ENTERPRISE IRELAND

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ENTERPRISE IRELAND Where innovation means
business
Deirdre Glenn, Director, Manufacturing,
Engineering Energy Commercialisation
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Our mission We help innovative Irish companies
become leading global players in markets
worldwide
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Our strategy

• Driving entrepreneurship
• Delivering international scale
• Seeding for future growth
• Fostering innovation Focus for today!

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Irelands Manufacturing Sector

• Critical to Irelands 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

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Key Manufacturing Sectors for EI
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Manufacturing Industry Needs

• Help to grow in international markets
• Building leadership and management capability
• Improving competitiveness
• Accessing highly trained engineers and scientists
• Supporting Research Innovation - key
  differentiator

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Research and Innovation

• Supporting in-company RD
• 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

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EI Collaborative Supports - Innovation
Partnerships
up to 250,000 available for collaborative
projects between companies and research teams in
Higher Education
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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
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Technology Gateways

• Nationwide network - 12 Centres across Institutes
  of Technology
• Technology solutions for near-term industry
  problems
• Open access for industry, local and national
  reach

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Examples of RI Supports for Manufacturing
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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

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First National Innovation for Industry
Showcase The Convention Centre Dublin Tuesday,
December 2nd Showcasing all Irish
State-supported research centres of scale.
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• Thank you
• Contact me deirdre.glenn_at_enterprise-ireland.com
• 353(0)17272749