Six companies across Europe have been piloting the Toolkit and have input heavily to the development and adaptation process. Learn how each company implemented the PROMISE GateWay Process, including impact, successes and failures by clicking on the link provided.

Agrifor Soc. Coop srl	Agro-food – transformation of fruit and vegetable products	Italy	Appreciated validity of a product idea in a shorter time Concentrated human & financial resources Helped us to avoid wasting any product ideas
Berkshire China	Ceramic mugs	UK	Shift to a Team "stakeholder" approach from a 'product champion' Enforced market and profitability considerations prior to prototyping Key question "can we sell this idea?" at product concept gate More 'rounded' market ready product innovations emanating from the GateWay process Significant reduction in lead time from product concept to commercialisation
Cylon Controls Ltd	Design & manufacture of building management energy systems	Ireland	Improved multiple project management Improved finishing of projects – with controlled handoff between R&D and other departments and clearly established ‘ownership’ of tasks Improved control of project establishment, helping guarantee that resources will be available and deployed and defining when projects move between ‘proposal investigation’ stages into full development Improved control of ‘non-project’ tasks
Italmiko srl	Agro-food – mushrooms, peppers & garden vegetables	Italy	Improvement and increase of value of the human resources Financial savings & optimisation of the resources spent Gained considerable reduction of time for completion of a project Started a phase of integrated planning in the company’s production processes
Leslie Group Ltd	Brass & copper forged components	UK	Major improvement in product innovation culture Product concepts are stock piled until market ready and/or can be resourced Multi-discipline team approach was essential to ensure empowerment Effective use of limited resources for new product development
Vitalograph (Ireland) Ltd	Design and Manufacture of instruments to bring lung function examinations from the laboratory into the doctor's office	Ireland	Confidence in our innovation process Improved GateWay process Reduced time to market (at least 2 months – considered significant) Improved metrics