Estonian metals industry Laura Kauhanen Tommi Ristinen Role in materials technology and example from Finland

Agenda for today 1)Feasibility study 2)FIMECC

Spinverse commercialises emerging technologies with 3 service groups Business Development Strategy Management Markets and Customers Technology and Offering Funding and Resources Technology and Market Studies Studies and Analysis Industry Surveys Program Management Large R&D-program Preparation Large R&D-program Coordination Foresight and Roadmapping

Feasibility study for an Estonian materials technology programme 1.Trends in materials technology and advanced materials 2.Short-to-medium term technology transfer and an overview of promising business fields for the Estonian industry 3.Evaluate the Estonian materials science and technology research areas from mid-to-long term commercialisation perspective.

Many factors affect the programme – What could be done in the metals industry? Materials technology programme - Is it needed? - How it is organised? - What does it do? Industrial sectors University research Industrial competences Other programmes International competition Funding - Metals and machinery - Wood and timber - Textiles - Electrical equipment -...

What are the key factors affecting the metals industry and how could the state best support growth in it? How does your company’s/industry’s future look in the next 5 years? How do you use and innovate with new materials technologies? What should be done to best support the industry’s growth?  With an immediate effect?  In the long term?

Creating innovations and breakthroughs together – case example from Finland 8 th of December, 2010 Dr. Laura Kauhanen DEMAPP Program Manager Fimecc Ltd.

FIMECC Ltd. Finnish Metals and Engineering Competence Cluster, FIMECC Ltd., is private owned company that coordinates company driven research programs in the field of mechanical engineering and metals The platform that FIMECC implements is a national public- private partnership called: Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation - In Finland we called it SHOK Goal is to create top research results that can be used in product development in companies and to deepen cooperation between companies and research institutes Copyright © KONE Corporation Picture: Konecranes PlcPicture: Metso Oyj Picture: TUT

Shareholders of FIMECC ltd ABB

Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation – SHOK (Abbreviation from finnish) Public funding organization Tekes, Finnish academy, other SHOK- Company (6) Private owned Shareholders define research strategy Coordinates research programs RESEARCH PROGRAM (several) Open for all (not only for shareholdrs) Participants define goals Shared IPR Companies (Budget > 50%) Research institutes Max. 35 / 50 % 70 %

SHOK-Programs-Benefits How it was before and still is in some cases Companies do things alone with research institutes Research institutes do same things for different companies

SHOK-Programs-Benefits Effective research in SHOK-programs

Strategic Research Themes & Program Coverage Service Business User Experience Global Networks Intelligent Solutions Intelligent Solutions Breakthrough Materials I&N: Project business & decentralized innovation FutIS: Future Industrial Services (service design & production) UXUS: User experience and usability in complex systems ELEMET: Energy efficient metal processes EFFIMA: Energy efficiency of machines ACTIFUN: New functional materials DEMAPP: Wear, corrosion, high-low temperatures, friction LIGHT: Product structures and material properties GP4Variants: Series production network management BAT: Future Automation Systems To be launched in 2011Launched Manufacturing technology FAMOUS: Future Worksite Program idea

FIMECC – Program facts Total budget of programs 237 M€ (incl. 34 M€ not alloc.) Companies 57%, Research institutes 43% 100 Companies participate About 50% of them are SMEs 85% of them are non-FIMECC shareholders 16 Research institutes Copyright © KONE Corporation Picture: Konecranes PlcPicture: Metso Oyj Picture: TUT

Thank you! How does your company’s/industry’s future look in the next 5 years? How do you use and innovate with new materials technologies? What should be done to best support the industry’s growth? With an immediate effect? In the long term?