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Chemicals in Emerging Applications

A multi-client study is proposed to determine the opportunities to supply chemicals
and base materials in the emerging market for Printed Electronics devices and components.

The study is likely to answer such questions as:

Which applications are important and have the most growth potential?
Which applications will require what chemicals and materials?
What is the demand for chemicals and base [...]

Get more from Knowledge Transfer Networks

The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is the quango charged with encouraging industrial science and technology for economic benefit. It operates through 2 dozen or so Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTNs), each specialising in a modern industry or technology and helping companies with aspects of product and market development.

The Chemistry Innovation KTN serves chemical manufacturers (and others) [...]

Carbon Footprint Calculator

CIKTN and Manchester University have launched a carbon footprint calculator to help companies with product life cycle analysis and determination of greenhouse gas emissions.

A demonstrator is available on a memory stick from CIKTN or the full tool (based on Excel (2003 or later)) is at www.ccalc.org.uk

Seveso II Directive

A market research company is acting for HSE to determine the likely impact of a Seveo II Directive. SORIS members’ views are invited.

Regulation: Newcastle University Seek Regional SME Research Partners

Researchers from Newcastle University are seeking to recruit small firms in the environmental goods and services sector to participate in a UK Government funded project aimed at improving our understanding of the relevance and impact of regulation on smaller firms. The objective of the project is to see how different firms experience and respond to [...]

SPARK Awards

Strategic Projects to Access Research and Knowledge

The Materials KTN, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, are pleased to announce the launch of SPARK Awards in Nanotechnology.

https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/materialsktn/spark-awards

SPARK Award projects, funded by the University of Glasgow, have been launched in collaboration with the Materials KTN to support the UK Nanotechnology Community by giving UK based companies [...]

Maximising the value of your Intellectual property

A recent Materials KTN presentation offered a method for identifying and recording “intellectual capital” (i.e. more than patents and trademarks and including intangible items).
A case study showed how composites technology plus telemetry from F1 motor racing had combined in a lucrative opportunity supplying lockable manhole covers for the London Olympics.

Contact details available from SORIS. [...]

COSHH Risk Assessments

COSHH365 is a software and Internet wizard to help companies with COSHH risk assessments. It is not a substitute for the judgement of a health & safety manager, but seems to offer a considerable lifting of the administrative burdens of that post. It also prepares consistent and visually arresting documents. Notably [...]

British Pavilion at Chemspec Europe

UKTI offers space for 13 companies on its pavilion at Chemspec Europe in Berlin on 9-10 June 2010. There is a possibility that 9 of those companies can qualify for exhibitor grants – which substantially reduce the cost of exhibiting.

Interested companies should contact Tricia Francis at UKTI North West office as soon as [...]