of road hauliers and logistics service providers

Vereniging voor Inkoop en Bedrijfslogistiek (VIB)www.bevib.beLobby organisation and platform for development, education and permanent training of all partners active in the “Supply Chain”

Vlaams Logistiek Verbond (VLV)www.vlaamslogistiekverbond.beMember organisation of Flemish companies providing logistics services to third parties

VOKA - Local Chambers of Commerce Flemish Brabantwww.voka.be/halle-vilvoorde/Pages/default.aspxwww.voka.be/leuven/Pages/default.aspxFlemish Employers AssociationTo advise companies on inland navigation options for freight transport, VOKA, waterway management organisations Waterwegen en Zeekanaal nv and nv Scheepvaart have hired transport experts to assist individual companies. These independent engineers are consultants with a great deal of practical experience, with no commercial attachments whatsoever. Their support is free of charge for the participating companies.

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In production and distribution, the goal is to maximise capacity usage and improve the processes’ quality and reduce stocks. Cooperation between customers, suppliers and logistics service providers is focused on cost and stock reduction, but equally targets accuracy and reliability in shipment delivery. Such a successful supply chain requires thought through planning, management, supporting ICT and coherent decision-making on all subprocesses of the supply chain. Evolution towards integrated management with cooperation beyond organisational boundaries is a must. Advanced logistics informa-tion systems can synchronise goods and data flows as well as automate, combine and optimise production processes. Input of ICT innovations and permanent research and application of process innovations are vital for the optimal control and full management of the complete industrial supply chain

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Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) is an automated identification technology allowing companies, through the use of radio waves, to wirelessly obtain a wide range of data from “tagged” units to manage and improve the supply chain.Assembly crates equipped with RFID tags can be read at the entry dock of the warehouse.Clear advantages of this system are:

• Improved visibility and tracking of products as well as assembly crates;• Speeding up of the picking process by immediate and simultaneous data

monitoring of all assembly crates;• Better organisation of stock management;• Streamlining, accelerating and boosting of the efficiency of the supply

chain are simultaneous.

Advanced Resources Planning (ARP)Intelligent planning, both of the complete and partial supply chain as well as indi-vidual elements, constitutes a giant leap forward by applying the basic principles of physics (so-called “flow systems”) to the logistics challenges of today. Flow systems are systems in which the elements (flows) spend a certain amount of time in a network that is composed of resources, such as cars in the traffic system, patients in an hospitals, passengers in an airport, data in a communication network, orders/customers in a company, products in a production unit of the supply chain.

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Atlas Copco, in Wilrijk near Antwerp, has been actively involved in developing, prototyping and testing an ARP system for many years. The system calculates, on the basis of a twelve-month planning horizon, the monthly occupancy ratios, lead times, stocks, services degrees and similar planning requirements. Thus the effec-tiveness of key management decisions (stock build-up or reduction, overtime or dry runs, outsourcing or insourcing, shift changes or weekend labour, order intake or postponement, order transfer or order refusal, introduction of new products and/or resources - people and machines - etc.) can be evaluated with regards to KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) every time. This is the renewing force of the ARP system.

The ARP system, as mentioned in this example, has been developed by NYO ALATUS (spin-off of K.U.Leuven):• Develops advanced planning-and scheduling systems for industrial and service-oriented applications• Offers systems process performance follow-up and evaluation within Lean and Six Sigma philosophies• www.nyoalatus.com

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Advanced Planning Systems (APS)Ortec, European market leader in APS (advanced planning systems), has been active for over 25 years in the route planning software market. In view of a spe-cific need, which differs greatly from sector to sector, either a static tool for daily planning or a more dynamic tool for real-time monitoring and execution is put to use. For ORTEC, this results in the use of ORTEC SHORTREC or ORTEC TRANSPORT & DISTRIBUTION.

A customer using Ortec Shortrec is Toyota. The Toyota Parts Centre Europe (TPCE) in Diest optimises its network for dealer distribution with a specific EDC module, linked with Ortec Shortrec. This software tool enables the selection of the most ideal cross-docking locations out of a vast set of possible locations, tak-ing into account costs and service levels. Each of the dealers is linked to a specific cross-dock. In a third phase, optimal routing is monitored from each of the cross-docks to the distributors. Thus the full picture is built up from the TPCE, from the cross-dock to the distributor.

Route planning software also helps to enhance cost efficiency in the transport network set-up, to make a substantial contribution to the reduction of CO2 emis-sions of the explored network.

Horizontal collaboration In addition to aligning processes and stocks within the integrated supply chain of one principal/shipper, it is a duty of the logistics service provider to be ready and prepared in the near future to support, integrate and continuously improve the supply chains of different principals/shippers under one umbrella of operational and management control. Sharing resources such as infrastructure, equipment, personnel and products generate huge opportunities for economies of scale, and thus also the enhancement of efficiency & effectiveness. Such horizontal collabora-tion can also result in vast warehousing, transportation and stock management cost reductions. It takes place with full respect for the autonomy of the respec-tive principals/shippers. Transparency and elaboration of the correct gain sharing mechanisms are other crucial features for horizontal collaboration. A few logistics service providers are ready (as to infrastructure, processes and technology) for

ORTEC:• Specialised in “advanced planning”, software solutions and consultancy• Over 1,250 customers worldwide, 700 staff and offices in America, Europe and Asia• www.ortec.com

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this innovative approach, but right now only a very few decision-makers have made a clear move. The collaboration model received a warm and enthusiastic welcome, especially because the enhancements in efficiency, effectiveness and sus-tainability can be clearly demonstrated.

The logistic service supplier needs to convince its market to join this sustainable logistics solution. H. Essers (former Hessenatie Logistics) worked on some suc-cessful cases and is convinced that the concept of “horizontal collaboration” will soon become a standard within supply chain management.

Easics & ICsense: a world-class innovative partnership Two companies from Leuven, Easics and ICsense (both spin-offs of the K.U.Leuven), found each other in a unique partnership for the development of ICs (Integrated Circuits), better known as the chip.

Both develop custom-made ICs, so called ASICs. Their customers are typically system manufacturers integrating these ICs into their products. The difference be-tween the two companies is the specialisation of Easics in digital and ICsense in analogue design.

Thanks to increasing integration, ASICs are increasingly evolving towards full sys-tems on a chip. Some elements are best executed digitally, others require an ana-logue approach. Such ASICs are referred to as mixed-signal ASICs. Companies involved in the design of mixed-signal ASICs have an important competitive edge in the future. However, the difficulty is that while both analogue and digital circuits start from silicon, their design disciplines are fundamentally different. To meet the challenges, Easics and ICsense have opted for a structural cooperation. Both com-panies offer their complementary competencies, together in a partnership, for mixed-signal ASIC projects. Both organisations believe this is more efficient than building up new competencies themselves. Thus own competencies can be con-solidated, which is not a superfluous luxury, given the rapid technological evolution.

The organically-grown cooperation is originating from projects with success. A nice example to consider in this regard is the development of an advanced RFID tag IC on behalf of the American company, Tego.

In their original shape, RFID tags are an electronic replica of a barcode. The tag stocks an identification digit that can be read by a reader. The major difference with a barcode is using radio frequencies, allowing the reader to view through obstacles, such as packaging, and reading remotely over longer distances. Moreover, an RFID tag provides much more accuracy.

Technological evolution has enabled the industry to integrate much more memo-ry into the RFID tag. Identity cards with an RFID tag not only contain identification data, but they also have a picture of the owner. As a result, an entirely new range of applications becomes available. Tego’s slogan is rightfully, “Beyond Identification”.

To illustrate these new opportunities, one can make the analogy with vehicle data. A classic RFID tag can save a registration number for identification. A new genera-tion RFID tag can contain the full maintenance booklet, thus allowing status control of maintenance history at any given time.

A key application is found in the aircraft industry. An aircraft contains thousands of components that require an accurate follow-up in view of, e.g. taking the right actions whenever a default occurs. This is actually a very heavy administrative bur-

H.ESSERS: • With 850,000 m² of warehouse space, a fleet of 1,050 trucks and 2,200 trailers, H.Essers is one of the largest and most successful logistics providers in Europe. • The company has over 3000 employees across 30 offices in 10 countries in Western and Eastern Europe • www.essers.com

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den, consuming a great deal of both time and money. By providing each compo-nent with its own “maintenance guide”, the necessary information is obtained directly from the spare part.

Tego recently announced an agreement with Airbus to tag the spare parts of the A350 aircrafts with RFID tags based on their technology. These tags generate improvement of the aircraft configuration, the line maintenance, the workshop, warehouse & distribution logistics, the payload tracking and monitoring of short lifespan components. The chip for this project was designed by the Easics-ICsense partnership.

The chip design was extremely challenging. To reply to its reader, the chip obviously needs energy. Tagging of thousands of components cannot result in each tag having to be equipped with a battery. That is why the chip literally gets its energy out of the air, namely from radio waves the reader is sending out. To make this energy available for use within the chip, very advanced electronics are needed.

The harvested energy needs to be used with great care. Therefore, each functional module is put on a strict energy diet. Voltage and electrical flows are kept to a minimum and only created when needed. The chip is completely modular, allowing non-active blocks to be fully disconnected. These advanced low-power techniques demanded a close cooperation between analogue and digital design teams.

Meanwhile, new evolutions are closely monitored. RFID tag functionality could be inserted in other chips, making separate tagging superfluous. Another idea is to have tags directly communicate with each other, without the support of a reader. Thus their new generation could become the building blocks of the “Internet of things”.

Whatever the future brings for RFID tags, it is obvious that the mixed-signal ASIC design will have its crucial role. Easics and ICsense are ready.

Easics:• Founded in 1991 as a spin-off of K.U.Leuven and imec• Designs digital and mixed-signal chips for machine production, medical applications, wireless and wired telecommunication, multimedia and digital signal treatment• www.easics.be

ICsense: • Founded in 2004 as a spin-off of K.U.Leuven• Designs analogue and mixed-signal chips for sensors, MEMS and power management for automotive, medical and industrial applications• www.icsense.com

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Bedrijven actief binnen de trend van intelligent supply chain *

ANSEM RFID(spin-off of K.U.Leuven & imec)ww.ansem.com

CCS Software SolutionsERP/CRMwww.ccs.be

CegelecSystem integrator www.cegelec.be

Computer Compta SystemsERP/Mobile data communication/Trackingwww.ccs.be/

DastronicWMSwww.dastronic.be

DEXXSolutions in customswww.dexx.be

EasicsMicro-electronics (spin-off of K.U.Leuven)www.easics.com

EconcoreLightweight materials and innovative packing material(spin-off of K.U.Leuven)www.econcore.com

EssensiumRFID, Real-time location (spin-off of imec)www.essensium.com

Exact software BelgiumOptimisation supply chainwww.exactsoftware.be

Flexlink systemsProduction logistics solutionswww.flexlink.com

IBS Technology and ServicesSupply management software for distribution and production unitshttp://www.ibs.net/benl IntrionTechnology for warehouses/streamlining logistical flowswww.intrion.com/ LuciadAdvanced software solutions for use of geo-information(spin-off of K.U.Leuven)www.luciad.com

NXPRFIDwww.nxp.com

Nyo AlatusARP (spin-off of K.U.Leuven)www.nyoalatus.com

Phi-DataRFID, barcode, WMS, stock control & managementwww.phidata.be

Prodata SystemsICT infrastructure & applications to enhance operational effectivenesswww.prodata-systems.com

Project Engineering and ContractingEmbedded electronics & software for, among others, logisticswww.pec.be

SeptentrioNavigation & positioning (spin-off of imec)www.septentrio.com/

Sick nvAutomation & optimisation of distribution centreswww.sick.be

SpacecheckerTrack & Tracewww.spacechecker.com

Tech DataICT & Logistics management www.techdata.be

Vision ++Bin pickingwww.visionplusplus.com

ZenitelCommunication apparatuswww.zenitel.com

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Mobility of goods and people is one of the most important social themes. To solve the related bottlenecks, there is a need for more than just smart/intelligent vehicles (cars, trains, boats and aircrafts); flexible, adapting and innovative transport networks are also necessary.New telematics applications, originating from soft-/hardware and ICT innovations, will impact the vehicles’ intelligence. By directly linking the level of intelligence of vehicles, transport systems and networks will have to be enhanced by implementing the newest ICT technologies. This will lead to a more intelligent and flexible traffic infrastructure and more efficient traffic flow management, which means that the cruising speed will increase. In the end, the authorities are expected, through thorough integration with information and communication networks, to take up their role of regulator.

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Flexible Traffic Management:FLEXSYS (Flexible Traffic Management) has shown a possible solution for one of the biggest paradigms in the traffic movements: while there is a constant change in traffic situations, the traffic infrastructure is a predominantly static element. Flexible traffic management systems can contribute significantly in improving safety, mobil-ity and driving comfort.With the FLEXSYS project (2008), clarification was given on how traffic manage-ment systems can be adapted based on ever-changing circumstances on our roads: road works, diversions, evacuations. This implies important innovative changes in the different processes forming the backbone of traffic management systems: detection, network & communication, data processing and signalisation. In a proof of concept demonstrator, an autonomous functioning FLEXSYS system is dem-onstrated, from traffic camera to variable data traffic signs, deployable with road works, deviations and evacuations.New markets for intelligent traffic management are explored. These tools also en-able local authorities, police squads, shopping malls and companies involved in and responsible for road works signalling to follow and steer various traffic situations.

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GIM: • Experts in Geographic Information Systems and geo-ICT, earth observation services and management of geographic information• www.gim.be

Geographic Information Systems:In emergencies, every second counts; arriving to the scene of the disaster on time is imperative for rescue operations. The Oost-Brabant Fire Brigade used the reform in fire brigades to order an extensive feasibility study on its territory. GIM assisted them in finding a solution for this spatial issue.Using the geographic information system (GIS) and routing software, reachability zones were demarcated for all fire brigades, depending on the variability of their respective response time. The impact of various optimisation measures, such as professionalisation of the voluntary fire brigade or adding a fire brigade, was cal-culated. The routing software allowed driving time zones and subsequent demo-graphic data to be combined in order to assess the impact of different scenarios on the number of citizens that cannot be reached in time. This procedure enables scenarios to be compared in order to achieve optimal risk coverage.

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Transport management:Ninatrans uses the CarCube Punch Telematix on-board computer for the optimi-sation of their transport management. In this application, real-time information and efficient salary administration are the key words. All trucks are equipped with a CarCube on-board computer with integrated data communication, navigation, GPS and a “start/stop” (“interruption” feature). These on-board computers are linked to a self-designed back office system. The CarCube-registered data (hours and activities) are easily transferable into a salary administration, which is a time saving as well as communication cost-improving asset. The track & trace module improves the contact with drivers and enables quick and efficient feedback to the customers, an added value for time-critical commodities. Customers can follow up in real-time and get direct reporting.

Ninatrans:• Belgian family-owned company, HQ in Bierbeek • An asset in the road transport sector for over 40 years• Specialised in transport of air freight• www.ninatrans.be

Punch Telematix (now known as Trimble Logistics & Transport)• Develops and markets solutions for transport management, such as on-board computer CarCube, wireless communication services and web-based back office applications • Reputation as telematics reference in Western Europe • R&D department in Leuven • http://www.punchtelematix.com/en/

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NXP operates - in a public-private cooperation - towards innovative solutions for road charging, e-call and mobility services.

NXP Semiconductors, headquartered in Eindhoven, develops standard product solutions and specialised chips. Innovations are being used in a wide range of applications in the following sectors/industries: automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial production, mobility, consumer electronics and data treatment.The Leuven Research Centre houses 180 researchers, in advanced research in fol-lowing scientific domains: signal processing technology, RFID, security, mobility and medical apparatus (hearing aids, biosensors).As an active member of DSP Valley and ITS Belgium, it cooperates with several universities, research institutes and SMEs in Flanders. NXP is located on the Haas-rode industrial estate and has a division with imec.

Using a longstanding relationship of NXP in Flanders with imec and K.U.Leuven, and through diverse consultations with institutes as ITS-Belgium, IBBT, and the Universities of Ghent and Antwerp, it was decided to start an IBBT research project around innovation in intelligent transport systems (ITS).By means of this project, universities and research institutes have paved the way to a Flemish telematics platform, including for the demonstration of some concrete ITS services, such as traffic information, e-call (emergency call), intelligent velocity modulation (ISA), road charging and services based on vehicle-to-vehicle and ve-hicle-to-infrastructure communication (so-called cooperative systems).Several applications are based on European standards to ensure interoperability between different market players and over geographic boundaries.

To continue this project and make its results permanent, a public-private coopera-tion was started with the following partners: Alcatel-Lucent, Mobistar, Proximus, Siemens, Teleatlas en Touring, the Vlaams Verkeerscentrum and the VRT Medialab.The establishment of this consortium initiated the IBBT ITS-Testbed project, financed by the IWT.

The project also collaborates with other regional and national initiatives in the context of a European FP7 project proposal. In addition to being instrumental in the introduction of the next generation of ITS services (for sustainable mobility and ambitious security and environmental goals), this project facilitates the pro-duction industry’s access to the newest evolutions on the European and global ITS markets.

This project presented its final report in April 2010, organising a successful work-shop demonstrating different intermediate and end results.

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The next generation road toll charges/road pricing

The required features of future road charges are aimed at the public and will impose requirements to the infrastructure and road pricing for any driven kilome-tre with parameters including the time of day and exact location, type of vehicle, emission values and various other parameters.It is assumed that each vehicle will ultimately be equipped with GSNS (Global Satellite Navigation System) and have a mobile telephone network connection on board to pass on information to a central road pricing system.

Therefore, the key task is the development of an “integrated on-board unit” ena-bling intelligent road pricing and meeting the safety and drivers’ comfort standards.

ATOP, an Automotive Telematics On-Board Unit (OBU) Platform is an “all-in-one” chip solution (about the size of a 1-euro coin) developed by NXP, specifically designed for new telematics applications such as “public road pricing” and “e-Call”, but it also creates new opportunities with other types of services (e. g. park-ing monitoring, tracking of stolen vehicles, car-2-car communication). This micro-electronics component contains a number of revolutionary technological solutions focused on facilitating the launch of such a product and decreasing risks for large-volume operations.

The main challenges were:

• creating a profitable “thin client” architecture while simultaneously avoiding communication overload;

• guaranteeing the principles of privacy within the “thin client” architecture;

• allowing self-deployment while maintaining system integrity;• handling cer tified and secure road tolling services with value added

services for the end user in the same OBU architecture;• maintaining system integrity while the GPS system is unable to answer

the authentication protocol.

Pilot project in Leuven

The first pilot practice-based research of the ATOP technology was performed on 25 June 2009 in Eindhoven, as a cooperation between NXP, IBM and with the local public authorities. An ATOP box was installed in 50 cars of employees living in the region around Eindhoven. The pilot project ran for six months and had three phases of two months each (baseline or zero measurement, reward-based measurement, end metering non-reward based). Results show that road charg-ing techniques can be used to improve local mobility, based on agreed pricing schemes, flexible map updates and tariff information in the car. In total, more than 200,000 km were registered. Approximately 70% of the drivers improved their behaviour under influence of the reward system. These users demonstrated a net improvement of over 16% in the average costing per km. When the reward was taken away in the final stage, two out of three of them increased the average costing per km even further. Feedback from the users has revealed the display to be of crucial importance for influencing behavioural change and correlating costing and behavioural changes.

A showcase was organised in Belgium in cooperation with, among others, IBM, NXP, Transport & Mobility Leuven (TML), Touring and Mobistar, on 21 April 2010. During this event, a number of cars, a bus and a truck drove from Brussels to Leuven via different roads and three new features of the technology were high-lighted: flexible road tolling, e-call and Car-2-Car communication. This event took place in the presence of representatives from the Flemish, Brussels, Belgian and European authorities. On the basis of this event, it was decided to organise a more extensive test in Flanders. The city of Leuven has put forward its candidacy for this project.

NXP:• Market leader position for semiconductors• Over 37,500 staff worldwide; holds 25,000 original patents• www.nxp.com

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AviovisionPaperless cockpitwww.aviovision.com

BarcoVisualisation solutions for both transport and trafficwww.barco.com

BuhlmannFull automation of depots (trains, trams, buses)www.buhlmann.be

CCS Software SolutionsTrack & Trace/Member of ITS Belgiumwww.ccs.be

eC-ITSConsultancy on ITS/Traffic management/Telematicswww.ec-its.com

EconcoreLightweight materials and innovative packaging(spin-off of K.U.Leuven)www.econcore.com

EssensiumReal-time location (spin-off of imec)www.essensium.com

GEO IDGeographical information - GISwww.geoid.be

GIMGeographical information - GISwww.gim.be

LMS InternationalTesting, modelling and predicting tools and so-lutionsfor the automotive industry (spin-off of K.U.Leuven)www.lmsintl.com

LogdonVehicle-to-vehicle communicationwww.lodgon.com

LuciadAdvanced software solution for dissemination, treatment and visualisation of geo-information (spin-off of K.U.Leuven)www.luciad.com

NimeraTelematics consultancywww.nimera.firstserved.net

NXPSemiconductors & real-time locationwww.nxp.com

Phi-DataRFID, barcodewww.phidata.be

Prodata SystemsIT solutions for the public transportation sectorwww.prodata-systems.com

Proton World InternationalDesign and programming of computer programs with applications for hybrid vehicleswww.st.com

Punch TelematixFleet managementwww.punchtelematix.com

SeptentrioNavigation and positioning (spin-off of imec)www.septentrio.com/

SpacecheckerTrack & Tracewww.spacechecker.com

Technology providers active in ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)*

* Non-exhaustive list

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Organisations actively involved within (innovative) logistics & mobility*

For an extensive list, please visit our website: www.flanderssmarthub.be

Flanders’ DriveFlemish initiative for developing competences within the automotive sector, with a view to innovative products and processeswww.flandersdrive.be

Flanders LogisticsConcrete project management on important strategic themes strengthening the logistics scenewww.flanderslogistics.be

ITS BelgiumMember organisation stimulating ICT-related innovation and cooperation within logistics and mobilitywww.itsbelgium.be

SIRRISSirris helps companies implement technological innovationswww.sirris.be

Steunpunt GoederenstromenInfrastructure, freight gates, sustainable logistics, economic importance, optimisation of the supply chainwww.steunpuntgoederenstromen.be

Steunpunt Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken - Stroom VerkeersveiligheidInfrastructure, safety, sustainable mobility, innovation and ICThttp://www.steunpuntmowverkeersveiligheid.be/

Transport & Mobility LeuvenModelling, analysis & modal shiftwww.tmleuven.be

VIL - Vlaams Instituut voor de LogistiekKnowledge platform for logistics; competence and innovation centre in logisticswww.vil.be

VIM - Vlaams Instituut voor de MobiliteitFlemish platform for mobility researchwww.vim.be

VITO- Vlaams Instituut voor Technologisch OnderzoekTechnological research institute for ecology and economics, transport and mobilitywww.vito.be

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Knowledge institute - Department

Active withinIntermodality

Active withinIntelligent supply chain

Active withinIntelligent Transport Systems

K.U.LeuvenFaculty of Business and EconomicsCentre for Economic Studies (CES)http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/ces/

Transport economics,pricing models, effects on the environment

K.U.LeuvenFaculty of Business and EconomicsResearch Centre for Operations Managementwww.econ.kuleuven.ac.be/eng/tew/academic/prodbel

Product research, stock manage-ment, planning and control, reverse logistics, warehouse design and management, MRP, ERP, JIT, APC, TOC, etc.

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupCentre for Industrial Policy (CIB)http://cib.kuleuven.be/

Multimodal transport Route planning

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupCentre for Industrial Policy (CIB) - Transport Studieswww.kuleuven.be/traffic

Transport & logistics, production research, healthcare logistics, reverse logistics, logistics execution systems (LES)

Traffic modelling, travel time forecasting, dynamic traffic management, ITS, transport networks

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupComputer sciences - Distrinethttp://distrinet.cs.kuleuven.be

Open, distributed object support platforms for advanced applications: internet of things, supply chain

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupElectrical Engineering (ESAT) - SCDwww.esat.kuleuven.be/scd

Modelling, data mining, control theory, travel time forecasting

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupElectrical Engineering (ESAT) - ELECTAwww.esat.kuleuven.be/electa

Energy, power electronics, smart grids

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupMechanics - PMAwww.mech.kuleuven.be/mod/

Sound and vibration analysis & engineering

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Knowledge institutes with in-depth research on logistics and mobility

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupMechanics - TMEwww.mech.kuleuven.be/tme

Energy conversion, energy systems

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupElectrical Engineering (ESAT) - COSICwww.esat.kuleuven.be/SCD

e-security, RFID e-security

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupLeuven Materials Research Centrehttp://sirius.mtm.kuleuven.be/Research/MRC/

Materials research Materials research

K.U.LeuvenScience and Technology GroupLeuven Sustainable Earthhttp://www.kuleuven.be/lsue/

Sustainable transport

KaHo St. Lieven - Association partner K.U.Leuven Planning algorithms, load se-curing, packaging optimisation

Planning algorithms

Vrije Universiteit BrusselMOBI: Mobility and Automotive Technology Research GroupMOSI-T Transport and Logisticshttp://www.vub.ac.be/MOSI-T

Intermodal transportmobility policy, transport infrastructure,external costs calculation

Sustainable logistics Traffic safety, electrical and hybrid vehicles

Vrije Universiteit BrusselMOBI: Mobility and Automotive Technology Research Group - Electrical Engineering and Energy Technology - ETEChttp://etecmc10.vub.ac.be/index.php

Electrical and hybrid vehicles, energy efficient and environmen-tally- friendly propulsion fuel cell technology, renewable energy, environmental evaluation of the car manufacturing technology

Vrije Universiteit BrusselMOBI: Mobility and Automotive Technology Research GroupElectronics and Information Processing - ETROhttp://www.etro.vub.ac.be

Monitoring of supply chain management systems, end-to-end traceability

Knowledge institute - Department

Active withinIntermodality

Active withinIntelligent supply chain

Active withinIntelligent Transport Systems

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Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EhB)Dept. IWT - Electrical Engineering and Vehicle TechnologyCooperation with MOBI-VUBhttp://iwt.ehb.be/IWT/ELECT

Electrical and hybrid vehicles, electrical propulsion, energy storage, normalisation

Vrije Universiteit BrusselElectrochemical and Surface Engineering - SURFwww.vub.ac.be/SURF

Materials research

Vrije Universiteit BrusselAcoustics and Vibration - AVRGwww.avrg.be

Transport industry: vibro-acoustical problems, testing of aircraft spare parts, flight-flutter analysis

Vrije Universiteit BrusselStudies on Media, Information & Telecommunication - SMIT-IBBTwww.vub.ac.be/SCOM/smit

Business models and value chains

Vrije Universiteit BrusselHuman Ecology - MEKOwww.vub.ac.be/MEKO

Impact analysis of transport on aspects of health and sustainability

HU BrusselCentre for Modelling and Simulation (CMS)http://research.hubrussel.be/eCache/RHU/25/152.html

HU BrusselCentre for Practice-based Research and Service Provision (PRAGODI)Commercial Sciences & Business Administrationhttp://research.hubrussel.be/eCache/RHU/25/168.html

Business management & logistics

Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management SchoolProduction, supply chain and logistics managementhttp://www.vlerick.be/nl/knowres/domeinen/ 9-VLK/143-VLK.html

Sustainability Logistics management, warehouse management and production control

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Knowledge institute - Department

Active withinIntermodality

Active withinIntelligent supply chain

Active withinIntelligent Transport Systems

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Groep T Hogeschoolwww.groept.be

Spare parts logistics, urban deliveries, environmentally-friendly propulsions

imecwww.imec.be

Nanotechnology, RFID, telematics, sensors, etc.

Nanotechnology, RFID, telematics, sensors, etc.

IBBTInterdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technologywww.ibbt.be

Intelligent logistics (including monitoring of containers)

ICT innovations for a more efficient management of traffic flows: smart mobility, automatic detection

Knowledge institutes with in-depth research on logistics and mobility

Knowledge institute - Department

Active withinIntermodality

Active withinIntelligent supply chain

Active withinIntelligent Transport Systems

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Flemish Brabant is rightly referred to as a top region for logistics in the first part of this brochure. Location, accessibility and the airport are its most important assets. Big players in logistics such as Toyota, 3M, Colruyt, Tyco, NYK and DHL have chosen our province as a logistics starting point. Logistics brings employment and economic prosperity to Flemish Brabant, but logistics also puts a heavy burden on < region’s quality of life. That is why we need to handle logistics in our province in a smart way, especially because our position at the top is under threat.

Globalisation makes the importance of central location fade against the cost benefits offered in certain countries. Without an appropriate response to ques-tions raised on mobility, quality of life and environmental issues, there is no solid future for the logistics activity. Nevertheless, even if logistics activities shift to other regions, the pressure on Flemish Brabant remains: we face the threat of becoming a mere import or transit region for logistics with little creation of employment and even less added value, but with an ever-growing flow of traffic. Thus, it is of vital importance to be “smart” and constantly in search of the correct balance.

Flemish Brabant relies on its knowledge sector to provide new technologies, tech-niques and views to achieve this balance. More efficient logistics, with a huge innovation component, are needed. This brochure highlights that Flemish Brabant is equipped to take up this challenge.

With K.U.Leuven, the Vrije Universiteit van Brussel, imec and a vast number of innovative companies, both the drive and knowledge are present to combine

economic growth with the highest quality of life. Fundamental to this is the knowl-edge of each other’s singularities and strengths to make optimal and timely use of these. Providing what consumers need or wish will remain necessary in any case. The challenge remains to be as smart an organisation as possible. If authorities and innovative industrial actors are meeting those requirements, the logistics sec-tor can remain the development trigger for Flemish Brabant, without affecting the quality of life.

Many examples in this brochure have shown that Flemish Brabant has the assets needed for this challenge; it is down to the companies, knowledge institutes and the authorities to utilise these strengths in the best possible way.

Flemish Brabant, more than just a logistics hotspot!

Lodewijk De Witte,

Governor of Flemish Brabant

Lodewijk De Witte,

Governor of Flemish Brabant

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The challenge for the province of Flemish Brabant is to turn the region into a European “hotspot”, where economic creativity and innovation go hand in hand with growing prosperity and welfare. Flanders Smart Hub (FSH) was created in December 2008 to take up this challenge under the auspices of governmental, industrial and academic partners from Flemish Brabant.

Flanders Smart Hub emphasises synergy between knowledge, entrepreneurship and supportive authorities. The complexity of innovation implies that the harmo-nisation of market actions, knowledge creation and regulation must constantly be enhanced. Cooperation between these different components is not evident, but it is indispensable for the development of the province of Flemish Brabant as the leader in innovation.

First and foremost, Flanders Smart Hub focuses on three sectors, taking into account the scientific and technological excellence and the economic potential within Flemish Brabant. These sectors are part of the domains pointed out by the Flemish Council for Scientific Policy (today the Flemish Council for Science and Innovation) as “strategic spear point sectors” for Flanders:

• Logistech: transport & logistics, services and supply chain management;• Lifetech: food & nutrition, prevention, treatment & ICT and healthcare;• Cleantech: environment and nature.

Within each of these topics, we want to develop clusters, whether it be informal networking activities, communities or genuine partnerships, where industry and knowledge institutes meet. We see it as our mission to reduce the gap between both and to optimise supply and demand. To make our region grow, we keep an eye on the international context, in order to attract vital new potential and talent.

To succeed in our task, we need active support from all the triple helix par-ties in our province for our project: VOKA - Chamber of Commerce Flemish Brabant, K.U.Leuven Research and Development, the provincial authorities of Flemish Brabant, the POM (Provincial Development Company) Flemish Brabant, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Airport Company (BAC), Leuven.Inc, the city of Leuven, imec, ERSV Flemish Brabant, Interleuven and Haviland, and the Flemish Institute for Logistics (VIL). Occasionally, partners are recruited for specific activities.

The project received a grant for its operation from the European Regional Development Fund, the “Hermes” Fund of the Government of Flanders, and is being supported by our province and the POM Flemish Brabant.

Flemish Brabant:

think smart | act hub

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Do you want to innovate, but are unaware of how to start?

Do you have an idea, but no clue on its feasibility?

Do you want to cooperate with a knowledge institute or knowledge centre?

Did you do research, but your company is still searching for a plan to actually produce?

Do you want more info on Flanders Smart Hub or one of our partners?

Give us a call!

info@flanderssmarthub.bewww.flanderssmarthub.be

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info@flanderssmarthub.bewww.flanderssmarthub.be

TextJacques Devos & Tom Philips - POM Vlaams-BrabantSara Geris - Flanders Smart Hub

TranslationJacques Devos - POM Vlaams-BrabantData Translations Int.

EditingSara Geris - Flanders Smart Hub

Concept & Designwww.blau.be

DrukAtlanta (Schaffen)

Photography (voor zover niet vermeld)Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Pieter-Jan Peeters, Stijn Poldervaart

Sincere acknowledgements toMinister Ingrid Lieten, Gouverneur Lodewijk De Witte, Gedeputeerde Jean-Paul Olbrechts, Easics, GIM, Groep Colruyt, Hessenatie Logistics, IBBT, IBM, IFB, Innovatiecentrum Vlaams-Brabant, Nyo Alatus, NXP, Ortec, Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, PunchTelematix, Steunpunt Goederenstromen, W&Z en aan alle partners van Flanders Smart Hub.

Publisher: P.Hegge, Medialaan 26, 1800 Vilvoorde.Vilvoorde, juni 2010.

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