Opening the door to university expertise

Collaboration between academia and industry is increasingly important and two Scottish organisations have been recognised for their achievements in this area.

When Livingston-based metal recycling company Caledonian Alloys needed access to chemical engineering expertise, they approached the local East of Scotland Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Centre, who put them in touch with Heriot-Watt University. This led to the award of a KTP grant from the DTI, part of which was used to employ a recent graduate (the KTP Associate) who acted as the conduit between the University and the company.

Pisys make their mark with new Digi-Pen system

As companies look to make efficiency savings wherever they can, the time spent uploading data is coming under particular scrutiny.

Admin staff are constantly under pressure to quickly upload important data to back office computer systems and anything that can speed up this process would be of interest to any business.