Estonian metals industry
Laura Kauhanen
Tommi Ristinen
Role in materials technology and example from Finland
Agenda for today1) Feasibility study2) FIMECC
Spinverse commercialises emerging technologies with 3 service groups
• Business Development• Strategy Management• Markets and Customers• Technology and Offering• Funding and Resources
• Technology and Market Studies• Studies and Analysis• Industry Surveys
• Program Management• Large R&D-program Preparation• Large R&D-program Coordination• Foresight and Roadmapping
Feasibility study for an Estonian materials technology programme
1. Trends in materials technology and advanced materials
2. Short-to-medium term technology transfer and an overview of promising business fields for the Estonian industry
3. Evaluate the Estonian materials science and technology research areas from mid-to-long term commercialisation perspective.
Many factors affect the programme – What could be done in the metals industry?
- Metals and machinery- Wood and timber- Textiles- Electrical equipment- ...
What are the key factors affecting the metals industry and how could the state best support growth in it?• How does your company’s/industry’s future look in
the next 5 years?
• How do you use and innovate with new materials technologies?
• What should be done to best support the industry’s growth? With an immediate effect? In the long term?
Creating innovations and breakthroughs together – case
example from Finland8th of December, 2010
Dr. Laura KauhanenDEMAPP Program Manager
Fimecc Ltd.
FIMECC Ltd.• Finnish Metals and Engineering Competence Cluster, FIMECC Ltd., is
private owned company that coordinates company driven research programs in the field of mechanical engineering and metals
• The platform that FIMECC implements is a national public-private partnership called: Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation - In Finland we called it SHOK
• Goal is to create top research results that can be used in product development in companies and to deepen cooperation between companies and research institutes
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Shareholders of FIMECC ltd.
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Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation – SHOK (Abbreviation from finnish)
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Public funding
organizationTekes, Finnish
academy,other
SHOK- Company (6)• Private owned• Shareholders define research strategy • Coordinates research programs
RESEARCH PROGRAM (several)• Open for all (not only for shareholdrs) • Participants define goals• Shared IPR
Companies(Budget > 50%)
Research institutesMax. 35 / 50 %
70 %
SHOK-Programs-Benefits
How it was before and still is in some casesCompanies do things alone with research institutesResearch institutes do same things for different companies
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Company investmentTekes funding
Each company does research work alone or buys it from research institute,
Research institute similar work
Work/ Investment 100/65 = 1,53
SHOK-Programs-Benefits
Effective research in SHOK-programs
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Research work –Public funding
Companies build their own konwledgeon the common base
Research institute sháreknowledge and have possible to deepen own their knowledge
Work/ Investment (330+80)/65 = 6,3 (before 1,53)
Strategic Research Themes & Program Coverage
ServiceBusiness
UserExperience
GlobalNetworks
IntelligentSolutions
BreakthroughMaterials
I&N: Project business & decentralized innovation
FutIS: Future Industrial Services (service design & production)
UXUS: User experience and usability in complex systems
ELEMET: Energy efficient metal processes
EFFIMA: Energy efficiency of machines
ACTIFUN: New functional materials
DEMAPP: Wear, corrosion, high-low
temperatures, friction
LIGHT: Product structures and
material properties
GP4Variants: Series production network management
BAT: Future Automation
Systems
To be launched in 2011Launched
Manufacturing technology
FAMOUS: Future Worksite
Program idea
FIMECC – Program facts
Total budget of programs 237 M€ (incl. 34 M€ not alloc.)• Companies 57%, Research institutes 43%100 Companies participate• About 50% of them are SMEs• 85% of them are non-FIMECC shareholders• 16 Research institutes
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Thank you!How does your company’s/industry’s future look in the next 5 years?
How do you use and innovate with new materials technologies?
What should be done to best support the industry’s growth?
•With an immediate effect?•In the long term?
[email protected]@spinverse.com