Tia profile

TIA AND ITS SUCCESSES

TIA positioning within the innovation value chain

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Funding Instruments

Royalty-grantsIP Fund

Technology Development Youth

Technology Innovation

Industry Matching

CUSTOMER CENTRIC SOLUTIONS ALONG THE INNOVATION VALUE CHAIN

Seed Fund

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Technology Development Infrastructure

  Technology  Platforms

  Technology Stations

  Industry Clusters

To provide biotechnology

equipment and expertise to

SMMEs e.g.

Analysis

Experiment Design

Manufacturing

Product testing

To provide technology solutions and expertise to

SMMEs e.g. Analysis Design Manufacturing Prototyping Product testing

To coordinate technology development through collaboration to promote easy access to Capital Knowledge Markets4

Business Support

• IP Management

• Financial management

• Legal Services

• Marketing

• Business Plan Development

• Governance

• Networking

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Use of TIA investment funds

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Use of TIA investment funds

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Enabling the Innovation Ecosystem

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Link to government outcomes

ISD Initiative: Interns Graduation

Mandela Day: Handing

over of science kits

Solar car challengeElectric vehicle launch

awareness

Farmers at the Nguni ART launch

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Bridging the innovation chasm

• Kapa Biosystems• Varibox CVT Technologies• IBatech

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Youth Innovation

• Youth Technology Innovation Fund established in 2011/12• 19 prototypes being developed• 2 functional prototypes completed and being tested

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Industry Success StoryLife Sciences and Diagnostic tools

Aggressive US growth. 51% year on year increase in revenue for FY2013

Advanced Material (Composites)

Developed Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics (CFRTP) process which resulted in award of supply contact by Airbus to manufacture safety-critical frame clips.

Mineral Processing equipment supplier

Substantial sales growth with customers in R.S.A, Australia, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Chile, Finland, Kazakstan, Papua New Guinea and Morocco.

Regenerative Medicine/Medical Devices

Entry of product (medical aid reimbursement secured) onto South African market. Plans underway to access International Market. Won the 11th NSTF Awards for outstanding contributions made to SETI in the SMME category.

Industry Success Story

Medical Devices Achieved global sales of their various catheter and stent devices, one of the very few SA medical devices Companies to do so.

Advanced thermal sensors

Several joint development agreements in place with international clients* from all continents, spanning the aerospace (Xerox PARC and NASA JPL), medical, energy storage, animal health and printed electronics (ThinFilm Electronics ASA)

Thin film solar technology

A semi commercial plant to produce solar panels has been built at the Technopark in Stellenbosch. The technology has been licensed to Bosch, Germany and Sunvim, China. Several license prospects for Poland and Italy. Interest from local investors (including the Central Energy Fund) to build first turn-key production plant based on this technology.

Concluding remarks

• Increased spend on project funding

• Ministerial review report and benchmarking study will form basis of

new strategic direction

• Focus on improving operational efficiencies

• Increased stakeholder engagement

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