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Rob Hardeman named HRH Ambassador for corporate responsibility

Stephen Herdman2016-11-02T09:49:08+00:00June 22nd, 2015|Advanced Materials & Engineering|

Dr. Rob Hardeman has been named as the 2015 HRH Prince of Wales Ambassador for Corporate Responsibility in Northern Ireland by Business in the Community Northern Ireland (BITCNI). Rob, who is Technologist (Senior Director) at Seagate and Chair of the MATRIX Advanced Manufacturing panel has personally championed the development of a number of projects [...]

Graphene sprayed spiders spin super strong silk

Stephen Herdman2015-05-21T16:02:17+01:00May 21st, 2015|Advanced Materials & Engineering|

Italian researchers have discovered that spraying spiders with graphene makes them produce a silk strong enough to catch an aeroplane dropping from the sky. The researchers from the University of Trento combined particles or nanotubes of graphene and sprayed the liquid on to spiders, which soon began spinning silk covered with [...]

Clarehill Plastics secures £750k from Growth Loan Fund

Stephen Herdman2016-11-02T09:49:08+00:00May 21st, 2015|Advanced Materials & Engineering|

Storage tank manufacturer Clarehill Plastics in Moira has secured £750,000 from the Growth Loan Fund to help it grow market share and export destinations. The loan will also allow them to develop their range of large volume plastic storage tanks through research and development and it has already helped them to create 16 [...]

Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Engineering study underway

Stephen Herdman2016-11-02T09:49:08+00:00April 29th, 2015|Advanced Materials & Engineering|

Matrix is about to embark on its next study phase - the Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Engineering (AMME) Study. The starting basis will be a comprehensive review of the conclusions and recommendations from the previous Matrix work in this area. Separate Advanced Materials and Advanced Engineering [Transport] Horizon Panel Reports [...]

Innovate UK smart materials – Belfast event

Stephen Herdman2015-05-06T20:48:45+01:00March 23rd, 2015|Advanced Materials & Engineering|

This morning saw the Belfast workshop for the Innovate UK smart products from smart materials competition take place at Riddel Hall. This was the third in a series of events being held across the UK to give potential applicants the opportunity to find out more about the call and understand [...]

June 2015

Rob Hardeman named HRH Ambassador for corporate responsibility

May 2015

Graphene sprayed spiders spin super strong silk

Clarehill Plastics secures £750k from Growth Loan Fund

April 2015

Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Engineering study underway

March 2015

Innovate UK smart materials – Belfast event