{"id":100126,"date":"2017-08-19T05:53:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T03:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/bay-innovators-to-benefit-from-international-consortium\/"},"modified":"2017-08-19T05:53:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T03:53:18","slug":"bay-innovators-to-benefit-from-international-consortium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/bay-innovators-to-benefit-from-international-consortium\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay innovators to benefit from international consortium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bay innovators to benefit from international consortium<\/a>: <\/p>\n

\"Anita<\/p>\n

Photographed with the new Stepcraft CNC technology at the Propella Business Incubator are (from left to right): Anita Palmer (Business Incubator Manager, Propella), Robert Bosch (Rubber Nano Products, Incubatee at Propella) and Leon\u00e9 Nowell (Acting Director, Innovation Office). Photo: Innovation Office\/ Elzaan le Roux<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Nelson Mandela Bay innovators will benefit from computer numerical control (CNC) technology funded by an international collaboration project between various South African and European universities.<\/p>\n

The two-year knowledge exchange project, which ends in October this year, focussed on Entrepreneurship, Modernization and Innovation in South Africa (EMISHA) and was funded by the European Union\u2019s Erasmus+ Programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur involvement in the EMISHA project has enabled us to better serve our innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, in line with global technology transfer best practice, while expanding our network of international peers for future partnerships,\u201d said Leon\u00e9 Nowell, Acting Director of Nelson Mandela University\u2019s Innovation Office.<\/p>\n

As an EMISHA project partner, Nelson Mandela University\u2019s Innovation Office was able to acquire the Stepcraft CNC machine \u2013 now housed at Propella Business Incubator due to their advanced manufacturing development focus – to enable innovators and incubatees in the sector to create low volume 3-D prototypes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPropella wishes to thank the Nelson Mandela University for providing this facility that will complement our current service offering within the prototype laboratory. This four-axis machining centre will now enable us to fine-tune prototypes and produce low volume \u2018soft\u2019 modules ideally suited for running pre-production trials,\u201d said Propella\u2019s Senior Industrial Advisor, Grant Minnie.<\/p>\n

One of the EMISHA project goals was to enhance effective university-industry relationships with the intention of expediting the commercialisation of technologies and assisting innovators to reach the market sooner.<\/p>\n

The consortium delegates attended a workshop hosted at Propella in November 2016 and were impressed by the close working relationship between Nelson Mandela University and Propella Business Incubator.<\/p>\n

Oddn\u00fd Sverrisd\u00f3ttir, Project Coordinator at Sweden\u2019s Uppsala University International Office, said they had learnt a great deal about the innovation and technology transfer space from the South African perspective through the EMISHA collaboration.<\/p>\n

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