Upper Austrian Research GmbH (UAR) is the leading company for research of the federal province of Upper Austria and a key player in research, technology and innovation (FTI) policy. UAR plays a central role in defining a research strategy for Upper Austria that is geared to the future, further increasing excellence in the strategic research fields in Upper Austria and continually developing the province’s research structures. Upper Austrian Research GmbH holds many shares in leading Public Research organisations (Member of UAR Innovation Network) and places its expertise at their disposal as a committed shareholder. The companies in which UAR holds shares employ approximately 85 percent of all those working in non-university research in Upper Austria. Every year, approximately 1.400 research projects are carried out in cooperation with 850 partnerships with companies, of which many are international partners. The focal areas of UAR’s associated research companies (Member of the UAR Innovation Network) are found especially in the key technologies of innovative materials, information and communications technologies and mechatronics for use chiefly in manufacturing industry. With its extensive expertise in production research, the UAR Innovation Network also makes a vital contribution to meeting the many different challenges posed by medical technology. Member of UAR Innovation Network: • CHASE - Competence Center CHASE GmbH • LCM - Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH • PCCL - Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH • PROFACTOR GmbH • Pro2Future GmbH • RECENDT - Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH • RISC Software GmbH • SAL - Silicon Austria Labs GmbH • SCCH - Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH • TCKT - Transfercenter für Kunststofftechnik GmbH • WOOD Kplus - Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH