Dr Sally Beken

Manchester Polymer Group, 16 May 2016

KTN – The UK’s Knowledge Transfer Network

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How the KTN can assist the Polymer Community,

the National Polymer Centre,

UK Elastomer Strategy and routes to funding.

Manchester Polymer Group, 16 May 2016

IntroducingThe Knowledge Transfer network

— KTN Ltd is the UK’s innovation network.

— KTN Ltd connects people. To speed up innovation,

solve problems and find markets for new ideas.

What we do:

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solve problems and find markets for new ideas.

— KTN Ltd brings together businesses, entrepreneurs,

academics and funders to develop new products,

processes and services.

The Knowledge Transfer Network

Connecting people to accelerate innovation

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Interdisciplinary

Bringing together

businesses and

researchers from different

sectors.

Commercial

Introducing innovators to

public and private

funders and investors.

Strategic

Connecting people who

wouldn’t usually meet to

solve innovation

challenges.

Entrepreneurial

Linking people with new

ideas and technologies to

partners and customers.

Clustered communities, groups and business programmes

Focus is on bringing together groups that would not normally meet

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Materials

Chemistry

Environmental

Services

Agri-Food

Biosciences

Health

ICT

Electronics, Sensors

& Phototonics

Defence & Security

Space

Built Environment

Transport

Energy

Creative Industries

Digital Economy

Design

Sustainability, H2020, International, Access to Finance, Design

KTN - National and localWork with EEN, Innovate UK, Catapults, etc

o Central

o Material

o Living

o Applied

o Fusion

o Physical

� KTN offices

▲ Catapults

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▲ Catapults

Materials and Nano Community – KTN (10)

- Composites (Ajay Kapadia)

- Design Exchange (John Bound)

- Metals, Alloys & Powders (Robert Quarshie)

- Polymers (Sally Beken)

- Ceramics (Malcolm Harold)

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- Smart Materials (Steve Morris)

- Nanomaterials (Tatiana Correia)

- Technical Textiles, Packaging and Consumer Products (Brian

McCarthy)

- Events (Aileen Woodley)

Goal:

Supply business and

technical support to the

elastomers, polymers and

soft matter community.

Why:

Plastics, Elastomers, Soft materials

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Why:

Plastics industry –

turnover £19 billion

180,000 employees,

7500 companies (British Plastics Federation)

• Elastomers and rubbers industry -

turnover of £4 billion

• 23,000 employees, 500 companies (Office of

National Statistics).

• Diverse and manufacturers supply to all

sectors in the UK from household goods,

healthcare, defence and transport, oil &

Elastomers

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healthcare, defence and transport, oil &

gas

• Niche products are key enabling parts of

devices.

• Considerable growth in many areas that

are smart. i.e. EAP's expected to be a

$2billion market by 2018

How we can help:

• Networking and introductions

• Access to information - who does what, industry and academia (Polymer

Audit Document – June 2016)

• www.j4b.co.uk, Grantfinder, IDOX.co.uk

• Knowledge of funding schemes, regional, national & international

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• Assistance in forming R&D collaborations

• Events, Conferences and webinars

• E-mail alerts and newsletters – information about open and forthcoming

Innovate UK funding calls

• Feedback call and scope needs to Innovate UK

Horizon 2020 – European funding

https://www.innovateuk.org/funding-competitions

https://www.h2020uk.org/

If you run a business or are an academic brimming with innovative

ideas you can now take advantage of the largest ever EU Research

and Innovation funding programme with an available budget of

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and Innovation funding programme with an available budget of

€79bn.

With the emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and

tackling societal challenges, Horizon 2020's goal is to ensure Europe

produces world-class science, is innovative and makes it easier for

the public and private sectors to work together.

KTPKnowledge Transfer Partnerships

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Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)

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• White Paper: UK Testing Capability for

Materials in Demanding Environments – Gaps

and Challenges

• Support to Innovate UK 'Materials in

Demanding Environments' Competition

Materials activities

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Demanding Environments' Competition

• Materials for Additive Manufacturing

• Road mapping for Surface Engineering and

Advanced Coatings

• Elastomer Strategy and Roadmap

• Smart Materials State of the Art Report covering Auxetics and

Metamaterials

• Smart Materials Landscape Study

Documents/Reports

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• State-of the-Art Review of Carbon Fibre Developments and

Manufacture

• State-of the-Art Review of the Use of Advanced Composites

in Renewable Energy Applications

• 3D Weaving as an Advanced Manufacturing Process for

Technical Textiles and Advanced Composites

Manufacturing & Materials CompetitionSummary of Key Dates: Opened - 9 May 2016

Briefing events for applicants:

London on 23 May 2016

Live Webcast – 23 May 2016

West Midlands on 26 May 2016

Manchester on 27 May 2016

Registration deadline Noon on 6 July 2016

£15 million

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Registration deadline Noon on 6 July 2016

Application deadline Noon on 13 July 2016

Note: Questions in the application form have changed so attendance

at one of the briefing events would be worthwhile whether or not you

have applied to Innovate UK before.

Scope:a project must cover one of the following areas:

Innovation in a manufacturing system, technology, process or business

model. For example, in process engineering, industrial biotechnology,

mechanical conversion processes, coatings, textiles, supply chain

management, new product introduction processes or remanufacture

Innovation in materials development, properties, integration or reuse. For

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Innovation in materials development, properties, integration or reuse. For

example, for lightweighting, energy generation and storage (such as heat

and electricity), electronics/sensors or for operation in demanding

environments. For the purposes of this competition, materials include, but

are not limited to, nanomaterials, ceramics, metals and inter-metallics,

polymers, composites, coatings, smart materials and joining of dissimilar

materials

Connected digital additive manufacturingCompetition opens 23 May 2016

Briefing event in London 7 June 2016

Registration deadline Noon on 20 July 2016

Application deadline Noon on 27 July 2016

Successful applicants informed October 2016

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Projects must have a significant innovation step in both of

the following complementary areas:

a) additive manufacturing

b) connected digital manufacturing £4.5 million

WMG - National Polymer Processing Centre

WMG at the University of Warwick has established a

new National Polymer Processing Centre (NPPC)

which will provide a national hub for innovation and

research in plastics processing.

The new NPPC brings a fully integrated approach to

plastics design, manufacturing and disposal,

Prof. Tony McNally,

Director of NPPC

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plastics design, manufacturing and disposal,

encompassing multifunctional design and low

environmental impact.

The new centre will have its own bespoke building by

2017 with facilities for training, research and

development, and will also house a fully equipped

elastomer technology laboratory.

Horizons – free bid assistance tool

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horizons.innovateuk.org

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Contact Details

Dr Sally Beken

Mobile: 07964-554659

E-mail: sally.beken@ktn-uk.org

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A simple mission – to assist you to increase innovation and

increase UK GDP – lets have a conversation.

Thank you