IWC is looking to MIT for new materials for watch casings, movements and leather straps. IWC’s focus is on further improving the mechanical watch. IWC is known for using new materials in watch making.
Materials Innovation is a topic of growing interest among corporates, for increased performance, reduced cost/weight, or improved sustainability of materials.
This is an Opportunity for Startups to present their technology (brief pitch plus Q&A) to 1-200 global corporate attendees as members of ILP, and to the MIT community as a whole.
Leading consumer electronics company is looking to MIT startups for new materials, textiles, low-power electronics, Sustainable sourcing/ recycling of plastics and metals.
MIT Startup Exchange presents its September Startup Workshop, centered around sustainable materials innovation. Today, there is a large and growing societal interest for greater sustainability in the material systems that provide for a modern life style. The call is across all industry sectors, and includes the entire value chain including raw materials, material processing, material uses, and end-of-cycle treatment/reuse. This represents a challenge and an opportunity for companies, and many MIT startups are developing and providing innovative technology and business model solutions.
THK, a global leader in manufacturing, is seeking startups to solve several manufacturing challenges to improve quality, cost and throughput of our products.
Leading cosmetic company looks for startups in eco-design long wear material (e.g. polymer) for partnerships.
Leading Japanese manufacturer of functional materials seeks startups for development of new applications for piezoelectric film.
Leading Japanese manufacturer of functional materials seeks startups for development of new applications for “sputtering nanocarbon”.