Flanders DRIVE
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Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
non-profit organization.
Since the start in 2001, Flanders' DRIVE, the innovation platform for the vehicle industry, has become the competence pool for the vehicle industry.
It plays an active role in:
- Stimulating innovation and collaboration between companies in the vehicle industry
- Initiating research projects and managing them together with our partner companies
- In-house R&D projects
- International activities and collaborations
Flanders’ DRIVE develops three main streams of activities:
- Knowledge transfer through a comprehensive network
- Innovative research in 4 principal domains
- Engineering and testing services in its sophisticated and well equipped laboratory
In research, Flanders'DRIVE focuses on 4 domains:
- Manufacturing
- Light Weight Materials
- Active Safety
- Clean Power Trains
See also
- AgoriaAgoriaAgoria is Belgium's largest employers' organisation and trade association. The companies represented by Agoria are active in 13 branches of the technology industry: aerospace, automotive, construction products, contracting & maintenance, electrical engineering, industrial automation, ICT,...
- Automotive Cluster of WalloniaAutomotive Cluster of WalloniaThe Automotive Cluster of Wallonia is the official cluster of the automotive industry in Wallonia . The goal of the cluster is to promote the complementarities between Wallonian companies, and with the support provided to R&D centres, to launch new activities and innovative products in line with...
- Science and technology in FlandersScience and technology in FlandersScience and technology in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes...