Innovate UK

Q5D automates the manufacture and assembly of wiring looms using advanced robotics, additive manufacturing, and intelligent software. It serves automotive, aerospace, and industrial sectors, helping Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers accelerate electrification, enhance reliability, and streamline supply chains.

Vector Photonics, based in Glasgow, Scotland, is a spin-out company from the University of Glasgow. It specializes in developing semiconductor laser technology for data communications and additive manufacturing, including metal and plastic printing. The company's innovation lies in photonic crystal surface-emitting lasers, which are low-cost and emit light from the top surface, facilitating easy packaging and integration into printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electronic assemblies. This enables various industries to adopt their semiconductor laser technology in daily operations.

Q5D automates the manufacture and assembly of wiring looms using advanced robotics, additive manufacturing, and intelligent software. It serves automotive, aerospace, and industrial sectors, helping Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers accelerate electrification, enhance reliability, and streamline supply chains.

Loop Technology specializes in industrial automation solutions for manufacturing sectors such as aerospace, defense, and renewable energy. Their offerings include machine vision systems, motion control, robotics, precision machining, laser cleaning, and software to enhance production rates, component quality, and operational efficiency.

Skylark Lasers specializes in developing and manufacturing continuous wave single frequency DPSS lasers. Its proprietary BRaMMS Technology® platform offers superior spectral performance with high output powers, serving clients across research and industry worldwide.

Datalase Ltd., based in Widnes, United Kingdom, is a leading provider of materials for laser coding and marking of products and packaging. The company specializes in developing innovative materials that can be incorporated into inks, coatings, and varnishes, enabling high-speed, in-line digital printing of variable information with lasers. This technology allows for late-stage customization on outercases, products, and primary packaging across various markets, including pharmaceuticals, FMCG, food and beverage, electronics, cosmetics, and tobacco. Datalase's solutions are used to print date and lot codes, 2-D data matrix codes, barcodes, images, and graphics. The company operates through a partner network in Europe, the United States, and Asia, and has strategic partnerships with SATO and PARC. Originally incorporated in 1987 as Sherwood Technology Ltd., the company changed its name to Datalase Ltd. in January 2006.

Oxford Endovascular develops a neurovascular device to treat brain aneurysms. The device uses origami-inspired engineering with a laser-cut metal alloy that has shape-memory, enabling a catheter-delivered implant to expand into a tiny mesh tube that conforms to the vessel. By diverting blood flow away from the aneurysm, it promotes healing and reduces the risk of rupture.