Benefits of T-Up: Customer Feedback Expanding Technical Capabilities Intellectual Property & Process Innovation Commercialisation & New Products Business Growth 60% Created new in-house Intellectual Properties 79% of companies launched new products 35% increase in annual sales revenue growth 85% Developed New skills & capabilities 66% of companies introduced innovations in their business processes 75% of projects have been successfully commercialised or are expected to be commercialised 188% increase in annual employment growth Survey conducted by NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, a division of NUS Enterprise, in 2012/13
T-Up Program: Psiber Data Pte Ltd / NMC A*STAR secondee developed a handheld network analyser (also known as WireXpert ) for the testing of high speed Ethernet copper cables, for 1 year from Nov 2012 to Oct 2014. Employment: Increased number of technical staff from 7 to 13 Sales Revenue: sales revenue increased from ~S$ 2.5 million to ~S$ 5 million Recognitions: US Electronics Testing Laboratory (ETL) certification revision of TIA and ISO standards for next generation cabling infrastructure Range of Products & Services: Enhanced features of Psiber s product: Most advanced cable certification for all the standards First cable certification up to 2500 MHz Measurement accuracy independently exceeds ISO Level V* (draft), IV and TIA Level IIIe Accuracy requirements.
T-Up Program: BECE Pte Ltd / IME BeCe TM High Performance Test Sockets A*STAR secondee provided the characterization and simulations on company s WLBeCe buttons, for 6 months from Sep 2013 to Feb 2014. Sales Revenue: With year ending 2014, company s sales have increased by 100%, compared to Year 2013 Patents & Recognition: In the process of working with IPOS on the IP application Successfully launched company's new High Frequency test sockets in USA and Europe regions and secured more than half a million dollars worth of orders Successfully engaged with two new customers resulting from the newly developed WLBeCe test socket and also receiving repeating orders Range of Products & Services: 5 new products for semiconductor test industry: HTOL, HAST, bench test, EMMI and low Inductance Burn-in.
T-Up Program: SOLVES Innovative Technology Pte Ltd / IMRE A*STAR secondee developed a method called CASC ALD (Computational fluid dynamics Assisted Synchronous Controlled ALD), for 1 year from Dec 2011 to Nov 2012. Patents: Filed 1 patent Another 2 patents are in the process of filling Recognitions: Customer s letter of recognition Stanley Engineered Fastening Growth in business: NDA were signed with 2 fastener makers, 1 US and 1 local to produce colour fasteners Range of Products & Services Chameleon colour is a new service that can be adopted by several industries; especially for miniaturized fastener identification and decoration purpose.
T-Up Program: Façade Global Master Pte Ltd / SIMTech A*STAR secondee designed, developed and built a functional prototype of modular lighting using printed lighting technology, for 9 months from Feb 2013 to Dec 2013. Sales Revenue: Expected to increase from $200,000 in 2014 to more than $2 million in 2015 Awards & Recognitions: Finalist of RedDot Design Award 2013 Patents & Recognition: In the process of applying for patents in the areas of printed lighting on glass and on facade Range of Products & Services: New product, Art of Wall : world s first printed lighting on glass and first parametrically designed modular lighting wall decoration
T-Up Program: Clault Pte Ltd / I 2 R A*STAR secondee designed and implemented secure cloud-based information asset protection solution and uploading solution for very large files, for 1.5 years from Jun 2011 to Nov 2012. Customers: 40 cloud pilot users and 4 enterprises Employment: Expanded R&D team from 2 to 6 In-House Efficiency Improved in-house efficiency by at least 30% Patents and Recognition: Filed 1 patent Awards & Recognitions: 2012 Red Herring Asia Top 100 Companies Award Semi-finalist in Innotribe Award Range of Products & Services: New products: Gatekeeper, Clault Sync
T-Up Program: ERS Industries Pte Ltd / IHPC A*STAR secondee identified potential hot spots and improved heat dissipation in high performance server racks, for 3 months from Jan 2013 to Apr 2014. Sales Revenue: Projected sales revenue growth from $5 million to $35 million for Asia Pacific market & to $100 million in 5 years for Global market Awards & Recognitions: New design of server rack was a finalist in Singapore infocomm Technology Federation Awards 2013 Development Time Reduce development time of new product by 70% Range of Products & Services New generation of server rack with 8 innovative features
T-Up Program: PJI Contract Pte Ltd / SIMTech T-Up is the most effective SME assistance initiative we have experienced. Within a short span of 1 year, we filed for 1 patent and produced products that are competitive enough to take on the export market. Philip Loh Managing Director PJI Contract A*STAR secondee initiated new R&D areas and boosted R&D spending, participated in sales visits to help company understand clients technical needs, and developed new coatings that were fire-restraining and heatrejecting for buildings and metal structures, from Apr 2011 Mar 2012 Quality of Client Engagement: Improved understanding of technical needs of clients through participation in sales visits Improved speed of response to clients requests Range of Products & Services New service to treat mineral surfaces for increased friction, to improve walkway safety Sag resistant coating for vertical surface Polyurethane injection grout developed during T-Up and material was put on sale under the trade name ' Delta PU1'.
T-Up Program: HistoIndex Pte Ltd / SIMTech The T-Up programme is not only useful for small start-up firms to hire experts to answer their immediate technological needs, but also play a critical role in providing such firms with the roadmap for future products after the T-Up secondment has ended. A*STAR secondee built new R&D unit for Nonlinear endoscopy technology targeted for in-vivo and real-time diagnosis in clinic operation, for 2 years from Jan 2011- Jan 2013 Gideon Ho CEO HistoIndex Sales Revenue: Increased $1 mil from 2011-12 Awards & Recognitions: BioSpectrum Asia Emerging Company of the Year IBM Smartcamp Beijing Regional Final 2012 Winner Response Time for Svc & Maintenance $50% Reduction Lead Time for New Product Release to Market Reduced from 8-12 weeks to 4 weeks
T-Up Program: Hoiio Pte Ltd / I 2 R A*STAR secondee led product development roadmap for Hoiio Phone, and created voice broadcasting/polling app for Hoiio Apps platform, for 1 year from Sep 2011 to Aug 2012 Growth in Client Base: Increase from 2.2 to 3.8 K users in a year for Hoiio Phone 100 companies using Hoiio Apps Hoiio API adopted by 20 companies for their own apps Awards & Recognitions: DEMO Asia 2012 People's Choice Award SITF 2012 Gold Award for Cloud Solution SITF 2012 Judges Choice Award
. Benefitted from 5 T-UP PROJECTS Development and optimization of wash-based high-content cellular assays with cells of unique characteristic by DropArray technology - Keratinocytes Optimization of use of poorly-adherent cells with DropArray technology Development of flow cytometry application with DropArray plates for retention of suspension cells by wells of indentation or increased surface area Super-hydrophobic composite coatings on PTFE plate for DropArray technology Development of integrated surface modification for plastic plates to optimize cellular assays by DropArrayTM technology Launch of new products, resulting in 200%-350% y-o-y revenue growth Expansion of market territories from Singapore and U.S. (West), to U.S. (East), China, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Europe Build strong Intellectual Properties in biological applications and product development.
Benefitted from 3 T-UP PROJECTS Enhancement of the Learning-On-The-Move Pocket Trips Platform : Integration of Payment Gateway and Advertising Portal Development of a Learning- On-The-Move (LOTM) 2, The Future of Mobile Learning Pocket-Trips Phase 3 Develop new Intellectual Properties E Increase in Technical Staff - Expansion of R&D team by 60%. - RSE joined LDR as the Head of IT. External Recognitions - Best APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT) 2012 - Best SITF (Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation) 2012 - SMEs Asia Award Singapore - SiTF Gold Award as the Best Innovative Product (Enterprise)
Benefitted from 2 T-UP PROJECTS Development of business activity monitoring (BAM) tools for pallet manufacturing BPM system Development of raw materials management system for LHT Improvement in business efficiency - Reduce inventory by 15% - Reduce annual business costs by $130,000 Revenue Increase Increasing LHT s revenue by about 25% from 2010 to 2015 External Recognition SMF Business Model Innovation Award 2014