North East Advanced Material Electronics NEAME
NEAME is a dynamic cluster of leading-edge companies using advanced electronic materials technologies at the core of what they do. A definition that embraces compound semiconductors, 2D materials, polymer, organic materials and even hybrids!
Some of these companies design, develop, and make microchip-scale electronic devices. Others integrate them as a critical component of their products that are only possible by going beyond silicon.
A track record of innovation
The North East has a strong history of technological innovation that has fundamentally impacted on society. Think of the railways, the lightbulb and large-scale power generation. It has been home to many microelectronic and electronic device companies over the decades with a strong compound semiconductor heritage with past major investors such as Siemens, Atmel and Fujitsu.
A new future
The demise of conventional volume semiconductor manufacturing businesses in the UK affected the region over 10 years ago. In its place the North East has found ways of rising from this “me-too” mentality. Instead, it has reinvented itself, placing emphasis on anticipating the next generation of electronics needs.
Today North East companies are serving a wide range of customers globally in telecommunications, defence and security, healthcare, packaging, energy, automotive and space to name a few.
Gross Value Added (GVA)
GVA is an economic term that describes the ‘value generated by any unit engaged in the production of goods and services’ (ONS).
source: Urban Foresight cluster study March 2021, funded by NELEP
Jobs
source: Urban Foresight cluster study March 2021, funded by NELEP
Manufacturers, Developers and Integrators
Material Manufacturing
Device Development & Manufacture
- Coherent
- SmartKem
- Kromek
- Pragmatic
- Poweroll
- Evince Technology
- Quantum Supersensors
- INEX Microtechnology