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The Surrey Technology Centre helps young technology-based
businesses find their feet in a commercial environment.
The Park supports them in recruiting the best talent
and access the University's excellent resources, both
human and material. The Park’s "high-tech village culture"
helps them to meet, share experiences, help and learn
from each other.
The Park houses significant sector clusters, such as
information communications technology, mobile communication
technology companies, software, including computer games
and synthetic environments, biomedicine and biotechnology.
It has created the scope for significant transfers of
technology between the University and industry and between
industrial companies. For example
• Co-operation between
BOC Gases and the University’s Chemical and Process
Engineering activities led to innovative freezing techniques
for the food processing industry.
• A Canon subsidiary
developed new products with technical help from several
University groups, ranging from Material Science and
Engineering to Music.
• Kobe Steel Europe developed
a safer train seat.
• Genetic engineers, AGROL
used superbugs to turn agricultural waste into ethanol.
• Signal Computing developed
global positioning and vehicle tracking systems.
• Idetica (formerly Smith
System Engineering) has worked on highly advanced mobile
communications systems, oceanographic and marine data
management and protecting light aircraft from mid-air
collisions.
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