Newcastle is a Science City. The Newcastle Science City initiative aims to maximise this strength and raise awareness of the city's scientific excellence across the world.
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Our Science Strengths
Our ambition is to ensure that Newcastle is synonymous with science excellence in:
Events
Informal Friday Morpeth
18 May
Working with Newcastle University
22 May
First Friday North East
01 Jun
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Did you know...
The region’s chemicals and process industry sector contributes more than 30% of the region’s industrial economy.
Sunderland is an established venue for the worldwide industry’s International Automotive Conference. Although Nissan is the highest-profile company in the sub-sector, an increasing range of companies undertake a diverse range of automotive engineering.
With expertise in the areas of low carbon technologies and the oil & gas sector, the energy market in the region is worth £900m and employs 8,000 people.
One-fifth of the UK's production capacity for process industries is based in North East England, including 58% of its petrochemical industry, 35% of its pharmaceuticals and a major share of its speciality chemicals sector The chemical process industry is now Britain’s only net manufacturing export sector, with sales approaching £70 billion and exports of £37.3 billion.
The region is a renowned hub for pharmaceutical manufacture with the extensive processing infrastructure, contributing around one third of the UK’s pharmaceutical gross domestic product (GDP).
The North East England’s £10m Life Knowledge Park, at the International Centre for Life, in Newcastle, is one of only six UK genetic research centres aimed at fundamental improvements in human health.
North East England's chemicals and process industry is a well-established, globally significant cluster that concentrates on:
Base & Petrochemicals, Fine & Speciality Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals Manufacture, Biotechnology
The £10m Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) will put the region at the forefront of revolutionary ‘flexible’ plastic electronics technology. The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), in the Tees Valley, led the way in bringing PETEC to the North East of England, focusing initially on offering a prototyping service for printable electronics. Printable electronics are already being incorporated into consumer products including electronic newspapers; electronic tags; intelligent interactive packaging and handheld medical diagnostic devices.
North East England's thriving healthcare and life sciences economy is one of the most important drivers of the regional economy, generating an annual turnover of £4 billion.
North East England research and clinical base covers a wide range of disciplines: Oncology; Ageing and Health; Genetics; Plant Biotechnology; Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Biologics; Systems and Cell Biology; and Diagnostics and Medical Devices.
