Technical Advisory Unit

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Our Technical Advisory Unit (TAU) supports business growth by providing specialised guidance on a wide range of issues including technical, environmental, intellectual property, and product/process development.

TAU advice and services are free.

The unit is staffed by scientists and engineers equipped to deal with the challenges encountered by businesses today in areas such as:

• environmental regulation
• intellectual property
• product, process control and development
• engineering and manufacturing issues
• health and safety

The team’s expertise can help you to implement best practice, secure product approval and provide solutions to technical, production and environmental problems within your buiness.

The TAU carries out technical audits to assess the performance of your business in areas such as: waste management, effluent treatment, production and process control, energy and environment materials usage. (For this service please contact you Client Executive)

Our technical assistance is underpinned by a number of programmes where financial support for technical improvement, product conformance and first-steps innovation is available to NI companies, particularly our small enterprises.

If you need information on intellectual property issues (patents, trademarks, copyright and design) or industrial standards you can access the Unit's Intellectual Property team

E: tau-ip@investni.com

NI Technical consultants interested in making  Invest NI clients aware of their services can be listed on our Technical Consultants Register. Read about submitting details of your technical or manufacturing consultancy service through our Technical Consultants Register.

Who is eligible?

The TAU services can be accessed by Invest NI clients and other NI businesses requiring technical assistance as part of their on-going operational and development activities.

Contact

Contact your Client Executive, or:
TAU
T: 028 9069 8819
E: tau@investni.com