Celebrating 20 years of innovation - Discover how we've been a catalyst for regional growth and UK innovation for over two decades in CPI's Annual Review 2023-2024.

Our Impact

Creating value for the UK economy

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Measuring CPI’s impact 

We have worked hard over the last decade to establish ourselves as an ambitious enabler, driving innovation forward in industry and academia in order to successfully translate great ideas into commercial products. Utilising our advanced facilities, we have worked with companies to cut the time it takes to develop, prove and prototype new products and processes. This in turn supports generating highly skilled jobs and economic growth to the UK

At CPI, our people are committed to innovation: the value we create as an organisation is measured in a range of ways. Here is a snapshot of our impact.

2020/21 Impact

230

engagements with UK academic institutions

£9m

of match funding leveraged

829

engagements held with SMEs

630

business support activities assisted

40%

of our CR&D projects partnered with both industry and academia

Lifetime Impact

1200+

projects undertaken

£386m+

worth of CR&D projects led and partnered on

£58m

privately contracted R&D activities

£5

of R&D activity leveraged for every £1 of R&D grant received

1 in 5

projects involved a collaboration with an academic institute

1400+

business collaborations (60% of which were SMEs)

PragmatIC

Accelerating the transition of its unique semiconductor technology from lab-based proof-of-concept to its first commercial fabrication line. 
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