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08/05/2012
New Innovation Centre To Create Jobs
Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials, has announced it is to start construction of the world’s largest and most sophisticated synthetic diamond supermaterials research and development facility.
The £20m investment near Oxford in the UK will consolidate Element Six’s global innovation teams into one integrated centre, developing a pipeline of innovative products for customers in industries from oil and gas drilling to machining and electronics. Synthetic diamond supermaterials typically improve productivity, reduce energy consumption and enable leaps in technology never previously considered in a multitude of applications.
Once complete in Spring 2013, the new Global Innovation Centre will reinforce Element Six’s position as the world-leader in synthetic diamond research and will employ more than 100 top engineers, scientists and technicians. 50 new material science jobs will be created, with the vast majority of new positions available for highly qualified graduate scientists, engineers and physicists. Element Six will be offering these innovators an unrivalled opportunity to work with the extreme properties of synthetic diamond and related supermaterials at a state-of-the-art facility.
Aligned with the Government’s desire to foster investment in R&D and advanced manufacturing, Element Six, with support from UK Trade & Investment, identified Harwell Oxford in the UK as the site for its Global Innovation Centre. The location was chosen for its world-renowned reputation, high-tech talent pool and excellent global connectivity.
UK Trade & Investment supported Element Six by proposing and advising on potential locations, organising site visits, facilitating meetings with site owners and developers, preparing bespoke research and bringing in the expertise of the councils, Local Enterprise Partnerships, academic institutions and research partners.
Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, said: "The investment by Element Six, that will bring a world class research and development facility to Harwell, shows that the UK is a great place for innovative and cutting edge industries to invest. Along with a real boost to the local economy, providing around 50 new highly skilled engineering jobs, the investment shows that the Oxford region is a world leading location for hi-tech research, and that the UK is open for business."
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The £20m investment near Oxford in the UK will consolidate Element Six’s global innovation teams into one integrated centre, developing a pipeline of innovative products for customers in industries from oil and gas drilling to machining and electronics. Synthetic diamond supermaterials typically improve productivity, reduce energy consumption and enable leaps in technology never previously considered in a multitude of applications.
Once complete in Spring 2013, the new Global Innovation Centre will reinforce Element Six’s position as the world-leader in synthetic diamond research and will employ more than 100 top engineers, scientists and technicians. 50 new material science jobs will be created, with the vast majority of new positions available for highly qualified graduate scientists, engineers and physicists. Element Six will be offering these innovators an unrivalled opportunity to work with the extreme properties of synthetic diamond and related supermaterials at a state-of-the-art facility.
Aligned with the Government’s desire to foster investment in R&D and advanced manufacturing, Element Six, with support from UK Trade & Investment, identified Harwell Oxford in the UK as the site for its Global Innovation Centre. The location was chosen for its world-renowned reputation, high-tech talent pool and excellent global connectivity.
UK Trade & Investment supported Element Six by proposing and advising on potential locations, organising site visits, facilitating meetings with site owners and developers, preparing bespoke research and bringing in the expertise of the councils, Local Enterprise Partnerships, academic institutions and research partners.
Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, said: "The investment by Element Six, that will bring a world class research and development facility to Harwell, shows that the UK is a great place for innovative and cutting edge industries to invest. Along with a real boost to the local economy, providing around 50 new highly skilled engineering jobs, the investment shows that the Oxford region is a world leading location for hi-tech research, and that the UK is open for business."
(CD)
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