CRP Henri Tudor

Claude Turmes and Janez Potočnik, during the conference-debate: «Économie circulaire et nouvelles formes de consommation. Stratégies européennes et perspectives luxembourgeoises» Oktober 20, 2014 at the CRP Henri-Tudor in Kirchberg, Luxembourg.

The Public Research Centre Henri Tudor (or CRP Henri Tudor) is a Luxembourg-based research institute. Created in late 1987, in the framework of the Luxembourgish law of 9 March 1987 about public research, the CRP Henri Tudor took its name from Henri Owen Tudor, a famous Luxembourgish engineer.

CRP Henri Tudor's main mission was to contribute to the improvement and the strengthening of the innovation capacities of enterprises and public organizations. On 1 January 2015, the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor and the Public Research Center Gabriel Lippmann merged to form a new Research and Technology Organization (RTO), the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology.

Activities and services

Applied, experimental and doctoral research; development of tools, methods, labels, certifications and standards; technological assistance, consulting and watch services; knowledge and competence transfer; incubation of high-tech companies as well as training and high-level qualification were part of CRP Henri Tudor’s scope of activities.

Competence domains

With the signature of the Performance Contract 2008–2010 with the Luxembourgish State, CRP Henri Tudor’s activities were oriented towards five scientific and technological fields:

• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
• Environmental Technologies
• Health Care Technologies
• Materials Technologies
• Business Organisation and Management

Departments

Departments of the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor were:

• Resource Centre for Environmental Technologies (CRTE)
• Resource Centre for Health Care Technologies (CR SANTEC)
• Resource Centre for Technologies and Innovation in Construction (CRTI-B)
• SITec®, Knowledge Transfer & Training Centre
• Technology Watch Centre (CVT)
• High-tech business incubator Technoport®
• Advanced Materials & Structures (AMS)
• Service Science & Innovation (SSI)

See also

• Tudor IT Process Assessment, a method for assessment of IT processes

External links

• Official website
• "Force motrice. Histoire de la recherche publique à travers les 20 ans du CRP Henri Tudor". Force motrice. CRP Henri Tudor. 2008. ISBN 978-2-87954-203-4.