Micronora 2008 show focuses on nanotechnology

An international microtechnology and high-precision trade fair, Micronora 2008, will be placing a special focus on metrology through its Zoom 2008 programme.

The international microtechnology and high-precision trade fair, Micronora, will be held in Besancon, Eastern France, during September 23-26, 2008.

The event will also feature a Nanotechnology Pavilion, which will be open to companies and R and D centres.

The last Micronora show, in 2006, had almost 1,000 exhibitors, of whom 37% were foreign companies.

The 2006 show attracted 15,000 professional visitors and covered 25,000m2 exhibition area.

There will be a 'Competitiveness in Europe' pavilion that will feature three French competitiveness clusters in the field of precision engineering.

1 - Microtechniques.

2 - Minalogic.

3 - Arve Industries.

A German R and D centre, Imtek (the Institute for Microsystems Technology), will be there too in this pavilion, which is designed to encourage the sharing of experiences and strategic perspectives.

* EU funding - in July 2008, France will take over the presidency of the European Union.

In the Europe area, exhibitors and visitors will find information on EU funds available for projects in the precision-engineering sector, as well as news about the major trends affecting current EU projects (2007-2013).

* Metrology - Micronora 2008 will be placing a special focus on metrology through its Zoom 2008 programme.

Metrology's importance will be reflected in an Information and Learning area that will demonstrate its significance as well as current developments in the field.

The Exhibition area will highlight some of the innovative technological solutions needed to improve the suitability of measurement processes.

Following NANOMATCH in Frankfurt (Germany) and NANOTEC in Venice (Italy), Micronora will also host a European Brokerage event - the sixth Open The Possible: Micro and Nanotechnology European Technological Encounters - which will be held on 25 and 26 September.

The objective of these one-to-one meetings is to help microtechnology and nanotechnology players (companies, research laboratories and technical centres) develop contacts with their European counterparts.

Whatever sector they are in (transport, aerospace, biomedicine, optics, instrumentation or plastics), companies will be able to find the innovative solutions they are looking for.

An online catalogue will soon be available so that participants may browse submissions, technology requests and partnership proposals.

* Conferences - Micronora 2008 will also include conferences, September 24 and 25, to cover the following.

* Micro- and nano-manufacturing.

* Nano-characterisation.

* Nano-metrology.

* Nano-materials.

* Surface processing.

Each conference will be presented by a specialist of international standing.

* Prizes - the Golden Microns prizes will be awarded by a jury of industry professionals and scientists who are active in the field of microtechnology.

There will be one award per subject as follows.

* Class 1 - Microtechnical parts or elements used in a component.

* Class 2 - Functional components and complex or simple modular devices.

* Class 3 - Devices integrating microtechnical components.

* Class 4 - Production tools and instruments (cutting, moulding and shaping tools, as well as control instruments).

* Class 5 - Machine tools and microtechnical production machines, automated systems and accessories.

* Class 6 - Microsystems prototypes reserved for research organisations.

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