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Industrial textile and clothing district of Prato
Number of : . SMEs: around 7000 . Large companies: 0 . Universities: 3 . R&D institutes or laboratories: n.a. - Activity sectors (1) Manufacturing/ Textile - Main technological competencies of the clusters Wool spinning (either carded or combed) - Application fields covered: Clothing, Furnishing textiles, Technical textiles. Cluster’s internationalisation strategy: The cluster does not act as a system and there is not a only common strategy; strategies are set up by single enterprises or their associations. - Cooperations achieved so far: So far co-operation (common projects or initiatives, for example for promotion) has been promoted by groups of enterprises, enterprise associations and public institutions at regional, national and international level. - Other comments: Since the cluster do not have a an official governance structure, several questions here proposed do not apply properly. - SMEs involvement (governance, internationalisation, cooperation …) : SME involvement occurs mainly through their associations (industrial union, consortia of handicraft enterprises, etc.) - Recommendations towards strengthening SMEs’ activities in the cluster : - to strengthen the current enterprise culture and management culture - to provide common high-level business services - to create an official governance structure. it doesn’t exist a co-ordinator or a person in charge for the cluster, anyway a possible reference organisation may be the Industrial Union of Prato.
General Information
Country: Italy
Region: Toscana
Active since : 2002
Cluster Information
State of life: Declining
Cluster Composition:
| Number of companies within the cluster: | around 7000 |
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| Number of universities, technical colleges, schools or other education organisations within the cluster: | Universities: 3 |
| Number of non-industrial service providers (financial institutions, development agencies, utilities provider,..) within the cluster: | n.a. |
| Number of others (individuals, consultants,...) within the cluster: | n.a. |
| Number of companies with 250 and less than 500 employees within the cluster: | . Large companies: 0 |
| Number of companies with 500 and less than 1000 employees within the cluster: | . Large companies: 0 |
| Number of companies with more than 1000 employees within the cluster: | . Large companies: 0 |
Cooperation Objectives
Cooperation objectives:
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General dissemination and information exchange
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medium
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Networking, sharing/exchange of knowledge and expertise
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medium
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Technology benchmarking / pre-assesment
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medium
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Technology transfer and exploitation of R&D results
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medium
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Search for partners for collaborative R&D
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medium
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Access to markets / new customers
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medium
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Access to suppliers
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medium
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Looking for technology, innovation advise and know-how
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medium
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Training, education, staff exchange
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low
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Establishment of subsidiaries and branch offices
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low
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Specific Cluster Characteristics
Ambition of the cluster:
| Region | Priority |
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Regional
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medium
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Cooperation experience of the cluster management:
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Regional
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medium
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National
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low
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European
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medium
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International
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medium
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Expertise and experience of the cluster in the following industrial activities:
| Experience | Priority |
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Manufacturing processes
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medium
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CAD/CAM, design and simulation
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medium
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New materials and material sciences
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medium
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