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Technology and Product Development

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R&D Grants

Our world-class scientists and engineers can help you deliver your product development R&D and achieve better levels of productivity and innovation.

To help you get fast access to the R&D support you need, we have scientists and research capabilities in six network groups:

Advanced materials

Information Communication and

Technologies (ICT)

Biotechnologies

Manufacturing and design

Sensing and automation

Measurement standards.

You can also search our database of published research

in a range of academic journals.

Technology and Product Development

Who are our clients?

We work with businesses of all sizes, nationally and

internationally, across a broad range of industries.

Who owns the intellectual property?

If your business is paying for R&D then you will own the

intellectual property (IP). We can help you develop and

implement the best IP strategy for protecting your investment.

How are services charged for?

We provide a written estimate for all work. Depending on the

nature of the work, either a fixed price or a time and materials

estimate will be provided. You will need to approve the cost

estimate before work is undertaken.

How do you engage our Technology and Product Development services?

Phone us on 0800 4 CALLAGHAN (0800 422 552)

and we’ll connect you with one of our business

relationship managers, who will talk to you about

our specific business requirements.


Advanced materials – helping you select the best

materials for your product or process development,

developing new materials and materials characterisation

and testing

Information and communication technologies (ICT) –

helping you with the design and implementation of ICT

solutions – from data analytics to smart materials

Biotechnologies – helping you transform biological

resources into high-value products, including

nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, food ingredients

and natural agrochemicals. Providing high quality

and fast-paced pharmaceutical substance

development and manufacturing to enable human

proof-of-concept studies.

Manufacturing and design – helping you solve

complex design challenges throughout product

development – from concept feasibility and testing

through to production and commercialisation

Sensing and automation – helping you solve product

engineering challenges – applying electronics and

embedded software design, signal processing,

sensor systems, automation and robotics to deliver

commercially viable products

Measurement standards – helping you understand

your products and processes with world-class

calibration and verification, measurement advice

and consultancy services and R&D on measurements

and measuring instruments.

Our areas of expertise


We’ll help your business get the best results with our expertise in:

Optimal materials selection

Advising you on the best choice of materials

for your product or process.

A wide range of materials and process development

Titanium powder metallurgy and ultra-lightweight

foams expertise

Testing and development of conventional and

novel cementing systems

Surface treatments and coatings with enhanced

durability and functionality

Advanced materials synthetic chemistry, including

organic dyes, polymers, and nanoparticles

Advanced ceramics and ceramic composite systems

Materials for optical detection, spanning material

synthesis to prototype development

Fibre optics sensing systems for harsh environments

High-temperature processing, process engineering and

control systems.

Materials characterisation and testing

Materials characterisation including X-ray

crystallography, particle sizing, density/porosity

measurement, optical and electron microscopy

Synchrotron science and analysis

Optical characterisation of materials, from

UV-VIS to advanced non-linear techniques

A range of physical and mechanical property testing

from thermal analysis to strength and hardness.

Our advanced materials experts can help you select the best materials for your product or process development,

materials characterisation and testing.

Advanced materials


Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)


Data science and analytics

Data harmonisation

Statistical predictive modelling and machine learning

Network analysis.

Medical device design and implementation

Translation of devices and concepts into

rehabilitation systems

Advice on regulatory and commercialisation strategies

Planning and execution of clinical device trials

Facilitation of multi-disciplinary projects

involving human-computer interaction.

Computational mechanics and simulation

Finite element simulation of solids

and structures

Molecular dynamics and DFT modelling of nano

and microstructures

Analysis of sound and vibration.

Product development and testing

Design and fabrication of metamaterial sound

and thermal insulators

Lightweight high-impact MIL-S-901D shock testing

Design and implementation of novel mechanical tests.

Our Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) experts can help your business with a wide

range of ICT challenges. They can help you design and implement solutions in areas from data analytics

to smart materials.


Our biotechnologies experts can help your business to transform biological resources, such as meat, dairy, plant

and seafood products, into high-value products that include nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, food ingredients

and natural agrochemicals. Our experts can also deliver you a competitive advantage in pharmaceutical drug

discovery and development.

Biotechnologies


Lipid chemistry

Extraction, purification, synthesis, modification,

enrichment and analysis of lipids (including

phospholipids and glycolipids).

Natural products and plant chemistry

Extraction, purification and analysis of bioactives

such as anti-inflammatories, flavonoids, pigments,

food ingredients/fortifiers and antioxidants.

Carbohydrate and pharmaceutical chemistry

Multi-step chemical synthesis and complex problem

solving. Development and manufacturing services involving

active pharmaceutical ingredients (API’s) ranging from

conventional small molecules to dendrimers and complex

carbohydrates. Our services cover discovery through to

prototype scale-up and kilogram-scale GMP manufacture

to support clinical studies.

Analytical services

Access to a range of instrumentation including

nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers,

mass spectrometers (MS), high performance liquid

chromatography (HPLC), Zetasizer for product

formulation and services: UV-vis spectrometers, moisture

content analyser, assay development, particle size and

rheological property measurement, protein purification

and characterisation (AKTA systems), molecular weight

determination (SEC), florescence analysis and time resolved

fluorescence for bioassays and enzyme assay work.

Process development and pilot-scale facilities

Development and/or evaluation of industrial manufacturing

processes for natural products. Process modelling,

optimisation and scale-up.

Evaluation of unit operations including milling, solvent

and supercritical fluid extraction and fractionation, solvent

removal/evaporation, filtration, freeze drying, formulation,

preparative chromatographic separation, centrifugation,

chemical and enzymatic reaction.

Pilot to small scale manufacture of trial product, including

rated facilities for use of ethanol and other flammable

solvents. MPI approved manufacture of selected products.


Supercritical fluid extraction

World class facilities for evaluation of supercritical

fluid processing from lab to pilot scale. Includes use of

supercritical CO2, CO

2 with co-solvents, and novel liquefied

gas solvents (propane and dimethyl ether).

This technology is ideal for extraction and/or fractionation

of high quality lipid and other low polarity products from

natural materials.

Fermentation and bioprocessing

MPI-registered facility, pilot-scale fermentation

from 1L to 1000L

Small molecule and secondary metabolite

production, pilot plant micro and ultrafiltration,

continuous centrifuge

EPA approvals for large scale recombinants (1000L)

new organisms and bacterial/yeast recombinants

PC2 level.

Proteins and bioactive peptides

Isolation and characterisation for structure and

function determination

Extraction and preparation of biopolymers from

various natural resources including plant, animal,

marine and honey.

Enzyme technology

Optimisation of enzymes for industrial

applications including biotransformation and

chemo-enzymatic synthesis

Full suite of recombinant technologies for the enzyme

engineering, including molecular cloning, expression,

purification and characterisation of proteins, enzymes

and biomolecules.

Expression in bacterial, yeast, and mammalian hosts

Scale-up facilities to deliver microbial recombinant

expression to 1000L.

Biology and biochemistry

Biological materials processing using biomimicry

(such as ECM isolation from sheep stomach)

Use of LEDs light frequencies to activate

photo-reductive Fenton chemistry

Development and alignment of processing methods

(such as photo-Fenton processing methods) to turn

waste into functional ingredients and mimicking these

at pilot and industrial scale

Development of combination processing technologies

by combining DAF bubbles and biological colloidal

systems to increase catalytic rates of reaction

Development of new rendering processing

methods to recover greater value from

New Zealand primary industries.



Mechanical and electrical engineering

High-level calculation, analysis and on-call

design horsepower.

Thermodynamics, fluids, vibration and strength analysis,

and computational engineering

Prototype manufacture, testing and development

Our access to an extensive network of New Zealand

manufacturers means you get the best value on prototype

builds. And our in-house capability means prototypes can

be tested and developed rapidly, saving you valuable time.

Manufacturing process and machinery development

Incorporate new technologies into processes,

machinery and products

Development of new manufacturing processes to

improve production.

Instrumentation

Getting the best value from the measurements you need.

Precision machining and manufacture

Grown through in-house work serving scientists

and optical manufacture for astronomy.

Product development

Develop new and improved products through the

application of new technologies and expertise in

engineering, design and manufacturing.

Optical component manufacture

World leaders in mirrors, very large lenses and ancillary

equipment manufacture.

Structuring complex and challenging development

projects

Tackling the new and difficult

Finding the path through all stages of development

Our sweet spot is TRL 2 (proof of concept) to

TRL 6 (demonstrated in real environment).

Our experts in manufacturing and design can help convert your ideas into commercially viable market solutions.

We’ll help you solve your complex design challenges throughout the development process – from concept

feasibility and testing through to production and commercialisation.

Manufacturing and design



Systems design and engineering

Ensuring modular designs with robust interfaces.

Electronics and embedded software

Soak-tested, single-board prototypes.

Mechanical engineering

Applying high-end design tools to complex

design challenges.

Robotics and automation

Processing naturally varying horticulture

and agriculture produce.

Machine intelligence

Developing smart systems that react appropriately

to new situations.

Computer vision

Production of dimensionally accurate

three-dimensional models.

Digital signal processing

Extracting useful information from noisy, degraded

or incomplete data.

Field programmable gate arrays

Efficient implementation of digital signal processing for

high-speed operation.

Wireless, audio and sonar technologies

Deep, applications-specific knowledge to inform

design choices.

Microfabrication and microfluidics

State-of-the-art facilities, equipment and expertise with

access to national networks.

Transducer design and fabrication

Custom design of piezo-ceramic transducers and

transducer arrays.

Ultrasonic, microwave and optical sensing

Industrial inspection and measurement using

multiple modalities.

Our sensing and automation experts can help you solve your product and process development challenges –

from initial concept, to production prototype, to delivering commercially viable products and

technology solutions.

Sensing and automation


Our team of testing and measurement experts can help you to understand your products and processes with

world-class calibration and verification, measurement and consultancy services (including technical advice on

difficult measurements) and R&D on measurements and measuring instruments.

Measurement standards


Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL)

MSL is New Zealand’s national metrology institute

responsible for the provision of physical measurement

standards in New Zealand.

Specialist calibration services for instruments

and equipment

Length and related quantities

Low-frequency electrical including power metering

Mass and related quantities

Photometry and radiometry

Radio frequency and microwave

Temperature and humidity

Time and frequency.

Measurement verification

Traceability to National Measurement Standards

ISO 17025 accredited calibrations

International acceptance of measurements.

Specialist technical consultancy services and advice

Measurement solutions and compliance

Research to improve the International System

of Units (SI) and solve measurement problems.

Advice and training

Technical guides and resources on measurement

techniques, traceability, instrument use and methods

for calculating uncertainty.

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Contact us: 0800 422 552

@callaghannz

callaghaninnovation.govt.nz

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