fitted out to Class 2 containment . The building will open in Autumn 2016 .
Techspace Two Techspace Two is a self-contained Grade A office building providing 930 sq m of space which can be sub-divided . It will provide companies with their own ‘ front door ’ at Sci-Tech Daresbury . The building will open in Summer 2016 .
STEP Lab Step Lab provides flexible access to a range of cutting-edge scientific equipment , including fully-equipped biological , imaging , materials and physical science laboratories for early-stage businesses . Access is tailored to a company ’ s needs , from their own laboratories , to daily fees for multi-user labs . .
STFC CERN Business Incubation Centre ( STFC CERN BIC ) The STFC CERN BIC gives SMEs access to CERN technologies and expertise to create new products and services . The scheme offers incubation space , funding , business and technical support to hightech companies seeking to accelerate their innovative business concepts .
STFC Campus Technology Hub ( CTH ) The Campus Technology Hub gives technology companies easy access to a range of electronics testing , manufacturing and rapid prototyping facilities housed in a 2000 sq m facility .
The Enterprise Zone The Sci-Tech Daresbury Enterprise Zone status will help accelerate the Campus ’ s ambitious development plans to grow the site to some 10,000-15,000 people working in science and technology through access to infrastructure funding and provision of business rates relief to companies locating in the Enterprise Zone .
Campus Partnerships and Support Business Support and Strategic Partnerships A dedicated team provides business support to Campus companies . This includes identifying relevant expertise to resolve businesscritical issues around access to market , money , people and technical facilities . This is achieved through a range of collaborative partnerships including :
• 8 regional universities
• Innovate UK
• UK Trade and Investment
• Gold partnership programme providing easy to access advice from professional service companies
• VC funds and angel networks
• Blue chip companies eg IBM , Unileverr
Campus Companies Of the 100 + companies on Campus the four key sectors represented are healthcare , advanced engineering & materials , digital / ICT , and clean technologies . All company details are accessible by visiting www . sci-techdaresbury . com / companies / list /
Digital There are around 30 companies from the digital sector , spanning software development , mobile and web-based technologies . They range from start-ups to international companies such as IBM and Lockheed Martin . Digital companies are supported by the high-speed internet access on site providing 200Mbps connection that can be scaled to 1Gbps .
Companies to watch are Wadaro , and Integritie . Wadaro has quality of signal monitoring technology for the mobile sector which is now being rapidly adopted by the global telcos . Integritie have developed an automated platform for capture , control , communication and compliancy of any digital information .
Healthcare There are about 30 healthcare companies at Daresbury , including medical device and diagnostic technologies , pharmaceuticals , ingredients and software solutions . Global Biodiagnostics have developed novel detection platform for early diagnosis of TB , supported with funding from the Gates Foundation and Welcome Trust . US-company Synchrogenix provides specialist medical writing expertise into the pharmaceutical sector . The NW Coast Academic Health Sciences Network is located on site supporting companies in bringing new innovations to the NHS .
Advanced Engineering & Materials The advanced engineering sector is represented by nearly 30 companies . These include internationally-active businesses in high performance computational modelling ( ac & e , J2 Aircraft Dynamics and Optis ), intelligent monitoring / control systems ( Perceptive Engineering , Copadata ) and high end instrumentation ( Opto , Pamas ). The Virtual Engineering Centre managed by the University of Liverpool on-site , works with the likes of BAe Systems , Airbus , Jaguar LandRover and Bentley Motors .
Clean technologies A dozen companies operate in areas such as renewables , nuclear waste and water treatment . Ones to watch are Decision Analysis Services with expertise in nuclear power station management and optimisation and Horan Power Engineering providing specialist engineering consultancy and services in the renewables sector .
Join the Sci-Tech Daresbury network The Sci-Tech Daresbury network is a rapidly growing membership community of over 4,000 people offering a host of benefits including access to key contacts and events . To join the network visit http :// newshub . sci-techdaresbury . com
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