Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation; Supporting Economic Recovery for SMEs through Sustainability, Profitability and Growth

南安大略先进制造创新网络；

• 批准号: CCB21-2021-00257
• 负责人: Nantel, Marc
• 金额: $ 72.85万
• 依托单位: Niagara College Canada
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Technology Partnership Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=756651
• 关键词: Southern; Ontario; Network; Advanced; Manufacturing

The Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI) is an established and highly functioning network of eight post-secondary institutions designed to support small- and medium- sized enterprises in the manufacturing sector across southern Ontario. SONAMI's mission is to create a one-stop shop, providing these businesses with access to faculty, students, equipment and facilities to help them innovate and create new products and processes. SONAMI has conducted an analysis of its current impact and the broader state of advanced manufacturing in southern Ontario. Through this work, including an extensive third-party industry survey, interviews with economic development offices, industry partners and industry associations, SONAMI has identified four strategic sectors for targeted growth. Additional inputs for the selected sectors include current manufacturing strengths of the region, forecasted need, transferrable technology and skills, as well as a recognition of our SONAMI members' current strengths and future growth plans. These sectors - transportation, energy systems, medical devices, and food processing - have been identified for targeted growth of the network's capacity and activities. The Applied Research and Technology Partnership Grant (ARTP) will allow SONAMI to invest in these four strategic sectors and deepen the network's role contributing to the innovation ecosystem for southern Ontario's advanced manufacturing. All the projects' objectives are designed to result in new products, processes, and services, commercialized or adopted by the SMEs. Through the ARTP Grant SONAMI will conduct at least 42 applied research projects with industry partners in the four targeted sectors. These 42 projects will be assessed through a triple lens of sustainability, growth, and profitability, to best support the economic recovery for SMEs. ARTP SONAMI projects will need to both fit within a targeted sector as well as align to the following three criteria: 1) Sustainability: Projects will focus on achieving environmental and clean-technology solutions for SMEs.2) Profitability: Projects will support the need to increase profitability with process and supply-chain optimization and enhancing solutions for SMEs that have pivoted to made-in-Canada solutions. 3) Growth: Projects will build capabilities and knowledge around supporting employment and developing commercialized products to open local and global markets for SMEs.

南安大略先进制造创新网络 (SONAMI) 是一个由八所高等教育机构组成的成熟且运作良好的网络，旨在支持安大略省南部制造业的中小型企业。 SONAMI 的使命是创建一站式服务，为这些企业提供教师、学生、设备和设施的使用，帮助他们创新并创造新产品和流程。 SONAMI 对其当前影响以及安大略省南部先进制造业的更广泛状况进行了分析。通过这项工作，包括广泛的第三方行业调查、对经济发展办公室、行业合作伙伴和行业协会的采访，SONAMI 确定了四个有针对性的增长战略领域。选定行业的其他投入包括该地区当前的制造优势、预测的需求、可转让的技术和技能，以及对 SONAMI 成员当前优势和未来增长计划的认可。这些部门——交通、能源系统、医疗设备和食品加工——已被确定为网络能力和活动的有针对性的增长。应用研究和技术合作伙伴补助金 (ARTP) 将使 SONAMI 能够投资于这四个战略领域，并深化该网络为安大略省南部先进制造业的创新生态系统做出贡献的作用。所有项目的目标都是为了产生新产品、流程和服务，并将其商业化或被中小企业采用。通过 ARTP 拨款，SONAMI 将与四个目标领域的行业合作伙伴开展至少 42 个应用研究项目。这 42 个项目将从可持续性、增长和盈利能力三重角度进行评估，以最好地支持中小企业的经济复苏。 ARTP SONAMI 项目需要既适合目标行业，又要符合以下三个标准： 1) 可持续性：项目将专注于为中小企业实现环境和清洁技术解决方案。2) 盈利能力：项目将支持以下需求：通过流程和供应链优化以及增强已转向加拿大制造解决方案的中小企业的解决方案来提高盈利能力。 3) 增长：项目将围绕支持就业和开发商业化产品建立能力和知识，为中小企业打开本地和全球市场。