Focused predominantly on the delivery of major, technically complex product developments, we work with our clients both to bring new technologies to existing product categories and to migrate complex products to new, often lower cost, markets. Our industrial clients typically work with us when they are impacted by one of three core market drivers: • Continually evolving technology making new functionality possible • Cost reduction and/or increased intelligence to permit operator de-skilling • A shift in B2B markets towards the emerging market economies, including resultant new competitors We have more than 25 years experience providing end-to-end technology and product development services to address these and other challenges across multiple markets. This typically means driving down product costs whilst maintaining creativity and following high product development quality standards. We offer a strong and differentiated capability in science and advanced technology, including optics, optoelectronics, sensors, actuators, advanced algorithms, machine intelligence and other sophisticated control systems. These have been an integral part of Sagentia’s success. Our clients also benefit from our extensive work in the consumer and medical sectors, notably our best in class front end/voice of the customer work and our class 3 medical device quality systems. Our clients are typically large multinational organisations, SMEs or well funded start-ups. Core assignments will usually involve: • Finding the right technical approach • Securing or inventing technical elements • Developing proof of principle models • Filing patents • Developing B model prototypes • Transfer to manufacture There is an increasing demand from our clients for all of Sagentia’s end-to-end product development service. Our work in large scale product developments includes: • Smart homes, from ovens and electronic showers to utility metering and security • Sensors and process monitoring, including laboratory and process instrumentation • Transaction and printing systems, such as ATMs, industrial coders and specialist printers Our other industrial clients come from a broad pool including oil & gas, mining & exploration, automotive, aerospace and construction. http://www.sagentia.com/industrial

1. Industrial
Innovation and new
technologies for
cutting edge products

2. Industrial Industrial
Recent case studies
Industrial
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Markem, a leading industrial printing and coding company,
needed to develop a low-cost thermal transfer coder
Focused predominantly on the delivery specifically for developing markets.
Working in collaboration with Markem, we undertook the design, development and introduction to
of major, technically complex product manufacture, including the selection of Chinese manufacturers. To meet market requirements for a
developments, we work with our clients both to low-cost solution, we actively controlled costs by undertaking a careful trade-off analysis of features and
benefits versus cost. We took the product from specification through to product launch in just 18 months.
bring new technologies to existing product categories and
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to migrate complex products to new, often lower cost, markets.
The next generation of domestic appliances
Our industrial clients typically work with us when they are impacted by one of three core market drivers: will be reliant on sophisticated sensing
• Continually evolving technology making new functionality possible technologies to provide smart control.
• Cost reduction and/or increased intelligence to permit operator de-skilling Sagentia has developed many technologies for our clients, including
imaging systems to monitor cabinet contents, acoustics and optical
• A shift in B2B markets towards the emerging market economies, including resultant new competitors
systems of washer loads to optimise energy usage and acoustic signatures
We have more than 25 years experience providing end-to-end technology and product development services to monitor and control HVAC. Today there is a particular drive in machine
to address these and other challenges across multiple markets. This typically means driving down product vision where there has been a step change in possibilities, as evidenced
costs whilst maintaining creativity and following high product development quality standards. by the functions now commonplace in consumer cameras and phones.
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We offer a strong and differentiated capability in science and advanced
technology, including optics, optoelectronics, sensors, actuators, advanced Underground Imaging Technologies (UIT)
algorithms, machine intelligence and other sophisticated control systems. uses a combination of sensors (including
These have been an integral part of Sagentia’s success. Our clients
also benefit from our extensive work in the consumer and medical radar, electro-magnetic and seismic) to
sectors, notably our best in class front end/voice of the customer map underground assets and utilities.
work and our class 3 medical device quality systems.
The sensors generate very large volumes of data in which the useful
Our clients are typically large multinational organisations, SMEs signals can be literally buried in a mass of ‘clutter’. Sagentia developed
or well funded start-ups. Core assignments will usually involve: a data fusion model and a software system to enable operators to
efficiently and accurately process these data sets. UIT is now a part
• Finding the right technical approach of the Caterpillar group and is the market leader in its field.
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• Securing or inventing technical elements
• Developing proof of principle models Grohe, a major European bathroom
• Filing patents fittings company, decided to enter the
• Developing B model prototypes electronic shower market. It needed
• Transfer to manufacture a technology partner that was fully
There is an increasing demand from our clients for all of conversant with the component
Sagentia’s end-to-end product development service.
technologies, could relate these to
VoC research and could develop the
We act as an innovation technology partner, right product, first time.
delivering in-depth technology expertise Sagentia’s track record in shower technology, electronics engineering,
software and water meters enabled the company to offer a seamless
that is in line with our clients’ strategic service from front end to transfer to manufacture.
and operational aims.

3. Our ability to underpin market knowledge, customer
insights and cutting edge product development with
world-class science and technology ensures we deliver
leading edge results for our clients.
Our work in large scale product developments includes:
• Smart homes, from ovens and electronic showers to utility metering and security
• Sensors and process monitoring, including laboratory and process instrumentation
• Transaction and printing systems, such as ATMs, industrial coders and specialist printers
Our other industrial clients come from a broad pool including oil & gas, mining & exploration,
automotive, aerospace and construction.
We work in partnership with our clients to add value at any
stage of the innovation and product development process
Front end needs and Concept generation and Technology and product Delivery and transfer
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4. Sagentia
Sagentia is a global innovation, technology and product development
company. We provide outsourced R&D consultancy services to start
ups through to global market leaders in the medical, industrial and
consumer sectors.
With global headquarters in Cambridge, UK, and US headquarters
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sagentia works with clients from front
end market needs analysis through to transfer to manufacture.
We deliver innovation around new technologies and new generation
products and services that provide commercial value and market
advantage. The company also assists business leaders to create
strategies for technology, innovation and growth.
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