Benefitting from NZ expertise in manufacturing, innovation
Dr. Karnika De Silva
New Zealand government agency, NZ Product Accelerator (NZPA) charged with helping businesses overseas, is ramping up efforts to strengthen ties with Sri Lanka by providing expertise and connections to help develop and commercialise new products and technologies, a senior expert of the agency divulged.
It is ready to connect in areas like manufacturing, design innovation, and agricultural technologies with research expertise to address industry or market needs and, at the same time, try and accelerate the development of innovative products and processes in the country, a Senior NZPA Materials Expert Dr. Karnika De Silva told The Sunday Times Business.
She was in the island on a short visit to establish contacts and help Sri Lankan businesses identify and connect with relevant research expertise within New Zealand’s network.
In doing so, the NZPA brings together over 100 experts from nine research organisations, i.e., seven universities across New Zealand, facilitating this integration, she disclosed.
“We also tap into our national network of over 300 researchers across eight universities and Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) to identify the right mix of expertise, capabilities, and facilities,” Dr. De Silva said. The New Zealand manufacturing industry is a SME based economy with only a few vertically integrated large companies, so any innovative technologies by SMEs will have a significant contribution to the economic growth, she explained “The NZ Product Accelerator helps businesses, especially SMEs, to define and de-risk their R&D investments, delivering practical solutions faster.” In this context, EML Consultants Sri Lanka has entered into an agreement with NZPA to adopt its model into its operations through collaboration.
This process includes introducing advanced manufacturing through NZ Product Accelerator expertise in automation, digital twins, sensing, robotics, and implementing ‘AI’ in manufacturing, monitoring air pollution, and making sustainable material choices to meet economic, social, and environmental challenges in manufacturing. EML connects directly with NZPA with relevant NZ research expertise in materials, manufacturing, process integration, or bio-innovation to deliver the test pilot solutions collectively, so that EML can scale or implement its regional projects, in collaboration with or without NZPA.
“In addition, we can introduce our supply chain or value chain stakeholders to EMl for fast delivery of the targeted objectives to their clients,” she said.
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