McLaren Applied Technologies

Open Innovation Partnerships

Incremental development is fine. Really leapfrogging the opposition is much more exciting - and rewarding.

Open Innovation opens companies up to the ideas, intellectual capital and capabilities of other organisations and McLaren Applied Technologies can help make it a reality.

Carbon fibre technology gives ballistic protection

Like minds, different technologies

Conventional R&D will provide some of the breakthroughs but isn't it better to open your mind to what other people are doing?

Transferring and re-applying technology from other worlds can provide solutions in a fraction of the time and cost to develop in the traditional way.

McLaren Applied Technologies has a broad range of technology and capabilities but like most progressive companies, we have recognised that we don't always have the all the answers.

That is why partnering has been a feature of our core businesses for decades.

We now bring this to our clients by acting, not only as technologists, but as the systems integrator. We bring diverse partners together to arrive at solutions and business opportunities that are truly surprising.

Technology Partners

In 1981 the technology needed for a new generation of race cars was not to be found in motorsport but in aerospace. The carbon fibre McLaren MP4 2 was born. Today Vodafone McLaren Mercedes continue to work with Partners including Mercedes Benz, Exxon Mobil and SGI.

Gateway to Expertise

When we developed a seat system for the US Marine Corps to protect them from mine blasts, we needed help to manufacture parts in the US.We teamed up with a partner on our road car programme, to utilise one of their US plants to service the assembly.

Opening New Markets

For a healthcare project, we needed a robust and secure method of wireless data transmission for patient data. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes title Partner Vodafone helped out with dedicated links to our server network.