Innovation partnerships as a competitive advantage for cluster companies Anders Eldrup

Business summit: strategic innovation partnerships

4 september 2013

Anders Eldrup, Chairman

Innovation partnerships as a competitive advantage for cluster companies

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BACKGROUND

Danish Finance Ministry, 1973 - 2001

DONG / DONG Energy, 2001 - 2012

Chairman, CCC & Offshoreenergy.dkVicechairman, CONCITO

About Offshoreenergy.dk4

• Member-based national business driven organization - +270 member companies

• The official Danish knowledge center and innovation network for the offshore industry.

• Focus areas: Networking, Knowledge Sharing, Development projects and Internationalization

The Danish Wind SectorMain challenge:

• Reduce cost of energy

Some key figures:

• Turnover: DKK 51,8 billion

• Employees in Denmark: 25.000

The Danish Offshore Oil/Gas SectorMain challenge:

• Increase oil recovery rate

•Some key figures:

•Turnover: DKK 58,2 billion

• Employees in Denmark: 15,000

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Our Vision:Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster strives to become one of the leading, and most dynamic cleantech clusters in the world. By focusing on contemporary societal challenges, CCC works to generate new business opportunities that can strengthen our members.

Our Mission: 1. We support the development of new innovative solutions to societal challenges2. Support and assist new cleantech companies during start-up3. Attract new cleantech companies to Denmark

CCC’S VISION AND MISSION

FOUNDING MEMBERSTRIPLE HELIX

Private Companiesand Organizations

Public Authorities

Research Institutions

• Efficient: Each innovation platform is centered around a specific challenge

• Market based: Companies can compete on the quality of their solutions

• Builds synergies: Brings together stakeholders across sector lines to work on a central issue

• Knowledge: Preliminary research generates asset mappings, stakeholder and market analysis etc.

CCC’s INNOVATION PLATFORMS

A tangible and market-based approach to societal challenges.

Step 1:

Identify the challenge

• Explore key focus area

• Scalable global market potential?

• Engage potential project developer

Step 2:

Innovation platform

• Analyze value chain• Map capital and

material flows• Involve stakeholders• Define the needs

Step 3:

Tender / idea competition

• Invite consortia to develop solutions to the challenge

• Prequalification and competitive dialogue

• Evaluation Committee selects winner

• Contract signed

Step 4:

Implementation

• Project developer finances the implementation of the winning idea.

THE FOUR STEP CCC MODEL

CURRENT INNOVATION PLATFORMS

• Smart Cities Digital Infrastructure

• Building and Construction Waste

• Plastic Waste

• Screening the potential for within Water and Biomass

EXAMPLE

INNOVATION PLATFORM FOR PLASTIC WASTE

PLASTIC WASTE PLATFORM

ANALYSING THE VALUE CHAIN

Producers of Granulate• Aage Vestergaard

Larsen• Expladan• DK Raastoffer

Processing, Manutacturing & Retail• LEGO• Steen & Strøm• Trioplast • Superfos• IKEA • SP Extrusion• DONG Energy

Sorting & resale• Ragn-Sells• Marius Pedersen• Dansk Affald A/S

Collecting• Renosyd• ARC• VESTFOR

Authorities and conditionsKøbenhavns KommuneFrederiksberg KommunePlastindustrien

DAKOFABech- Bruun AdvokatfirmaMiljøstyrelsen

CCCCRI

Over the course of six months, CCC was screening the waste handeling sector in order to identify the key focus area for the innovation platform

Process included:• Asset mapping of danish waste handeling sector, capital flows and analysis of key actors• Over 50 bilateral meetings with private enterprises, research institutions and public authorities• Analysis of waste handeling efforts within EU countries

PLASTIC WASTE PLATFORM

IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM

CCC Innovation platform focus:“Explores new and better ways to collect, separate and sort plastics from household waste in order to create new business opportunities and a more sustainable handling of plastic waste.”

• Develop system for collection

• Develop system for processing used plastic waste

• Develop a market demand for recycled plastic waste

PLASTIC WASTE PLATFORM

CONCLUTIONS