Business

Brighton wins £282,000 awards

Published 22 February 2011

The University of Brighton has been awarded three Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) worth more than £282,000. KTP is a long-standing UK-wide programme enabling businesses to improve their competitiveness, productivity and performance, and it is run by the Technology Strategy Board.

Guinness Partnership

www.guinnesspartnership.com
One KTP, worth £125,372, is with the Guinness Partnership and its subsidiaries which owns and manages almost 60,000 homes throughout England and provides quality housing for people on low incomes.

The two-year project involves retro-fitting Guinness offices to deliver environmental and financial benefits. The project is designed to develop an eco-retrofit capability which can be rolled out to the Partnership’s residential homes and offices.

Involved in the project from the University of Brighton will be Dr Jonathan Gates and Dr Ahmed Abdullahi from the School of Environment and Technology.

Plastipack Ltd

www.plastipack.co.uk
A second KTP, worth £119,372, will see the university working with Plastipack Ltd, a specialist manufacturer of energy and resource-saving swimming pool and reservoir cover materials, based in St Leonards, East Sussex. This project builds on the long-term relationship the university has Plastipack, which has included two previous KTP programmes.

The two-year project aims to develop an understanding of alternative markets, their behaviours and appropriate routes-to-market, enabling growth into alternative geographical sectors and effective management of the rise and fall of seasonal demand. The project will involve Jane Priddis, Gary Priddis and Peter McCullen, from the university's Brighton Business School.

Kalimex Ltd

www.kalimex.co.uk
The third award is a shorter KTP and worth £38,000 and involves Kalimex Ltd, which specialises in the provision of a range of high-quality, innovative repair and anti-friction compounds. Kalimex's main brand, K-Seal, is the automotive market's premium cooling system leak repair additive.

The 40-week project aims to develop a validated test-rig to demonstrate that K-Seal and associated products meet the American Society for Testing and Materials standard for cooling system leak repair additives.

Dr Nicolas Miché and Professor Morgan Heikal, from the university's School of Computing Engineering and Mathematics, are involved in the project.

Find out more

For further information about KTP please go to www.ktponline.org.uk.

If you are interested in talking about KTP with the University of Brighton please call Dr Shona Campbell on 01273 642435 or email s.e.campbell@brighton.ac.uk.