Two leading international firms have become the first companies to take residence within Sci-Tech Daresbury’s Violet development, representing a significant coup for the Liverpool City Region campus.  

Sci-Tech Daresbury’s XCellR8, the Liverpool City Region based laboratory company exclusively devoted to animal-free safety and efficacy tests for the cosmetics, personal care and chemical industries, has announced its new regulatory in-vitro safety test, Ocular Irritection®.

Quantum Science Ltd (QS), a leading British nanomaterials innovator and developer based at Sci-Tech Daresbury’s Techspace One, has been accepted on Innovate UK Edge’s Scaleup Programme, following a rigorous highly competitive three-stage screening process.

Holiferm, the University of Manchester biotech spin out based at Sci-Tech Daresbury, is set to take its work in developing environmentally friendly biosurfactants for use in detergents and toiletries to the next level following the announcement of a significant funding boost to build a commercial plant.

Croda International Plc, the company that uses smart science to create high performance ingredients and technologies that improve lives, has expanded its presence at Sci-Tech Daresbury in line with plans to scale up its biotechnology capability.

mymAInd, the Austrian HealthTec firm that deploys algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) to create products and services that deliver mental health support, has launched a UK base within the Liverpool City Region at Sci-Tech Daresbury’s Innovation Centre.

A £210m Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing centre is to be created, following investment from IBM and the Government.