Organizing Open Chemical
Innovation on a European level
ECRN 16 -4-2009
Dries Lodewijks
Content
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CHEMaterials
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De CHEMaterials business
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Open Chemical Innovation
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Organized on Chemelot
Examples
Building Open Chemical Innovation in Europe
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today and tomorrow
Three building blocks
Lessons learned
1. CHEMmaterials are everywhere
1. Province of Limburg: a CHEMaterials region
Chemmatarials are an enabler for
innovation:
1. Chemelot – Eindhoven (performance
materials)
2. Chemelot-Venlo (materials, specialty
packaging)
HTS
Eindhoven
Agro-food
Venlo
3. Chemelot-Heerlen/Aken (materials
and renewable energy)
4. Chemelot- Maastricht (bio medical
materials)
Chem-materials
Chemelot
Maastricht
Life Sciences
Heerlen/
Aachen
Renewable
Energy
2. CHEMaterials: today
“Need for speed”
Do we need a new business model?
2. CHEMaterials: tomorrow
Focus on Open Chemical
Innovation
Key words are value chains and networks
3. Open innovation: the stage gate process
Market
Scouting/Intelligence
Joint Business
Developments
Licensing In
Venturing
Spin in
Acquisitions
Divestments
Spin out
Licensing Out
R&D services
Competence
management
Idea
Generation
Business
Feasibility
Development
Scale up and
Validation
Transfer to
Running Business
3. Open Chemical Innovation on a regional level
Realize “proximity”
2) Laboratoria
1) Programme
High chem start-up
Organize interaction
between companies
Bring in
kowledge
SME
3) Services
Enable high chem
startups to focus
Hogeschool
Zuyd
Open innovation = collaboration
between people
Open innovation = people working together
3. Programme boosting
Open Chemical Innovation
Define subjects
Business awareness
Congres
Open Chemical Innovation
Business creation
Networking
Inlooplab
Service
boulevard
Smart regions
Share
knowledge
Business
genereren en
acquireren
Iimplement subjects
Innovation Events
Chemelot Colloqium
Community building
ChemMaterial cluster
ChemMaterial Community
Coaching
ChemMaterial company
3. Open Chemical Innovation (Content)
High tech
systems
CHEMaterials
Renewable
Energy
Life
Sciences
Performance
materialen
Agro-food
Smart packaging
Polymeren
Functional
Coatings
Neocork, why Chemelot?
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Proximity of key raw material suppliers
Co-development with key raw material suppliers (product innovation)
Potential synergy on innovative laser marking technology (Micabs)
Faster start up production due to infrastructure
Faster start up of operations due to Chemelot’s virtual service boulevard:
venture capital, financing, tax, subsidy, logistics, insurances, environmental
permit, building permit, hiring personnel, promotion
Kriya Materials, why Chemelot?
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Proximity of (potential) customers
Application know how DSM and Sabic (co-development)
Environmental permit
Image to customers
High end service providers
– Patent support
– Analytical support (Resolve)
• Flexible housing
• Outsourcing possibilities of non core activities
• Lease of equipment on daily base: R&D and pilot line (cyanide)
Sharing know how
Analytical knowledge
Isobionics, Why Chemelot?
• Initiated by Chemelot and DSM
• License from DSM  access to key technology (Kaisersaugst, Delft,
Geleen)
• Access to market via DSM’s global network
• Contracting of key DSM R&D resources
• Open innovation model at Chemelot Campus
• Active regional venture capitalist participation: Limburg Ventures +
LIOF
Isobionics
Biotechnology
4.Building an Open Chemical Innovation structure
in Europe
Three building blocks
Organize Open
Innovation on a local
scale
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Share best practices &
organize network in
ECRN-regions
Chemelot’ s
practice
Chemclust
Organize Open
Innovation by
crossborder
demoprojects
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New Materials Network Initiative
4. Structure New Materials Netwok Initiative
clusters, circles, networks
Content:
1 Information &
communication
2 Quality
networks
3 Toolbox
4 International
co-operation
Demonstration projects
International projects
Platform
5. Lessons learned
In your region
• Chemical-materials business-sector is an enabler for Open Chemical
Innovation.
• Internalize Open Chemical Innovation (all parties)
• Organize Open Chemical Innovation on a regional level by starting on site
(organize interaction events and proximity).
• OEM’s innovation programme should be leading.
• Select SME and demand driven innovation topics fitting to this programme.
In Europe
• Strengthen an Open Chemical Innovation network in Europe & share best
practices.
• Select cross border and demand driven innovation topics: waste materials,
performance materials, renewables.
• Facilitate crossborder Open Chemical innovation/cooperation projects by
focusing tools and subsidizing the projects.
• Disseminate results
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Background Info: Chemical industry (now)
• Continuous pressure on costs
• Increasing competition (on an global, European,national and regional level)
• Product & process innovation will become more and more
expensive; need for VC
• SME’s face an innovation gap
• Society demands an increasing role of the chem industry in the
climate debate (cleaner production, providing sollutions)
“Need for speed”
New business model is required
Background info Chemical industry
How should it response ?
• Position the chem industry as a provider of sustainable sollutions
and as a contributer of climate friendly productiontechnologies
• Intensivy cooperation within the industry (large companies and
SME’s)
• Build value chains between chemical producing and chemical using
industry
• Create networks (regional, national euregional) between
goverments, research institutes and chemical industry and facilitate
knowledge transfer.
• Close the innovation gap by organizing demand driven innovation
• Invest in social innovation and share best practices
Focus on Open Chemical Innovation (A)
Create a platform: “a New Materials Network Initiative” (B)
Background info: CHEMaterial Innovation Potentials
Groep
Strong in Limburg
Interesting
opportunities
Potential interesting
Innovatiegebied
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T2M
Bio-compatible coatings
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Flexibele displays
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Medische diagnostiek
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Biomarkers
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(O)LED-verlichting
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Lichtgewicht automotive materialen
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PV zonnecellen
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Kunstmatige spieren
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Hoogwaardige automotive coatings
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Bio-actieve verpakkingen
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Smart fabrics
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Intelligente houdbaarheidslabels
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Smart blisters
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Dunne lagen zonnecellen
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Zelfsmerende coatings
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What is Chemelot?
•One of the largest chematerial communities in Europe (> 800 ha)
•Industrial Park + Research & Business Campus
•Number of companies on site > 70; 33 new companies since 2005
•Many of them global leaders in their product market combination
•Concept of open chemical innovation is applied
Industrial Park
Sharing infrastructure and
costs
Research & Business Campus
sharing knowledge and global
networks
3. Building a CHEMaterials Campus
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Facilitate the CHEMaterial companies on site
Connect knowledge with CHEMaterials-companies
Build a CHEMaterials cluster