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In this issue:
New Companies at e-centre
Opportunity at the e-centre for new businesses
Mobile Computing
Innovation at MasseyUniversity and e-centre
New Companies at the e-centre
We welcome Warren Young of Times-7
Times-7 specialises in RFID solutions, with world leading antenna design
and tag design. The technology solves historical RFID environmental
barriers in tagging of metal objects.
Times-7 Research has developed passive RFID technology for high
speed identification that is at a significantly lower cost than any existing
RFID system in the market. For more information contact: warren.young@times-7.com or visit www.times-7.com
And
Greg Murphy of Black Dog Solutions
Black Dog Solutions is a New Zealand based software development
company that offers a range of easy to use software modules, primarily
for the ERP market, customised exactly to the needs of your business.
Their simple software solutions can be added to, or replace existing
software and can greatly improve transparency and efficiency –
particularly for a business struggling with ordering, manufacturing and
inventory control.
For those in the design trade, Black Dog have also developed smart
exporting and catalogue development tools for 2020 design users.
Contact office@blackdogsolutions.co.nz or visit
www.blackdogsolutions.co.nz
Also
Hamish Coop of CMC Technology Export Centre
CMCTEC is an export accelerator taking NZ technology innovation into
the Indian market and is based at the e-centre. We have partnered
with the large Indian technology integrator CMC Limited which is
strongly linked to Indian and global market opportunities through the
much larger MNC Tata Group.
R Ramanan CEO of CMC, will be visiting the e-centre again in early May
and meeting companies that have registered interest in exporting to
India.
Hamish has a background in IT and engineering and previously worked
as Implementation Director for Xchanging, a London-based global
outsourcing company. If you are interested in the Indian connection
please contact Hamish.coop@cmctec.co.nz or visit www.cmctec.co.nz
Opportunity at e-centre for New Businesses
Due to the recent graduation of Zeald.com from the e-centre, we are
now interviewing for a new round of technology companies. For more
information see our website www.e-centremassey.org.nz
Mobile Computing
New Zealand consumers have been quick to adopt mobile phones for communication but will they be prepared to use their mobile devices to
make payments for goods and services?
This is one of the questions being addressed by research at a new
Research Centre. MasseyUniversity has recently established the Centre
for Mobile Computing at the Auckland campus at Albany. Professor Tony
Norris is the Director of the Centre and he has research interests in
mobile health. The Centre is also undertaking research in m-commerce
and m-learning.
The e-centre has been assisting the establishment of the Centre by
linking it to industry through a series of events. Over 40 companies
attended the event Mobile Payment Solutions, held at Microsoft House
in conjunction with Connect New Zealand, where Prof Dennis Viehland of presented research on mobile payment solutions. A seminar
on mobile health was held at the e-centre in April. For more
information about these events contact Dorian Scott:
d.scott@e-centremassey.org.nz
ph 09 443-9792
For more information about Centre for Mobile Computing contact
Prof Tony Norris: T.Norris@massey.ac.nz
Innovation at MasseyUniversity and e-centre
A competition for the best new business idea is one of the initiatives
planned by a new team at Massey. The e-centre is championing and
facilitating a new team of Massey staff, the Innovation Team, to foster innovation at the Auckland campus. The Team will meet bimonthly to
share information about commercial opportunities and industry linkages
and to plan and implement new initiatives to generate awareness of
innovation and commercialisation on the campus.
The next event will be a presentation by the Director of each Research
Centre of their innovation plans.
For more information
contact Dorian Scott: d.scott@e-centremassey.org.nz
Ph: 09 443-9792
Biodiesel plant boost for Waikato
A $40 million biodiesel plant planned for Waharoa could create up to 20
new jobs in the area.
Auckland-based company Biodiesel Oils NZ Ltd (based in e-centre) has
bought 2.6ha of land in Waharoa, northwest of Matamata, and pending resource consent, hopes to have the plant running by the end of the
year.
Biodiesel Oils NZ managing director Tom McNicholl said its new plant
would have the capacity to create 60 million litres of biodiesel a year.
"It would satisfy the whole demand for the NorthIsland," he said.
Events - Dates to Note - 1st May at e-centre
Finding global partners and expertise for New Zealand companies
Come along to an ‘Outside the Box’ breakfast presentation to hear
about the Global Technology Partnership. Find out how experts can be
sourced globally and utilised within your organisation, hear guest
speakers and discuss your company’s technical problems with the
Global Technology Partnership specialists.
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