Business Collaborations

We help businesses share knowledge around technology and innovation to solve problems, create synergies and reduce R&D costs.

Contact us: 0800 422 552

@callaghannz

callaghaninnovation.govt.nz

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We work with hundreds of innovative

New Zealand businesses. We can help

you to engage with potential partners on

technology issues and opportunities, and

form mutually beneficial collaborations.

We help you work with like-minded businesses through:

Cooperative innovation projects and joint ventures

in targeted technology areas for businesses, industry

associations and research organisations

Facilitation of missions, workshops, and discussions

with international technology-seeking delegations

Partnerships to help solve common innovation

and technology problems

Engagement with clusters of Māori businesses with

a desire to innovate or create shared opportunities.

Case study – New Zealand Telematics Alliance

Callaghan Innovation and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

(NZTE) bought together six New Zealand telematics

companies to form the New Zealand Telematics Alliance.

Facilitated by Callaghan Innovation and NZTE, these

companies share their knowledge and insights and

complementary technologies to bolster their chances for

long-term success, both individually and as an industry.

It is an effective way for the companies to reap the benefits

of their expertise when competing with larger, much

wealthier multinationals.

Business Collaborations

“The biggest success outside of the research is bringing together the institutional knowledge of all of the companies in a very apolitical way where they are able to share it – before, it was

all done in silos by individual companies.’’

– Richard McColl, Manager – Ovine Automation

Consortium (OAL).

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Whether you’re a business that needs multiple types of research to advance your innovation or a group of businesses trying to solve a shared problem, it all comes together with a little collaboration.

We help clusters of businesses build networks and create

efficiencies to reduce research and development costs

to individual businesses, create synergies and promote

knowledge sharing.

If you want your business to benefit from the traction of

a community approach to innovation we can help you.

Link with like-minded businesses so you can learn from

the best on how the innovation system works, what the

opportunities are, and build connections for the benefit

of your business and innovation community

Find a partner to solve an innovation or technology

problem. We help by identifying New Zealand

businesses with a shared interest in an opportunity,

or barrier to commercialisation of an innovation,

and provide access to these clusters and to the

government’s innovation sector

We help detect patterns in industry needs and

connect New Zealand businesses, industry associations,

research organisations and technology service providers

with emerging opportunities through joint projects

and ventures

Participate in collaborative projects and initiatives that

inspire businesses to be early adopters of innovation.

Who can get involved in business collaboration?

Any business that has at least one director who is a

New Zealand resident, and been incorporated in

New Zealand, or have a centre of management or

head office in New Zealand.

How much will it cost?

This is a free service that we offer as part of the

government’s drive to increase innovation, research and

development, and high-value business in New Zealand.

A problem shared is a problem halved. Callaghan Innovation can connect you with other world-class innovators

and rapid adopters of new ideas, standards and ways of thinking.

Collaborative Projects

How does business collaboration work?

Phone us on 0800 422 552 and we’ll put you in contact

with a business relationship manager to discuss your

particular needs.

Your business relationship manager will frame up your

project objectives, and if appropriate, find and introduce

you to like-minded business that you could work with.

Case study – C-Prize

The New Zealand screen industry’s reputation for cutting-edge filmmaking is recognised around the world. Directors are increasingly using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to capture new perspectives and tell their stories. Combining New Zealand’s open airspace and progressive regulations presented an awesome opportunity for New Zealand innovators and entrepreneurs to commercialise world-leading UAV technology for the screen industry.

In 2015 Callaghan Innovation created the C-Prize

competition to incentivise the advancement of

unmanned aerial vehicles in the film industry.

The ideas and innovation generated from

the competition will fuel next-generation

UAV technology for use in filmmaking.

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We can help your business grow a unique competitive edge with our expertise in:

Connecting you to collaborative Māori-oriented

business networks and clusters

Facilitating missions, workshops and discussions

with international delegations to understand global

opportunities

Helping you choose the right technical expertise and

funding to convert concepts into viable offerings

Helping you to access R&D and apply a Māori lens to

your results.

Who is this service for?

Our Māori Economy team builds and maintains relationships

with Māori stakeholders – iwi, trusts and incorporations, and

Māori businesses.

Phone us on 0800 422 552 to be put in touch with our

Māori Economy team.

Tēnā koe, nau mai haere mai. Māori businesses – be they owned or managed by Māori – are an essential

and fast-growing part of the New Zealand economy.

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Contact us: 0800 422 552

@callaghannz

callaghaninnovation.govt.nz

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