Centres of Excellence

The North East of England has four Centres of Excellence dedicated to the commercialisation of technology and supporting companies in specific high growth market sectors:

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is directed to prove excellence in new processes, new products and new energy. It works closely with industry, from multinationals to high-tech start-ups, investors, government agencies and leading researchers to stimulate and manage market-led innovation.
CPI was recently awarded Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) status by the UK government to help companies developing  products and technologies in the high value manufacturing sector.


The Centre of Excellence for Life Sciences (Cels) builds on the key research and technology strengths found in the region's universities, in the NHS and in industry in the fields of Cancer and Ageing, Human Genetics, Informatics, Clinical Medicine and Devices, Stem Cell Therapies and Plant Biotechnology.
Codeworks focuses on the exploitation of nascent digital technologies and media. It applies these emerging technologies to a number of important applications, most notably GRID computing, reliable computing, visual computing and broadband content and applications.

The National Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) is achieving new breakthroughs in the design, deployment and commercialisation of sustainable energy technologies.

If you would like further information on the Innovation support network in the North East of England, please feel free to contact John Hildreth on 01740 625 250 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text9224 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it