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OPCE II: OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME 'COMPETITIVENESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP'

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Human Resources

Integrated Programme for individuals who are unemployed or at risk of unemployment in the industrial sectors of the broader area of Piraeus, through the provision of vocational counselling, training/retraining services aiming at upgrading their vocational skills

The action concerns the provision of vocational Counselling, Training and skills accreditation to individuals who are unemployed or at risk of unemployment in the Industrial Zone of Piraeus, with a view to upgrading their vocational skills and establishing the conditions for trainees to reacquire jobs based on the current and future requirements of the labour market.

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Industry

CENTRAL GREECE PET INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL S.A.

The enterprise was founded in January 2004 for the purpose of constructing a plant for the manufacturing of food packaging materials made of PET. More specifically, the enterprise developed the two-stage process of producing food packaging jars and was the first enterprise in our country to begin producing single-use 10-litre and 18-litre bottles that are mostly used in water coolers.

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Incorporation of Environmentally Friendly Practices

DELIPETIS INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL S.A. is an enterprise active in the sector of manufacturing vacuum cleaners and brushes, particularly for street and floor vehicles using four particularly common raw materials:

1.Polypropylene grains

2.Wire

3.Sheet metal

4.Wood blockboards

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EMM. KOUVIDIS S.A. - Supporting innovative manufacturing of electrical supplies

The Greek specialist in electrical manufacturing, EMM. KOUVIDIS S.A. set up a new investment plan that helped to establish a new production line of double wall corrugated conduits and a new 3D CAD software.
Based in Heraklion, Crete, EMM. KOUVIDIS S. A. is co-funded by the programme 'Manufacturing under the New Conditions’ of the ‘Operational Programme Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship’ in the category ‘Existing Small and Very Small Enterprises’.

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AGROSTIS - Agricultural Information Systems Ltd.

Agrostis is a new IT company founded in 2012 in Thessaloniki, with a view to providing IT and new technology products and services exclusively to the primary sector (Agriculture - Stockbreeding).

Agrostis combines technical knowledge and extensive experience in the fields of Agronomy and Information Technology.

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KYANA HELLAS S.A. - Cosmetics Production and Trade

KYANA HELLAS S.A. was founded in 2006 in Thessaloniki by 6 individuals active in the field of professional hair salon products.  The company is active in this sector, offering top-quality product series that are the result of comprehensive research and fully meet the needs of modern hair stylists.

Through, this investment plan, increased the export of its existing or new products to new international markets, as well as penetrating new sections of existing markets with new or existing products. 

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PARPARAS S.A. - Food production and standardisation

The company with the corporate name Parparas S.A. and trade name 'Dimitra' was founded in June 1998. It is involved in the production, standardisation and canning of foodstuffs, such as: peppers, olives, pickles (various vegetables), aubergines, beets and vine leaves, and their marketing in the Greek and foreign markets.

Since 1997, the company has been exporting its products to several European countries, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, France, Cyprus and, mainly, Germany, under the trade name 'Dimitra'. 85% of its present-day production is exported, with the remainder being absorbed by the domestic market. A small part of its production, mainly olives, is absorbed by the Balkan market (Bulgaria, Skopje). 

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Study & construction of a plant for the production of special types of asphalt

Founded in 2010,'BM BITUMINOUS MIXTURES S.A.' produces asphalt products, which are divided into two main categories:

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Development of control systems and actions for the promotion of new products in international markets

THYRATRON Electronic Applications was established in 1992 in Kydonies, Vassiliko Erymanthou (Achaia) and its main purpose is the study, development, construction and sale of electronic devices and systems.

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Establishment of a Brewery in the Prefecture of Chios

This investment concerned the creation of a brewing company. This enterprise is not only the sole brewery in the prefecture of Chios, but also one of the few in the whole of Greece and is, thus, an innovative proposal for the market.

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Apostolos Toumbas, Industrial - Commercial - Importing - Exporting Dental and Medical Equipment and Parts S.A

The company is the largest vertically integrated facility producing dental technological equipment in SE Europe, with significant export volumes.

Through the programme, the company invested a total of 35,271.00 euro in the construction of an innovative motion system for a new dental treatment unit without scissor mechanism, featuring major functions controlled via electronic circuits. This provides users with a system controlling motion functions and adjusting the dental treatment unit settings through an initialisation button and design of boards for limit switches, order distribution and central control, with independent settings.

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NORTH CATERING EQUIPMENTS: Design of an electronic circuit and exporting activities

NORTH CATERING EQUIPMENTS, founded in 1983, produces professional catering equipment, such as professional ovens-stoves, fryers-griddles, etc. Most of these products are powered by electricity & gas. The goal of the enterprise, through the preliminary controls for the design of new products and through the design of new products made possible by this investment, was to expand its presence in new markets abroad, particularly in Russia.  The company invested a total of 69,955.00 euro, co-funded by the EPAN II 'COMPETITIVENESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP' 2007-2013 programme.

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HATZIIOANNOU S.A. - Production of packaging boxes

The company HATZIIOANNOU S.A. has been active in the packaging sector and, more specifically, in the production of (mainly cardboard) boxes for general packaging purposes since 1997. 

The boxes, made of coated or uncoated cardboard, are divided into two categories: folding cartons used for the packaging of products such as detergents, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, confectionery products, pizza, footwear, clothing, etc. and rigid paperboard boxes for the packaging of toys, goldsmithing products, cosmetics, etc. The products manufactured by the company mainly concern small packaging and are addressed to various industries.

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BIZIOS SPYROS and CO OVEE - Production of a new lime product using new technologies

'BIZIOS SPYROS and CO OVEE' was founded in Argos Orestiko, Kastoria in 2005 and its main activity is the processing of limestone for the production of lime. The investment mainly concerned the procurement of a unit for washing and sorting additional aggregates, the necessary materials and work for its installation and operation, the construction of its base, the advanced technology of the sieve, washer and conveyor belts. 

 

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ATHANASSIOS KOUKOUTARIS AEVE - Improvement of the quality of the products manufactured

'ATHANASSIOS KOUKOUTARIS AEVE', trademark 'ALFA', was founded in 1986 and its main activity is the production of a large range of frozen dough products. The company is also commercially active in related products, but the contribution of this commercial activity to the company's turnover is negligible.

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KRITON ARTOS - Improvement of the enterprise

With the investment, the company carried out expenditures concerning building facilities, machinery equipment and expenditures for product promotion.

More specifically, a regards building facilities, epoxy flooring was installed in order to meet food health and safety rules, while tiles were placed in specific sections of the production area floor.

As regards machinery equipment, the enterprise installed a vertical packaging machine in order to improve the speed of packaging and to significantly reduce losses from broken end products during the packaging process. 

 

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Research and Technology

Optotech - Provision of Hi-Tech Services and Development of Hi-Tech Products

Optotech is the first company in Greece to be exclusively active in the area of Eye Tracking and its applications both in the field of scientific research, marketing and advertising. Eye Tracking is the process of recording eye movements using a tracking device (Eye Tracker). Eye Tracking technology is used in numerous applications, such as website evaluation, printed and electronic advertising and spot advertising.

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TELELOG S.A. - Web-based application for the collection of environmental data

TELELOG is a spin-off of the University of Athens and began its activities in order to utilise the extensive experience and results of the researchers participating in the corporate group and the scientific team in the field of wireless/mobile communications and applications. 

The company is involved, among other things, in telemetry, the provision of services of specialised security printing with the creation of a system for the wireless interconnection of vehicles with the control centre, as well as temperature measurement systems with the collection of temperature data from remote stations.  More specifically, this system records the quantity of fuel provided by the pumps in order to monitor and subsequently process the results and systems for the remote monitoring of electrical switches. 

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Development of Novel IXABEPILONE Nano-carriers and Study of their Potential Application in Breast Cancer Treatment

This project concerns then development of advanced pharmaceutical products with the help of nano-technology for the selective administration of cancer drugs, such as Ixabepilone, in cases of cancerous tumours.

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Next Generation Intelligent Gateway platform –NGIG

Bytemobile was founded in 2000 in order to develop solutions for the decongestion of data traffic on mobile telecommunication networks and has been a world leader in the field of mobile telephony network optimisation solutions (2012 data).

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Creation and Operation of a Structure for the Development of Greek Technological Clusters in Patras (Corallia)

The Patras Innovation Hub – Patras Inno Hub (www.corallia.org/patras-innohub) is a structure for the development and support of clusters in Western Greece, its purpose being the thematic and geographical concentration of mi-Cluster (www.mi-cluster.gr) members and the development of important value chains with other significant economic activities in the region of Western Greece, as well as global value chains.

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ALEXELION: System for the production of smart indications for protection from solar radiation

ALEXELION is a new product that covers in an innovative manner a gap in personal protection from solar radiation. Medical research has proven that the sun has a significant impact on skin health with conditions such as premature aging or melanoma. ALEXELION combines real environmental data and the personal characteristics of users to create a personalised indicator of the risk of exposure to solar radiation.

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FROM TARGET-MOLECULES TO GUIDE-MOLECULES: INNOVATIVE PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES

The purpose of the TheRAlead project is the development of new drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis through a 'hit-to-lead' process that aims at the design, synthesis and evaluation of inhibitors for a number of pathogenic factors (such as Tumour Necrosis Factor [TNF] and RANKL cytokine) that are key molecules for the development of the illness.

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Development of new, globally innovative logic cube games

The company 'Verdes Innovations – Logic Cube Games Industrial & Commercial S.A.' is located in [the Prefecture of] Corinthia and is involved in the construction and global promotion of a series of logic cube games – mind games. This series has an established patent and ™ (Trade Mark) in 52 countries, with technology that is protected by patents throughout the world. The company broke the 35-year-old global monopoly of 'Rubik's Cube' and in October 2011 constructed promo items for the famous department store Barneys, NY and Lady Gaga.

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MASTOSCOPIA S.A. - Development, Utilisation and Exploitation of Medical Imaging Technology

The goal of the project is the development and construction of a Mammogram Ultrasonic Tomography system based on MUT technology. The end  product of the project is the 'Multi-mode Ultrasonic Tomography' (MUT) system, which aims at improving the identification ability at the early stages of breast cancer (sensitivity) and at reducing the number of false detections (specificity), as well as freeing patients from exposure to X-rays and the painful compression of breasts during the examination. 

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MICRO-SYSTEMS - MICRO-FLUIDICS (Micro 2 Gen) for Genetic Tests and Molecular Diagnostics Ltd.

The ever-increasing global demand for genetic analyses that support clinical diagnosis and prevention has increased the requirements in genetic testing methods, which remain time-consuming and require multiple items of expensive equipment and specialised staff and, thus, have a particularly high cost.

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Tourism

Hotel Perinthos Sivris : An innovative investment for energy upgrading and autonomy

An excellent example of the implementation of the 'Green Tourism' Operation was the case of Hotel Perinthos Sivris, a three-star hotel with a capacity of 48 rooms and 99 beds in the outskirts of Thessaloniki, which carried out a pioneering investment for the energy upgrading and autonomy of the facility.

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ECO-TOURISM ROUTES ON THE ISLAND OF SKOPELOS

The project concerns the restoration of damages and the improvement of the walkability conditions of footpaths and routes that connect the island's hamlets with sites of natural, cultural and archaeological interest.

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