Access Funding to Develop Your Business

Deborah BennettsKnowledge Exchange ManagerCornwall College/Marine Innovation Service

What is the Marine Innovation Service?

• The Marine Innovation Service (MIS) provides technical support to the marine industry in the following areas:

• Marine technology• Materials/ Processing - particularly composite materials

(resin infusion and closed-mould processes)• Design and prototyping – support with CAD/CAM, CNC and

prototype development• Marine Science

• Support essentially provides access to facilities, expertise (1:1) and workshops/ events

Business Benefits:Bespoke projects to…

• Develop new/ improved products• Tackle existing/ future challenges• Open up new opportunities• Access new technologies• Enhance systems, processes & production techniques• Improve business performance and profitability• Gain competitive advantage

Case Study 1: Composite Integration

www.composite-integration.co.uk

Composite Integration: Dinghy Pattern

• Project: collaboration on design of 3m dinghy to be built in closed-mould FRP processes.

• Design brief set by MIS Manager in consultation with Stephen Leonard-Williams (CI).

• Designed by second year engineering diploma students at Falmouth Marine School.

• Dec 12 - Pattern work and first mould completed at the Marine School.

• Outcomes - refinement of resin infusion processes, materials testing, demos and collaborative training.

Case Study 2: Cornish Crabbers

www.cornishcrabbers.co.uk

Cornish Crabbers - Crabber 12:Small Scale Resin Infusion

• Project: to resin infuse a new 12ft dinghy hull.

• Project management plan - key activities, timeframes and milestones.

• Workshop-based, practical resin infusion session for the Cornish Crabbers project team.

• MIS team and Composite Integration Ltd provided hands-on support to infuse the first hull at the company premises in Rock.

• Outcomes - first voyage Dec 11, launched at London Boat Show January 12.

Case Study 3: Multimarine Manufacturing

www.multimarine.co.uk

Multimarine: Rapier 550 Large Scale Resin Infusion

• Project: to support with the first large scale resin infusion at the company premises (kit and expertise*).

• Hand mixing impractical - surface area of 285m2 (larger than a tennis court).

• 7 hours to complete, 4 barrels of resin/hardener - 800kg of epoxy resin.

• Outcomes: the largest multihull to be infused in this way.

• The Broadblue Rapier 550 will be one of the most high performance production cruising boats in its class.

*Alex Whatley (MIS), Will Harris & Stephen Leonard Williams (Composite Integration)

How is MIS funded?• SWIAP – South West Innovation Accelerator Project

• We often refer to our MIS activities as BIKE – Business Innovation and Knowledge Exchange

• Delivery is 100% funded* by the European Regional Development Fund through the Convergence Programme for Cornwall & IoS.

*subject to business eligibility and availability of funding – project ends June 2015

Where Does MIS Fit?

College Expertise

University Expertise

Graduates

Business Finance

Skills & Quals

Coaching/ Wider

BusinessSupport

Local Innovation

Funding

National Innovation

Funding

MIS IN CONTEXT

Specialist Knowledge

SkillsBusiness Support

EMBEDDED TECHNICAL CAPBILITY

MIS events/ networking and signposting to wider programmes such as:

• Business Investment for Growth (CDC)

• Unlocking Potential (Cornwall College/ Plymouth University)

• Grow Cornwall (Oxford Innovation)

• Export Cornwall (UKTI)• Outset Cornwall & Fit

for Finance (YTKO)

For example :

• Higher level skills • Apprenticeships • Higher level

apprenticeships

Funded by programmes such as:

• Skills Support for • the Workforce (SFA)

• College and University expertise and facilities access, supported through:

• National innovation funding• Local innovation funding……

Funding for Specialist Knowledge & Innovation

Examples include..

• Project complexity• Depth of specialism• Strategic significance (UK economy)

- MIS/ SWIAP & similar (ERDF)- Local programmes (ERDF)- Innovation Vouchers (TSB)

- Collaborative R & D (TSB)

- Feasibility Studies (TSB)- Business Innovation Fund (ERDF)

- Research (ESF) - SMART (TSB) - KTP (TSB)

Further Information

For further information on how MIS, Falmouth Marine School or Cornwall College experts can work with your business contact:

Deborah BennettsKnowledge Exchange Manager

Deborah.bennetts@cornwall.ac.uk07827 89563101209 616174

Contact details are in the delegate packs provided.