CPI facility secures £2m funding

Published: 11-May-2005


CPI, the Centre for Process Innovation, is planning to use a cleanroom to turn fantasy into reality, developing technology that will replace glass computer screens with lightweight clear rollup screens.

CPI has secured £2m of funding from One NorthEast to develop an open access flexible electronics facility. The landmark project is the first from CPI's functional materials platform, and will establish the Centre of Excellence as a focal point for flexible electronics materials in the UK. Flexible electronics is a term used to describe electrical components and displays using polymers rather than silicon and glass materials. The products being developed fall into three broad categories: flexible displays; electronic devices, such as smart tags; and photovoltaic cells. The cleanroom and laboratory at the site will be used to develop flexible substrates for the flexible electronics industry, and will operate as an open access facility to EU-based companies. "This is a new, exciting area for development, and the funding will allow CPI to help bridge the gap between r&d and commercialisation," said Nigel Perry, ceo of CPI. "The open access facility will enable industry to explore new technologies without the capital outlay of building a state-of-the-art clean facility, scale manufacturing and test hall. "Flexible electronics is a multi-billion pound market. The technology that will be developed at our facility will allow us to challenge convention," he added. The technology could make the idea of a laptop obsolete, with roll-up screens making the PC as portable as the mobile phone. The display sector is currently valued at $20bn, while in 2002 the photovoltaics industry installed 500 million watts of product and the market grew by 30%. CPI is based at the Wilton Centre, Redcar, Cleveland. It is one of the five centres of excellence established as part of One NorthEast's "Strategy for Success", to consolidate, build on and exploit the North East's knowledge base in the process industries.

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