Dr Sally Beken
Manchester Polymer Group, 16 May 2016
KTN – The UK’s Knowledge Transfer Network
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How the KTN can assist the Polymer Community,
the National Polymer Centre,
UK Elastomer Strategy and routes to funding.
Manchester Polymer Group, 16 May 2016
IntroducingThe Knowledge Transfer network
— KTN Ltd is the UK’s innovation network.
— KTN Ltd connects people. To speed up innovation,
solve problems and find markets for new ideas.
What we do:
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solve problems and find markets for new ideas.
— KTN Ltd brings together businesses, entrepreneurs,
academics and funders to develop new products,
processes and services.
The Knowledge Transfer Network
Connecting people to accelerate innovation
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Interdisciplinary
Bringing together
businesses and
researchers from different
sectors.
Commercial
Introducing innovators to
public and private
funders and investors.
Strategic
Connecting people who
wouldn’t usually meet to
solve innovation
challenges.
Entrepreneurial
Linking people with new
ideas and technologies to
partners and customers.
Clustered communities, groups and business programmes
Focus is on bringing together groups that would not normally meet
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Materials
Chemistry
Environmental
Services
Agri-Food
Biosciences
Health
ICT
Electronics, Sensors
& Phototonics
Defence & Security
Space
Built Environment
Transport
Energy
Creative Industries
Digital Economy
Design
Sustainability, H2020, International, Access to Finance, Design
KTN - National and localWork with EEN, Innovate UK, Catapults, etc
o Central
o Material
o Living
o Applied
o Fusion
o Physical
� KTN offices
▲ Catapults
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▲ Catapults
Materials and Nano Community – KTN (10)
- Composites (Ajay Kapadia)
- Design Exchange (John Bound)
- Metals, Alloys & Powders (Robert Quarshie)
- Polymers (Sally Beken)
- Ceramics (Malcolm Harold)
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- Smart Materials (Steve Morris)
- Nanomaterials (Tatiana Correia)
- Technical Textiles, Packaging and Consumer Products (Brian
McCarthy)
- Events (Aileen Woodley)
Goal:
Supply business and
technical support to the
elastomers, polymers and
soft matter community.
Why:
Plastics, Elastomers, Soft materials
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Why:
Plastics industry –
turnover £19 billion
180,000 employees,
7500 companies (British Plastics Federation)
• Elastomers and rubbers industry -
turnover of £4 billion
• 23,000 employees, 500 companies (Office of
National Statistics).
• Diverse and manufacturers supply to all
sectors in the UK from household goods,
healthcare, defence and transport, oil &
Elastomers
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healthcare, defence and transport, oil &
gas
• Niche products are key enabling parts of
devices.
• Considerable growth in many areas that
are smart. i.e. EAP's expected to be a
$2billion market by 2018
How we can help:
• Networking and introductions
• Access to information - who does what, industry and academia (Polymer
Audit Document – June 2016)
• www.j4b.co.uk, Grantfinder, IDOX.co.uk
• Knowledge of funding schemes, regional, national & international
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• Assistance in forming R&D collaborations
• Events, Conferences and webinars
• E-mail alerts and newsletters – information about open and forthcoming
Innovate UK funding calls
• Feedback call and scope needs to Innovate UK
Horizon 2020 – European funding
https://www.innovateuk.org/funding-competitions
https://www.h2020uk.org/
If you run a business or are an academic brimming with innovative
ideas you can now take advantage of the largest ever EU Research
and Innovation funding programme with an available budget of
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and Innovation funding programme with an available budget of
€79bn.
With the emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and
tackling societal challenges, Horizon 2020's goal is to ensure Europe
produces world-class science, is innovative and makes it easier for
the public and private sectors to work together.
• White Paper: UK Testing Capability for
Materials in Demanding Environments – Gaps
and Challenges
• Support to Innovate UK 'Materials in
Demanding Environments' Competition
Materials activities
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Demanding Environments' Competition
• Materials for Additive Manufacturing
• Road mapping for Surface Engineering and
Advanced Coatings
• Elastomer Strategy and Roadmap
• Smart Materials State of the Art Report covering Auxetics and
Metamaterials
• Smart Materials Landscape Study
Documents/Reports
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• State-of the-Art Review of Carbon Fibre Developments and
Manufacture
• State-of the-Art Review of the Use of Advanced Composites
in Renewable Energy Applications
• 3D Weaving as an Advanced Manufacturing Process for
Technical Textiles and Advanced Composites
Manufacturing & Materials CompetitionSummary of Key Dates: Opened - 9 May 2016
Briefing events for applicants:
London on 23 May 2016
Live Webcast – 23 May 2016
West Midlands on 26 May 2016
Manchester on 27 May 2016
Registration deadline Noon on 6 July 2016
£15 million
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Registration deadline Noon on 6 July 2016
Application deadline Noon on 13 July 2016
Note: Questions in the application form have changed so attendance
at one of the briefing events would be worthwhile whether or not you
have applied to Innovate UK before.
Scope:a project must cover one of the following areas:
Innovation in a manufacturing system, technology, process or business
model. For example, in process engineering, industrial biotechnology,
mechanical conversion processes, coatings, textiles, supply chain
management, new product introduction processes or remanufacture
Innovation in materials development, properties, integration or reuse. For
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Innovation in materials development, properties, integration or reuse. For
example, for lightweighting, energy generation and storage (such as heat
and electricity), electronics/sensors or for operation in demanding
environments. For the purposes of this competition, materials include, but
are not limited to, nanomaterials, ceramics, metals and inter-metallics,
polymers, composites, coatings, smart materials and joining of dissimilar
materials
Connected digital additive manufacturingCompetition opens 23 May 2016
Briefing event in London 7 June 2016
Registration deadline Noon on 20 July 2016
Application deadline Noon on 27 July 2016
Successful applicants informed October 2016
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Projects must have a significant innovation step in both of
the following complementary areas:
a) additive manufacturing
b) connected digital manufacturing £4.5 million
WMG - National Polymer Processing Centre
WMG at the University of Warwick has established a
new National Polymer Processing Centre (NPPC)
which will provide a national hub for innovation and
research in plastics processing.
The new NPPC brings a fully integrated approach to
plastics design, manufacturing and disposal,
Prof. Tony McNally,
Director of NPPC
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plastics design, manufacturing and disposal,
encompassing multifunctional design and low
environmental impact.
The new centre will have its own bespoke building by
2017 with facilities for training, research and
development, and will also house a fully equipped
elastomer technology laboratory.
Contact Details
Dr Sally Beken
Mobile: 07964-554659
E-mail: [email protected]
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A simple mission – to assist you to increase innovation and
increase UK GDP – lets have a conversation.
Thank you