Estonian metals industry Role in materials technology and

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

Agenda for today 1) Feasibility study 2) FIMECC

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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 University programme research Funding Industrial - Is. Other it. International needed? sectors programmes competences competition - How it is organised? - What does it do? - 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 publicprivate 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 17. 9. 2020 Picture: Konecranes Plc Picture: Metso Oyj Picture: TUT 8

Shareholders of FIMECC ltd. ABB 17. 9. 2020 9

Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation – SHOK (Abbreviation from finnish) Public funding organization Tekes, Finnish academy, other Max. 35 / 50 % 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 70 % 18. 6. 2010 10

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 17. 9. 2020 11

SHOK-Programs-Benefits Effective research in SHOK-programs 17. 9. 2020 12

Strategic Research Themes & Program Coverage Service Business Fut. IS: Future Industrial Services (service design & production) User Experience UXUS: User experience and usability in complex systems Global Networks Intelligent Solutions I&N: Project business & decentralized innovation EFFIMA: Energy efficiency of machines Breakthrough Materials ELEMET: Energy efficient metal processes LIGHT: Product structures and material properties Launched GP 4 Variants: Series production network management FAMOUS: BAT: Future Automation Future Worksite Manufacturing Systems technology DEMAPP: Wear, corrosion, high-low temperatures, friction To be launched in 2011 ACTIFUN: New functional materials 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 17. 9. 2020 Picture: Konecranes Plc Picture: Metso Oyj Picture: TUT 14

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? laura. kauhanen@spinverse. com tommi. ristinen@spinverse. com