Innovate UK, the tech acceleration agency, has awarded £2.5M to Photocentric, a UK-based resin 3D printer developer, for advancing sustainable manufacturing processes.
Photocentric’s Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Technology is used in the Low Energy Autonomous Digital (LEAD) project to power several of its 3D printers. Paul Holt, the CEO of Photocentric, said, “We are thrilled to be part of the Smart Sustainable Factory and to be leading a project to build a greener Britain. We are manufacturing plastic parts from waste streams using low energy, reducing storage, minimizing transport and materials,”
The development is a part of the Sustainable Smart Factory Investment.
“Thanks to the trust the UK government has placed in our technologies and thanks to Innovate UK financial backing, companies like Photocentric can develop strategic and sustainable innovation in…