A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between UWE Bristol and\nViper Innovations has been graded as “Outstanding” by Innovate UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Viper Innovations Ltd is an established provider of\nindustry-leading products for integrity monitoring of electrical cabling in\nsubsea oil and gas production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the start of the 18 month KTP, Viper’s business was in\nsubsea oil and gas, but it recognised its technology had potential for other\nsectors. A new opportunity in rail highlighted the need for different models of\nengagement to drive forward technical innovation in new sectors. The original\naim was to use UWE’s co-creative innovation expertise to establish an\nintegrated user-led product innovation process, speeding up time to market and\nde-risking technical developments. Kim Mahoney, the Associate, brought\noutstanding marketing skills and experience and her proactive approach was a\nkey element in the success of the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, the KTP realised some significant achievements over\na relatively short period, enabling an innovative SME to accelerate development\nof its CableGuardian product in collaboration with a large national operator,\nNetwork Rail, and many other partners. It has provided a clear route to grow Viper’s\nbusiness through an effective diversification strategy. For the academics, it\nprovided opportunities for research publications and extremely useful\npractitioner contacts. The Associate gained invaluable experience in both\nindustry and academic fields, undertook a range of professional training and is\ntaking up a new role in industry as well as a part-time Lecturer position at\nUWE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe would like to\nthank our Academic Partners at UWE for their invaluable contribution and\ndedication to this project. The KTP has proven to be an excellent vehicle for\ntransferring and embedding a level of knowledge and understanding to the\nbusiness which would likely have not taken place without it. Consequently,\nViper Innovations has taken a step change in its approach to product\ndevelopment, which ultimately ensures alignment to our clients\u2019 needs, reduces\nour cost and time to market and provides a level of clarity in understanding of\nnew market opportunity and how best to communicate the benefits of each product\nto each user.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Max Nodder, Business\nDevelopment Director at Viper Innovations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This partnership received financial support from the\nKnowledge Transfer Partnerships programme (KTP). KTP aims to help businesses to improve their\ncompetitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge,\ntechnology and skills that reside within the UK knowledge base. This successful Knowledge Transfer\nPartnership project, funded by UK Research and Innovation through Innovate UK,\nis part of the government\u2019s Industrial Strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Congratulations to all involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To find out more about KTP\u2019s please visit our\nwebsite<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between UWE Bristol and Viper Innovations has been graded as “Outstanding” by Innovate UK. Viper Innovations Ltd is an established provider of industry-leading products for integrity monitoring of electrical cabling in subsea oil and gas production. At the start of the 18 month KTP, Viper’s business was in subsea oil … Continue reading “Knowledge Transfer Partnership graded \u2018Outstanding\u2019”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":1140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":145,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1451,1450,145,1452,127],"tags":[11,40,151,796,46,74,75,420,76,215],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge-transfer-partnership","category-knowledge-transfer-partnerships","category-ktp","category-ktps","category-research-business-innovation","tag-bristol","tag-innovate-uk","tag-knowledge-transfer-partnership","tag-knowledge-transfer-partnerships","tag-ktp","tag-uwe","tag-uwe-bristol","tag-uwe-ktp","tag-uwe-research","tag-viper-innovations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7055,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions\/7055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}