Interview data collection
| Equipment supplier firms | Manufacturing firms: equipment adopters/users | |
|---|---|---|
| Nr. of firms | 3 | 14 |
| Range of firm sizes (in turnover MEUR) | Smallest: 7; median: 21; largest: 2,900 | Smallest: 6; median: 500; largest: 31,000 |
| Range of industries | Machine tools, nano-technology, paper and pulp | Sheet metals, assembled machines and machine components (industrial vehicles, ship engines, valves), electric motors and generators, electronics, semiconductor, luxury goods, paper and pulp, furnace |
| Range of technologies involved | Atomic layer deposition, paper-web heating technology | 3D printing, induction heating, lignin production technology, dry etching, 3D laser cutting technology, robotics and automation, atomic layer deposition, gasification (renewable energy production) technology, etc. |
| Nr. of RMTI projects | 6 | 18 (one overlapping with the supplier firm’s RMTI project) |
| Nr. of interviewees | 4 | 19 |
| Job positions of interviewees (examples) | Vice president (business unit), business director, sales manager | Production director, Sr. production development manager, manufacturing manager |
| Average duration of interviews (minutes) | 60 min. per interview (total duration: 312 min) | 60 min per interview (total duration: 1,005 min) |
| Equipment supplier firms | Manufacturing firms: equipment adopters/users | |
|---|---|---|
| Nr. of firms | 3 | 14 |
| Range of firm sizes (in turnover MEUR) | Smallest: 7; median: 21; largest: 2,900 | Smallest: 6; median: 500; largest: 31,000 |
| Range of industries | Machine tools, nano-technology, paper and pulp | Sheet metals, assembled machines and machine components (industrial vehicles, ship engines, valves), electric motors and generators, electronics, semiconductor, luxury goods, paper and pulp, furnace |
| Range of technologies involved | Atomic layer deposition, paper-web heating technology | 3D printing, induction heating, lignin production technology, dry etching, 3D laser cutting technology, robotics and automation, atomic layer deposition, gasification (renewable energy production) technology, etc. |
| Nr. of RMTI projects | 6 | 18 (one overlapping with the supplier firm’s RMTI project) |
| Nr. of interviewees | 4 | 19 |
| Job positions of interviewees (examples) | Vice president (business unit), business director, sales manager | Production director, Sr. production development manager, manufacturing manager |
| Average duration of interviews (minutes) | 60 min. per interview (total duration: 312 min) | 60 min per interview (total duration: 1,005 min) |
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