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Knowledge to Innovate Launched

C-Tech Innovation and WM Enterprise have been successful in securing Ł2.9 million from the North West Development Agency to deliver its Knowledge to Innovate Programme (K2i).

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This 3 year programme is centered on embedding innovation in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Northwest region. Companies in the NWDA's six priority growth sectors (see below) will be targeted although the programme is not specific and assistance is available to all North West SMEs.

Biomedical
Advanced Engineering & Materials
Digital & Creative Industries
Business & Professional Services
Food & Drink
Energy & Environmental Technologies

K2i offers a tailored programme of support in areas such as innovation leadership, innovation strategy and cultural change, all with the aim of integrating competitiveness of the SME sector.

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For further details on K2i, contact John Henderson.

Business 2 Business WEEE

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Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is a complex waste stream that often requires several levels of reprocessing and recycling to ensure maximum value is recovered.

To help ensure sufficient and suitable reprocessing capacity is available, London Remade, a leading adviser and consultant to London boroughs on the subject of recycling, has commissioned C-Tech to perform a study regarding the quantity of B2B WEEE generated in the capital.

For additional information about some of our initial findings, our economic analysis tool and how we can help you with WEEE analysis, contact David Gardner.

Economic Analysis of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

In light of the WEEE Directive C-Tech has developed an analytical tool that allows an economic assessment of end of life options for electrical and electronic items (from a cost perspective) to be made.

The tool analyses all types of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE). The basis for the assessment is the waste hierarchy approach developed as part of a previous DEFRA funded project and represents a powerful method of performing cost comparisons between the various options for WEEE at product end-of-life.

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For additional details of the analytical tool, contact Stuart Dalrymple.

Collaborative Research

C-Tech has been highly successful in many DTI & European Framework projects, and is actively involved in a total of 16 projects, some of which are shown below.

IONMET - New ionic liquid solvent technology to transform metal finishing products and processes
SAPHIR - Safe, integrated & controlled production of high-tech multifunctional nanostructured materials including their recycling
COMBIO - Composite materials for the immobilisation of biocatalysts
NANOSECURE - Advanced nanotechnological detection and detoxification of harmful airborne substances for improved public security
PROSURF - Promotion and support of SME research and innovation in the surface finishing and printed circuit manufacturing sectors

We are actively involved in an ongoing number of European Framework 7 projects applications.

If you would like to know more about collaborating with C-Tech, contact us here.

Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Waste Group Invitation

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The Resource Efficiency KTN, managed by C-Tech Innovation on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR, formally the DTI) has been invited to work with the APSWG. The group's work is supported by DEFRA, BERR & HM Treasury & provides an invaluable opportunity to work with Parliament, to lead on key issues which the waste management industry faces.

For additional details contact resource@ctechinnovation.com

Special Adviser to the House of Commons

C-Tech Innovation has been invited onto the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. Membership includes representatives of many of the UK's leading Universities, major blue chip companies and MP's and Lords with a professional interest in science.

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C-Tech is among the first SME's to be invited to join the committee, which is a primary focus for scientific and technological issues providing a long-term liaison between Parliamentarians and scientific bodies, science-based industry and the academic world. The main aim is to focus on those issues where science and politics meet, informing Members of both Houses of Parliament by indicating the relevance of scientific and technological developments to matters of public interest and to the development of policy.

New Starters

C-Tech is delighted to introduce you to the latest members of our team.

Dr Dom Cupertino

Dom Cupertino has joined C-Tech as a Project Manager. Dom is a research chemist and has nearly 20 years experience in R&D in the chemical industry, firstly with ICI, working on projects ranging from solvent extraction for metal recovery, through to conducting inks and polymers. Latterly with the Avecia group, he worked in the growing area of plastic electronics, developing new organic semiconductors and materials for thin film transistors. This work has involved him in numerous European Framework projects in the emerging field of printed electronics and this experience will be put to good use in supporting C-Techs EU project portfolio.

Dr Rachel James

Rachel James also joined C-Tech as a Project Manager in July. Rachel is a research chemist with experience working in R&D in the chemical industry. She worked for Avecia Ltd (more recently FijiFilm Imaging Colorants) in a range of areas including biocides and metal extraction. More recently, Rachel has worked within ink jet research managing research projects into novel ink jet dyes.

We have also been joined by James Curtis and Rachel Clements who are at C-Tech for the summer whilst on vacation from university. James is working on a project involving novel application for microwave heating whilst Rachel is exploring new separation processes using ionic liquids.