CPI
Working across four key technology sectors where CPI have outstanding expertise, and are developing an internationally known centre of excellence for UK processing.
As CPI have moved toward that goal, they have become the lead driver for innovation in the UK processing sector, brought jobs and prosperity to the North East of England...and inspired a brighter future in for people and communities everywhere.
CPI’s sectors are:
- Advanced processes
- Functional materials
- Low carbon energy
- Printable electronics
Across these specialist technology areas, CPI deliver a unique portfolio of activities:
- Providing services to the global business community in process innovation, consultancy and research, and in the formation and management of development partnerships
- Establishing and running publicly funded agencies and projects in emerging technologies
- Forming new companies through spin-outs and joint ventures.
CPI was brought together in April 2008 by the merger of two UK government-backed Centres of Excellence, both formed in 2004 – the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) on Teesside and the Centre for Nanotechnology, Microtechnology and Photonics (Cenamps) in Newcastle upon Tyne.
To maintain CPI’s international leadership in these vast and challenging fields, they constantly seek to recruit the brightest and best qualified people from the international scientific and industrial communities. CPI’s success in attracting the best candidates from around the world is evidence of their international reputation and the platform for its future growth.
