MICG Survey for Potential Engagement
The MICG is a unique consortium of industrial and academic partners working together to accelerate R&D, technology adoption and development of advanced ceramics in the Midlands.

Through a collaboration of researchers, manufacturers and end-user companies, it is ideally placed to tackle the challenges of de-risking innovation - enabling faster commercialisation to bring new products and new technologies more speedily to market.

Thank you for agreeing to take part in this survey to help us to better understand your company’s needs.

Through this survey, we aim to assess the business development, innovation and product commercialisation needs of businesses of all sizes in the Midlands.

This will help the MICG to develop an evidence-based business case for its current and future activities.
Please note that all responses will be treated as confidential and the survey analysis will not allow for respondents to be identified. The survey is facilitated by Dr Cathryn Hickey.

If you have any questions regarding the survey, please email the facilitator Cathryn.Hickey@amricc.com

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Your Name
Company Name
What's your role?
Provide the location or postcode of where your company operates
How many people work at your company?
Total employees in the Midlands
Total in the UK
Total worldwide
An estimate of company turnover
In the Midlands
In the UK
Worldwide
What is your main business activity?
What is the main business activity in your Midlands location?
Which of the following challenges are important to your business. Select all that apply.
Which business challenge is the most important?
Clear selection
How important are developments in new ceramic-based materials to your business and its competitiveness?
Not relevant
Critically important
Clear selection
Tell us why new or improved ceramic-based materials or their production are relevant and important for your business
What new market opportunities would your company like to develop?
What are the barriers to a new product or process innovation in your company – put them on a scale of 0-9 where 0 is no barrier at all and 9 is a significant barrier:
Basic research
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Necessary knowledge and skills
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Research facilities and equipment
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Collaboration and knowledge transfer with partners
No barrier
Signifcant barrier
Clear selection
Funding or investment
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Time
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
What are the barriers to commercialising and bringing into production either a new product or manufacturing process; put them on a scale of 0-9 where 0 is no barrier at all and 9 is a significant barrier:
Availability of pilot or upscaling equipment
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Shortage of necessary knowledge, skills and expertise to upscale
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Time to do upscaling
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Availability of finance or funding to upscale
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Key partners to provide necessary help or knowledge to upscale
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Shortage of staff with necessary business skills
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
Lack of testing, standardisation and quality control expertise
No barrier
Significant barrier
Clear selection
What help would you seek from the MICG to enable your company to better innovate, bring new products to market or develop new or improved production processes? Please put them on a scale of 0-9 where 0 is not very likely to use and 9 is very likely to use:
Necessary knowledge and skills to innovate
Not likely to use
Very likely to use
Clear selection
Training or skills development to scale-up technology
Not likely to use
Very likely to use
Clear selection
Pilot and upscaling production facilities and expertise
Not likely to use
Very likely to use
Clear selection
Incubator or accelerator service
Not likely to use
Very likely to use
Clear selection
Benefit from research to research knowledge transfer
Not likely to use
Very likely to use
Clear selection
Benefit from business to business knowledge transfer
Not likely to use
Very likely to use
Clear selection
Research facilities expertise
Not likely to use
Very likely to use
Clear selection
Technical advice and service
Not likely to use
Very likely to use
Clear selection
How important is the availability of this type of support in developing your products and manufacturing processes to maintain competitiveness?
Not relevant
Critically important
Clear selection
In terms of specific technical challenges, which of the following areas is your company interested in; indicate all those of interest:
Is there an area for business development your company would like to pursue? If so, which area?
Thank you for your time in completing this survey. If you are interested in being more involved with the MICG please provide a contact email and phone number for a contact from the group to discuss your requirements further.
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