Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, exchange of information, innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises, technology transfer

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2003/C 195/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 124/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Economic sector(s) concerned: All manufacturing sectors,
without prejudice to special rules in regulations and directives
concerning state aid in certain sectors

Region: West Midlands Objective 2

Name and address of the granting authority:

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Regional Technology Network: Warwick Manu-
facturing Group

Legal basis: Industrial and Development Act 1982, Sections 7
and 11; Industrial Development Act 1988 Reference Section

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company:

2002: GBP 100 000

2003: GBP 200 000

2004: GBP 200 000

2005: GBP 200 000

2006: GBP 200 000

Total: GBP 900 000

Maximum aid intensity:

The maximum aid intensity will be 50 %.

Roy Huzzard
Government Office for the West Midlands
77 Paradise Circus
Queensway
Birmingham B1 2DT
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-121) 212 53 42

Other information:

Ivor Davies
Warwick Manufacturing Group
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-24) 765 729 91

Aid to any one SME will not exceed GBP 100 000.

Aid No: XS 91/02

The funding will be supporting SMEs which meet the definition
in Annex 1 to the SME Block Exemption Regulation (EC) No
70/2001

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: West Midlands

Date of implementation: 1 December 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2006

Objective of aid:

Consultancy will be used to introduce SMEs to rapid proto-
typing as a design tool. They will be shown how the tech-
nology works,
the building
the different systems available,
materials and the types of CAD format required to enable a
rapid prototype build.

The intention of the aid is to make SMEs aware of the capa-
bilities of rapid prototyping, while improving their design level.
This will increase the level of innovation, efficiency and diver-
sification in the region.

The project will give SMEs access to technology and advice
beyond their normal financial capacity

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Faraday Plastics — West Midlands

Legal basis: Industrial and Development Act 1982, Sections 7
and 11, and Industrial Development Act 1988, Reference
Section 8

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company:

The scheme will provide the following funding to support
SMEs over the period 2002 to 2006:

2002: GBP 755 000

2003: GBP 1 180 000

2004: GBP 1 038 000

2005: GBP 1 038 000

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2006: GBP 707 000

Total: GBP 4 718 000

The funding will support SMEs which meet the definition in
Annex 1 to the SME Block Exemption Regulation (EC)
70/2001

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will be
50 %. The maximum aid to a single SME will be GBP 100 000

Date of implementation: 15 September 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2006

Objective of aid: To provide consultancy in order to facilitate
knowledge transfer to SMEs in the West Midlands. Without
assistance, SMEs would lack the technical skills and expertise
required to exploit recent advances in polymer-based products.
The project will enable SMEs to adopt new and improved
processes as a basis for the future development of products
that are more competitive in both traditional and new
market places. This will
in turn safeguard the jobs of SMEs
in the region and encourage innovation and diversification

Economic sector(s) concerned: All manufacturing and other
services, without prejudice to special rules, regulations and
directives concerning state aid in certain sectors. In particular
the project will not support the synthetic fibre industry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Phil Howard
Government Office for the West Midlands
77 Paradise Circus
Queensway
Birmingham B1 2DT
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-121) 212 50 68

Other information:

Dr G F Smith
Warwick Manufacturing Group
University of Warwick
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-24) 76 52 37 84