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Technology clinics

Technology clinics. - the technology clinic -concept is based upon Tekes funding, and what the Finnish laws rule about that funding. - if the legislation in a country does not make this kind of funding possible, the concept has to be different. Technology Clinics.

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Technology clinics

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  1. Technology clinics - the technology clinic -concept is based upon Tekes funding, and what the Finnish laws rule about that funding - if the legislation in a country does not make this kind of funding possible, the concept has to be different

  2. Technology Clinics Tool for technology transfer A defined, existing technology area, that can give competitive advantage to Finnish industry (sme), but implementation is going on too slowly

  3. Technology Clinics Each clinic has three main operators Co-ordinator - marketing - contracts - reporting - money Tekes - funding - desisions Technological service provider (or providers) - university laboratory - research institute - company Clients - sme’s in need of new know-how and technology

  4. What is a Technology Clinic? • a concept, where a company • can test new methods and new know-how quickly and flexibly • gets easily the results of Finnish research and the best experience in Finland (in that particular field) • can learn to use the services of universities and researchinstitutes • shared risk Tekes pays 50 % of the costs of an assignment

  5. Technology Clinics • Typical project (assignment): • a problem, that a company is not able to solve by itselfbut the matter is not large enough to be “a real r&d project” • FIM 10 000 - 100 000 (~ 1 600 - 17 000 €) • 1 - 3 working months • Not separate application for Tekes • No bureaucracy • Reporting by coordinator

  6. Financing Tekes appropriates financing for a technology clinic, so the financing of any individual assignment inside a clinic needs only the decisions (or approval) of the person who is responsible for that particular clinic at Tekes. No specific application is needed.

  7. Clinics helping Small &Medium-sized Enterprises • Testing and implementation of new techniques • The best experts in the country available • Teaching SMEs use the expertise of universitiesand research institutions • Flexible way to finance smallish problems for SMEs • New customers for research institutions • Tekes will pay 50 % of the costs

  8. Project flow First contact • Preliminary information of the problem and the company Approval by Tekes Closer look at the problem • Offer to the customer • Actions, time schedule, costs Continues...

  9. ...Continues Offer is accepted; Agreement THE WORK Company gets the results with explanations,also consultation - if needed Customer will be charged 50 % of the priceand Tekes will pay another 50 %.

  10. Clinic Examples • surface coating- • machine vision- • beam welding- • noise- and vibration- • electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC)- • wood drying- • packaging- • intelligent (functional) materials- • software prosesses- • dynamic strenght calculation- • plastic composites • bakery technology- • food hygiene

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