R&D Project Consultancy
If you've got an innovative idea and are looking to undertake a R&D project, DN4 Innovation provide tailored consultancy services to help you plan and manage your innovation, from the idea phase through to commercialisation.
Whether you’re thinking of collaborating with partners, applying for a R&D grant, or need support with project management or product development, DN4 Innovation can offer you the services of a professionally qualified engineer with over 34 years’ experience managing R&D and Product Development projects in a wide range of industrial sectors.
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it"
(Thomas Edison)
Innovation Management Services
DN4 Innovation provides a range of services to support the development of your innovation
R&D Funding Consultancy
If you have an idea for a new technology, product or process innovation, DN4 Innovation can help you identify suitable R&D grant funding opportunities on offer from bodies such as Innovate UK, DASA, ATI/NATEP, APC and NVN. If you’ve never accessed these types of R&D grants before DN4 Innovation can help you go into them with your eyes open, helping you to scope out your R&D project, engage with collaborative partners, build your business case, and structure your project.
R&D Grant Bid Writing
Applying for R&D grants from any of the funding bodies can be complex and time consuming. DN4 Innovation can lead you through every step of the grant application process. With a wide range of tailored services, DN4 Innovation can write your R&D grant bid for you, or if you’ve written it already, can provide constructive feedback of your application proposal and even submit it for you via the relevant R&D grant portal if required.
R&D Project Management
Once you’ve secured your R&D grant, all the funding bodies have strict requirements for project management, documentation, and reporting. DN4 Innovation can take over responsibility for these and undertake all necessary liaison activities with your assigned monitoring officer, leaving you to focus your efforts on undertaking the R&D project and delivering your outputs.
New Product Development
DN4 Innovation can help you through the process of developing your product beyond the R&D phase in a structured and controlled manner. From developing a comprehensive specification, DN4 Innovation can lead you through the detailed design stages, undertaking DFMEAs and DfM exercises as necessary, and helping to develop a robust and appropriate test plan to validate your design before introducing it into production.
Commercialising R&D
Once you’ve undertaken your successful development project, DN4 Innovation can help you exploit your idea and take your innovation into the commercialisation phase, identifying new markets and customers and helping you to engage with them. DN4 Innovation can also help you develop technical marketing material that can be used to promote your new development and highlight its unique value proposition.
Strategy & Mentoring
DN4 Innovation can help you develop a strategy for your ongoing R&D, ensuring that you continue to innovate.
Developing engineers can be a key part of this strategy and a great asset to your business. Whether they are wanting to work towards professional registration or not, DN4 Innovation can provide formal or informal mentoring support, identifying opportunities to help them grow, develop and reach their potential.
Customers
Below are some of the valued customers that DN4 Innovation has worked with
Partners
Additional Design, Prototyping, Testing, and Financial Services can be provided through DN4 Innovation's trusted partners
Client Testimonials
DN4 Innovation provides a professional, tailored service to its customers, regardless of the size and nature of the project
"LAS has benefitted hugely from the support given by DN4 Innovation over the past 3 years. Steve has helped us access R&D grant funding and taken the burden of managing grant funded projects off us, allowing us to focus on undertaking the work. Steve has also used his wide range of experience and business networks to help LAS pursue commercial opportunities and exploit the outputs of our R&D. I can thoroughly recommend DN4 Innovation's professional service"
Peter Brown, Laser Additive Solutions
"DN4 Innovation has been a great asset to Kleanbus, leading the business step by step through the R&D grant funding process whilst identifying and accessing other funding opportunities to help us with our growth and development. In addition, Steve has brought a wealth of experience of managing R&D, product development and product launches to the Kleanbus team, which has been extremely valuable to the business during its critical start-up phase."
Joe Tighe, KleanDrive
"We have known and worked with Steve for over 10 years on multiple projects. Now Steve has set up DN4 Innovation, we have continued that relationship and he has been a great support for our business, freeing up capacity by taking some of the workload. Steve has excellent technical skills, is focused, drills right into the detail. When driving a project, Steve always has a combined focus, not only to meet the technical deliverable but also to ensure the commercial drivers are also met. A strong communicator and team player."
Mike Maddock, Performance Engineered Solutions (PES)
"We have worked with Steve during our major education project where he developed and then managed a complex programme to engage youngsters in accessible and fun engineering. Steve always kept us on schedule and stuck to the art of the possible.
He not only brought in the project against the odds but remained positive and professional throughout – a major asset."
Michael Trotter, Vulcan To The Sky Trust
"DN4 Innovation and Steve have served Agemaspark well over the last 2 years and he has always provided us with a professional and reliable service. We have always been extremely pleased with Steve's efficient and fast turnaround and effectiveness which makes DN4 Innovation a truly valued partner."
Paul Stockhill, Agemaspark
“We have worked with Steve for over 10 years in both a business and volunteering capacity. Professional, reliable and practical in his approach Steve always delivers and goes that extra mile to achieve customer satisfaction. He is passionate about all the projects he gets involved with and has been a great advocate and role model for young people looking to develop their careers, particularly into engineering and manufacturing. Steve and DN4 Innovation come highly recommended.”
John Barber, The Work-wise Foundation
About
At the heart of DN4 Innovation is an experienced engineer, who listens to what you need
Steve Wainwright BEng, DipEM, CEng, FIMechE
Managing Director & Consultant
I’m a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 34 years’ experience of leading multi-disciplinary R&D projects, Product Development projects, and Business Development projects within Engineering and Manufacturing companies. This experience has spanned the Automotive, Civils construction, Aerospace and Offshore Wind industries, working on products ranging from small complex electro-mechanical assemblies to large scale plastic mouldings and metal fabrications.
My experiences have helped me develop a huge network of regional, national, industrial, academic, and governmental agency contacts over the years. I've also been fortunate enough to learn a lot of lessons and best practice from a lot of good people during this time.
I set up DN4 Innovation in 2020 to offer companies the benefit of these experiences, and would like the opportunity to work with you to accelerate your innovations and ultimately help grow and develop your business. Please get in touch for a chat.
Contact
Steve Wainwright CEng FIMechE
steve.wainwright@dn4innovation.com
+44 (0)7718 634133
Business Hours
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