CETMA: multidisciplinary skills to support SMEs for the territory development

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1 CETMA: multidisciplinary skills to support SMEs for the territory development arch. Sonia Saracino General Manager Assistant CETMA - Engineering, Industrial Design & Materials Technologies Center Working with SMEs Bruxelles,

2 Outline CETMA FACTS & FIGURES CETMA OPERATING MODEL SOURCE OF FUNDS AND KEY ACTIVITIES AN OVERVIEW OF APULIA REGION RESEARCH FOR SMES AT A GLANCE CONCLUSIONS

3 CETMA FACTS & FIGURES

4 CETMA is a RTO organized under the national law of private consortia. It is a non-profit organization and all its profits are reinvested in R&D. Founded in 1994 by ENEA with the aim of developing the Innovation System of Southern Italy, CETMA is a National Organization which operates in Apulia Region. CETMA SHAREHOLDERS PUBLIC SHAREHOLDERS ENEA 51% University of Salento 5% PRIVATE SHAREHOLDERS D Appolonia SpA (Genova) 13% Infobyte SpA (Roma) 11% Telcom SpA (Ostuni) 11% IGEAM D.D srl (Roma) 2% CEMIT srl (Taranto) 7%

5 CETMA is located in the area of Cittadella della Ricerca close to Brindisi. Laboratories and offices take up about m2 A well equipped laboratory of advanced materials tecnologies One of the biggest Virtual Reality Center in Europe A prototyping laboratory 5

6 HUMAN CAPITAL & SKILLS 70 employees: Innovation managers, engineers, designers & research technicians. SKILLS Materials and Structures engineering Computer science and engineering Industrial design

7 DEPARTMENTS OVERVIEW (I) It coordinates and carries out activities of applied research in the field of the advanced materials, encouraging the development of products and innovative processes. DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES & PROCESSES AREA MODELLING & SIMULATION AREA Advanced Materials ENERGY & CIVIL ENGINEER APPLICATIONS AREA Numerical simulation

8 DEPARTMENTS OVERVIEW (II) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Its mission is to promote applied industrial research activities and technological transfer in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). It develops advanced information systems in various fields, such as the Product Engineering, Industrial Design, Logistics and Transport, Knowledge Management, Virtual Reality, Data Processing and Advanced Visualization. INFORMATIVE SYSTEMS & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AREA AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS AREA DATA PROCESSING & IMMERSIVE SYSTEMS AREA

9 DEPARTMENTS OVERVIEW(III) Industrial Design department develops technological and productive opportunities to be transferred to product system in terms of quality related to technical, ergonomic and environmental functionalities. Our design aims to answer to the market requirements and to reduce costs during the product development. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN METHODOLOGIES & TECHNIQUES FOR DESIGN AREA VITUAL REALITY PRODUCTION & COMMUNICATION DESIGN AREA

10 BUSINESS SECTORS Material Technologies Transport Engineering Design and Modelling applied to Engineering Product Development Advanced Materials and Technologies for Civil Engineering Cultural Heritage Technologies Transport and Mobility Energy and Environment Medical Application Training MULTI-SECTOR S APPROACH

11 BUSINESS SECTORS

12 CETMA: Evolution of revenue and employees

13 CETMA OPERATING MODEL

14 Continuous investments in R&D activities Sufficient number of employees Multidisciplinary skills Effective operating model for applied research activities & technology development Skills for collaborating with SMEs

15 R&D funds Public funding CETMA Project Management Carrying out of independent Research projects Know-how generation Skills development Personnel qualification Services management Services Payment Advanced services offer Third parties (*) Contract R&D activities offering Financial flows Operative flows From knowledge generation to applied Research addressed to SMEs

16 Refunds for manpower lending + services compensations CETMA R&D grants Services compensation EUROPEAN & NATIONAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SHAREHOLDERS (*) shareholders contributions Independent R&D projects carrying out R&D project financing Special Services Advanced services offering CUSTOMERS (*) Manpower Lending Know-how generation + on the job human resources training (*) shareholders are considered as customers when demand services from Consortium Research Contract offering Financial flows Operative flows CETMA OPERATING MODEL

17 SOURCE OF FUNDS AND KEY ACTIVITIES

18 Training & Teaching Advanced Services 10% % Indipendent Research Projects % Contract Research % Research projects in which CETMA is Partner or coordinator (almost 50%) Counterpart are represented by research contracts or special services to private and public companies In the last 5 years CETMA was engaged in research and innovation activities by almost 100 clients. Training & Teaching % Advanced Services % Contract Research % Indipendent Research Projects %

19 Management of 57 Independent Research Projects until may 2012 (75 M ) Source of funds: MIUR, MSE, EU Co-financing: services payment + shareholders contributions 5 Research Lines: 1. Innovative materials and technologies 2. Modelling & simulation 3. Visual Information Systems 4. Knowledge Systems 5. Control Systems Independent research projects Constant activity of searching for funds sources (currently projects with a value of 30 M are in evaluation)

20 % CONTRACT RESEARCH - ACQUISITION IN THE LAST 10 YEARS % % % from Public Bodies from Large Enterprises Totale = from SMEs from Aggregation

21 Innovation Services - Contracts acquisition in the last 10 years % % from Public Bodies % Total = % from Large Enterprises from SMEs from Aggregation

22 CETMA has a National and Regional customer base. Contract research and services by region REGIONS Contract proposals Contracts n. of Contracts Mean value Lazio Puglia Sicilia Toscana Campania Liguria Basilicata Calabria Marche Lombardia Umbria Emilia Romagna Veneto Piemonte Abruzzo Friuli Venezia Giulia Molise Sardegna Trentino Alto Adige Trento Valle d'aosta TOTAL

23 AN OVERVIEW OF APULIA REGION

24 APULIA REGION AN OVERVIEW Population (2007): Overall land area: Km2. Coastline: c. 800 km Major cities: Bari (pop ), Taranto (pop ), Foggia (pop ), Lecce (pop ) and Brindisi (pop )

25 ECONOMY STRUCTURE IN APULIA Approximately active businesses located in the region = 7% of all active businesses in Italy (source: Infocamere, 2010) Apulia s economy is based on very diverse sectors of activity, characterized by dynamic private ownership, due the highly favourable local business environment. Key sectors of the regional economy cover various service industry and manufacturing specialisations, including: emerging business sectors based on the knowledge economy and continuous innovation (aerospace, mechatronics, renewable energies, sustainable building); a range of sectors widely associated with the world renowned made in Italy image of quality and design (textiles, clothing, footwear and furniture), as well as metal works and mechanical engineering; tourism and logistics.

26 KEY PRODUCTIVE DISTRICTS IN APULIA REGION AEROSPACE WOOD & FURNITURE ECO-BUILDING NAUTICAL TOURISM FASHION LOGISTICS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES STONE ENVIRONMENT & RECYCLING MECHANICS ICT AGROINDUSTRY

27 RESEARCH FOR SMEs AT A GLANCE

28 THE ROLE OF SMES IN THE INNOVATION SYSTEM SMEs are at the core of European industry and key players in the innovation system. SMEs have to respond increasingly to a strong competition in the internal market and globally.... SMEs are also the key customers of CETMA!

29 TOTAL VALUES OF CONTRACT RESEARCH & INNOVATION SERVICES ACQUIRED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS % % Total = % % from Public Bodies from Large Enterprises from SMEs from Aggregation

30 WHEN DO SMEs INVEST IN OUTSOURSING R&D? CETMA EXPERIENCE When SMEs have not internal R&D labs and/or skilled human capital. When there is a strong relationship between SMEs and RTDperformers. When public investments in R&D (to support SMEs outsourcing research activities) are available. When SMEs have a real need for innovation (unvoiced or explicit need).

31 VALUE, euro NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN R&D TO SUPPORT SMES OUTSOURCING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH CONTRACTS ACQUIRED BY LOCAL SMEs Value Number * Operational Programme 'Puglia' Under the Convergence co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

32 CONCLUSIONS

33 LAST CONSIDERATIONS SMEs need to invest in outsourcing R&D more than Large Enterprises Any kind of company needs an adequate financial support. The main difference between SMEs and LEs is that, to start their process of innovation, SMEs need assistance in all phases of the process: - at the beginning (for the problem setting and planning); - during the research project (for project management and technical activities ); - at the end (for industrialization assistance). RTOs can offer this kind of services. RTOs can integrate R&D activities of Universities and Public Research Bodies. Policy Makers should take into account the complexity of innovation systems and the need for stable policies.

34 RTOs are a fundamental element to ignite the Virtuous Knowledge Circle PUBLIC RESEARCH: KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION RTOs: ENGINEERING AND CONTEXTUALIZING OF KNOWLEDGE NEW KNOWLEDGE DEMAND RTOs FUNCTIONS CREATION OF HIGH QUALIFICATION JOB MARKET ENGINEERING SYSTEMS EVOLUTION KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE BASED SERVICES ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT

35 THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

36 Sonia SARACINO - sonia.saracino@cetma.it phone ; fax