The Centre for Process Innovation Limited (CPI) is a British technology and innovation social enterprise, headquartered in the North East of England. Established in 2004 by the UK Government agency

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, the company was one of five centres of excellence in a long-term strategy to "reposition the North-East

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on the world stage for research and development".

Role

CPI helps companies to develop, prove, prototype and scale-up new products and processes by providing access to facilities, expertise and networks of public and private funders. CPI is a founding partner in the

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, a network of technology and innovation centres designed to transform the UK's capability for innovation in specific technology areas and markets to help drive future economic growth. Biotherapeuitics

Facilities

The company has seven innovation facilities in northern England and one in Scotland: * National Industrial Biotechnology Centre, Wilton, Redcar * National Printable Electronics Centre, at NETPark,

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* National Formulation Centre, NETPark, Sedgefield * National Healthcare Photonics Centre, NETPark, Sedgefield * The Graphene Application Centre, NETPark, Sedgefield * National Biologics Manufacturing Centre, Darlington * The RNA Centre of Excellence, Darlington * The Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre,

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Funding

In 2011, CPI joined the UK Government's

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network. It has also received funding from the

European Regional Development Fund The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is one of the European Structural and Investment Funds allocated by the European Union. Its purpose is to transfer money from richer regions (not countries), and invest it in the infrastructure and s ...

and the EU's Horizon 2020 programme. Further funding through the Catapult network was announced in 2018.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Research organisations in the United Kingdom 2003 establishments in the United Kingdom Catapult centres