The company

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The company
We are a New Zealand-based company with an
international focus and reach

• We are New Zealands leading innovation business,
  based on science and technology
• Offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch,
• Australia, Singapore
• Revenue 65m
• 450 staff
• 320-strong science resource, 50 with PhDs
• New Zealand Government is the shareholder

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IRLs Purpose

• What is it that we do?
• We Create Value for New Zealand
• 500m revenue, directly attributable to IRL
• technology platforms, by 2010
• What does that mean for us
• We will be financially stable
• We will drive business growth and create new
  industries to deliver economic value for New
  Zealand
• We will develop our people and infrastructure to
  ensure value creation is sustainable
• We will constantly invest in world class science
  to maintain key technology platforms

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Our Track Record

• We have strong working relationships with
• some of New Zealands and the worlds leading
• companies. These include
• Fonterra
• Carter Holt Harvey
• Telecom NZ
• American Superconductor Corporation
• National Cancer Institute USA

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About rdjumpstart

• Initially Project GDP
• Established to
• achieve economic growth for New Zealand
• add value to the commercial success of SMEs
• Partnership links science/technological
  institutes/universities with industry
• Significant growth despite early stage

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Our Partners

• Wellington Institute of Technology
• www.weltec.ac.nz
• Manukau Institute of Technology
• www.manukau.ac.nz

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Defining Research and Development

• Investigation, experimentation or development of
  a scientific or technological advance
• Clearly identified uncertainty of outcome some
  degree of technological risk
• Development or adaptation of new product, service
  or production process for new market demands or
  to incorporate new technological advances
• Automation of manual production process
• Preliminary studies or opinions on the
  feasibility of incorporating new technology

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Our Experience

• Companies want to innovate
• Benefits of rd recognised
• Focus is on production/cash flow
• Lack of awareness of available resources
• Time/money/expertise lacking

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Projects Underway

• Electro technology
• Advanced design
• Prototyping
• Plastics processing
• Process engineering
• Materials

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Our Direction

• To define our business model
• To expand our network of knowledge institutes
• To include other Crown Research Institutes in
  the programme
• To double the number of companies we assist
• To establish international partnerships