(Possible Programme – Not yet accepted)

• Development of the value chain maps for non-automotive manufacturing:
  • Identify raw materials, processing steps, intermediate products, final products;
  • Map the matrix from raw materials to final product, incorporating processing yields, anticipated cost elements, and potential market values;
• Identify commercially-viable opportunities, gaps in existing vertically-integrated supply chains, and obstacles to exploitation;
• Link existing and / or potential new enterprises to develop the opportunities from the value chains;
• Identify research and development needs, and facilitate focused contract research and development;
• Optimisation of the supply chain of non-automotive manufacturing:
  • Utilization of the “whole source” through utilization of waste / by-products;
  • Coordination of supplies
  • Development of quality norms and standards to optimise utilization of materials between applications / value chains;
• Utilise cluster development principles to establish and develop synergistic partnerships between enterprises, especially between established and new enterprises;
• Facilitating the development of higher value products and feedstock materials, in response to market needs and opportunities in the value chains.