[Technology Scouting Case Study in Chemicals] Seeking Blue Light Absorbing Techno
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Transcript of [Technology Scouting Case Study in Chemicals] Seeking Blue Light Absorbing Techno
Business-Oriented Open Innovation Specialized in Chemicals and Materials
Case Study TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING
Seeking Blue Light Absorber Technologies with Open Innovation
connect • innovate • accelerate
Client’s Overview
The Company
Billion dollar worldwide company
Market: Consumer goods (optically clear, flexible, plastic substrates)
Objectives
Launch a new product in 2 years to strengthen portfolio offering new functionalities to their product
Technical Hurdles faced
Needed a product to absorb blue light transmission, with minimal visual impact on the end product
Lacked right technology or partner to execute and deliver
Context: Short Timing
A Real Business Opportunity to catch quickly
Market size representing 100 million units per year with a strong potential to expand to more product lines.
Ready-to-use solution needed
Time was ticking…
connect • innovate • accelerate 3
Clear and Efficient Streamlined Process to Actively Scout For Solutions
SpecialChem Support Provided: Overview
8 weeks 1 week 1 week
Strong expertise provided in Open Innovation in Chemicals and Materials to Frame the Market Intent into a Technological Need and Attract Business Partners We worked closely with our Client to complete a Request For Proposals (RFP) template describing its technical need. The final RFP is designed as a specific and attractive business opportunity, even opened to adjacent industries
Reaching a Global Industrial Target to Communicate the Need The RFP has been actively promoted towards the largest Network of chemicals and materials professionals in the world for 2 months
Providing Solutions to Client SpecialChem forwarded all proposals received Client remained anonymous
500,000+
connect • innovate • accelerate
From a Template to a well framed RFP to attract Business Partners
SpecialChem Support Provided to Scout Solutions
connect • innovate • accelerate
Reaching a community of 500 000+ Potential Solvers
SpecialChem Support Provided to Scout Solutions
2 months of active promotions towards a unique Business Network in chemicals and materials
R&D Applied Formulation
Product Development
Product Design
48%
R&D Basic Research
16%
Production Manufacturing
13%
Quality Testing
Health & Safety
9%
Technical Service
Customer Assistance
8%
Academia Research
6%
SpecialChem Network
► Specialized (Chemicals and Materials only)
► The Largest Network in this field (~500,000 registered professionals)
► Business (Not academia) connecting our client with industrially developed technologies
► Global (Made of professionals from 5 continents)
connect • innovate • accelerate
Results after 2 months
70% from adjacent industries
• Coatings
• PU-tapes
• Plastics
• Packaging
• …
Global feedbacks
• United States
• Australia
• United Kingdom
• Mexico
• Japan
• Russia
• China
• Spain
• …
14 Ready-to-use technologies identified
+
More than 1,300 potential solution providers reviewed the RFP
From R&D professionals from large organizations to techno start-ups
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They Trusted Us
“Without SpecialChem, we would
not have been able to frame our
challenge to attract relevant
partners…
The Open Innovation service was
so successful that we have decided
to run 2 other projects with them”
Giacomo
Canali
Packaging Research
& Innovation Manager
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