Sponsors & Exhibitors for the Front End of Innovation Europe



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    • Cambridge Consultants

      Cambridge Consultants develops breakthrough products, creates and licenses intellectual property, and provides business consultancy in technology critical issues. With a team of over 250 engineers, designers, scientists and consultants, Cambridge Consultants offers solutions across a range of industries including medical technology, industrial and consumer products, automotive, transport and wireless communications.

      http://www.cambridgeconsultants.com

    • CogniStreamer® Innovation Portal 3.0

      CogniStreamer® Innovation Portal 3.0 is an open innovation and collaboration platform to create, enrich, assess en develop innovative ideas within strategically selected areas. The portal is an ideal collaborative platform that invites your employees to join forces with external partner companies or knowledge centers to actively build a strong innovation portfolio. On the other hand it provides powerful resources for sharing and exchanging internal and external knowledge. The CogniStreamer® framework - an open, web-based framework to develop Web2.0 applications – is a product of Indie Group, a leading manufacturer of collaboration software used by industry leaders such as Atlas Copco, Bekaert, Case New Holland, Cytec, Picanol and Solutia.
      http://www.cognistreamer.com

    • CREAX

      CREAX is a research organisation dedicated to empower the worldwide innovation potential while using the most effective and inventive problem solving resources. We link worldwide existing fragmented knowledge sources to solve new problems and generate new markets. We team up a group of enthusiastic innovation managers and engineers from the complete circle of knowledge backgrounds. CREAX furthermore offers state-of-the art innovation software, bringing cutting edge computer aided innovation tools. CREAX is actively partnering in innovation programs for building an innovation culture in companies like P&G, Taminco, Tate&Lyle, Goodyear, Alpro, Linde, Henkel.

       
      http://creax.com

    • Erehwon Innovation Consulting

      Our reason for existence is our passion for fueling and realizing quantum innovation. We live to create new value and enjoy discovering the new in what others create.

      We are an Innovation Consulting firm that inspires and enables organizations to leverage quantum innovation for breakthrough results.

      We do it through orbit-shifting interventions which could need consulting, facilitating and training.
      The outcome usually is a new orbit which throws up entirely new opportunities and aspirations.

      A new growth orbit infuses new energy in the organization, a new approach and new business directions, provoking leaders, teams and organizations to achieve quantum jumps, by design.

      Based in Bangalore and Singapore, Erehwon has two decades of experience in the field.  We have worked with organizations across different sectors and across continents.
      http://www.erehwonconsulting.com

    • Hype Software

      HypeIMT is Europe's most widely installed idea management software for new product development. With more than 80 installations in Europe, the US and Australia, HypeIMT supports global leaders like BASF, Bosch, Ford, Nokia-Siemens, Procter & Gamble, and Roche, as well as many medium-sized companies, in managing the early stages of the innovation process. No matter whether you and your team presently manage your product ideas with PowerPoint templates and Excel diagrams, or whether you work with a home-grown idea database – HypeIMT can assist you in managing your innovation pipeline even more effectively. The hallmarks of HypeIMT are exceptional flexibility and ease of customization, resulting in a fast and cost-effective enterprise-wide implementation.

      http://www.hype.de/en

    • Imaginatik

      Imaginatik is a software and professional services company specializing in Innovation and Idea Management. For over ten years we have worked with the most demanding companies in a wide variety of industries, delivering tangible return on investment through the use of our services and our software, Idea Central. Our customers include companies like Pfizer, Georgia-Pacific, W. R. Grace, Bayer, Cargill, Henkel, Hallmark and Chevron.

      We have offices in the US, UK, Spain, and Germany, and a network of partners around the world. Our main offices are in Boston, MA and in Winchester, UK.

       
      http://www.imaginatik.com

    • Innovation Framework Technologies

      Think of Innovation Framework Technologies as your fast-track to innovation excellence and your specialist advisor on how best to leverage innovation processes, to reduce idea-to-product-to-market time and grow revenues, profits and market share.
      Our software solutions uniquely deliver packaged, best-practice business processes for Idea Management, Portfolio Management, Stage Gate® product development process, Project & Resource Management, Financial Planning and Forecasting, Product and Technology Road-Mapping.
      With headquarters in New York and Paris, IFT operates throughout North America, Europe and Korea.
      http://www.innovation-framework.com

    • I-Nova

      I-Nova software is the only genuine Front End of Innovation solution that combines insight, ideation and idea management. Our clients in the Oil, Chemicals, Equipment and Consumers Goods industries have increased their revenues and profits from new products by up to 30%. By using I-Nova and its unique correlation Engine, they are able to generate breakthroughs and innovations. In addition to its best-in-class idea management system, I-Nova Software provides the Voice of Customer, Web2.0 and Data Mining features that traditional idea management systems lack. With more than 50 customers among Fortune 2000 companies and offices in the US, Germany and France, I-Nova is the fastest growing FEI Software company with 3 digit growth in annual revenue for the past 2 years.
      http://www.i-novasoftware.com

    • Invention Machine Corporation

      A leading provider of innovation software, Invention Machine drives sustainable innovation by empowering companies to generate breakthrough ideas that accelerate and sustain product development. Global 2000 manufacturers in more than 25 countries rely on Invention Machine for product innovation, process improvement and market expansion. For additional information please visit www.invention-machine.com.
      http://www.invention-machine.com

    • Microsoft

      Microsoft launched an initiative to help customers apply information technologies to address the challenges of innovation by delivering solutions that enable corporations to manage the end-to-end innovation process with greater transparency, coordination, and discipline. This initiative is formally referred to as Innovation Process Management (IPM). Microsoft's innovation process management solutions are built around three key aspects of the overall process of managing innovation: Ideation & Knowledge Capture, Process & Knowledge Management and Project & Portfolio Management. This process is facilitated by an integrated enterprise project management and business productivity infrastructure that includes collaboration, unified communications, business intelligence, enterprise content management and enterprise search.

      http://www.microsoft.com

    • NineSigma

      NineSigma's proprietary process, based on the principles of Open Innovation, enables Global 1000 clients to locate, connect and facilitate real business partnerships for bringing inventive new technologies and concepts to market.  NineSigma's open network of innovators spans industries, geographies, and technical disciplines.  It is the largest of its kind, and includes universities, industry leaders, trade organizations, research labs and inventors from around the world.
      http://www.ninesigma.com

    • Philips Applied Technologies

      Philips Applied Technologies is a dedicated contract development supplier supporting the development of products and applications, and technical solutions for both Philips Product Divisions and a growing number of customers outside Philips.  Initial ideas are transformed into competitive first-of-a-kind products and manufacturing solutions with our knowledge in the fields of applied technologies, consultancy and services.  For more information, visit www.apptech.philips.com
       
      http://www.apptech.philips.com/index.htm

    • PRTM

      Since 1976, PRTM has created a competitive advantage for its clients by changing the way companies operate. PRTM management consultants work with senior executives to develop and implement innovative operational strategies that deliver breakthrough results. The firm is a leader in operational strategy, supply chain, product development, and customer management.

      http://www.prtm.com

    • Marquee Sponsor

      Sagentia

      Sagentia is a global technology management and product development company.  Established in 1986, our unwavering commitment to innovation has led to the launch of new technologies, services and breakthrough products in six global markets. We employ more than 200 staff and have offices in six locations worldwide.
      http://www.sagentia.com