New grants by the Department of Trade and Industry with up to 67% to reduce material usage……

 

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The federal Department of Trade and Industry supports projects to minimize material usage with up to 67% of consulting fees with a cap of 100.000  €.

Target companies are SME (small and medium enterprises) with

  • Max. 250 employees
  • Max. 50m € turnover or 43m € balance sheet total

and companies with up to 1.000 employees if the project is of high risk or very innovative.

Sponsored companies have to be

Manufacturer of metal products

  • Manufacturer of equipment for power generation and distribution
  • Manufacturer of plastic components
  • Manufacturer of chemicals (excluding primaries)

Projects with significant, quick, sustainable and measurable improvements will be preferred

Projects are  sponsored by a non refundable grant covering a proportion of the project cost. The grant is a “De-minimis” subsidy (max. 100.000 € over 3 years) covering only consulting fees but no other cost or investment.

The grant covers

Initial study and consulting

max. 65% up to 10.000 €

Follow up consulting

max. 33% up to 99.000 €

Network grant

Min. 4 companies, min. 75% SME
max.67% up to 300.000€

Each SME can only be sponsored once and no other public sector project sponsors are allowed. Companies operating under bancruptcy law or similar are excluded.

For more information visit www.materialeffizienz.de

Felix Fenner is accredited as lead consultant with the Deutschen Materialeffizienzagentur demea and will be glad to provide further information regarding

  • Grants
  • Potential projects in your company
  • Potential areas for projects
  • Approaches

We offer

Identification of potential cost reduction, assessment of eligibility, consulting regarding the program and application, implementation

Customer Benefit
  • Application assistance
  • Grants up to 67% of the consulting fee, max. 300.000€
  • Identification of cost reduction opportunity
  • Project implementation

Current Projects

  • Stamping of automotive parts