Resources and Latest News
Resources
National Testing Register
The National Testing Register is hosted by Product Accelerator and covers a wide range of product performance testing, materials analysis and characterization, materials processing and manufacturing facilities.
Newsletters
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Industry Collaboration Funding
The Product Accelerator Industry Collaboration Funding is designed to enable researchers to develop
relationships and collaborations with the NZ industry and the wider NZPA network. Therefore, fundable
projects should be driven by need and Industry participation.
Latest News
Product Accelerator supported design students runner-up in 2021 James Dyson Awards
Courtney Naismith and Matthew O’Hagan, who carried out their Masters projects at the VUW School of Design Innovation supported by Product Accelerator, have been named runner-up in the 2021 James Dyson Awards for their work on 3D printed artefacts made using recycled...
Product Accelerator key research leader Prof. Johan Potgieter nominated for the 2021 KiwiNet Awards
Following the success of Prof Jim Johnston and Dr. Eldon Tate at the 2020 Kiwinet awards, Professor Johan Potgieter (Product Accelerator Research Leader for Sensing and Automation portfolio) is recognised as one of sixteen finalists in the 2021 Kiwinet Awards under...
Product Accelerator supported design students nominated for NZ Best Design Awards
Four Product Accelerator-supported students from the School of Design Innovation at Victoria University of Wellington have been nominated for the 2021 NZ Best Design Awards The NZ Best Design Awards are Australasia’s largest annual showcase of excellence in graphic,...
Product Accelerator interaction with FireTS Lab
Prof. Mark Taylor (Director Product Accelerator) had an amazing interview with Fire TS Laboratory. Mark provided an insight about our pull science model and how Product Accelerator can help with the development of a new product/technology IP in New Zealand. ...
Big win for New Zealand Product Accelerator team
Great success at the 2020 Kiwinet awards
An excellent result for Jim Johnston and Eldon Tate who collectively won 3 awards at the KiwiNet Awards. Jim is a founding PI in the NZPA and much of Jim's research led to the establishment of Inhibit Coatings which is lead by Eldon Tate whose PhD was also supported...
Inhibit Coatings – a rapid journey from PhD to Start Up Company
In response to a number of company’s market pull, the NZ Product Accelerator funded a PhD scholarship for Eldon Tate at Victoria University of Wellington to research how silver entities could be incorporated and bonded to a variety of materials to develop new...
Let’s turn those buoys into real-time mussel sensors
"A collaborative research project to improve monitoring of offshore mussel farms has moved to its next phase with sensor-laden smart buoys undergoing testing in the Marlborough Sounds Read more
Commercial concrete 3D printing takes on NZ market
"To help him connect with the right people and organisations through this process, and since XDi’s 3D printing robot landed in NZ this year, Swelim engaged with the NZ Product Accelerator – a Callaghan Innovation programme that connects industry with research...
