EC CIP Public Consultation

A public consultation on a possible successor to the European Competitiveness and
Innovation Programme (CIP)  will remain open until 4th February 2011.  This consultation
provides the opportunity to submit your views on the scope and objectives of any successor to the CIP programme.
There will also be a conference in Brussels on 25 January 2011 where you will have a further
opportunity to [...]

Polymer purification

An alternative course of action for enquiry 4613 is to take commercially available material and purify it to desired level.  Contract processors [...]

India - Indian Automotive Sector - Materials & Design

India’s automotive manufacturing sector is buoyant. Indian vehicle manufactures and their suppliers are looking for potential UK suppliers and partners involved in materials such as plastics, light-weight alloys and aluminium plus associated bonding technology for automotive applications and automotive light-weighting design.

UKTI is offering an exceptional opportunity for UK companies to meet key senior executives, with a [...]

4614 handling HF

An instrument company seeks help in filling reference cells with [...]

Government White paper on trade and investment

The Government is preparing a major White Paper on trade and investment and seeks industry (and individual) input to 34 specific questions (at www.bis.gov.uk/trade-white-paper). Answers and further comments may be submitted to tradewhitepaper@bis.gsi.gov.uk or by post to: Trade White Paper Call for Evidence, ITID, 3rd Floor Victoria 2, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1.

Responses should be [...]

4613 Polymer for Proof of Concept

A textile company, developing biomimetic materials, seeks 50 kg batches of water sensitive coPET [5-sodium sulfo-isophthalate polyester or 5-sodium sulfo-isophthalic acid copolyester] for yarn spinning trials.

99% purity is needed (less than for medical applications – but must be [...]