PROMETHEUS results are available to be exploited through several means, the plan is now to promote them as commercial products. PRIMA, as the partner responsible for the production of the machine, will be a key partner to commercialise the PROMETHEUS system and will therefore, through its own dissemination strategy, promote the sale of the IANUS machine, including the PROMETHEUS system, which can be integrated within it.
The partners responsible for the sub-systems will promote the PROMETHEUS sub-systems also as part of their own marketing strategies, i.e. using their media, participating in trade fairs and events that they regularly use to publicise their products and services (training, consultancy, or technical support).
The routes to follow have been stablished among partners – PROMETHEUS will rely on a dedicated one but also on individual partners routes.
The exploitation strategy for the PROMETHEUS project focus on two main outcomes: (1) PROMETHEUS’ overall completed system, & (2) PROMETHEUS’ sub-systems. This is due to the nature of the PROMETHEUS’s project, that addressed the development of different technologies, that may also be channelled to other types of systems (not only laser texturing) that may be used in different applications and/or fields.
The sub-systems are available as standalone products and when purchasing the PROMETHEUS system, it is up to the client to customise it adding the needed sub-systems. Below a list of the main system as respective sub systems available for integration.
Machine – provided by PRIMA
Laser source – provided by EdgeWave
Optics – provided by Holo/OR
Fibre – provided by PHOT
Direct Laser Interference Pattering (DLIP) – provided by Fraunhofer IWS
Monitoring Systems:
o Scatterometry based – provided by AIMEN
o Diffractometry based – provided by IRIS
The cost structure of the system is around 850k€ for the PROMETHEUS system (not including the monitoring systems, if one is added, an additional 50k€ are sum up to the 850k€ value, of both monitoring solutions are incorporated, the final price will be 950k€).
For the exploitation of the results, two agreements were defined among partners: (1) Licence Agreement to encompass all terms and conditions regarding the exploitation of the overall PROMETHEUS System; and (2) Service Agreement focusing on the partners that provide knowledge and services to provide to clients. Both Agreements are available as annexes of D9.8.
Despite the focus of the exploitation activities to be around the PROMETHEUS final system, partners believe it is crucial for the successful exploitation, to assess other exploitation routes for the different sub-systems developed during the project, since this presents a great opportunity to widen the range of possible commercialisation routes to the products and/or services.
Apart from the overall exploitation plan for the machine, since the project brought to live more outcomes, individual exploitation plans were also developed and are summarised hereafter. Moreover, it is important to highlight that some partners already identified alternative routes to exploit results, not initially foreseen on the Grant Agreement.
In overall, the project results have several ways of exploitation, through the project as a whole or by each individual partner. Different sectors were identified as the ones where PROMETHEUS can cause a major impact as well as the major competitors. The overall cost estimation for the PROMETHEUS System is in line with the initial target.
