Growing Advanced Technology Manufacturing Enterprises Brad Dunstan CEO

Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing •

VCAMM is unique – we were established to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the Australian advanced manufacturing industry through orchestrating innovation and development of leading businesses and technologies.

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Our mission is to help manufacturing firms research and develop new ideas, solve problems, find new markets and partners, and attract investment.

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We support and incubate advanced technology firms, providing managed services and resources for start-up and early stage manufacturing enterprises to develop and commercialise new technologies as well as assisting ‘tech transfer’ activity for established firms.

Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing • •

Three key strategies: Strategic Research Capability: •

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SME Support Solutions/Tech Transfer: • •

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Develop strategic research capability among Australian research providers. Building the case between institutions, industry and government for the establishment and enhancement of strategy research infrastructure. Eg Carbon Fibre Assist firms to access R&D resources and brokering/managing engagements to facilitate the flow of industrial ready technology from laboratory to market. Eg ADA Identifying and building business opportunities for both industry, and publically funded research institutions

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Seeding and incubating spin-off, start-up and early stage ventures and supplying resources and intellectual capital to enable successful commercialisation of Intellectual Property (IP). Eg HARD

Research and Development Consortium – – – –

Current institutions and organisations that form the VCAMM Consortium are: • Deakin University • Latrobe University • Monash University

– • Swinburne University of Technology

– Work underway to expand to a membership model and include other network partners: – Eg CSIRO, RMIT, University of NSW, University of Technology Sydney

Industry R&D Collaborations • VCAMM is an founding participant in a number of leading R&D centres providing individual businesses with an ‘access portal’, allowing them to participate in large federally funded initiatives to conduct research projects and access new technologies that they would be otherwise unable to access. – VCAMM has helped create and is active in : • Advanced Automotive Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (AutoCRC) • Advanced Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) • Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC)

International Collaborations VCAMM is active in the development of global networks and partnerships: •

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National Composites Centre (US), National Composites Centre (UK), ORNL (US) University of Manchester (UK) University of Kentucky (US) University of Southern Mississippi (US) AMRC _ University of Sheffield (UK) VTT (Finland) Aachen University (Germany) ITCF Denkendorf (Germany) Auto21 _ University of Windsor (Canada) USCAR National Centre for Manufacturing Science (US) Industrial Technology Centre (Canada) Michigan Manufacturing Technology Centre (US)

Industry: Boeing Research & Technology (US) Airbus (Europe) Eurocopter (Germany) Spirit Aerosystems (US, Malaysia, Russia) Ford (US) GM (US) Daimler (Germany) VW (Germany) BMW (Germany) Dow (US) Multimatic (Canada) Despatch Industries (US)

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Initiation: matching technology capabilities with business opportunities Selection: develop business model and commercialisation strategy selection of critical partners, key resources and funding feasibility studies & business case development Development: case or project management, hosting collaborative teams funding leverage e.g. CRC programs

Production: • connections to customers, suppliers, co-investors and co-funders • pilot facilities at Innovation Centre Market Realisation: • access to international networks and advocacy

Value Proposition

Financial Benefit - Independent Analysis*

* SPP - Impact Review for DBI – updated March 2012 - $1bn in financial benefit to both Victoria and Australia - Key areas include: CRC bids; Research infrastructure & Projects; Industry Growth; Jobs and PhD placements; VSA bids(strategic and investment)

SME Support Solutions

VCAMM – SME Support Solution •

VCAMM acts as a technology incubator, nurturing the growth of key IP and assisting its journey across the “Valley of Death” between the laboratory and commercialisation – reducing technical risk and readying technologies for further investment

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VCAMM helps SMEs with; •

Identifying appropriate resources and technologies.

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Project Planning – the “Right Project” for the “Right Results”.

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Putting together critical mass efforts

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Project Management to ensure the project stays on track

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Identification, protection and management of IP.

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Identifying appropriation funding mechanisms.

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Example - Technology Development

Australian Defence Apparel (ADA) Partnership in the Land 149 CTD (Defence Capability and Technology Demonstrator program). VCAMM engagement with AMCRC to allow formation of IP applied Victorian Government funding ($27,300) VCAMM engagement with DMTC - invested funds to purchase equipment for Boron Carbide project ($150k) Benefits – New Company Created – Expect 10 direct jobs (Bendigo) and 80 indirect – Up to $10M in pre orders for plates over next 2 to 3 years – Doubling business turnover from $30-40M prior to $69M last year (Top 20 ADM supplier list)

Victorian Bio-based Industry Cluster (VBIC) – Ballarat HQ Feedstock •Agribusiness •Food Processors •Municipal Waste

Freight and Logistics •Transport •Pelletising

Equipment •Processing •Feedstock preparation •Sorting and separation

Technology •Manufacturing •Bio Chemistry

Services •Agronomics •Training and Education •Consulting

Fuels and Energy

Products •Bio-solvents •Fine chemicals •Cosmetics

•Solid fuel •Bio gas •Ethanol •Tri-generation

Construction Materials •Bio char based •Fibre based •Additives

Berrybank Farm

• Cluster forming – leveraging industry projects $35M+ • MPN application in process: $600K / total $1.5M budget e.g. Domsjö- Ornskoldsvik, Sweden

Carbon Fibre Industry Cluster Carbon fibre producers Acrylic fibre producers Converters

Research Organisations Manufacturing Processors/fabricators

Resin Suppliers

Federal Government Multiplier – CRC, Precincts etc

Industrial Markets

Cluster forming – leveraging industry projects $15M+ Precinct application in process: $1.5M budget