Innovation & Seafood Development Centre
|
The Bord Iascaigh Mhara Seafood Development Centre is the first dedicated innovation facility for the Irish seafood sector. This state of the art facility will enable companies to exploit and maximise the market potential for Irish seafood by fostering and integrating innovation into feasible business strategies and the development of new products and processes for the seafood industry. |
 |
The centre is integrated with BIM's Business Development and Innovation programme and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division to ensure Irish seafood companies are equipped with all the necessary services to exploit market opportunities.
 What is the BIM Seafood Development Centre (SDC)?
The SDC has an overall space of 768 m2 and includes following facilities:
What can the BIM Seafood Development Centre do for your business?
The overall aim of the SDC is to grow your business and to add sustainable, profitable, competitive, value-added offerings that meet your end customers’ requirements.
By working through a regional hub approach (North East, East and South West; the SDC will provide an integrated service to the Irish Seafood Industry.
What sets the BIM Seafood Development Centre apart from other centres?
1. Our Expert Staff
- have the passion and unique expertise to drive your business forward.
- can help you to assess if it is really is the right time for your idea and if it is at the right cost?
- are keenly aware of the markets and can identify the best route to market to ensure you get a return on your investment.
- will push YOU to take the idea past 90% to completion.
- have the relevant knowledge of wider food industry technologies.
- are commercially aware and can turn third level R&D concepts into products, processes and profits.
- have a passion for innovation and new technology and will make sure you know what you can do.
- will advise you on business and market planning.
2. Our Outlook
- We will review ideas from around the world through the SDC innovation hall of fame to benchmark competitors and to give you a global view of developments.
- We will deliver the necessary experience, information and knowledge.
- We will adopt a commercially focused approach to all ideas, big and small, enabling your business to grow by combining insightful business intelligence with technological support.
3. Our range
- Covers all seafood categories including mussels, seaweed, pelagic, whitefish, salmon, crab, prawn and shellfish.
- Facilitates primary producers, start ups, as well as established companies.
- Includes In-factory and In-house development work.
4. Our principles for the BIM SDC are simple
- It is a place where your ideas remain strictly confidential
- It provides you with a safe environment to allow you to test ideas and products before committing to full commercialisation and capital investment costs.
- It links with other relevant institutions so you get the best that technology can buy.
Funding – charges
There is no charge to discuss ideas.
BIM will charge a modest daily fee from 2010 to cover utilities and basis materials which can be advised on application.
BIM will support your application for innovation grant support through either BIM schemes or through other appropriate agency schemes.
Contact details
Innovation Co-ordinator Dr. Susan Steele steele@bim.ie
BIM Seafood Development Centre, Clogheen Road, Clonakilty, Co. Cork.
Telephone 01 2144 280 | Mobile 087 6825294 | email SDC@bim.ie
BIM Seafood Development Centre - Making the most of Irish Seafood
|