From first contact to partnership: PRODUTECH and SA&AM meet again at the EU–Canada Matchmaking Event 2026

The matchmaking brought together clusters and SMEs from the EU, Single Market Programme countries and Canada. Its focus areas were AI, advanced manufacturing, digital and quantum technologies, and defence and security.

For PRODUTECH and SA&AM, Montreal was not their first meeting. The two clusters first met in 2025 in the international missions organised by the ECCP to India and Vietnam. The EU–Canada Matchmaking Event let them continue conversations, this time with a shared focus on the Canadian market.

SA&AM brings together automotive and industrial companies from Silesia. PRODUTECH represents Portugal's production technologies sector. Both clusters work in advanced manufacturing, and their second meeting confirmed how well their competences complement each other. They now see potential for joint projects, exchange of knowledge and good practices, and a shared approach to international markets, including Canada.

"Our relationship with PRODUTECH shows how ECCP missions work over time. We first met a year ago thanks to the ECCP, and the EU–Canada Matchmaking Event allowed us to take that contact a step further. Without these missions, our paths would most likely never have crossed," said Łukasz Górecki, SA&AM.

"One meeting creates a contact. Meeting again turns it into a partnership. ECCP missions gave us both opportunities with SA&AM, and in Montreal we could already discuss ideas for working together" said Pedro Rocha, PRODUTECH.

SA&AM and PRODUTECH will remain in contact and look for further opportunities to meet and exchange ideas.