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Technology Innovation Centre open for business
At the recent Innovate 11 event in London Business Secretary Vince Cable declared the Government’s first elite technology innovation centre open for business, on the same day that the Department for Business, Innovation and Science (BIS) confirmed that over £140m would be invested in the centre over the next six years.
CPI — shortlist for international award
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) opened its groundbreaking Anaerobic Digestion Development Centre in February 2011, and its work to develop and implement this facility has been deservedly recognised in being shortlisted for the IChemE Bioprocessing Award, sponsored by the Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network.
CPI/SmartKem Work Together
Testing carried out by CPI’s Printable Electronics Centre have produced an advanced semiconductor materials that has achieved performance ‘better than amorphous-silicon’, achieving an impressive TFT mobility rating, higher than other traditional organic equivalents.
CPI’s OLED/OPV Protoyping Line
CPI’s new large area coating line has been designed to enable the development and prototyping of both organic light emitting diodes and organic photovoltaic technology. It is suitable for processing both air sensitive and non air sensitive material sets for the production of devices on a range of substrate sizes up to 200mm square.
Substantial investment revolutionise print & packaging
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has announced a significant investment in a new prototyping and development facility for printed electronic devices. Based at CPI’s Printable Electronics Centre, the facility will be uniquely positioned to work directly with the UK’s design, print and packaging industries to deliver cutting-edge electronic functionality into manufacturable printed products.