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Up to 1,500 Jobs to Follow £20m PETEC Investment
A £20m expansion of the Printable Electronics Technology Centre in North East England was announced today.
The centre, at the NETPark in Sedgefield, County Durham, is to receive £12m from the UK Government’s Advanced Manufacturing strategy, along with a further £8m that will be channeled by Regional Development Agency One North East.
In the next four years it is estimated that this investment will stimulate the creation of up to 250 jobs in the North East and up to 1,500 jobs nationally.
The funding will help to significantly enhance the open access product development facilities at PETEC with the introduction of new equipment capable of prototyping applications in:
* printable photovoltaics
* ultra-efficient lighting
* printable flexible displays
* new intelligent packaging
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10th October
PETEC Procurement of Equipment Underway in UK
10th August
UK plastics electronics technology centre being built
7th August
Work starts on plastic electronics research centre
27th July
PETEC ground-breaking marks start
of North East
plastic electronics revolution
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14th September
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18th November 2008 - First OLED Panels to be manufactured in UK
20th November 2008 - UK Printed Electronics centre readies for production
28th November 2008 - Revolutionising the light bulb
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2nd December 2008 - Shedding light on new technology
8th December 2008 - Encouraging Innovation and Investment in County Durham
8th December 2008 - North East knowledge laying down the economy for growing economy
