Composites and lightweight

The evolution related to innovative lightweight materials, such as composites materials and special aluminium and steel alloys, have enabled the development of many businesses in industries as the automotive, aerospace and industrial applications.

The evolution related to innovative lightweight materials, such as composites materials and special aluminium and steel alloys, have enabled the development of many businesses in industries as the automotive, aerospace and industrial applications. Cambryan supports its Customers in their development strategy, with proven skills in strategic marketing and market intelligence that can bring to a further involvement in business development and interim operation execution.

Services for Composites & Lightweight

Design for Manufacture

Cambryan advisors of composites and lightweight materials can support the OEMs that are willing to introduce innovative technologies into their projects in the design of products from a manufacture point of view in order to make the final product design efficient with future needs of production and cost wise sustainable for the project

Engineering for Marketability

At Cambryan we don’t confuse design with engineering. We are skilled to engineer a project, to make it appealing for the market and sustainable in terms of costs for the OEM. The design of systems and components is performed through third party suppliers skilled on specific technology and the Design For Manufacture is our priority during the development of the engineering phase.

Development of Market Strategy

When a new product is going to be designed, Cambryan supports the OEM in the developing of the go to market strategy analysing the target markets and identifying key drivers of the market demand. The presence of competitors is analysed in order to define the correct positioning for market entry and local partners and distributors are proposed.

Innovative Technologies

Innovate or die. We are in the era where disruptive innovation is taking place both regarding business models and technology. The cost at OEM for being continuously up to date with its own internal structure is high. Cambryan helps the OEMs with its knowledge and network by rating suppliers innovation with a multi methodological approach that includes visits at suppliers’ premises and early stage audits.

Market Intelligence

At Cambryan we have a multi-disciplinary approach to Market Intelligence. The analysis is structured along consecutive steps.

Market Analysis – Identifying the context in which the Company will operate, understanding the total addressable market and defining the actions opportunities are three fundamentals steps to define Company strategy.
Competition Analysis – One of the priorities for the Company is to analysis competitors that are currently holding market shares or that will hold them in the future. Cambryan experiencies allows to structure the methodology to gather information on market positioning, product offer, financial performances and to finally analyse the data and resume them in a way to allow our Customer defining its strategy.
Benchmark Analysis – Wether the Customer is interested in a product benchmark or a Company performance benchmark, Cambryan can support and lead the activities.

The above steps can lead to the decision for our Customer to re-position itself hence receiving from Cambryan the advicing in this delicate phase.

The above steps can lead to the decision for our Customer to re-position itself hence receiving from Cambryan the advicing in this delicate phase.

New Markets Development

The development of the business, from a commercial perspective, is one of the key services Cambryan offers to Companies across industries. Skilled Cambryan advisors define with the Customer its intent and the objectives. Different approaches can be implemented depending on the need of the Company.

Identifying target Markets – The new market is identified by Cambryan advisors together with the Customer through some industry specific indicators, each one related to a specific operational strategy. The company therefore starts to be informed about most interesting markets to entry with a product or a line of products, within the constraints previously defined.
Defining strategy for the Go to Market – Once the target markets are identified, or in the case the Customer has previously defined on its own the desired markets to enter, Cambryan advisors helps to analyse the market demand and competitive landscape (see Market Intelligence services) to deliver a road map for its Customer to go to market.
Finding new Leads – Depending on the industry and on the market, Cambryan can propose a list of potential leads fitted for the specific strategy defined with the Customer.

Cambryan can support the development of the new business in a further way with its advisors as interim business development managers.

Partnerships Setting-up

It’s not unusual that Companies understand since the beginning of their project development that further players are needed in order to strenghten their whole position with regards to a specific goal (adding innovation content to their product, being more credible towards new customers, entry in a new market where the competition is hard,…). In this case Cambryan can help the Company in building, from a technical point of view, partnerships that are compliant with the final goal.

The partnership is studied and defined in a way that companies structures and legal considerations are well considered and supported.

Suppliers Scouting

Based on the specific needs of the OEM, wether due to supply chain issues or due to new technologies to be implemented, Cambryan can deliver a list of opportunities that are fit to the OEM requirement. The market of Tier1 and Tier2 suppliers is constantly monitored and new entrants are contacted, visited, analysed and clustered prior to be validated as potential opportunities.

Business Project Management

Wether the Customer project is defined in its boundaries or the project is the company business development itself, the Cambryan advisors skilled for that specific industry can be involved for a medium-long term to develop the project.

Cambryan has supported on medium-long terms companies and organisations to grow and develop the business from both external (business development) and internal (process optimizations) approaches.

The advisor becomes a counselor of the top Management or the owner and can take a defined role within the Company in a medium-long term of engagement.

The advisor becomes a counselor of the top Management or the owner and can take a defined role within the Company in a medium-long term of engagement.

Support to Funding

Cambryan can help their Customers in a specific period of running changes to be supported from a financial perspective. This is usually part of a broader involvement by Cambryan and can be guaranteed at the highest levels due to its network of Private Equity and Venture Capital companies skilled on industries in which Cambryan is skilled.

The ability and experience on analysing markets and work on companies structure, allows Cambryan advisors to be a valid support on the preparation of Business Plan for the presentation of funds requests to the above mentioned funds and to Country and Continental funds (for example Horizon2020 projects and beyond).

Capabilities

BUSINESS CASES – COMPOSITES AND LIGHTWEIGHT