Global Expert
Case studies

Global Expert connects New Zealand companies to international expertise. From concept to commercialisation the service can be used at all points in the innovation cycle. Here are some examples of how New Zealand companies have overcome challenges using Global Expert.  

Technology/Science Validation

Auckland company Mastip used Global Expert to focus on a brazing problem and received many leads and new information.
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Meat Biologics Research Limited used Global Expert to access top international expertise to help validate science in the development of a novel product. 
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Product/Process Development

Cracking a complex technical problem has opened the way for Auckland company BW Murdoch Limited to develop a faster, cheaper and more environmentally friendly cleaning system for food manufacturing plants.
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eBUS was looking for an IT professional to lead its team of in-house software developers for a tricky R&D project. 
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When forestry biotechnology company ArborGen found some of the mother plants from one of its elite pine tree breeding programmes were failing, the company contacted Global Expert for help.
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Southern Lights Biomaterials used Global Expert to find a global wizard in bovine tissue processing. 
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Supply Chain Assistance

With supplies of a component of its environmental monitoring equipment nearly depleted, Hamilton company iQuest used Global Expert to scour the globe for an alternative supply source. 
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Commercialisation Assistance

Immune Solutions is a biotechnology company based at the Centre for Innovation at the University of Otago. Formed in 2003, Immune Solutions is commercialising world leading oral delivery technology that is designed to replace injections, aerosols and patches. 
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Technologies developed by AgResearch to enrich the selenium content of foods are a step closer to commercialisation, after a worldwide search through the Global Expert service.
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