R&D @ Low Fixed Cost
Successful companies maintain their innovation focus also in times of economic slowdown. They innovate not just products, or market positions; they also revolutionise their way of working* *
Doing all the R&D in house is no longer a viable option: everybody has to work with other parties. Implementing the concept of co-creation is a very efficient way to continue innovation without time and money consuming process of building and maintaining a new internal expertise base.
In the process of co-creation, companies need strong R&D partners that understand the industrial context, can keep a secret, and know the latest developments in science and technology and are pragmatic. That is what NIZO food research offers: a relevant temporary extension of you in-company R&D.
As all work is done on a project basis, you will have the benefits of top expertise complementary to your own R&D organisation. You can transfer the technology that is co-created in your product with NIZO to your company as soon as it proves to be successful: NIZO can help you to do this!
NIZO food research can help you to CONTINUE developing and applying new technologies BUT AT LOW FIXED COST!
On this website, you can find various examples of how we have assisted the food & beverage, dairy and ingredient industries with their innovations, optimisations and test productions.
Let us surprise you! TRY US!
You are welcome to contact us for an exploratory meeting, by phone or in person, to discuss opportunities for your company.
ad.juriaanse@nizo.nl
CEO NIZO food research
Below are a few examples of how NIZO food research helps industry to be more profitable
- bioactive peptide application with improved taste
- stabilisation of dairy drinks
- natural in-situ folate production
- Proving a health claim
- cell-factory and production process development for a pharmaceutical ingredient
Relevant for our French clients:
For the year 2009, NIZO food research has been approved as a research organization by the French Ministry of Economy (Crédit Impôt Recherche). Therefore, companies subcontracting R&D work to NIZO can have tax credit based on the claimed volume of R&D expenditures.
Some of the clients we work for (and who allow us to tell..)
* *Lowering R&D budgets will lead to a delay compared to competitors, suggests recent innovation literature. A UK study demonstrates that companies cutting R&D and marketing budgets in times of economic down turn had a ROCE of 0.6% in subsequent recovery, whereas companies that continued their R&D, showed a ROCE of 23.8%. Apparently, it is a good investment to maintain R&D spending to ascertain that the innovation pipeline is filled and is ready for new product launches if economy speeds up again.
