In an exclusive interview, Caroline Viarouge outlines a potential way forward for the bankrupt manufacturing innovation community
EIT Manufacturing CEO Caroline Viarouge taking over from predecessor Klaus Beetz in 2023. Photo credits: EIT Manufacturing
After filing for liquidation, EIT Manufacturing is looking to establish a new legal entity to ensure it can carry on backing innovation projects in a critical field for Europe’s economic competitiveness. But it will need political support in Brussels, chief executive Caroline Viarouge told Science|Business.
“We have some partners who are willing to take part of this endeavour. We have an opportunity to use this ecosystem in a new model, but we need to understand if the EIT is willing to support this new model,” Viarouge said. However, the future of EIT Manufacturing remains uncertain as its leadership scrambles to convince decision makers in Brussels that they should be allowed to continue under a reformed governance system.
EIT Manufacturing is one of the nine knowledge and innovation communities set up by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), an independent EU body tasked…
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