What we do

Composites Innovation. We unlock innovation in the use of advanced composites. Supporting industry to find new ways to design and make higher performing products with less waste, that last longer.

Engineering Excellence. We collaborate as part of your team, providing experienced, specialist engineers to rapidly boost your composites and digital engineering capabilities and solve your challenges.

Ground-Breaking Technology. We pioneer the development of new composites design and technology capabilities in the UK to boost supply chain growth. Offering a unique, open-access industrial test-bed.

	Advanced composites We're unlocking innovation in the use of advanced composites. Supporting industry to find new ways to design and make higher performing products with less waste, that last longer.
	Digital engineering We bring together and collaborate with the best minds in the business. We harness the power of high value design to speed up the product creation lifecycle, And we do all of this through our state of the art test beds.
	Composites and the hydrogen economy Composites are lightweight, strong and durable and enable significant design flexibility - making them the only practical solution to storing compressed hydrogen. Find out more about our work with hydrogen storage.
	Sustainability Taking the lead in the development of sustainable composites for the next generation of lightweight, super-efficient planes, cars and ships.
	Engineering services Our specialist composites engineers work as part of your team, accelerating your innovation to deliver the right result, on time and to your budget.
	Our technologies Access the latest composites technology that is transforming manufacturing design and processes.
	Technology programmes Through our technology research programmes, we work with academia and industry to find solutions to some of the biggest engineering challenges facing the UK.
	Business support We support businesses of all sizes to fast-track their innovation and overcome barriers to business growth. We have a dedicated support team for SMEs that can help with technical challenges, giving access to the latest technology or providing training to upskill your team.
	Skills, training and workforce development We are building composites capabilities in the UK, providing professional and specialist training to develop the engineers of the future.