NPD and Innovation for Food & Beverage Industry 8th annual
30-31 May 2012
Radisson Blu Hotel , Berlin
NPD and Innovation for Food & Beverage Industry 8th annual
30-31 May 2012
Radisson Blu Hotel , Berlin
CREAX
CREAX supports the innovation and research and development process of market leaders and innovation driven companies. Its mission is "helping securing the company's future by stimulating the creativity of the people and supporting the innovation process through out of the box thinking and using the world's existing knowledge".
In its 10 years of existence, CREAX developed a unique methodology for systematic innovation which proves its efficiency in various innovation projects for market leaders and innovation driven companies. The main philosophy behind CREAX is that someone already solved your problem. In today's knowledge economy, knowledge is abundant and accessible. By transffering ideas, soluntions and technologies across industries and domains, CREAX matches its external view on technology with the industry specific knowledge of the client. Within its extended client network, CREAX works with various market leaders and innovation driven companies, such as Goodyear, P&G, Atlas Copco, Sappi, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Philips and many others. A valuable knowledge source is our CREAX patent database, counting over 72 million patents. Based on the many innovation projects conducted the last decade, CREAX developed and intelligent patent robot, which filters and analyses valuable knowledge out of this database. This resulted in the development of the Creation Suite software.
Selerant
Selerant pioneers and develops the web-based Product Lifecycle Management software solution, DevEX, to elevate New Product Development and Introduction for formula-based manufacturing with tighter control and greater visibility to all data. DevEX’s seamlessly integrates legacy systems with four scalable modules: Product Development, Regulatory Compliance, Product Data Management, and Innovation Process Management. With over twenty years of experience dedicated to the formula-based manufacturing industry, Selerant has a distinctive expertise and global presence with offices worldwide.
Arthur D. Little
We are a global management consultancy specialising in strategy and operations management, serving major corporations and organizations worldwide. We are recognised as leaders in linking strategy, innovation and technology to solve our clients' most complex business issues, delivering sustainable solutions. We are distinguished from others by our deep industry insight and technology expertise. We are proud of our creative people with their commitment to our clients.
As a global service provider we employ 1,000 staff members in over 20 countries. Together with our partners at Altran Technologies, we have 17,000 professionals at our clients' disposal.
Tate & Lyle
PureCircle
PureCircle is the global leader in the production of an innovative range of high purity stevia products. The company produces natural, high purity stevia extracts for 0 calorie sweetening as well as innovative combinations across its portfolio, including natural flavours. PureCircle is leading the industry and owns a totally integrated, scalable and sustainable supply chain from proprietary leaf farming to final product. PureCircle grows stevia in more than 15 countries across 4 continents. It provides a sustainable cash crop for rural farming communities in each region and is about to publish the first industry carbon and water footprint study.
DSM Food Specialties
Cargill
Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, the privately held company employs 142,000 people in 66 countries. Cargill serves food & beverage manufacturers, foodservice companies and retailers with food and beverage ingredients and meat and poultry products and helps them to drive growth through new product innovation, increasing supply chain efficiency, optimizing product formulation and managing commodity price risk.
Elsevier
illumin8
A powerful research tool that enables internal experts to see the bigger picture and better assess the viability of new technologies, markets, and product ideas at the front-end of innovation.