Transcript The Alberta Centre for Advanced MNT Products (ACAMP)

ACAMP OVERVIEW
ACAMP is the result of a collaborative effort between industry, government and academia,
providing a path to commercialization for established firms, small start-up companies
and researchers on a fee basis. ACAMP provides support in three critical areas of
commercialization – marketing business development, product development, packaging
and assembly.
The ACAMP team works with clients to coordinate product commercialization including
fabrication, packaging and assembly using resources throughout Alberta as well as
partnerships with NanoFab at the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary’s
Advanced Micro/Nanosystems Integration Facility, the National Institute for
Nanotechnology (NINT), and the Microsystems Technology Research Initiative (MSTRI).
ACAMP’s present funding of $11.5M comes from The Alberta Advanced Education &
Technology Provincial Government ($8.0M) & Western Economic Diversification
(Federal Government) ($3.5M)
4500 sqft Office & Lab Space
Opening Day Aug 27th 2008
Why Alberta for MNT?
Many of the key building blocks needed to compete
in the global MNT industry are already in place in Alberta.
Alberta is investing and moving up the value chain from
R&D to product realization and commercialization.
The region currently possesses:
• Considerable brainpower engaged in Research and Development at three Major
Universities (Alberta, Calgary and Lethbridge)
• Major Institutions including the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)
• Over 30 MNT companies, often university spinouts, which are commercializing
the output from the research institutions and selling into commercial markets
internationally
• Significant manufacturing capability to produce the active MNT die that are at
the heart of MNT-enabled devices
The Alberta Nanotechnology Strategy
$130M Investment Announced by the Premier of Alberta in May 2007
Three major elements towards commercialization and productization:
1: Create Industry Capacity
 Encourage Entrepreneurship
 Establish a Venture Prize
 Encourage Industrial Research Partnerships
2: Attract, retain and develop people
 Graduate Scholarship Program
 Training for new industries – Universities, Colleges
 Attract top-flight researchers
3: Establish and Support Necessary Infrastructure
 Packaging Facility
 Support Operations of Existing Infrastructure
NanoAlberta
Nanotechnology related Research by market
in Canada
Energy
Health & Medical
Agriculture/Forestry
Environment
Materials
Materials
Imaging
Health & Medical
Electronics
Forestry
Materials, Imaging
Electronics, photonics
Agriculture/Food
Environment
Materials
Over 30 Nano-Micro Companies in Alberta
ACAMP
Advanced Integrated Microsystems
Alberta Nanometals
Applied Nanotools
Aqua Screen
Artsinteg
Aurora NanoDevices
Black Cat Blades
Electronic Dietary Foods
Exciton Technologies
Golder Associates
Hemisphere GPS
HydroQual Laboratories
Hyperion Technologies
i-LOC
Indexable Cutting Tools
Intelligent Nano
IPL
Micralyne
NeuroSilicon
Norcada
NOVA Chemicals
NovaPure
NovAtel
NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals
PBR Laboratories
Quantiam Technologies
Resin Systems
Scanimetrics
SciMed Technologies
Shaw Pipe Protection
Sulzer Metco
VisibleDust
Applications of MEMS/NANO Technology Today
Materials
Noble Metal NanoParticles
Exciton Technologies
Nucryst Pharmaceuticals
Alberta NanoMetals
Calibration & Test/Measurement
Applied Nanotools
Visible Dust
Aurora NanoDevices
Nano Composites replacing wood & steel
IPL
Nova Chemicals
Resin Systems
NanoCoatings for Durability & Hardness
Hyperion Technology
Black Cat Blades
Sulzer Metco
Indexable Cutting Tools
Shaw Pipe Protection
Quantiam Technologies
Diagonostics – Lab on a Chip
SciMed Technologies
Advanced Integrated Micro.
I-LOC
NeuroSilicon
PBR Laboratories
Aqua Screen
Drug Dispensing & Targeting
Intelligent Nano
Electronic Dietary Foods
Navigation Systems
NovAtel
Hemisphere GPS
Design & Manufacturing
Micralyne
Norcada
Artsinteg
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How does ACAMP work?
ACAMP builds collaborative bridges providing a path to commercialization
for established firms, small start-up companies and researchers
Customers
Customers
Customers
Customers
Customers
30 more
Suppliers
Micralyne
Norcada
Scanimetrics
TEC
U of L
Spinout
U of C
Spinout
U of A
Spinout
U of L
U of C
U of A
NINT
Entrepreneurs
Research
Marketing & Business Development Group:
ACAMP establishing a marketing and business development group,
to engage with customers bridging suppliers, entrepreneurs and research
activities throughout Alberta. Providing customers with a professional
business interface into the various MEMS and NANO technology activities
throughout Alberta. While providing professional services to suppliers,
entrepreneurs and researchers enabling business feedback and growth.
Product Sales
Market Opportunity
Idea Introduction Growth
Maturity
Decline
Marketing & Business Development
Opportunity &
Idea
Market Segmentation
Research
Market Strategy
Application
Specification
Business Case
Product
Specifications
IP Protection
Product
Development
Manufacturing Strategy
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Customer Presentations
Does product meet
requirements?
Y
Business
Development
Product Development Group:
ACAMP is establishing a commercial product development group,
that will be able to pull technologies from the Universities of Alberta,
Calgary and Lethbridge, and NINT, through to the marketplace. Working
along with TEC (Technology Entrepreneur Company Development )
Edmonton and UTI (University Technologies International ) in this activity.
Packaging and Assembly Centre:
ACAMP is setting up a state-of-the art,
commercial-grade facilities for packaging and assembly of MNT
Devices and will be able to compete with the best MNT
commercialization regions in the world.
Collaborative Alberta Relationships:
ACAMP provides the glue to strengthen the ability of the,
suppliers in Alberta as well as NanoFab within UofA, the Advanced
Micro/nanosystems Integration Facility (AMIF) within UofC, and other
facilities throughout Alberta to supply prototype and low volumes of die
to commercial customers and to supply substrate processing services to
ACAMP for customer applications.
NanoFab
11,000 sqft
Clean Room
Edmonton
AMIF
Calgary
World Wide Partners and Customers:
ACAMP established a clear niche in the highly competitive,
MNT device technology arena by leveraging product/market space
key technology linkages within Alberta though leading regional
technology research and development players (NINT, ARC, TRLabs,
etc.) and universities. Strategic industrial sectors such as energy,
environmental, health and medical sciences, agri-food and
forestry will help to define the product/market space.
Product Development
Concept /
Specification
Design / Simulation / Verification / DFM
Fabrication
Assembly &
Packaging
Product
Test
Inline Test & Characterisation
Design for manufacturing
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Equipment already in place today
Equipment on order
Equipment planning for 2009
Expansion into other Markets
LTCC Ceramic Assemblies
Summary
ACAMP provides the following capabilities for MEMS & NANO Technology
• Packaging and Assembly Centre
• Product Development Group
• Marketing & Business Development Group
• Collaborative Alberta Relationships
• World Wide Partners and Customers
ACAMP adds value to the region by translating investment into product
creation activities and in turn creating economic wealth and a better society.
Thank-you for your time today
and we look forward to working with you