Success stories

Cilcare is a French biotech SME that focuses on the early detection and treatment of hearing disorders. Learn about its journey to the Japanese market.

NovAlix is a drug discovery-focused Contract Research Organization (CRO) that was founded in Strasbourg, France, in 2002. Learn about its journey to the Japanese market.

ENOGIA is a French SME specializing in the design and manufacture of micro-turbomachinery. Read our latest Success Story to gain valuable insights into the challenges they encountered, the strategies they employed, and their advice for other SMEs aspiring to establish a presence in the land of the Rising Sun!

XLAB is an IT company founded in 2001 at the Ljubljana Technology Park in Slovenia. XLAB has since expanded into a global enterprise. It actively contributes to the European research sphere and provides services to users in more than 100 countries. 

The EU-Japan Centre is thrilled to announce the significant milestone of 100 partnerships in the frame of its EEN activities, a sweet success story between a Romanian honey producer and a Japanese partner!

In the past decade, the Centre supported a total of 128 companies’ representatives on their road to access the Japanese market. Read abstracts of 2 success stories by former participants. The whole interviews are available on our website.

Do you want to know more about the GRFJ training impact on former participants? Have a look at abstracts from 3 success stories from Sweden, Estonia and Spain.

The Swedish Bee Company was founded in 2018 by Mr. Olofsson, who was always interested in bees. Since the beginning, the focus of the company has been on producing honey in close harmony with nature and without any processing.

Mellifera JSC is a Bulgarian SME founded in 2016. Since then, it has been rapidly growing thanks to its focus on innovation and sustainability.

Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan's digital initiatives, aided by the partnership with a Japanese volleyball star, boosted Italian pillow manufacturer Fabe's presence in Japan, leading to expanded product offerings.