Targeting Innovation

Food manufacture is the largest single manufacturing sector in the UK and represents approximately 20% of the manufacturing base.  Across the UK, manufacturing efficiency is at the heart of the sector's competitiveness and impacts on bottom line profitability.

Innovation plays a role in ensuring that food processing companies are capable of growth within a global market.  Major trends within the food and drink sector include:

• Diet, health and nutrition
• Indulgence
• Convenience

In addition environmental sustainability of raw materials, packaging and energy consumption are areas where companies will need to be innovative to adopt strategies to support the business plan.

The Need

To be competitive, the UK food sector needs to be innovative to maintain a competitive edge in a global market place.  Companies in this sector may be looking at innovation to develop new products and processes.

The Solution

Through Targeting Innovation food and drink companies can implement a variety of products including Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) and benefit from participation in various EU projects either as consortium members or through the Enterprise Europe Network. In addition Targeting Innovation can undertake market assessment opportunities for technology based companies that may have a cutting edge technology that could benefit the food and drink sector.

The Outcome

Companies will benefit from accessing food and drink innovation networks across Europe, participate in pan European projects to increase market opportunities and collaborations with technology providers and have point of delivery of specific innovation support eg SIT.

The Benefits 

Several companies have benefited from finding technology partners across Europe which have added value to their business operation.

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