Open Innovation at Thai Union
Forming innovation synergies to solve challenges and open doors to the future.
Why we seek external collaborations
Strategic partnerships are essential to Thai Union’s innovation progress and sustainable growth.
Thai Union is teaming up with innovators around the globe, ranging from individuals to corporate, governmental and academic institutions across sectors.
Through mutually beneficial collaborations, we seek to combine our in-house expertise and resources with other entities’ knowledge and capabilities. Together, we will uncover new possibilities and improve our collective impact.
By identifying solutions to complex challenges and forging paths to new opportunities, Thai Union’s strategic partnerships will benefit our partners, our company, and the global seafood industry.
How we partner for innovation
Thai Union look for partners throughout the innovation lifecycle from concept to R&D, and production to commercialization. We may have an idea but need your technology and expertise to execute our vision. Or you may have an idea but need access to our innovation teams and facilities to test, manufacture and market it. If your organization has intersecting innovation goals, we want to hear from you.
Why strategic partners choose Thai Union
As a global seafood leader with a family of top consumer brands, Thai Union has proven market share and manufacturing capacity. A taste of what we can bring to the table:
- Access to consumers worldwide, their insights and market trends
- Help developing and commercializing concept products and processes
- Integration of partners’ technology into our production through licensing agreements … and many more benefits!
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR IDEA TO THAI UNION
Current partnership priorities
Our specific strategic partnership objectives will evolve with the expansion of Thai Union’s Global Innovation Incubator.
We are currently targeting innovative ideas and technological advancements related to:
- Recovery and utilization of value-added products from seafood raw material byproducts, including:
- Nutraceuticals
- Cosmetics
- Biotechnology (biomaterials, medical devices, etc.)
- Technological advancements that can improve operational efficiency, including:
- Automation
- Efficient energy utilization
- Thawing technology
- New and improved processes for handling seafood products after catch, including:
- Freezing
- Novel-food preparation methods
- Sterilization technology
- Packaging (sustainable materials and technical solutions, excluding design)
If you don’t see a need that matches your innovation idea...
We are actively seeking innovation and partnership solutions in the priority areas listed above. However, if you as an innovator think you have an outstanding idea outside these areas, that you believe will have significant impact to Thai Union we want to hear about it.
Please submit your innovation idea through the standard procedure but check “Other” for the innovation category and write a short description of the topic.
Download the application and fill out the requested information
In addition your contact information, we need a clear, brief description of your innovation idea, how it is unique, and how it could benefit Thai Union. If you have relevant supporting information related to your idea (patents, etc.) please attached this with with your submission.
IMPORTANT – All information submitted needs to be non-confidential. If we find your idea interesting we will contact you for further discussions on how to proceed, and what non-disclosure agreements might be needed.
SUBMIT YOUR IDEA
Our review will be based on your submitted documents. We expect to review your idea within approximately 4 weeks.
Please note that we will only contact prospective partners whose innovation concepts we choose to pursue.
The most likely reason for you not being contacted regarding your innovation would be:
- Not an strategic match for our current interests
- The submitted innovation solution is known to us and it might be something we already have ongoing projects in
- Business opportunity for of the innovation is outside the scope of the company
- Challenges related to intellectual property.