ENTERPRISE EUROPE NETWORK

Building a Business on Your Ideas

Waterford, 21st November 2013

Jan Gerritsen – Manager EEN IRELAND

European Commission

Enterprise and Industry

Geographical Spread of the Network – Global

EEN – main actors

Enterprise Europe Network in Ireland

Focus on Technology Partnering & Innovation Support

Business & Technology Profiles – How does it work

EEN – Secure database platform

EEN – Supports

EEN – Horizon 2020

Who can use EEN services?

EEN Website

Points to note

Overview

I need a business partner in another country…

How do I get European funding?

What does this EU law mean for my business?

How do I find a new market abroad?

How can I sell my innovative ideas and technology?

A “one-stop shop” to meet all the information needs of Small & Medium Enterprises in Europe.

Part of the Competitiveness & Innovation Framework Programme

600 partner organisations in

53 countries

Geographical Spread of the Network

Recent - USA, Mexico

Russia, China

South Korea, Japan

India, Canada, Brazil

SMEs

Other Business Support Providers

City & County Enterprise Boards

Research Centres & Institutes

Universities / Applied Science

Business Incubation Centres

etc--

Other EU Programmes

FP7, ESA, Eureka, InterRegio

Industrial Associations

Industry Clusters etc.

EEN

IRELAND EEN Secretariat

Brussels (CIP)

EACI

European

Commission

CIP /

COSME

EEN – main actors

Sligo Chamber Areas Covered: Sligo, Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Longford & North Westmeath.

Galway Chamber Areas Covered: Galway, Mayo, Clare & South Westmeath.

Cork Chamber Areas Covered: Cork, Kerry and Limerick.

Coordinator

Dublin Chamber Areas Covered: Dublin, Louth, Meath, Kildare & Wicklow.

Waterford Chamber Areas Covered: Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Laois, Offaly and Carlow.

Enterprise Europe Network in Ireland

Partnerships

SMEs

larger Enterprises

Universities / ITs

of Applied Science

Research Centres

& Institutes

SMEs

R & D Centres

Large Corporations

MNCs

“Technology

Offers” “Technology

Requests”

Supply Demand

Technology* Transfer

Market

Pull Technology

Push

*Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organisation

In the business value chain the EEN provides advice & support through 5 types of Technology Transfer** agreements

**. A TT is a transfer of technology, product, process,

expertise or know-how between two parties.

Technology Transfer

How does it work?

Together we put up your technology Offer or Request

This gets into the Network Database visible to all our

Partners and SMEs in 53 countries

EOIs will be presented to you before you decide who

to partner with

We help you to finalise the deal and manage any IP

issue with you

An extensive database of current partnering

opportunities:

9458 Opportunities in total

4185 Technology Opportunities

5188 Business Opportunities

85 Local partnering opportunities

EEN – Secure Database platform

Technology Offer

Title:

Simple Water Filtration Solution with simultaneous mechanical and adsorptive filtering, offering proven benefits for the industrial sector (including cooling towers) (Ref: 10 GB 46P4 3J84 )

Abstract:

A Scottish company has developed and patented a water filtration system which simultaneously removes suspended solids and micro-organisms as part of its natural, chemical free process. The solution is successfully used by major brand customers across various sectors including industrial manufacturing (eg. food and drink) The company is interested in licensing and commercial agreements with cooling tower manufacturers, industrial control engineers and environmental consultants.

Description:

This commercially proven water filtration solution works by pumping or gravity feeding feed water directly to the top of the filter and passing it through the media bed as in the standard method of feeding granular media filters. The multi media deep bed filter consists of: - 4 layers of natural, long lasting. inert media - an increasing density, decreasing particle size and specific shape factor - a natural positive charge attracting bacteria such as Legionella and Cryptosporidium. The filter works in two ways: • Mechanical retention of the suspended solids • Adsorption of negatively charged pathogens and micro organisms removing 99.954% of solids down to 0.2 microns. The specific shape factor of the media contributes significantly to the fluidisation on backwashing the system, typical backwash water volume being 0.1 to 1% of the filtered water. Cooling Towers: The solution can be used for make up water, side stream and full stream filtration which reduces Legionella risk, biocide consumption and process fouling. The solution is offered as scaleable packaged solutions and the naturally long lasting media used in the filter has a 15 year guarantee. The technology competes directly with Sand Filtration and is more competitive than Sand Filtration solutions by a considerable margin.

Innovations and advantages of the offer

While there are many water filtration systems and manufacturers in the market, there is no other system currently available that has the ability to operate as both a mechanical filter for exceptional suspended solids removal and simultaneously as an adsorptive filter for the removal of micro-organisms as part of its natural, chemical free process. Other benefits include: - Small footprint - High filtration velocity up to 60m3/m2hr (water temperature dependent) - Highly efficient backwash - Easy to install and maintain - Ability to retrofit media - Low energy consumption - Helps meet tight environmental discharge consents - Cheaper than Sand Filtration.

Current and Potential Domain of Application

Sand Filtration Desalination Membrane Pretreatment Grit Removal

List of Keywords

EEN - Supports

Partnering Activities

Trade missions in-bound or out-bound to the EU and other Nations

Bringing companies to EEN events at major Trade Fairs

Opportunity Discovery

Opportunity Assessment (technology- or market- based)

Prospective Partner Identification

Supports cont:

Brokerage events

Seminars & workshops

Online resources-www.een-ireland.ie

RIGA FOOD 2010 Latvia

industrial technologies 2010

Brussels - Belgium

Waste-to-Resource Conference - 2010 Dublin - Ireland

Dusseldorf - Germany

France

Provide information on EU topics for Irish SMEs

Advise companies on European legislation

Information on Access to Finance

Assist businesses in going International

Act as a two-way street between entrepreneurs and

EU decision-makers, relaying views in both directions

NEW Support role in delivering SME Instruments under

Horizon 2020 EU Funding Programme (€70 Billion)

Supports cont:

Theme A: SME instrument key account and coaching

Theme B: EEN enhancing quality of services in the region

Half-time plenary stocktaking

Half-time plenary stocktaking

1. Key account services and support to managing the project with the EC

2. "IMP³rove assessment" to identify gaps in SMEs innovation management system

3. Coaching in detail - lead coaches

4. Coaching in detail – specific coaching services

5. Coaching in detail – Building up skills in region to

qualify as coach

1. EEN as part of the regional SME innovation

support ecosystem

2. Identifying service gaps and poor service quality in

the region

3. European initiatives to enhance service quality

4. Working with other service providers – desiging the offers

5. Activities, arrangements and skills required to work with other service providers

Small and Medium Enterprises Entrepreneurs Business Start-ups Research Centres Universities & Institutes of Technology Business Support Organisations – e.g. CEB’s,BIC’s

Who can use EEN services?

Main Points to take away

Services designed for SME’s but available to all

businesses, research centres, universities and Business Support Organisations

Does not fund any projects but assist in finding funding programmes and sources for finance

Unique in terms of geographical reach and range of services provided. More than 9500 live Business and Technology Opportunities!!!

SERVICES ARE FREE OF CHARGE

Thank You