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1Success Stories of Thai Innovations in the Global EconomyHugh ThaweesakKoanantakool, Ph.D.

Hugh ThaweesakKoanantakool, Ph.D.National Science and Technology Development Agency

http://www.nstda.or.th/eng/

EABC Seminar on “Success Stories on Innovation in Thailand – A Key Driver of Economic Growth through Technology”

25 October 2013Grand Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, BangkokA Driving Force for National

Science and Technology Capability

Success Stories of Thai Innovations in the Global Economy



Thailand Innovation The Global Economy

Significance of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Economic Development

National Innovation System of Thailand

Introducing NSTDA: S&T Solutions to Support Innovation

Success Stories of Innovation in Thai Economy: NSTDA and the Thai Private Sector



Significance of STI in Economic Development



Thailand at a Glance (2012)

Population: 69.5 million GDP: USD 366 billion Second largest

economy in ASEAN

Upper middle-income nation

Competitiveness 18th (from 185) in Ease of Doing

Business 2013 38th (from 144) – WEF 2012-2013 30th (from 59) – IMD 2012

World exporter ranking:#1 naturalrubber&Chickenmeat#2sugar&hard-disk drive#3 rice

GlobalAuto manufacturing hub Manufactured 2.2 million cars

Source: IMD, WEF



Weaknesses:Productivity and Knowledge

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43 48 44

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16 1725

47

40

5551

19

10

Economic Performance Government Efficiency Business Efficiency Infrastructure

Poor knowledge-based infrastructure

Low productivity & efficiency

Source: IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2013



Low R&D intensity and personnel

14% 56% 43%

57%64%

76% 62%

77%75%

86% 44% 57%

43%36%

24%38%

23%

25%

0.03 0.10 0.22

1.071.34

1.84

2.23

3.25

3.74

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1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

Government sector (%)

Business sector (%)

Total Expenditure on R&D year by IMD 2013 : Percentage of GDP (%)

Thailand GERD/GDP = 0.22% R&D Personnel = 9.1/10,000 people

Source: IMD World Competitiveness Online 2013 (retrieved on October 2013)



Thailand needs more R&D to get out of the Middle-Income Trap

Source: The World Bank (2013)*Note: *Latest data retrieved on October, 2013

European Union (2010)

High income (2009)

Lower middle income (2007)

OECD members (2009)

Thailand (2007)

United Kingdom (2010)

United States (2009)

Upper middle income (2009) World (2009)

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Techno BusinessPromotionand Supports

Software Park

Thailand Science Park

BOI

RD SME

DIP

SIPA

SEC & SET

DSSNIA TCELS

Commercial Banks

Technology Management Center

PTEC

Research

Universities

Private Enterprises

GISTDA HAII

TISTR

SLRINARIT

อดหนนวจย

สวก.

สวรส.

CPMO

สกว.

R&D Funding

ARDA

HSRI

CPMO

TRF

Ministries/Funds

NBTC

R&D Ecosystem in Thailand

STI

R&D Policy

NRCT

NSTDA

Source: NSTDA, 2013

BusinessCompanies



Introducing

S&T Solutions to Support Innovation

A Driving Force for National Science and Technology Capability



SocietyA happy community with

good living condition, healthy, safe, steady

income anda learning environment

Increased collaboration with farmers

Increased awareness of STIIncreased benefits from STI

EconomyAbility to compete sustainably

Increased investment in STI of the private sector

TechnoBusiness Joint ventures promotion (public+ private)

NSTDA as the first choice in mind for STI solutions

Good use of established Science infrastructure

NSTDA

Excellence in research with efficient management of research outputsThailand Science Park: Phase II

Customer focus cultureEffective internal management

Towards a Knowledge-based Society/Economy

Create sustainable and tangible impact in food, agriculture and energy with STI



Introducing

Research, Development, Design and Engineering

Technology Transfer

with the private sector

Human Resource

Development

Science and Technology

Infrastructure

Development and Services

Technology Management

A key partner towards a Knowledge-based Society using science and technology



Functional MaterialsDigital Engineering(design, engineering, simulation, automation)

Sensor and Intelligent systemService and Research Innovation

PlatformTechnologies

Target Industries

ResearchPrograms

Cross-cuttingTechnologies

Argicultureand Food

Energy and Environment

Health andMedicine

Bioresources andCommunity

Manufacturingand ServiceIndustries

1. Rice2. Tapioca3. Rubber4. Seed5. Animal Production

and Animal Health6. Plants for the

Future7. Food Innovation

1.Newly Emerging Disease, Re-emerging Disease

2. Genotype Technology

3. Assistive Devices and Technologies for People with Disabilities and The Elderly

4. Healthcare Practice and Medical Devices

1.Hard Disk Drive Industry

2. Air-conditioning and Refrigerator Industry

3. Automotive and Automotive Parts Industry

4. Rail Technology

1. Sustainable Environment

2. Resource and Energy Efficiency

3. Renewable Energy and New Technology Research

4. EGAT joint research program

1.Technology for Rural Development

2. Bio-resources

1. Functional GenomicsTechnology

2. Microbial Biotechnology

3. Agro-biotechnology

1. Electronic Devices and Systems

2. Service Informatics

1. Computer-Aided Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing

2. Materials Design and Production

1. Nano-coating2. Nano-

encapsulation3. Functional

Nanostructure

NSTDA Research Programs (2011-2016)



Role of NSTDA in Bridging Valley of Death

Source: Osawa and MiyaZaki (2006)



Promoting S&T in the Private Sector

TechnologyBusinessAspirers

TechnologyNew Startups

SMEs

LargeCorporations

Soft Loans

R&D Funding for joint researchNSTDA Joint Ventures

ITAP (Industrial Technical Assistant Program)Product Testing and StandardsTechnology Licensing ServicesContract Research, Joint Research

HRD (at NSTDA Academy)Cluster and Program Management Office

200% Tax Reduction on R&D ExpensesIncubation Center

Financial

Technical

Resources



Thailand Science Park –An Innovation Hub,and home of NSTDA and 60 companies

access toR & D

Network

access toInfra

structures

access toCapital

access toKnowledge

+160 new companiesin 2013-2016



Success Stories of NSTDA’s Innovation in Thai Economy

Retrieve our booklet from

http://www.nstda.or.th/pub/2013/20130701-NSTDA-research2556.pdf



Substituting ammonia with less toxic substance for preservation before processing

Substituting sulfuric to reduce toxic waste

Developing new substances (GRASS 2 and 3) for higher productivity

New rubber products

Generating more income (240 million baht/year)

Higher Value Added & Environmental Friendly

Rubber Product and Process Innovation



Fresh Produce Packaging Innovation:Active/Functional Films

Brussels Eureka 2004 Silver MedalPackaging and Storage

2-5 times shelf life extension by optimum EMA packaging with cold storage

3-7 times cost reduction as compared to imported films

Retention of freshness quality after harvest, during transportation and distribution to consumers

For household :Our licensees sell through

modern trade channels such as Tesco Lotus, The Mall, TOPS etc.

High value retail produce : Niche market of fresh cut produce“Packaging of fresh cut produce”

highly efficient logistics

Antifogfilms

Outstanding Technologist Award 2005



Agro-Multipurpose Five-Ton Truck

• Safety• Run on biodiesel fuel• Extensive add-on applications

e.g., water pump



SOS Water – Mobile Water Filtration System

SOS Water (Solar Operating System): Mobile Water Filtration System that utilize silver nano-coated ceramic filter with portable solar cell.

For providing high-quality clean drinking water during the natural disaster.



Success Stories of Thai Private Sector Innovation

examples from NSTDA customers:

SCGCP Group

Betagro GroupMitrPhol Group

FlexoResearch GroupSamart Kasetyon Ltd., Part.

KEEEN Limited.



100 Years of Substantial Imprints

1913

1938

1976

2013

Cement

Building Materials

Chemicals

Paper

1983

1998

Distribution

Cement-Building MaterialsChemicals Paper

By 2015,

SCG as ASEAN Sustainable Business Leader

Announced in 2007

Source: SCG

HVA products&

services/revenue

34%

17% in 2007



Basic products

Medical-grade

Flexible packaging

PE Wax

Automotive

Transforming commodity to High Value Added

Source: SCG



Basic Construction Materials

Door & Window Frame

Marine Cement

SCG Heim

Wood Substitute

Color Render

Cement


Source: SCG



Packaging Paper Green Carton Innovative

printing & writing

paper

Printing

& writing Paper

Machine Glazed Paper

Short Fiber Pulp

Dissolving Pulp

(Rayon / Textile)


Source: SCG



Innovations of chicken industry in ThailandBy CP Group

Source: CP Group



Evaporative cooling system chicken house

Source: CP Group



Innovations of integrated shrimp industry

Source: CP Group



Bio-secure, closed-system shrimp farm

Source: CP Group



Environmentally-friendly and sustainable shrimp farm

Source: CP Group



Application: Probes array is a DNA based system designed for speciation of L. monocytogenes, L. innocua, L. welshimeri, L. seeligeri, L. ivanovii and L. grayiin pure colony and pre-enrichment medium

Process : The entire operation processes about 24 hours

Specificity : 100%

Sensitivity : The detection limit is 0.1 ng of DNA and 0.1% w/w of DNA

Innovations from Betagro:A Novel Probes Array-based Method to Simultaneously Identify 6 species of Listeria

Source: Research & Development Center, Betagro Group



Benefits

Probes array takes shorter time of processing and is a multiple targets or high throughput detection

Probes array is easy to implement which can help controlling, monitoring and tracking sources of Listeriacontamination in the farm operation as well as in the food production facility more effectively





Innovations from Betagro:

Healthy Processed Meat Products:

“Low Fat Sausages”



Top 10 foods highest in saturated fat and cholesterolHigh in unhealthy saturated fatIncrease in a risk of cardiovascular diseasesThe cause of several types of cancers

Fat in Sausages :

Functionality of Fat in Foods :

FAT

Precursor

Flavour masking

Mouth feel/RichnessReservoir

Flavourprofile

Flavour release

Source of flavour

Source: Pearson and Gillett , 1999

Research Problem Statement



Conventional Sausage

Total fat content 20-30%

Low Fat Sausage*

Note: * Definition of low fat sausages; Ministry of Public Health, No.182, 1998, Nutrition Labeling

Target product

Total fat must not be more than 3 grams per serving size.

(serving size of sausage = 55 g)

Fat content < 5.45%

Scope of Research




Product prototype can be claimed as:

Low fat

Lite (Calories)

Low cholesterol


Results from Research



MitrPhol Group

Source: MitrPhol Group



Mitr Phol Group ranks 5th in the global sugar production in 2010/11




Indonesia (1.6 MT)

China (2 MT)

S.Asia (3 MT)

Thai Export +5.3 MT

Japan (1.5 MT)

S. Korea (1.6 MT)

Middle East (5.4 MT)

Malaysia (1.5 MT)

Thailand is the only sugar exporter in Asia

Asia importssugar about8-10 million tons/year

In 2009/2010Total production = 52 MT

Total consumption = 76 MT Source: MitrPhol Group



MitrPhol Value Chain




SIMS Cane Smile Data OnlineSmart

Application

IT Innovation to Business Use




Management for Drought Risk Areas

มม.

Scale 1:1,500,000

สงหบรลพบร

ชยนาท

นครสวรรค

หนองมวง

ดงเทพรตนวงคอไห

สะพานหน

หนองกระทม

แกวกระจาง

โรงงาน

ชอนสมบรณ

หวยใหญ

ดงดนแดง

เขากาชอนเดอ

สวนส าราญ

เนนจนทร

หวเขา

SB

Drought Tolerant Innovation by

Mutation Breeding

Source: MitrPhol GroupSource: MitrPhol Group



Test kit leads to the largestdisease-free seed cane production

unit in Asia-Pacific Pathogen-free seed cane production

30,000 tons/year for Mitr Lao




MP11 Super Yeast improves ethanol production efficiency

• MP11 Super Yeast

• Dry Yeast

Ethanol production efficiency

Production process of MP11 Super Yeast

O2




Retail Products in Domestic Market

ourRetailProducts

Carbon Labelled Products

Carbon Foot print (Ongoing)

Carbon Label




FlexoResearch Group

An entrepreneurial start-up, former incubated company in Thailand Science Park, 2008

Inventor of non-recyclable laminated paper waste recovery enzyme, featured in TIME magazine 2010

Technology Pioneer 2011, World Economic Forum

Thai biochemist tackles waste, featured in CNN 2012

Source: FlexoResearch Group



FlexoResearchGroup

Innovations




FRG - STEPPING STONES

START UP

Enzyme for Refining & Deinking Paper Waste

2008

Enzyme for Wet Strength Paper Waste

2009

Enzyme for Laminated Paper Waste Recovery

Set Up Thai pulp mill

2010

Licensing

(Africa), January

Joint Venture Mill (Malaysia)October

2011

Licensing

(Thailand),June

Joint Venture Mill

(Germany and UK), December

2012

PPP MOU

(US and middle east), August

2013

1 self operating mill in Thailand

1 technology transfer licensing in Thailand

2 joint-ventured operating mills in Malaysia

2 joint-ventured mills are under construction in Germany and UK

1 technology transfer licensing in South Africa

2 MOUs to seek public-private-partnership in US and middle east

FlexoResearch Group –Stepping Stones




Convert Waste into Wealth

Convert Pollutions into Profits

For Sustainability

of our environment

and our next generations

FlexoResearch: Homes




Success Case of SamartKasetyon Ltd., Part.: Export of Sugar-Cane Harvesters to Brazil

Mr. Samart and Mr.WitoonLeethirananon received the Outstanding Technologist Award of 2013from HRH Princess MahaChakriSirindhorn on October 21, 2013.



International Success of Start-upKEEEN Limited.Innovation: Bioremediation Agent to resolve the industrial waste treatment problem prior to discharge to natural

Awards:

Awards from International Technology Expo 2012, Malaysia, May 2012

• Gold Medal

• Excellentฟ Biotechnology Innovation

from Japan

• Excellent Environment Innovation from China

Gold Medal from 8th Taipei International Invention Show &Technomart, Taiwan, Sept. 2012.

Grand Prize 2012 from Asian Science Parks Association, October 2012

Source: KEEEN Limited



Top 10 Thai Innovative Business 2012 ranked by NIA

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9 10

Source: NIA



National Science and Technology Development Agency 111 Thailand Science Park PhahonyothinRoad, KlongLuang, Pathumthani 12120ThailandTel. +662-564-7000 Email: [email protected]

A Driving Force for National Science and Technology Capability

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Voices of our Customers...

“…the establishment of Green Nanomaterials Research Center at TSP reflects our research and development mission and offers chances to SCG Cement’s researchers to work in high-quality environment surrounded by the country’s leading researchers. This environment allows our researchers to catch up with the latest and advance technologies rapidly and work closely with research institutions that we have cooperation including SIIT, AIT, NSTDA’s research centers such as NANOTEC and MTEC.”

-- Pramote Techasupatkul, President, SCG Cement Co., Ltd.

“…establishing Betagro Science Center in Thailand Science Park (TSP) is another big step of Betagro Group investing in R&D. We chose TSP because of a potential on R&D collaboration with the four National Research Centers who have a large pool of human resources and state-of-the-art equipments. We strongly believe that the “science” atmosphere and “learning” environment in TSP will motivate our R&D staff to be able to deliver innovative outcomes within a timely manner.”

--Vanus Taepaisitphongse, Chief Executive Officer, Betagro Group

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