New Zealand Research Commercialisation Success Stories
Below are some examples of projects that have been successfully commercialised by Universities and CRIs and have the potential to generate significant economic returns for New Zealand. Not all projects have had KiwiNet involvement.
CEMARS Energy
Landcare Research, through their subsidiary Enviro-Mark Solutions, has developed an integrated carbon and energy management system in response to UK regulation.
Probiotics For Farmed Fish
The University of Canterbury is seeking to commercialise a fish feed additive for salmon farming, which could significantly decrease cost of fish feed and omega-3 additives used in salmon aquaculture.
Titanium Powder Metallurgy
The TiTeNZ collaboration has created a platform for high value manufacturing in NZ, resulting in the commercialisation of several exciting new technologies.
You could sum up Alistair’s work in one sentence: Which is helping the seafood industry become more sustainable and more profitable
Danette Olsen - General Manager Seafood, Plant and Food Research
Alistair Jerrett
Alistair has a vision of a New Zealand seafood industry that has a national and international reputation for ethically harvested and high quality fish.
All those research organisations have a direct commercial focus and link, so they are collaborating with commercial firms who are part of the research and development, and have very clear outcomes they require with respect to the commercial product. Key to collaboration is having clarity of purpose.
KiwiNet offers a unique opportunity to change the dynamic between New Zealand's public research organisations.
David Hughes – General Manager Commercial, Plant & Food Research
Species Selective Rodenticide
Landcare Research has developed a rodenticide that is targeted at rats, while proving relatively harmless to other rodents and mammals.
Filter technology delivers exceptional purity at industrial scale
Researchers have developed a smart polymer (MIPS) that can selectively remove molecules from solutions, opening up a range of industrial applications.
Kifunensine Serendipity
A rare sugar, developed by Glycosyn, is a crucial ingredient in the manufacture therapeutic for the treatment of a rare genetic disorder.
Rapid Point Cloud Viewer
ESR's Rapid Point Cloud Viewer is a user friendly piece of software than can make processing laser scan data a part of anyone's everyday workflow.
SpringFree™ Trampoline
Dr Keith Alexander redesigned how a recreational trampoline works to make it safe for his kids. This Kiwi invention became US product of the year.
KiwiNet, and the Investment Committee in particular, is a great example of New Zealand research institutions collaborating in an open and transparent manner to achieve best outcomes.
Tim Balmer – Director Investments & Commercialisation, Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd
High Performance Schottky Contacts
Researchers from the University of Canterbury are looking to commercialise the next generation of thin film transistors for flat panel displays.
Localised Water Heating
An exciting new platform technology is emerging from the University of Waikato – with the first commercial application being rapid water heating in domestic households.
New Bio Pesticide For Psa-V
Plant & Food Research is developing a new biopesticide to manage the kiwifruit disease Psa, to help with protecting kiwifruit export revenues for New Zealand.
Precision SeaFood Harvesting
Plant & Food Research is working in partnership with industry and government to transform the way New Zealand, and eventually the world, fishes.
C-DAX Pasture Meter
Massey University's New Zealand Centre for Precision Agriculture, in partnership with C-Dax, has filled a gap in the market for a more efficient means of pasture measurement.
Reliable Production Of Juvenile Hapūku
NIWA is seeking to develop a procedure for the reliable and cost-efficient production of hapūku juveniles, as a basis for a profitable hapūku farming industry to develop in New Zealand.