Transcript Supporting collaboration between the manufacturing industry and

ENTERPRISE IRELAND
Where innovation means business
Deirdre Glenn,
Director, Manufacturing, Engineering & Energy Commercialisation
Our mission
We help innovative
Irish companies become
leading global players
in markets worldwide
Our strategy
• Driving entrepreneurship
• Delivering international scale
• Seeding for future growth
• Fostering innovation – Focus
for today!
Ireland’s Manufacturing Sector
• Critical to Ireland’s economic recovery
• Sustains about 206,000 direct jobs split almost evenly between
indigenous and overseas employers
• Supports at least as many people again in indirect jobs
• Provides employment across a wide range of occupations and
skills levels
• Almost 95% of manufacturing firms employ less than 50 people
Key Manufacturing Sectors for EI
Lifesciences
Medtech
•devices
•diagnostics
Medical Sub-Supply
Pharma/Vet
Pharma
Chemicals
Manufacturing
Healthcare/Pharma
Services
Engineering
Electronics/
Cleantech
Food
Machine
Manufacture
Building Management
Systems
Industrial Control
Components
Sub-Supply
Dairy/ Functional
Foods
Ingredients,
Beverages and
Food Technology
Consumer Food,
Seafood and
Horticulture
Primary Meats
•Agri Equipment
•Materials Handling
Equipment
Precision &
Mechanical
Engineering, Tanks
& Vessels
Plastics
Other
Energy Efficiency
Water
Waste-Energy
CleanTech Services
Marine Renewables.
Manufacturing Industry Needs
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Help to grow in international markets
Building leadership and management capability
Improving competitiveness
Accessing highly trained engineers and scientists
Supporting Research & Innovation - key differentiator
Research and Innovation
• Supporting in-company R&D
• Supporting collaboration between
industry and academia
•Innovation Vouchers
•Innovation Partnerships
•Technology Centres
• Supporting international collaboration
•Horizon 2020, ESA funding, etc
• Infrastructure/People Supports
•Technology Gateways
•Knowledge Transfer Ireland
EI Collaborative Supports - Innovation Partnerships
up to €250,000 available for collaborative projects
between companies and research teams in Higher
Education
Eurotech
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CIT
EI Collaborative Supports - Technology Centres
15 Centres, 326 companies engaged
Led by industry
Agile, responsive, focused
No of sectors – Energy
Manufacturing & Materials,
Food & Health, Cloud, Analytics
& Learning technologies and
Business Processes and Financial Services
Technology Gateways
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Nationwide network - 12 Centres across Institutes of Technology
Technology solutions for near-term industry problems
Open access for industry, local and national reach
Examples of R&I Supports for Manufacturing
We support company development &
entrepreneurship
Investing 27 million in management and
leadership programmes for clients
Supporting entrepreneurship
throughout Ireland in Manufacturing –
• New Frontiers
• Diploma in Manufacturing Management
at UCC
• Innovation for Growth
• Level 7 degree in Precision Engineering
at LIT
• BioInnovate Programme
First National Innovation for Industry Showcase
The Convention Centre Dublin
Tuesday, December 2nd
Showcasing all
Irish State-supported
research centres of scale.
Thank you
Contact me: [email protected]
+353(0)17272749