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A manufacturing process that opens-up use of the ‘wonder material’ graphene

Cambridge spinout Paragraf is the first company in the world to mass produce graphene-based electronic devices using standard semiconductor processes. The company’s deposition process creates a...

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Inventing ‘micro-packaging’ for vitamins used by a UK fortified drinks company

Cambridge spinout company Xampla has invented a pea protein-based microscopic capsule that protects vitamins within bottled drinks. The company is working with Britvic, a producer of soft drinks based...

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Inventing an alternative to single-use plastic used by a UK food company

Cambridge spinout company Xampla develops next generation materials to replace the most polluting types of plastic, using natural polymers that decompose fully without harming the environment. A...

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Start-up supporting over 750,000 life-science researchers

Global life sciences company Abcam is one of the UK’s biggest biotech success stories. It was founded in 1998 by Cambridge postdoctoral researcher Jonathan Milner and Cambridge telecoms entrepreneur...

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Designing and manufacturing AI sensor technology

Cambridge spinout UtterBerry, founded in 2013 by Heba Bevan during her PhD, builds AI sensor technology used to monitor the safety of infrastructure on national and international projects like...

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Rebuilding economic growth through strategy development

Yorkshire-based engineering company Produmax, global experts in flight control components and assemblies, credit their collaborative journey with IfM Engage, Institute for Manufacturing, as crucial in...

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Cambridge University’s UK economic impact

The University contributes nearly £30 billion to the UK economy and supports more than 86,000 jobs across the UK. In March 2023, a report published by London Economics measured the University of...

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Preventing genetic diseases in dogs

The health and wellbeing of many dogs has been compromised because of how they have been bred by humans. Cambridge researchers have been at the forefront of investigating the genetic basis of some of...

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Digital tech report contributes to £147 million research funding boost for...

In 2018, UK Research and Innovation engaged the expertise of Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy and senior academics from the Institute for Manufacturing to assess the real-world impact of digital...

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