SME IPC at SMM

The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Mrs Maria van der Hoeven, signed an Innovation Performance Contract (IPC) on the Holland Pavillion at SMM in Hamburg last month for 18 small and medium sized maritime enterprises (SMEs). The IPC is a policy instrument designed to stimulate innovation in SMEs by facilitating collaboration and the transfer of knowledge within groups of them. Assisted by Holland Shipbuilding and Holland Marine Equipment, the 18 SME’s will jointly implement a long term innovation plan.