Not case studies. Each story follows one journey from research through IP, company formation, capital, first customers, scale and export, and names what the ecosystem actually contributed.
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The journeys
How innovation becomes economic value.
Documented
South Wales: a compound semiconductor supply chain in one region
How university research in compound semiconductors became a regional cluster covering epitaxy, fabrication and packaging.
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Documented
Glasgow: building small satellites in a city that was not a space city
How engineering and space research in Glasgow became one of Europe's most active small-satellite manufacturing locations.
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In research
Manchester: from a materials discovery to an industrial research base
How two-dimensional materials research in Manchester became national research infrastructure — and where commercialisation still lags.
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Method
The same template every time.
Stories are built from public sources and linked back to the organisations and ecosystems in the UKIZ record. Where a stage is not yet documented, it is marked as an evidence gap rather than filled in.
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Company / technology
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Where it started
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Research / IP
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Founders
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Early capital
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First customers
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Scale
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International growth
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What the ecosystem contributed
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What almost broke
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Sources