Innovia Technology Ltd
Innovia Technology is a global innovation consultancy specialising in the front end of innovation. We help our clients to outperform their competitors and change the world for good through breakthrough innovation. Together, we make it happen.
Innovia Technology is a global innovation consultancy specialising in the front end of innovation, working with the best companies in the world to create opportunities for growth. We blend inclusive analysis with real-world commercial expertise. Structured and systematic, we leave no stone unturned in our search for the best solution.
We’re proud of the fact that we’ve helped several of our clients innovate on over 100 different projects. Our clients include Procter & Gamble, Shell, Boeing, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Heinz and Bayer. We measure our success by the strength of the relationships we build, many spanning decades. 80% of our business is repeat business.
What makes us better? We call it holistic innovation. We combine creativity with structure, drawing on a wide range of capabilities ranging from science and manufacturing to behaviour and design. Our holistic approach enables us to tackle complex challenges efficiently. It ensures that solutions are well rounded, with a scientific basis, a compelling customer proposition, and a solid business case.
Our people combine wide-ranging expertise with a willingness to overturn orthodoxies and a passion for creativity. Above all, they share a commitment to making it happen. We can explore more options and create better answers than would be possible by deploying different specialisms sequentially.
We’re pragmatists, not idealists – we know what works in the real world, and factor in what’s achievable given the knowledge, resources and culture of our client. Working in so many different sectors gives us an incredible breadth of knowledge and insight, and means we can bring a fresh perspective to our clients that opens up new possibilities for innovation.
Our solutions work well and drive growth: they are emotionally compelling and commercially effective. We’re agile and responsive, delivering just what you need to make it happen.
Together, we make it happen.
Products and services
Creating Exceptional Absorbency
For more than 40 years, Bounty has been America’s top-selling paper towel. Bounty combines strength and absorbency to help parents tackle the toughest messes around the home. Procter & Gamble asked Innovia to identify ways to take Bounty's performance to the next level.
Innovia’s ideas for multi-scale absorbent structures inspired the new generation Bounty, patented and launched in 2014.
Modelling Shaving
The shaving industry is a highly competitive field, led by Procter & Gamble's Gillette brand. Shaving has to deliver contradictory benefits, such as closeness and comfort, which depend on the subtle interplay of many physical parameters. P&G asked Innovia to help it navigate this complex design space.
Innovia’s quantitative approach enabled P&G's scientists to predict future behaviour for a wide range of design parameters. P&G is continuing to use Innovia’s insights and models to support development of future products.
Novel Thickeners For Grease
Shell’s Lubricants Discovery Hub is at the forefront of research in lubricant technology and it challenged Innovia to find alternative approaches to thickening grease.
Innovia’s work has created five valuable patents for Shell, for example WO2014122273A1. It will ensure that, across the globe, rotating equipment continues to run smoothly.
Next Generation Paint
AkzoNobel is a world-class manufacturer of decorative coatings, with leading brands such as Dulux, Hammerite, and the professional brand Sikkens. It asked Innovia to identify emerging technologies applicable to wall coatings and to create concepts that would offer new benefits for both professionals and DIY consumers.
As a result of the collaboration with Innovia, AkzoNobel has identified three specific opportunities that it is taking forward.
Making breakthrough innovation happen
Breakthrough innovation is at the heart of everything Innovia does. Each assignment is tailored through discussion with our client to meet their specific needs and to produce results that can easily be integrated and acted upon. Here are some typical examples of challenges we are asked to address:
Breakthrough Innovation: create new products or services to grow the business or respond to a significant threat or opportunity
Identifying Cost Reduction Opportunities: look beyond value engineering for major opportunities to enhance the cost-effectiveness of a product, process or service
Design & Facilitation of Innovation Workshops: catalyse discussions within a client team and help them reach beyond limiting assumptions and beliefs
Assessment of Technologies & Markets: help our clients manage the risk and make smart decisions about investment in a new business
Intellectual Property Landscaping: develop practical strategies and tactics to overcome patent threats and protect our client's businesses
Learning Exchanges: pool expertise and experience of clients in non-competing industries to accelerate innovation performance
Visit http://www.innoviatech.com or contact us to learn more about how we can apply our proven approach to your specific needs.
Breakthrough innovation
Examples
Innovation Workshops
Catalyse discussions within a multi-stakeholder team and reach beyond limiting assumptions
Technology Mapping
Find and assess opportunities in large technology spaces. Variants include: landscapes, roadmaps, technology scouting and technology due diligence
Innovation for Sustainability
Deliver a step-change in sustainability performance by creating new products and processes that balance the needs of business, society and the environment
Innovation for Growth
Align long-term innovation objectives with the growth plan
Make It Real
Accelerate the development of early stage concepts
Manufacturing Innovation
Apply system-level thinking for radical improvement in manufacturing
Patent Landscaping
Develop strategies and practical approaches to enable new business opportunities and safeguard existing business
Cost Reduction
Look beyond value engineering for major opportunities to enhance the cost-effectiveness of a product, process or service
Learning Exchanges
Learn from professionals in non-competing industries
Scenario Planning
Create plausible views of the future business environment to guide today's decisions
