Benefits of Industry Academia
Collaboration
Olaf Zahra
Chief Operations Officer
November 2011
• "The future of manufacturing in Malta is through
technology and innovation. We will only compete if
we are at the cutting edge both in product and
process. Continuous research and development is
today as critical to an organisation as the traditional
production and administrative processes".
Toly Products
Toly Products is a global supplier of high quality plastic
packaging components for cosmetic products. Our customers
are the world leaders in the cosmetic and fragrance and skin
care industries.
The company is privately owned and has had a manufacturing
base in Malta for the past 40 years. We also have a plant in
Shenzhen, China, one in Dehradun, India and an investment in
an airless dispensing factory in South Korea.
Toly also operates sales and trading offices in London, New
York, Paris, Belgium, Italy, Hong Kong, Seoul (South Korea)
and India.
The Toly Business Process
NO
Customer provides
a brief
Customer
Approves
Creative Design
YES
NO
Customer
Approves
Technical design
NO
YES
Customer
Approves
Prototyping
NO
YES
Tool Building
Tool Development
Production
FINAL YEAR THESIS WITH TOLY PRODUCTS LTD.
YEAR
STUDENT
THESIS TITLE
1999
RICHARD ELLIS
2003
SIGMUND GALEA
DESIGN OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PACKAGING
2004
OLIVER FENECH
DESIGN OF A HERMETIC COMPACT CASE (A CASE STUDY)
2006
GERALD J. CARDONA
2006
MARK CUSCHIERI
2007
ANDREW VELLA ZARB
2007
CATHRYN XUEREB
2008
JOSEPH SWAIN
2008
DUNCAN ZAMMIT
COSMETIC COMPACTS INTEGRATED TAMPER DEVICE
2009
GILBERT SPITERI
IMPROVING SMOOTHNESS AND REDUCING SOUND IN LIPSTICK
PACKAGING
2010
JOANNA TABONE
DESIGN OF A NOVEL MASCARA APPLICATION DEVICE
2011
ALAN JAMES ATTARD
KINSGWELL
2011
ABIGAIL CUTAJAR
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A HIGH SPEED COMPONENT MANIPULATION
SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED INSPECTION
DESIGN FOR AN AUTOMATED FLEXIBLE PART TRANSFER SYSTEM
DESIGN OF A UNIVERSAL CASE LACQUERING FIXTURE
DESIGN OF A COSMETIC CASE MANIPULATOR
DESIGN OF A UNIVERSAL CUTTING DISSASSEMBLY SYSTEM
DESIGN FOR EMOTION OF COSMETIC PACKAGING
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE OF A ONE TOUCH DAMPED OPENING
COMPACT
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE OF AN APPLICATOR SYSTEM FOR USE BY
THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY.
What are the benefits for Toly?
Students bring with them:
• Time
• Enthusiasm
• Focus
• Fresh approach
• Access to research and research equipment.
The benefits for the students/university
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Real world issues to tackle.
Access to experience and expertise.
Technical support.
Introduction to industry
The projects
In choosing our project titles year to year we are typically
looking at subject that can be broadly characterised under one
of three headings
• Targeted development.
• Problem solving.
• Product design.
Targeted Development
Scenario: We have a product or product feature that we would
like modify in order to improve performance, manufacturability,
simplify or reduce cost.
Examples:
• Design for manufacture of a one touch damped opening
compact.
• Design for a universal case lacquering fixture.
• Design for a cosmetic case manipulator.
Design for manufacture of a one touch damped
opening compact.
Problem solving
Scenario: a product or process that needs re-engineering in
order to perform as designed.
Example
• A camera inspection system for a hot foil printing
application.
Product Design
Scenario: a product feature designed to meet a specific
customer consumer or consumer need.
Examples
• Design for emotion in cosmetic packaging
• Design of a hermetic compact case.
• Design for manufacture of an applicator system for
use by the cosmetic industry.
Design for manufacture of an applicator system
for use by the cosmetic industry.
THANK YOU