Booth Welsh design and deliver process control systems and have done so since inception in 1989 and have fully embraced digitalisation and Industry 4.0. Booth Welsh operate globally but why does the company choose to manufacture in Scotland? Scotland has a rich history of engineering heritage and currently outperforms many larger nations when it comes to R&D and innovation. This continues to deliver a rich portfolio...
Glasgow based project ran by The University of Strathclyde and Glasgow School of Art, ARTICULAR, has received a grant of £1.9 million. The funding has been awarded to ARTICULAR, a project which will use advances in digital technology to help reduce the time it takes to get new drugs to market by harnessing the potential of large data sets and Machine Learning – techniques which...
Surrey-based medical device company AorTech has signed a development agreement with a Scottish business to work on its synthetic heart valve project. The project with VFT involves detailed computational modelling and analysis of AorTech’s heart valve, leading to further design optimisation, manufacturing and testing. The aim is to prepare a detailed data pack to justify first “in man” testing of the technology. Bill Brown, chairman...
Grangemouth is already synonymous with the chemical industry within Scotland and the UK but moves are afoot to spread the word to the rest of the world. The Chemical Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group has released a new strategic plan laying out its goals up to and including 2025. Backed by Scottish business, innovation and energy minister Paul Wheelhouse, the plan has four key priorities...
UK to capture a bigger slice of the global £98bn small molecule pharma market 80 new jobs to be created by 2023; a further 90 created or retained during design & construction £80 million of new R&D investment by 2028 A new £56 million UK innovation centre, which will revolutionise how medicines are manufactured, is to be located in Renfrewshire. Protecting future generations by bringing...
Scotland saw a 7% rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) projects during 2017, making it the top performing location in UK outside London once again, according to the latest annual survey into FDI attractiveness published today (11 June 2018) by EY. EY’s Attractiveness Survey, Scotland, 2018 shows that Scotland has retained its premier position, thanks to a FDI growth rate which was higher than the...
CREATING a key European hub in Grangemouth for the chemical sciences cluster is one of four priorities outlined in a new eight-year strategic plan by Chemical Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group. The plan, backed by Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, also details Scotland’s potential in the industrial biotechnology (IB) sector and aspires to establish Scotland as a world-class centre of high-value manufacturing as well as...
Ingenza is pleased to announce a collaboration with the University of Dundee and Drochaid Research Services on a highly innovative project that aims to reduce the waste carbon dioxide generated by industrial biotech manufacturing applications. Funded by Zero Waste Scotland, the proposal involves capturing and recycling the emerging CO2 waste streams that evolve during fermentative bioprocessing, and using them as a supplementary carbon feedstock for bio-based...
Europe is a key market for Arrayjet, a specialist biological inkjet printing company based near Edinburgh. Get insights on the company’s export tactics and why Arrayjet is keen to develop its European markets. Arrayjet is a specialist biological inkjet printing company based at the Midlothian Innovation Centre in Roslin, near Edinburgh. The Scottish company is committed to developing its European markets, regardless of how Brexit...
Skills Investment Plan focuses on practical training and industry knowledge Businesses in Scotland’s Life and Chemical Sciences industries have launched a new plan to attract the workforce needed for growth and innovation. The Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s Life and Chemical Sciences Sector features a series of measures aimed at helping employers address skills shortages, access training, raise the profile of careers in the industry...