InnovasjonsfasenSinvent AS
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- 20000 full-time students
- 973 scientific employees
- 4500 full-time students
- 518 scientific employees
Joint use of laboratories and instruments
SINTEF employees teach at NTNU
NTNU personnel
working on
SINTEF projects
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Projects in the SINTEF Group completed in 2005
Size of projects and proportion of turnover (5640 projects in total)
Less than 50 001- 200 001- 500 001- Over
50 000 200 000 500 000 1000 000 1000 000
Proportion of projects
Cand. real. (M.Sc.) 3.1%
Bachelor of science 2.9%
Master of business 1.4%
Cand. psychol. (M.Sc.) 1.0%
12,5% Other
39% of the 1264 researchers in the SINTEF Group have a doctorate.
Of this group, 22% are women and 78% are men. (31.12.2005)
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Investments in knowledge and scientific equipment, and results as percentage of net revenue
Result
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Social perspective
SINTEF wishes to contribute to the creation of value and to a
society in healthy sustainable development.
Business concept
SINTEF sells research-based knowledge and related services to Norwegian and international clients.
Fundamental values
Honesty, Generosity, Courage and Solidarity
SINTEF has 1800 employees, of whom about 1400 are based in Trondheim and 300 in Oslo.
SINTEF also has offices in Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansund, Ålesund
Raufoss, Mo i Rana, Hirtshals (Denmark) and Houston (USA).
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SINTEF Holding AS
Focus on investments, innovation and patents
5 employees. The management consist of:
Anders Lian , Managing Director
BBA NHH, Norsk Hydro (7 years; Norway, England and France), Gjensidige NOR (10 years; Group financials, life insurance, investor relations and private equity)
Nils Spidsøe , Director
Master of Science NTNU, 23 years in SINTEF in various positions, including Research Director of SINTEF Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jostein S. Bjøndal , Investment Manager
BBA NHH, MIB NHH, SINTEF (5 years; R&D and management), Leiv Eiriksson Nyfotek (3 years; innovation and investment processes), Fokus Bank (2 years; Sales corporate market), Danske Securities (1 year; Corporate Finance)
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Investment companies
Established 2002, with 55 mill in assets, 25 portfolio companies
13 exits as per May 2005
Follow up investments only
5 investments as per December 2005
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Stable growth
World leader in several fields of maritime information technology. Part (60% of turnover) of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA. In 2000 acquired SINTEF spin-off Navia ASA for NOK 840 mill. http://www.kongsberg.com
Dynal Biotech ASA
Growth
Biotechnology company focusing on magnetic particle technology for isolation of cells, proteins and nucleic acid. License from SINTEF. Turnover 2003: NOK 527 mill. http://www.dynalbiotech.com
Powel ASA
Energy software and services provider. Turnover 2001: NOK 147 mill http://www.powel.com
Mison AS
Venture
Medical technology, surgery equipment. Some test sales. Turnover 2003: NOK 9 mill. http://www.mison.no
Nacre AS
Revolt Technology AS
Biosergen AS
ResMan AS
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Kongsberg Maritime AS
Starting out as a spin-off from SINTEF in 1984, Seatex AS expanded through M&As to the maritime and aviation positioning and instrumentation company Navia ASA.
The company was listed in 1993 and sold to Kongsberg Gruppen ASA in 2000.
Current product line:
Dynal Biotech ASA
Based on the discovery of Professor John Ugelstad in 1979 - the making of uniform polystyrene spheres of exactly the same size.
Prof. Ugelstad and his colleagues made these spheres magnetisable and, moreover, superparamagnetic
Current product areas:
Norway second in Europe to deregulate energy markets
Powel spun out in 1998 from strong SINTEF energy R&D institute
Its modular software products and services in regular use by more than 150 utilities
Several products, including systems that
support decision-making within generation planning, forecasting, power trading and risk management.
provide documentation, planning, operation and maintenance of power supply installations.
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Metaphor AS
Provides tools for broadcasting of weather: Software, hardware, meteorological data, maps, and symbols.
Its products are used today by over 100 television stations and Meteorological Institutes worldwide to ingest data and create "ready to air" weather shows.
A new daughter company: WeatherOne will provide every possible product needed for the broadcast of weather. This new venture further proves the commitment of Metaphor AS to be the world leader in weather broadcasting.
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Mison AS
The city of Trondheim is an internationally recognized centre of excellence for ultrasound technology
MISON´s core technology is the combination of ultrasound and navigation
Two products: SonoWand and SonoDoppler.
Main features:
track the position of ultrasound probes and surgical instruments
acquire high precision 3D ultrasound images
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Nacre AS
Nacre sells products based on its unique digital sound technology.
QuietPro is an adaptive intelligent hearing protector and communication terminal. QuietPro will be developed in several verisons to fit military, aviation and industrial customers.
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ReVolt Technology AS
SINTEF and Viking Venture have set up a new company which will develop and market high quality batteries
The new batteries result from SINTEF research within materials, battery and fuel cell technology
Target market no 1:
Batteries for cell phones, portable PCs and digital cameras.
The ReVolt battery is 4-5 times more efficient than current leading edge technology
Other markets:
Genetic engineering from SINTEF and NTNU
International cooperation with Karolinska Innovations AB regarding commercialization
Shareholders:
Karolinska Institutet Holding AB
Business concept: Development and license of Nystatin derivates for use in production of antibiotics against fungus infections
Large and growing market – 4,3 mrd USD
today
Norwegian Company – Research and development in Trondheim. Swedish CEO and Chairman.
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ResMan AS
A start-up company based on technology from SINTEF and IFE.
The company established with active support of Statoil Innovation AS
Investors: SINTEF, IFE,
Statoil Innovations & management