EARTO Members

CSIR – Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Country: South Africa Founded in: 1945 EARTO Membership: Corresponding www.csir.co.za      

Key Figures 2024

R2,86 billion Income

2205 Employees

19 Patent Applications

N/A Industrial Partners

N/A Spin-offs Created

N/A H2020 Projects (eCorda 2020)

 

Mission & Vision

Mission: Collaboratively innovating and localising technologies while providing knowledge solutions for the inclusive and sustainable advancement of industry and society. Vision: We are accelerators of socio-economic prosperity in South Africa through leading innovation.    

       

Technology Expertise

  • Future production: Chemicals: Chemicals cluster stays ahead of the curve by collaborating with industry and (inter)national academic institutions to find impactful solutions that focus on green chemicals, pharmaceuticals and material advancements.
  • Future production: Manufacturing: CSIR Future Production: Manufacturing focuses its science, engineering and technology base on contributing towards South Africa’s re-industrialisation by developing or facilitating the uptake of new technologies that will improve the competitiveness and productivity of strategic local economic sectors. This includes technologies and paradigms articulated through the fourth industrial revolution (4IR).
  • SMART Places: The CSIR, with its rich multidisciplinary science, engineering and technology base – in climate change, environmental sciences, energy, water, building science, spatial planning and cleaner production.
  • Defence and security: Strengthening capabilities in defence, civil security and cybersecurity through advanced technologies.
  • Future production: Mining: Supporting the growth and revitalisation of the mining industry through innovation for process, equipment and health and safety improvement.
  • Advanced Agriculture and Food: The CSIR harnesses the opportunities afforded by transformative technologies to develop the agriculture and associated processing industries for inclusive growth and rural development, while improving the industry’s competitiveness through research, development, innovation and business innovation.
  • NextGen Enterprises and Institutions: The organisation develops and applies capabilities in disruptive technologies, such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), digitalisation, modelling and simulation, and distributed ledger technologies for enhanced effectiveness, competitiveness, productivity and sustainability.
  • NextGen Health: Driving a local healthcare industry and improving health outcomes through synthetic biology and advances in digital, diagnostic and treatment technologies.
  • Smart Mobility: CSIR Smart Mobility impact areas focus on transport infrastructure, transport operations, and logistics management.
     
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