Establishment of industrial core of the platform

This Deliverable is the result of the activities done up-to date under Task 2.3 Conceptualization and promotion of the European Technology Platform. to build its Steering Group as specified in the name of the deliverable: “establishment of industrial core of the platform”.
The Steering Group of the ETP on logistics has been built upon the premise that the ETP needs to be a common, open and sustainable framework of collaboration between networks and stakeholders stemming from manufacturing and logistics industry supported by universities and the knowledge industry, stimulating discussion, knowledge sharing and consensus building amongst participants. Current and past initiatives have been taken into account to build a strong core industry group. Networking with related European Technology Platforms was also considered to build the group.