Table II

Interview data collection

Equipment supplier firmsManufacturing firms: equipment adopters/users
Nr. of firms314
Range of firm sizes (in turnover MEUR)Smallest: 7; median: 21; largest: 2,900Smallest: 6; median: 500; largest: 31,000
Range of industriesMachine tools, nano-technology, paper and pulpSheet 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 involvedAtomic layer deposition, paper-web heating technology3D 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 projects618 (one overlapping with the supplier firm’s RMTI project)
Nr. of interviewees419
Job positions of interviewees (examples)Vice president (business unit), business director, sales managerProduction 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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