“LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION and
PARTNERSHIPS to TURBOCHARGE PROFITABLE BUSINESS
GROWTH”
Prepared for:
Texas Small Business Innovation Research Summit
June 2013
New
Ideas
Products
and
Services
High
Potential
Firms
High
Growth
Companies
Globally
Competitive
Industry
TMAC TOOLS AND SERVICES
-IEMS1
-NIM2
-AIM3
-Buy America4
-Tech Market Intelligence
-Technology Scouting
-Product Design
-Development
-Proto-typing
-Sustainability
-Supplier Scouting
-Design for Mfg
-Automation / Robotics
-Market Analysis
-Business Plan Dev’t
-Financing
-Business Formation
-Process Design
-Marketing/ Advertising
-Supplier Scouting
-Supply Chain Dev’t
-Market Intelligence
-Continuous Improvement
-Tech Acceleration
-Supplier Dev’t
-Workforce Dev’t
-Sustainability
-Export-Tech
-Family Business Advisors
-IEMS1
-Supply Chain Dev’t
-Make it in America
Campaign
(See attachments for detail)
1) Innovation Engineering Management System
2) National Innovation Marketplace
3) Asset Inventory Management System
4) Buy America Supplier Scouting
INTRODUCTION
What is TMAC…
MEP Network and TMAC
400 MEP Centers Nationwide
TMAC: the DOC/NIST/MEP Affiliate for Texas
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Lubbock
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Plano
 Dallas
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Fort Worth
Kilgore
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 Tyler
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El Paso
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College Station
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Austin
One TMAC Center
Seven Region Offices
Covering Every County
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Houston
San Antonio
Gulf Coast - University of Houston
Metroplex - University of Texas-Arlington
 Corpus
Christi
Paso del Norte - University of Texas-El Paso
South Central - Southwest Research Institute
Statewide - Texas Engineering Extension Service
West Texas - Texas Tech University
Pan American - University of Texas-Pan American
Edinburg
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 Harlingen
 Regional Offices
 Administrative Office
 Field Offices
RESULTS
Partnering with Texans since 1995
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Assisted 4,000+ companies
Surveyed 3,000+ companies
Total Sales Impact: $2.9 billion
Cost Savings: $995 million
Jobs: 29,600
Total Investments: $780 million
MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PROGRAM
(MEP)
TMAC Customers Generate Economic Impact
5 Years
New & Retained Sales: $1.33 Bil.  Cost Savings: $545 M.
Investments: $488 M.  New & Retained Jobs: 16,694
Metroplex - UTA
West Texas – Texas
Tech
Lubbock
Ft. Worth
East Central– TEEX
Dallas
El Paso
College Station
Paso del Norte– UTEP
Gulf Coast - UH
Austin
Houston
San Antonio
South Central– SwRI
*Impacts are collected by a third-party research firm after
project completion. Reporting periods 2008Q2-2013Q1.
South Texas - UTPA
Edinburg
SOME TMAC PARTNERS
Technology Acceleration Program
TMAC Services
Innovation to Commercialization
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Copyright UTA/TMAC April 2011
TMAC Technology Acceleration
Technology-Based
Needs &
Capabilities
Technologies & Business
Opportunities available
from the Nation’s
Research Labs, Govt.
Agencies, OEMs
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Accelerate commercialization of emerging
technologies and innovations
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Speed manufacturers finding new markets
or technological products or processes.
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Encourage high-growth and innovationbased entrepreneurship.
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Enrich MEP Center support to small firms.
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Strengthen relationships with universities.
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Integrate MEP centers into state
manufacturing economic development.
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INNOVATION TO COMMERCIALIZATION
TMAC’s Added Value
1. Technology Valuation Services - TMAC leverages its
combination of business experience and relationships with
RTI certified secondary and primary research techniques to
evaluate technologies and connect with application
opportunities.
2. Engineering Services –TMAC synergistically applies its
engineering expertise evolving designs from proof of concept
to production ready products ensuring technologies translate
successfully into commercial applications.
3. Commercialization Services - TMAC employs its 15 years
of successful business growth and operations assistance on
technology commercialization efforts enabling seamless,
effective, and efficient product launches.
TMAC’s Added Value
4. Find Business Partners – TMAC has a large base of
Texas customers which includes both small and large
corporations as potential partners.
5. NIST MEP Network - TMAC provides access to the NIST
MEP nationwide network of businesses and resources
and through NIST to federal programs, grants, and
partnerships.
6. Report Results and Impact - TMAC has professional
management staff with a successful history of
managing; research, grants, financial reporting, projects,
partners, training, coaching, consulting, etc.
TMAC Projects
Medtronic
- Powered Surgical Solutions:
multiple projects in product
development and manufacturing
including:
- Product validation /
qualification / compliance support
- Motor power curve
measurement
- Cutting tool stability study
using robot-controlled paths
- Automated dispensing study
for brazing operations
Alcon Laboratories
- Simulation trainer for robotic
packaging line
- Factory Analysis and Relayout of
Alcon IOL R&D Facility
UTA Biomedical Engineering Dept.
- Development of Brain Probe
TX Advanced Technology Program
- Grant to develop magnetic
surgical tools
American Society of Gastrointestinal
Surgeons
- Development of miniaturized
endoscopic camera
TMAC Projects
UT Southwestern-multiple
projects in product
development involving these
departments:
- Urology
- GI / Endocrine
- ENT
- Cardio-thoracic
Success:
The Magnetic Anchoring and
Guidance System (MAGS) project
represents the perfect blend of
technology, engineering, and
medical advancement. With TMAC
support we have been able to
generate intellectual property of
commercial value that will help
UTSW bring new products and
better healthcare to our patients.
Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu, M.D.
Professor and Distinguished Chair
UT Southwestern Medical Center
TMAC Projects
UT Arlington-multiple projects
in product development and
research grant support with
these departments:
- Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
Highway
- Industrial Engineering
camera
- Electrical Engineering
stabilization
- Materials Science
Biodiesel micro-reactor Forging analysis
Automated
pavement
tester
Robotic routing
Concrete
culvert
instrumentation
SIDS Monitor Dev.
TurboTrac - Start Up Company
Project History
• Commercializing an Infinitely Variable Transmission.
• CEO Quote “could not have done it without TMAC”.
– Plant location analysis
– Macro Block Level Factory Layout
– Design for Manufacturing
– Design for Assembly
– Technology Driven Market Intelligence
– Micro Detail Level Facility Layout
– Create Owner’s Manual
• Contracts in Place, shipping in June.
• Projected to employ 20 more people within 12 months.