Centre for Process Innovation

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Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)
FounderONE NorthEast
HeadquartersWilton Centre,
Redcar
,
United Kingdom
Number of locations
5 facilities + 4 announced (2014)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nigel J Perry (CEO)
Revenue57,318,466 Euro (2020) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
227 (April 2014)
Websitewww.uk-cpi.com

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is a science and technology innovation centre based in Wilton, Cleveland, United Kingdom. Established in 2003 by the UK Government agency, ONE NorthEast, the company was one of five centres of excellence in a long term strategy to "reposition the North-East [of England] on the world stage for research and development".[1]

Facilities

The company currently operates five facilities across the Tyne and Wear area:

Four further facilities were announced in 2014:

  • Biologics Factory of the Future[2]
  • National Horizon Centre[3]
  • Graphene Applications Innovation Centre[4]

High Value Manufacturing Catapult

In 2011, CPI was announced as part of the UK Government's Catapult centres network.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Centres of excellence to take the region forward". The Northern Echo. 2003-05-20. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  2. ^ Coreena Ford (2014-07-10). "CPI 'biologics factory of the future' will create scores of jobs in County Durham". The Journal. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  3. ^ "Centre for technologies of the future gets the go ahead". The Northern Echo. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  4. ^ Robert Gibson (2014-03-22). "Graphene Applications Innovation Centre will help region lead way". The Journal. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  5. ^ https://www.uk-cpi.com/about/high-value-manufacturing-catapult/