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Technology Strategy Board reveals name for Centres
The Technology Strategy Board has announced the name for the elite network of technology and innovation centres which it is establishing. Catapult centres will help to drive economic growth by closing the gap between concept and commercialisation and enhance innovation in specific technology areas for years to come.
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.