Engineering innovation campus opens in Cheshire
11 Jul 2016
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has opened a Campus Technology Hub for advanced engineering at its Daresbury Laboratory.
The Cheshire-based facility is designed to provide UK businesses with access to more than £2 million of engineering technology, including 3D printing and rapid prototype assistance.
There is a passion to drive world-leading science and innovation here at Sci-Tech Daresbury
Susan Smith, head of STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory
Susan Smith, head of STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory, said: “The new Campus Technology Hub has one purpose — to provide companies with affordable access to the best skills and facilities in engineering R&D so that they can solve their technology challenges to better compete on a national and international level.”
The Hub is home to more than 100 companies, co-locating with world-leading expertise and facilities, including supercomputing and particle accelerator physics, the STFC said.
“There is a passion to drive world-leading science and innovation here at Sci-Tech Daresbury, which is evident throughout the Laboratory and the whole of the campus,” Smith said.
“We have start-ups flourishing in both our own business incubation facilities and in the many businesses that have chosen to locate around the campus, a number of which have re-located from other parts of the UK and even overseas,” she added.
