The new version of Glassfiles.com is now up and running, providing further developed user profiles, more comprehensive content and new interactive features for its about 30,000 users.
The Tampere University of Technology and the Tampere Regional Glass Cluster announced on 17 December that the new and improved Glassfiles.com web portal is now up and running. This new version has been expanded and broadened compared to its predecessor. It serves its users with further developed user profiles, more comprehensive content and new interactive features. The around 30,000 users benefit from some 8,000 pages of information on glass technology and related subjects.
The new Glassfiles is easy to use and its navigation features have been improved, says Brown Onduso, Glass Expert at the Tampere University of Technology. For new users, registration is straightforward. Old users who log in with their old user password information need to reset their identification to validate the use of the new portal. Easy to follow instructions will be issued to old users and their previous registration information will be transferred to the new Glassfiles.com site.
Glassfiles.com is part of the internationalization work on behalf of the Tampere Regional Glass Cluster. This project unites regional professionals, their companies and institutions into a significant international competence network. Recognizing and using existing and new partnerships is a major competitive factor in today’s industrial sourcing chains. New emerging technologies underline the need for a continuous and organized mode of cooperation. In this way the Tampere regional glass cluster serves the aims of the Eurocode cooperation for developing the glass industry, comments the project manager Martti Lamppu, of the Tampere University of Technology.
The Tampere glass cluster networking already involves a dozen regional companies and the leading research institutions and universities of the area. The increased international exposure of the networking partners brings substantial benefits to companies as well as learning institutions that are able to attract and develop international connections that may be too demanding for a single party to uphold. This is particularly important in securing international interest among top professionals of the business both for the purpose of competitiveness and employment. As such the Tampere glass cluster project strongly supports the regional objectives of the European Union structural funds. The project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), with funding granted by The Council of Tampere Region.