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A North East company specialising in biological threat detection is adapting its air monitoring technology to detect COVID-19. Kromek has received £1.25 million from Innovate UK to customise its pioneering system for automated detection of all airborne pathogens, including coronavirus. The…

A North East battery technology developer has collaborated with an elevated platform manufacturer to deliver environmentally friendlier equipment. Sunderland-based Hyperdrive Innovation has worked with Washington’s Snorkel to develop new models using lithium-ion battery technology. Bosses at the businesses say the partnership…

A waste recycling firm is working with academics to give new purpose to a construction and excavation by-product. Scott Bros. Ltd has teamed up with Teesside University to find alternative applications for its particular brand of unwanted ‘filter cake.’ The company…

Newcastle-based technology company, Luminous Group, has launched an extension to its environmental monitoring software, traXR, to support food producers in the detection and tracking of COVID-19 on surfaces. Initially launched in 2019, the technology can test and track for high…

Funded by the UK European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), CPI, an independent technology innovation centre and founding member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult, today announced the launch of the PROSPECT programme to assist small and medium-sized…

An engineer ensuring global port moorings’ upkeep has strengthened its ties to the North East.

A market leader in the design and manufacture of electrified powertrain systems for the electric and hybrid vehicle industry, AVID’s investment in a state-of-the-art electronics surface mount (SMT) manufacturing facility and new test equipment is set to increase production…

The North East is primed to launch the UK’s first university-led multi-satellite space mission following £5 million support, education bosses have said.