Paving the ground for the next generation of micro nano enabled products in Europe

This Position Paper represents a working document, developed with editorial support from the European Coordination and Support Action MINAM2.0 (NMP.2010.4.0-5 project no. 266801). It summarises the status of ongoing discussions in the European MicroNanoManufacturing community representing a Sub-ETP (European Technology Platform) of the ETP MANUFUTURE. Information from key players has been collected and assessed via two surveys: a 2009 survey to MINAM members with a feedback from 230 companies and research institutions and a 2011 survey, where 21 clusters, 14 ETPs and 8 Networks of Excellence across Europe were interviewed. The authors do not warrant the information contained therein to be free of errors. This document will be further developed with members and stakeholders and lead to a new Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) for the European MicroNanoManufacturing community (to be finalised by January 2012). Readers are kindly advised to keep in mind that data, illustrations, procedural details or other items may inadvertently be inaccurate.