Initiatives

The Wellness Innovation and Technology Initiative

The Wellness Innovation and Technology initiative is aimed at new wellness sector entrants and companies looking at diversification programmes. The initiative has been designed to enable them to assess the potential of the global wellness innovation and technology market and support these companies through the innovation and commercialisation stages.

Visit the Wellness Innovation and Technology Initiative website for more information

Institute of System Level Integration (iSLI)

iSLI sits at the critical interface between the academic and commercial engineering worlds. Their mission is to produce highly skilled design engineers and researchers to meet the needs of the rapidly changing global semiconductor industry.

Visit the iSLI website for more information

FPGA High Performance Computing Alliance (FHPCA)

FHPCA is developing high-performance computing solutions using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) to deliver new levels of performance into the technical computing market.

Visit the FHPCA website for more information

The Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC)

AFRC is a public – private sector partnership designed to drive improvements in performance and profitability of UK Industry. The centre will be part of the University of Strathclyde, building on its 25 years of experience in this field. AFRC will be a beacon for engineering and manufacturing excellence, housed in a high-quality, purpose-built facility designed to reflect the status of this internationally significant service.

For further information on the Centre, please contact: Professor Bill Ion at the University of Strathclyde: w.j.ion@strath.ac.uk

The Innotek Centre - Cleanrooms for Growth

The Innotek Centre provides the ideal environment to enable intermediate stage companies requiring cleanroom facilities to grow and flourish. The Centre is housed in a high-quality industrial building in Livingston, Central Scotland, and contains five completely independent units comprising a cleanroom and adjoining office area. The Innotek Centre provides the space and environment to enable technology companies to focus on their core business and grow to the next level.

For further information on the Centre, please email Amelia Beattie: amelia.beattie@scotent.co.uk

Optocap

Optocap Ltd is a design, engineering and manufacturing service provider for packaging and assembly in the microelectronics and optoelectronics sector. Optocap provides advanced packaging solutions to a world-wide client base of blue chip multinationals and leading edge start-ups. Optocap's microelectronics and optoelectronic division's focus on the full product development cycle from design, prototyping, qualification, failure analysis and manufacturing.

Visit the Optocap website for more information

Scottish Microelectronics Centre (SMC)

SMC is a world class centre for incubation, research and development in the semiconductor sector. A joint venture between the University of Edinburgh and Scottish Enterprise, it provides a dynamic environment that links academia and hi-tech companies. The successful collaboration is at the leading edge of Scotland's semiconductor and MEMS activity. The SMC aims to provide a hothouse of companies and activity to supply the UK with a leading centre of excellence in the semiconductor field and delivers its services in four key areas: Incubation, Analytical, Processing and Assembly.

Visit the Scottish Microelectronics Centre website for more information

SAFENANO

The SAFENANO Initiative is designed to help industrial and academic communities to quantify and control the risks caused by nano-particles to their workforce, as well as to consumers, the general population and the environment, through both information provision and consultancy services.

Visit the SAFENANO website for more information

Wireless Innovation

Wireless Innovation was established to provide commercial expertise, technology development and market intelligence to Scottish companies developing wireless and mobile products and services. In addition to one-to-one advice to companies, the team of advisers organise networking events with partners covering a wide range of business and technology issues. The services of Wireless Innovation are accessible to companies all over Scotland and at any stage of their development.

For more information, visit the Wireless Innovation website

Centre for Engineering Education Development (CeeD)

CeeD was formed to promote world-class performance in the manufacturing and engineering sector in West Central Scotland. This initiative has been developed and is led by a group of engineering companies to promote the interests of the sector.

CeeD provides the infrastructure for sharing the expertise and energies of both SMEs and non SMEs, together with the knowledge and resources of academic institutions.

Visit the CeeD website for more information

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Scotland

An alliance of companies, research institutes and Universities currently working in technology areas related to DSP.

In recent year’s indigenous company growth, inward investment and government support of communications has meant that DSP has grown substantially within Scotland. DSP Scotland aims to provide an integration point for the growth of this and related technology sector.

Visit the DSP Scotland website for more information

Kelvin Nanotechnology Ltd

Providing nanofabrication solutions to industry and academia delivered through the state of the art James Watt Nanofabrication Centre in Glasgow.

Kelvin Nanotechnology specialise in high resolution, large area, multilevel electron beam lithography for applications such as transistor gate writing, imprint masks, optical elements, photonic crystals, nanotextured surfaces and many more.

Visit the Kelvin Nanotechnology website for more information

PROSPEKT Partnership

A £5 million Scottish Enterprise investment in commercialisation will build on £3.25 million investment from Edinburgh University and will provide:

a dedicated commercialisation team to pro-actively engage with industry
refurbishment of two floors of Appleton Tower, providing 1,200 meter squared of commercialisation facilities hosting the above team, and a floor dedicated to industry collaboration
programmes and activities to encourage entrepreneurship and resultant company formation
international promotion of the School of Informatics and leverage of its global alumni network.

Visit the University of Edinburgh School of informatics website for more information

Scottish Centre for Enabling Technology (SCET)

This project aims to foster effective partnerships between Universities’ existing knowledge base and Scottish SMEs within the creative industries sector. It offers funding for innovative research as well as advice, support and guidance to companies looking to leverage new technologies. The aim of the centre is to increase sustainability and competitive advantage for these SMEs through the use of knowledge transfer.

Visit the SCET website for more information

Semefab (Scotland) Ltd

Semefab offers open-access MEMS development throughout the full technology cycle (feasibility, proof of concept and prototyping).

Semefab is a capable enabler to technology companies and academic institutes wishing to commercialise their research.

Visit the Semefab website for more information