| INVEST NORTHERN
IRELAND
Bedford Sqaure
Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
Tel: 028 9069 8868
Fax: 028 9043 6536
E-mail: sustainabledev@investni.com
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Site Energy
Visits
Engineers from the Invest NI Energy Efficiency Section can visit your site to provide advice on how to minimise your energy use. For larger companies, Invest NI can arrange for a specialised energy consultant from the Carbon Trust Energy Programme to visit the site to carry out a site energy assessment. Topics examined will include: electricity tariff; combined heat and power; strategic generation; lighting; boiler plant; space heating and hot water; process energy use; motors and drives; compressed air; refrigeration systems; thermal systems; thermal insulator; energy monitoring and targeting; and good housekeeping measures.
Contact: David Bell
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| BUSINESS IN THE
COMMUNITY
Bridge House
Paulett Avenue
Belfast
BT5 4HD
Tel: 028 9046 0606
E-mail: ian.nuttall@bitcni.org.uk
Web: www.bitcni.org.uk
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ARENA Network
ARENA Network is Business in the Community's environmental campaign. It was launched in 1995 to co-ordinate all business environmental initiatives in Northern Ireland and to provide an environmental support service for Northern Ireland Business.
ARENA Network's services and products include the following:
- Business Environmental Engagement Review
- The Environmental Management Survey
- Regional Presence
- "Greening" the Supply Chain
- Training
- Reducing Waste
- Leading Research
- Support for Environmental Management
Contact: Ian Nuttall |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND
TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
Cloreen Park
Malone Road
Belfast BT9 5HN
Tel: 028 9033 4281
E-mail: a.mcbride@qub.ac.uk
Web: www.nitc.qub.ac.uk
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Automation Division
Provides Design consultancy and technical information services for
local industry. It specialises in the mechanisation and automation
of manufacturing processes and in the design of new products. The
technical support services include help with problem solving, equipment
selection and materials handling. Other services include EMC Testing
Service, Technical Information Service and Product Catalogue Search.
Contact: Allen McBride
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| INVEST NORTHERN
IRELAND
Bedford Sqaure
Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
Tel: 028 9069 8100
E-mail: improve@investni.com
Web: www.investni.com
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Business Improvement
Services
Invest Northern Ireland‘s Business Improvement Services Division
offers a suite of programmes and services to assist Invest NI client
companies through the ongoing provision of people / management development
support, together with Business Excellence and other leading-edge
competitiveness development products.
The suite of programmes / services includes:
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Company Development Programme
– assists NI companies improve the skills levels
of their managers and workforces.
Explorers – Assists
NI companies research, evaluate and develop target overseas markets.
Connections –
As Explorers but for GB and ROI markets.
Benchmarking –
Assists in identifying company strengths and weaknesses.
Human Resource Advice – Advice and guidance on people management, employment legislation and general HR best practice.
Northstar – Provides advice and guidance to clients, through business mentors, on overcoming obstacles to growth.
Strategic Development Programme – Assists companies to set up strategic development systems to enable management to react quickly to the prevailing market conditions.
Theory of Constraints – Assists companies identify and eliminate critical constraints in all aspects of their business leading to increased turnover / capacity.
Six Sigma – Highly effective organisation-wide methodology to assist companies’ management teams solve critical quality problems.
Total Productive Maintenance – Assists companies to increase production through better working practices, increased employee involvement and continuous improvement.
Supply Chain Management – Assists buyers identify competitive sources of supply and fill gaps in local supply base. Also assists potential suppliers identify company development needs and facilitate relationships with potential customers.
Customised Improvement – Provides tailored support to address particular issues on any aspect of a client company’s business.
Balanced Scorecard – Assists companies to implement and communicate strategy effectively and to review ongoing success in delivering strategic objectives.
Business Improvement Agent – Provides assistance towards employment of a full-time agent to identify and deliver measurable business performance improvement.
Best Practice Awareness – Provision of assistance through the use of industry recognised benchmarking indices and clubs, as well as public workshops and seminars on best practice.
Contact: improve@investni.com
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| INVEST NORTHERN
IRELAND
Bedford Sqaure
Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
Tel: 028 9069 8868
Fax: 028 9043 6536
E-mail: sustainabledev@investni.com
Web: www.investni.com
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Environment Enquiry
Point (EEP)
This programme offers guidance on issues affecting environmental
performance, this can be obtained by calling the free phone number.
Enquiries typically include the following topics:- Legal requirements,
pollution prevention, clean technologies, waste minimisation, recycling,
reprocessing and disposal, pollution abatement (effluent and emissions),
energy efficiency, general technical matters and availability of
grant assistance.
Contact: John Batch
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| GTTA
North West Institute of Further &Higher Education
78 - 80 Strand Road
Londonderry
BT48 7AL
Tel: 028 7127 6017
Fax: 028 7127 6018
E-mail:
sales@gtta.co.uk
Web: www.gtta.co.uk
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GTTA (Garment
& Textile Technology Association)
The focus is primarily on the clothing and textile industry in helping
to achieve improved business performance. Services to industry include:
• General sewing data for the clothing industry
• Computer aided design
• Training and education
• Consultancy
• Research and development
Contact: Malcolm
Stuart
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| UNIVERSITY OF
ULSTER
JORDANSTOWN
Shore Road
Newtownabby BT37 0QB
Co Antrim
Tel: 028 9036 6329
Fax: 028 9036 6863
E-mail: JAD.McLaughlin@ulst.ac.uk
Web:www.nibec.ulst.ac.uk
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Northern Ireland
Bio-Engineering Centre (NIBEC)
NIBEC provides a variety of services to industry, consultancy, for
example, in a wide and varied range of topics including advanced
material, instrumentation, electrode design, medical devices and
healthcare technologies and applied research and development including
design, prototyping, testing and clinical trials.
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| NORTHERN IRELAND
SCIENCE PARK
Queen's Road
Queen's Island
Belfast
BT3 9DT
Tel: 028 9053 4560
E-mail: info@nisp.co.uk
Web: www.nisp.co.uk
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Northern Ireland
Science Park
Based across three sites in Northern Ireland, NISP is set to become
a focal point for the development of the province's knowledge-based
economy.
NISP, which will be Northern Ireland's
only science park, is a £73m project that will create 400,000
square feet of high specification buildings across its three sites
and provide for up to 3,000 jobs.
While NISP will be providing tenants
with state of the art property facilities at very attractive rentals
in its sites at Belfast's Queen's Island, Coleraine and Londonderry,
there are numerous other advantages to locating in the park.
NISP has three broad objectives:
• To encourage and support the start-up, incubation and development
of innovation led, high growth, knowledge based businesses.
• Provide an environment where larger and international businesses
can develop specific and close interactions with a particular centre
of knowledge creation.
• Create formal and operational links with local universities,
higher education institutes and research organisations.
Contact: John Beattie
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| QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
BELFAST
Ashby Building
Stranmillis Road
Belfast
BT9 5AH
Tel: 028 9027 4700
E-mail: d.price@qub.ac.uk
pprc@qub.ac.uk
Web: www.qub.ac.uk/pprc
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Polymer Processing
Research Centre (PPRC)
The Polymer Processing Research Centre at Queen's University of Belfast was established in 1996 with assistance from Invest NI (formerly IRTU) to provide the technological infrastructure to support the activities of the plastics industry.
The Centre provides the expertise and facilities required to undertake fundamental and applied research in polymer processing, reflecting the priorities of the plastics industry. It covers all aspects of polymer processing including studies on: morphology, microstructure, process control, rheology and physical properties. A comprehensive testing and analysis facility, to service industrial requirements and support research projects forms an integral part of the Centre .
The purpose of the PPRC is to carry out leading edge, industrially exploitable, fundamental and applied research, which will demonstrably improve the competitiveness of the plastics industry and staff at the Centre work side by side with industrial partners in developing new processes and innovative products
Contact: Denise Price / Peter Hornsby
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| NORTHERN IRELAND
TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
Cloreen Park
Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 5HN
Tel: 028 9033 5424
E-mail: r.seaman@qub.ac.uk
Web: www.nitc.qub.ac.uk
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Product Design
& Development Centre (PPRC)
Provides a range of product design and development services to industry,
and specialises in services to the aerospace and automotive sectors.
The group is equipped with advanced CAE systems including CATIA,
CADDS5, Pro-Engineer, Unigraphics, Patran & Nastran. A number
of data exchange engines are also available for the direct translation/conversion
from one format to another.
Contact: Robert Seaman
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| INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
INITIATIVES LTD
Church House
24 Dublin Road
Omagh
Co Tyrone
BT78 1HE
Tel: 028 8225 0506
E-mail:
info@ibiltd.com
Web:
www.ibiltd.com |
Product and Technology
Transfer Programme
Indigenous businesses trading with a limited product portfolio are both limited in their ability for growth and more exposed to competitive pressures. This programme identifies commercially proven opportunities developed by overseas companies which can be introduced to the local company thus encouraging company growth especially into export markets.
Essentially, it is a method that allows a company to expand its product range without having to fully develop the product itself. The most popular type of deals is licensing, where the licensor assigns the rights of a product/service for a specified market area to the licensee.
The International Business Initiative™ addresses this problem by strengthening the product portfolio of participating businesses.
Contact: Gareth Boyle
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| UNIVERSITY OF
ULSTER
MAGEE COLLEGE
Londonderry
BT48 7JL
Tel: 028 7137 5236
E-mail: ktp@ulst.ac.uk
Web: www.ulst.ac.uk/ktp
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (formerly TCS) is a government initiative, which helps companies access the knowledge and skills within the University. KTP involves high quality graduates, known as KTP Associates, working in companies normally for two years, on technology transfer projects central to the needs of participating companies. KTP Associates are jointly supervised by personnel in the University and in business. Through KTP, companies can draw on the project development and other expertise available in the University to undertake key projects that will help unlock the company’s growth potential.
Contact: Caroline McCabe
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| LOUGHRY COLLEGE
The Food Centre
Cookstown
Tel: 028 8676 8100
E-mail:
dennis.legge@dardni.gov.uk Web: www.loughrycollege.ac.uk
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Technology Transfer
and Innovation Programme
Loughry College is one of 3 colleges operated by the Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD) and is an integral part of the Agri-Food Development Service. Loughry's Technology Transfer & Innovation Programme aims to assist the development of competitive food (and associated) businesses in line with market opportunities, by encouraging innovation, promoting the adoption of appropriate technologies, the development and demonstration of new and existing products, processes & systems. The College has excellent facilities including a well equipped 4000m 2 Food Technology Centre, an 8 factory Food Business Incubation Centre & an ISO9002 certified food Packaging Centre.
Contact: Dennis Legge
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| Queens University Belfast
Research and Regional Services
Lanyon North
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
Tel: 028 8676 8100
E-mail:
s.devlin@qub.ac.uk
Web:
www.regionaloffice.qub.ac.uk
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Queens University Belfast
The Regional Office in Research and Regional Services at Queen's University Belfast is the 'front door' through which business can access the industrial support and knowledge base of the University. The Regional Office is responsible for the referral and follow-up of technical and other enquiries from industry to Faculties and Industrial Services Units such as the Northern Ireland Technology Centre, the Knowledge Transfer Centre, the Polymer Processing Research Centre and QUESTOR.
The Regional Office administers the Consultancy Scheme and facilitates the development and organisation of networking events such as Innovation Lectures and business clubs such as the Chief Executives' Club at Queen's.
Contact: Sharon Devlin
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| Pakchange
C/o Wastechange
Caher
Clare
Tel: 0207 691 9394
E-mail:
info@pakchange.com
Web: www.pakchange.com
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The Used Commercial Packaging Exchange
The free Northern Ireland Packaging Waste Exchange dedicated to locating potential reuse opportunities for all grades of commercial packaging in Northern Ireland.
Pakchange is supported by Invest Northern Ireland and supplied by Wastechange the European providers of waste exchange services
Contact: Sarah Howcroft
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| Waste Price Index
C/o Wastechange
Caher
Clare
Tel: 0207 691 9394
E-mail: info@wastepriceindex.com Web:
www.wastepriceindex.com |
Waste and Recyclate Trading Price Guide
A comprehensive price guide to the buying prices for major waste commodities trading globally. The guide contains buying prices from mills, recyclers, end users and trader’s that wish to purchase waste and recyclate in Northern Ireland.
Wastepriceindex is supported by Invest Northern Ireland and supplied by Wastechange the European providers of waste exchange services
Contact: Sarah Howcroft
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| Invest Northern Ireland
Technical Advisory Unit
Bedford Sqaure
Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
Tel: 028 9023 9090
E-mail:
tau@investni.com
Web: www.investni.com
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Infromation Services
The Technical Advisory Unit (TAU) through its information Services team offers comprehensive assistance in the development of new products and processes. The team has ready access to information search facilities on subjects including patents, trademarks and technical literature. Access to European and international standards also forms a key service provided by the TAU. Technical information acquired through the search facilities is supported by in-house interpretation and guidance.
Contact: Trade Advisory Unit
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| Medical Polymers Research Institute
Queens University
Ashby Building
Stranmillis Road
Belfast
BT9 5AH
Tel: 028 9097 4563
E-mail: d.price@qub.ac.uk
mpri@qub.ac.uk
Web: www.qub.ac.uk/mpri
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Medical Polymers Research Institute
The Medical Polymers Research Institute (MPRI) brings together researchers from the School of Chemical Engineering , the School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Pharmacy at Queen's University Belfast to develop new polymeric materials, products and processes for the medical devices and drug delivery industries.
MPRI's new state-of-the-art research facility carries out leading edge, industrially relevant and market-driven fundamental and applied research on medical polymers in the fields of medical and drug delivery devices, polymeric prostheses and advanced medical packaging systems. Uniquely, the Institute enables the development of new bioactive biomaterials, building on the vast experience of world-class academics from both the engineering and pharmaceutical sciences.
Funding for the £4.3 million MPRI project came from the EU Programme PEACE II, administered by Invest Northern Ireland . The Institute complements the facilities and services to industry offered by the Polymer Processing Research Centre , established at Queen's in 1996.
Contact: Denise Price / Peter Hornsby
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