The document discusses the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), which supports the UK's process industries through technology development and commercialization. It provides capital equipment and expertise to help ideas become profitable products. CPI has grown to over 150 staff and has established itself as an influential innovation center in the UK and EU. It operates facilities focused on printed electronics and sustainable processing to support the development of key industry sectors.

1. A Career in the Process Industry Sharon Louch Centre for Process Innovation

3. CPI Operating Space 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day Science £1 University based and curiosity driven 10 - 15 years Academic skillset £63 Industry based and market led 3 - 10 years Techno-commercial skillset Assets Money Research Technology Readiness Levels 1 - 3 Innovation Technology Readiness Levels 4 - 7

4. CPI Operating Space 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day

6. CPI Model 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day An Internationally ranked Innovation Centre CPI Technology CPI Enterprises CPI Economic Support Economic Development Directly Supporting Regional Business Development Developing Technology International Activity National Scope EU/UK Policy Influence Spin-out Businesses New Businesses to Create Value from Technology Printed Electronics OTFTs, Solid State Lighting, PV cells Sustainable processing Bio-Fuels, Bio-Process, Renewable Energy

7. CPI locations in North East England 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day All CPI facilities for printed/plastic electronics and NIBF located within 30-40 minutes of each other Newcastle Durham Wilton Sedgefield North Sea 30km R2R sputter Facility & NIBF PETEC prototyping facility Newcastle ALD facility

8. CPI: Sedgefield and Wilton sites 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day Wilton site – CPI headquarters, R2R sputter facility, barrier testing facilities NIBF facility Sedgefield - PETEC prototyping facility for processing up to 12” plastic electronic devices Phase 2 expansion, pilot facilities for OLED-lighting (200mm), display backplane line (cassette to cassette, non-contact lithography) R2R coater NIBF 2

11. Traditional Uses for Roll to Roll Vacuum Coating 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day

12. Electronics Applications for TCOs, Barrier Films and Metallised Film 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day

14. FESF Cleanroom 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day Particle Counts ( ≥ 0.5 μ ) ~10 to100 (at rest) © & Confidential to The Centre for Process Innovation Ltd

15. ITO from a Ceramic Target 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day In 2 O 3 /SnO 2 (10%wt), 99.99% purity Usage between cleaning: ~ 8 hours @ 2.8kW (2.0W/mm)

16. ITO: Resistance Minima 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day 99.9nm 96.0nm 96.8nm 97.9nm 97.8nm

17. ITO Uniformity 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day N.B. DC pulsing at 100kHz with 2 μ s pulse used for all depositions in this presentation

18. SEM Images of ITO on PET 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day ArO 2 plasma-pre-treated No plasma-pre-treat Average Grain Size: 47nm Surface Roughness: 5.40nm Average Grain Size: 32nm Surface Roughness: 3.99nm Average Grain Size: 17nm Surface Roughness: 2.64nm Average Grain Size: 29nm

19. Teamwork 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day Business Managers Customers Finance Partners/ Collaborators Politicians Neighbours Health & Safety Engineers/ Technicians Suppliers Wider Technical Community Scientists from all disciplines

20. Acknowledgements 05/04/11 Leicester Postgraduate Careers Day Mark Hodgson (DTF) Kevin Luxmore Steven Edge Alf Smith Thank-You For Listening