The Emerging Electronics Manufacturing Centre will be based in County Durham and provide equipment for the integration of electronic devices such as a reel-to-reel RFID inlay production line and smart label converting line.
Potential products could include packaging with embedded printed sensors which notifies a stocklist of its whereabouts in a warehouse via the internet, CPI said.
John Cocker, Director of Printable Electronics at CPI, said: “Many challenges remain in being able to integrate conventional and/or novel components into the devices that will unlock the value of the ‘internet of things’.
“The Emerging Electronics Manufacturing Centre is focused on addressing these challenges and helping its clients and partners to engage successfully in this exciting new opportunity”.
The project will provide open access assets and provide technical expertise, offering innovators the support necessary to make the leap from concept to commercialisation by providing the opportunity to carry out feasibility testing, develop, or scale up their innovative electronic products and manufacturing processes in a low risk environment.
CPI to establish IoT manufacturing centre through £2.6 million funding
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The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has been handed £2.6 million from the European Regional Development Fund to establish and run a national technology centre.
