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UK’s High Value Manufacturing
Catapult
RIM Plus Workshop 18 March 2014
Lynne McGregor, Lead Technologist, TSB Paul John, Business Director, HVM Catapult
The Technology Strategy Board is working to drive UK economic growth by making this country a global leader in innova;on.
Our purpose is to accelerate innova;on. We help UK business to innovate faster and more effec;vely than would otherwise be possible, using our exper;se, connec;ons and funding to:
• Enable collabora;ons and partnerships between businesses, researchers and governments;
• and help business to create innova;ve products and services which will meet market needs, tackle the challenges of our ;me and build the economy of tomorrow.
Who are we?
InvesOng in priority areas based on potenOal
UK Manufacturing in Context
• World #2 Aerospace
• 2 of top 6 Pharma’ companies UK based
• Resurgent auto industry – 84% exported
• Leading global manufacturer in subsea sector
• Global market worth £6.3 trillion
• UK in top 10 world manufacturers
• GVA of £130 bn (10% UK GVA) – half exported
High Value Manufacturing
Such poten;al is characterised by a combina;on of high R&D intensity and high growth
High value manufacturing is the applica;on of leading-‐edge technical knowledge and exper;se to the crea;on of products, produc;on processes, and associated services which have strong poten;al to bring sustainable growth and high economic value to the UK. Ac;vi;es may stretch from R&D at one end to recycling at the other.
The Future of High Value Manufacturing
We asked IfM to iden;fy:
• most important trends influencing the changing nature of manufacturing globally
• greatest challenges & opportuni;es to the economic compe;;veness of UK manufacturing
• most promising UK emerging science, engineering & management innova;ons to meet these challenges & opportuni;es / capture value for UK.
Competencies
Landscape study iden;fies:-‐
• 5 Strategic themes &
• 22 Competencies
HVM Strategy builds competence in selected areas
Technology Readiness Level
The Toolset Range of Tools with different objec;ves / characteris;cs
CollaboraOve R&D Smart
Launchpad
InnovaOon Vouchers
InnovaOon and Knowledge Centres
Entrepreneur Missions
What is the HVM Catapult?
Business-‐focused consorOum of centres that makes world-‐leading technical capability available to businesses to address their manufacturing challenges
• Access to world-‐leading manufacturing technology & exper;se
• Capability to undertake collabora;ve R&D projects
• Capability to undertake contract research
• Access to the knowledge base for world-‐class science
• A professional delivery ethos with a strong business focus
• A cri;cal mass of ac;vity
• Skills development at all levels
High Value Manufacturing Strategy
Ensure that manufacturing is a key driver of UK economic success by
• focusing our investment in the most ahrac;ve technologies and market sectors where UK can become an important player in large global markets
• using the 22 Na;onal Competencies to help make our investment choices
• inves;ng in the HVM Catapult to provide the cujng-‐edge equipment and the skilled resources our businesses need to commercialise their world-‐class technologies
• providing open access to the most effec;ve plalorms for knowledge exchange, e.g. the KTNs, KTPs, Special Interest Groups and HVM Catapult
Investment Criteria
We will make our decisions to invest based on:
• sector ahrac;veness – large global market
– growth – UK R&D intensity
• the 22 na;onal competencies
• technology readiness (TRL)
• addi;onality (the poten;al for the Technology Strategy Board investment to make a difference