Ningbo Nottingham Technology
Co., Ltd.
Empower industry with university capabilities
About NNTC
Ningbo Nottingham Technology Co., Ltd. (NNTC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, serves as asset management platform and commercial arm of the University. It holds, manages and operates assets on behalf of the university, and conducts the negotiation, execution, management and operation of related commercial contracts, especially conducts the operation and management of the commercialisation of the research achievements and the intellectual property of the university.
Mission
Empower industry with university capabilities.
Vision
To be the leading Innovation and Enterprise Partner.
Management team
Prof. Alain Chong
Chairman of NNTC Board of Directors
Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Partnerships, UNNC
Prof. Kok Wei Khong
Director of NNTC Board of Directors
Dean of Nottingham University Business School (China)
Prof. John Zhou
Director of NNTC Board of Directors
Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering, UNNC
Adam Xu
Director of NNTC Board of Directors
Deputy Director of Knowledge Exchange, UNNC
Summer Xin
Director of NNTC Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NNTC
Gina Shao
Office Manager of NNTC
Roles and business
Commercial enablement
NNTC supports commercial contracts and agreements and facilitates business model development and spinouts establishment.
Market-oriented execution
NNTC bridges academic achievements with market demands, accelerating commercialisation and time-to-market.
Industry linkage
NNTC expands industry connections and provides tools and resources to transform academic discoveries into commercial products or services.
Risk control
NNTC offers structured support to ensure commercialisation is legally sound, financially viable, and market-aligned, while mitigating risks and ensuring innovations are both market ready and compliant with regulations.
Asset management
NNTC manages IP, spinouts equity and other tangible and intangible assets with a focus on value creation and long-term sustainability to maximize their strategic and commercial value.
Spinout portfolio
Ningbo Ausstattung Machinery Technology Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Ausstattung Machinery Technology Co., Ltd. closely grasps the forefront of advanced manufacturing equipment development and is committed to providing customers with innovative solutions for comprehensive upgrading of extreme manufacturing equipment and technology. With UNNC as the source of technology, the company has formed a doctoral team specialising in mechanical, control, optics and other technical majors, and has rich experience in R&D and industrialisation. At present, it has successfully developed hard-core products marked by desktop five-axis CNC machine tools.
Compared with traditional five-axis machine tools, it is low cost (reduced by 70%), small size (reduced by 80%), high precision (micron level), light weight (reduced by 95%), and multi-functional integrated. It is suitable for high-precision and efficient processing of high-value-added small parts, and solves the pain points of high cost, large footprint, high energy consumption, and poor mobility of traditional large-scale five-axis machine tools for processing small parts.
Team NoEE e-Propulsion Co., Ltd.
Team NoEE e-Propulsion Co., Ltd. originated from a self-developed project launched in 2018 by the Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Multi-Electric Aircraft and the Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aviation Electrification. The company is committed to providing power system solutions for electric propulsion aircraft, addressing key challenges in advanced power systems in fields such as electric aviation and electric VTOL (eVTOL), and providing highly reliable and safe electric drive systems for future transportation and electric propulsion aircraft.
UNNC Design Studio
UNNC Design Studio is a company founded and controlled by the UNNC, committed to providing the society with comprehensive design services based on research, including corporate VI design, product design, interactive design, urban and architectural design, sustainable urban low-carbon green buildings, heritage protection and urban regeneration.
Company philosophy: Backed up by the University of Nottingham Ningbo China; Develop altogether with industry, teaching and research; Empower business and industry; Serve the campus and the society; Interpret the new development concept with innovative architecture and product design; Create a unique pattern of industry-university-research innovative integration.
Ningbo Hunuo Technology Co., Ltd.
Since its establishment, Ningbo Huno Technology Co., Ltd. has focused on the technological research and development and industrialization of advanced manufacturing equipment and new material products in the chemical and materials industries. In terms of technological research and development, Ningbo Huno Technology Co., Ltd. has successfully developed a series of advanced reactor equipment, including pulsed reactors, vortex reactors, and high-shear reactors, among other continuous flow reactors. These reactor equipment demonstrate excellent performance in terms of chemical reaction efficiency, energy saving and emission reduction, safety and controllability, and product performance control. Simultaneously, the company also emphasizes the research and development and industrialization of new material products, and has successfully developed scalable technologies for various new materials, such as flake barium sulfate, micro/nano silver, flake silver, ionic liquids, and MXene materials.
Ningbo Nottingham Cultural Media Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Nottingham Cultural Media Co., Ltd. is an innovative enterprise incubated by UNNC. As a full-process social e-commerce service provider adopting an asset-light model, we rely on our core strategy of “culture + digital intelligence + creativity”, focusing on live-streaming e-commerce sales, social media operation services, and global digital marketing talent incubation. We are committed to providing clients with dual-track live-streaming e-commerce and social media marketing solutions covering both domestic and overseas markets, driving brand value growth through digital-intelligent content productivity and cultural empathy.
UNNC Museum Souvenir Shop
UNNC Museum Souvenir Shop established in conjunction with UNNC Museum, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the university under NNTC engaged in the development and operation of cultural and creative products. With the mission to disseminate university culture and promote cultural exchange between China and other countries, the company draws upon the university's history and academic traditions, focusing on the campus spirit and Ningbo's regional culture to plan and develop cultural and creative souvenirs that possess educational, artistic, and commemorative value, systematically presenting the cultural image and spiritual connotation of UNNC. While serving faculty, students, alumni, and the public, the company also strives to become an important cultural window, connecting the university with society and academia and continuously expanding UNNC's cultural impact.
U-Rhizo (Ningbo) Technology Co., Ltd.
U-Rhizo (Ningbo) Technology Co., Ltd. closely follows the high power density demands of emerging fields including artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, electric vehicles, humanoid robots, and low-altitude avionics aircraft, and is committed to designing and manufacturing high-performance liquid cooling radiators and systems. The company has assembled an international team with expertise in 3D printing (additive manufacturing), thermal fluid dynamics, mechanics, and materials science, possessing rich R&D and industrialisation experience, and is dedicated to achieving first-class domestic and world-leading standards in high power density thermal management. Through integrated "heat dissipation-structure-3D printing" design, the company has develop liquid cooling plate products for high-performance computing chips. Compared with traditional toothed liquid cooling plates, the maximum temperature, thermal resistance, pressure drop, and weights are respectively reduced by 20%, 50%, 60%, and 50%.
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