UK R&D: to knowing how

Posted on 21 Nov 2015 by Ruari McCallion

The UK has been promoted as somewhere with a lot of know-how and intellectual property resources, even if we aren’t always the best at commercialising it – but is that really the case? Ruari McCallion explores the R&D landscape, including government efforts to stimulate more research-intensive activity.

During an event to mark the official opening of its new Product Solutions Lab (PSL) at Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, R&D/Leverage UK’s managing director Alan Tolley observed that the company’s customers – drinks and food brand owners and plastic convertors – require much more from their tooling suppliers than simple supply. …

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