The Future Photonics Hub provides national leadership linking academic expertise with industry to establish a pathway to manufacture for the next-generation of photonics technologies.

The Future Photonics Hub will provide national leadership linking academic expertise with industry to establish a pathway to manufacture for the next-generation of photonics technologies.

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Hidden Economic Engine

In partnership with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and the Photonics Leadership Group (PLG), we have launched a report uncovering the UK’s £12.9BN hidden photonics manufacturing industry underpinning most of the products and services that we all use on a daily basis.

‘UK Photonics: The Hidden Economic Engine’ was released on 16 May 2018 to coincide with UNESCO’s International Day of Light, and expands on figures reported in 2017. The report is available to read here.

Achievements

Read our latest annual report which outlines the vision and purpose of The Future Photonics Hub, the progress made under each of our four Technologies Platforms, Grand Challenge and our outreach activities.

Read our 2017 Annual Report here.

Read our 2016 Annual Report here.

Founding partners

A future manufacturing research hub