Industrial Research Limited (IRL) was a

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that was established in 1992 and merged into

Callaghan Innovation Callaghan Innovation, a Crown entity of New Zealand, has the task of making New Zealand business more innovative. It was established in February 2013 and Industrial Research Limited, a Crown Research Institute, was merged into it. The institute t ...

, a new

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, on 1 February 2013. IRL provided research, development and commercialisation services aimed at fostering industry development, economic growth and business expansion. It was established when the

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was disbanded and its staff and assets redistributed to form the research institutes in 1992. Like many New Zealand entities, its logo incorporated a

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identity, in this case ''"Te Tauihu Pūtaiao"'', where ''Te Tauihu'' is the prow or leading edge of a waka ( Māori war canoe) and ''Pūtaiao'' means science. The phrase is a metaphor for the way science and technology can open up new opportunities for New Zealand businesses. IRL was based at Gracefield in

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, and had offices in

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and

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. After 10 years of operation, IRL commissioned a book, ''The Littlest Clue'',Parker, Selwyn. ''The Littlest Clue: The Resurgence of New Zealand Science and Technology'', Industrial Research Limited, 2002. which followed the history of several scientists and their projects as they took their ideas from the lab to the market place. In 2009, IRL ran a competition ''What's Your Problem New Zealand?'' to win up to $1 million of research and development services, receiving over 100 entries.

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* {{Authority control Crown Research Institutes of New Zealand 1992 establishments in New Zealand 2013 disestablishments in New Zealand