Our research partners have a strong track record of success in engaging with, and transferring new products and processes to New Zealand industry. Some examples include:

AgResearch

• Keratin biomaterials through the creation and spin-off of Keratec.

Callaghan Innovation

• The establishment of a complex dairy lipids industry
• The supercritical extraction industry and range of products, including totarol, krill, rosemary antioxidants.

Plant & Food Research

• A range of marine based products for industrial use, including Cfine^TM, a collagen fining agent for beer and wine made from fish skin
• A specialised hoki collagen used in electrospun nanofibres
• Nutraceutical products including a mussel extract with proven efficacy for the control of joint pain, and a stable mussel oil.

Scion

• Internationally licensed wood modification systems, including a wood plastic composite technology.

Helping you take the next step

We can assist with the scale-up of processing technologies and products to minimise technical risk and infrastructure costs through:

• Assisting with licensing agreements, if appropriate
• Production-scale plant design and construction
• Technology transfer via the transfer of personnel, or secondments between the research team and your business
• Economic evaluations using our robust decision making framework.