UK’s  High  Value  Manufacturing  

Catapult  

RIM  Plus  Workshop  18  March  2014  

Lynne  McGregor,  Lead  Technologist,  TSB  Paul  John,  Business  Director,  HVM  Catapult  

The  Technology  Strategy  Board  is  working  to  drive  UK  economic  growth  by  making  this  country  a  global  leader  in  innova;on.  

Our  purpose  is  to  accelerate  innova;on.    We  help  UK  business  to  innovate  faster  and  more  effec;vely  than  would  otherwise  be  possible,  using  our  exper;se,  connec;ons  and  funding  to:  

•  Enable  collabora;ons  and  partnerships  between  businesses,  researchers  and  governments;  

•  and  help  business  to  create  innova;ve  products  and  services  which  will  meet  market  needs,  tackle  the  challenges  of  our  ;me  and  build  the  economy  of  tomorrow.  

Who  are  we?  

InvesOng  in  priority  areas  based  on  potenOal  

UK  Manufacturing  in  Context  

•  World  #2  Aerospace  

•  2  of  top  6  Pharma’  companies  UK  based  

•  Resurgent  auto  industry  –  84%  exported  

•  Leading  global  manufacturer  in  subsea  sector      

•  Global  market  worth  £6.3  trillion  

•  UK  in  top  10  world  manufacturers  

•  GVA  of  £130  bn  (10%  UK  GVA)  –  half  exported  

High  Value  Manufacturing  

Such  poten;al  is  characterised  by  a  combina;on  of  high  R&D  intensity  and  high  growth    

High  value  manufacturing  is  the  applica;on  of  leading-­‐edge  technical  knowledge  and  exper;se  to  the  crea;on  of  products,  produc;on  processes,  and  associated  services  which  have  strong  poten;al  to  bring  sustainable  growth  and  high  economic  value  to  the  UK.  Ac;vi;es  may  stretch  from  R&D  at  one  end  to  recycling  at  the  other.  

The  Future  of  High  Value  Manufacturing  

We  asked  IfM  to  iden;fy:  

•  most  important  trends  influencing  the  changing  nature  of  manufacturing  globally  

•  greatest  challenges  &  opportuni;es  to  the  economic  compe;;veness  of  UK  manufacturing  

•  most  promising  UK  emerging  science,  engineering  &  management  innova;ons  to  meet  these  challenges  &  opportuni;es    /  capture  value  for  UK.  

Competencies  

     Landscape  study  iden;fies:-­‐  

•  5  Strategic  themes  &  

•  22  Competencies  

     HVM  Strategy  builds  competence  in  selected  areas  

Technology  Readiness  Level  

The  Toolset  Range  of  Tools  with  different  objec;ves  /  characteris;cs  

CollaboraOve  R&D  Smart  

Launchpad  

InnovaOon  Vouchers  

InnovaOon  and  Knowledge  Centres  

Entrepreneur  Missions  

What  is  the  HVM  Catapult?  

Business-­‐focused  consorOum  of  centres  that  makes  world-­‐leading  technical  capability  available  to  businesses  to  address  their  manufacturing  challenges  

•  Access  to  world-­‐leading  manufacturing  technology  &  exper;se  

•  Capability  to  undertake  collabora;ve  R&D  projects  

•  Capability  to  undertake  contract  research    

•  Access  to  the  knowledge  base  for  world-­‐class  science  

•  A  professional  delivery  ethos  with  a  strong  business  focus  

•  A  cri;cal  mass  of  ac;vity    

•  Skills  development  at  all  levels

High  Value  Manufacturing  Strategy  

Ensure  that  manufacturing  is  a  key  driver  of  UK  economic  success  by  

•  focusing  our  investment  in  the  most  ahrac;ve  technologies  and  market  sectors  where  UK  can  become  an  important  player  in  large  global  markets  

•  using  the  22  Na;onal  Competencies  to  help  make  our  investment  choices  

•  inves;ng  in  the  HVM  Catapult  to  provide  the  cujng-­‐edge  equipment  and  the  skilled  resources  our  businesses  need  to  commercialise  their  world-­‐class  technologies  

•  providing  open  access  to  the  most  effec;ve  plalorms  for  knowledge  exchange,  e.g.  the  KTNs,  KTPs,  Special  Interest  Groups  and  HVM  Catapult  

Investment  Criteria  

We  will  make  our  decisions  to  invest  based  on:  

•  sector  ahrac;veness  –  large  global  market  

–  growth  –  UK  R&D  intensity    

•  the  22  na;onal  competencies    

•  technology  readiness  (TRL)    

•  addi;onality  (the  poten;al  for  the  Technology  Strategy  Board  investment  to  make  a  difference