Industrial Research Limited
| Industrial Research Limited | |
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| Te Tauihu Pūtaiao | |
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| Industrial Research Limited logo | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1992 |
| Headquarters | 69 Gracefield Road, Lower Hutt 41°13′57″S 174°55′8″E / 41.2325°S 174.91889°E |
| Employees | 350 |
| Agency executives | Shaun Coffey, Chief Executive Michael Ludbrooke, Chair |
| Website | |
| www.irl.cri.nz | |
Industrial Research Limited (IRL) is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. IRL provides research, development and commercialisation services aimed at fostering industry development, economic growth and business expansion. It was established in 1992 when the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research was disbanded and its staff and assets redistributed to form the research institutes.
Like many New Zealand entities, its logo incorporates a Māori identity "Te Tauihu Pūtaiao", where Te Tauihu is the prow or leading edge of a waka (Māori war canoe) and Pūtaiao means science. The phrase is a metaphor for the way science and technology can open up new opportunities for New Zealand businesses.[1]
IRL is based at Gracefield in Lower Hutt, and has offices in Auckland and Christchurch.
After 10 years of operation, IRL commissioned a book[2] which follows the history of several scientists and their projects as they take their ideas from the lab to the market place.
In 2009, IRL ran a competition What's Your Problem New Zealand? to win up to $1 million of research and development services, receiving over 100 entries.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Briefly... Innovate 68, 26 August 2008
- ^ Parker, Selwyn. The Littlest Clue: the resurgence of New Zealand science and technology, Industrial Research Limited, 2002. ISBN 0-909049-91-5 (200 pages)
- ^ "Resene wins $1 million research competition". Radio New Zealand. 18 August 2009. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/08/18/1245c213b12a. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
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