pera technology_innovation in action

Partnered with over

10,000clients to date

£12.9millionof NPD funding over last 3 years

£8mof Tax relief claimed

Creating growth and opportunity

conceivecreatecommercialise

A leading new product development contractor

Innovation in action

Pera Technology builds on a rich legacy of supporting UK business which began in 1946. From our origins as a membership organisation, Pera Technology is now one of Europe’s most dynamic, successful and respected innovation companies.

Pera Technology Innovation in action

Pera Technology is one of Europe’s leading new product development (NPD) contractors. We exist to make your innovation a profitable and successful venture for your business.

We support you in creating the innovative new products that enable you to increase your sales and build a new competitive advantage. We assist in building the unique value chains that make innovation more efficient and productive. We bring innovation to life within your business, adding expertise and experience to enhance your NPD processes.

Completely commercially focussed

Bringing hard-won, real-world industry experience to your own market knowledge, we have an exceptional reputation for adding innovation expertise to all sizes of businesses in all sectors.

Engage with Pera Technology, and you’ll find us to be hands-on, enthusiastic and very commercially-focussed. We never forget that the ultimate purpose of NPD is to make your business stronger, more secure and more profitable.

Unique network of innovation expertise

Creating game-changing new products requires particular levels of technical expertise. Through our two NPD services – leap® for SME businesses and reach® for enterprise companies – we share our innovation expertise with your business, backed by a unique European network of over 10,000 scientists, technologists and technical experts to bring innovation to life in exciting new ways.

At the same time, we can make the innovation process simpler for your business by helping you secure EU funding and by supporting you with project management teams selected for their experience of your sector and market.

A leading new product development contractor

Proven multi-disciplinaryinnovation processes Pera Technology delivers certainty into your innovation process. We will get the right product developed, by the right people, in the right way.

Our areas of expertise include:

Informatics

• Artificial intelligence

• Database design and development

• Web development

• Control systems software

• PDA/smart phone software development

• Embedded software development

• Desktop application

• Web services

• C #/ASP.Net/HTML/ Javascript

• C/C ++

• Java

• SQL Server/MySQL/Oracle/Access

• LabView

• Visual Studio

• MatLab

Chemistry and Biotechnology

• Molecular design and discovery

• Sustainable chemistry

• Physical chemistry

• Colloid chemistry

• Polymer science

• Engineering of different chemical processes

• Scale up, design and feasibility of chemical and biotechnology processes

• Nanotechnology

• Production of biofuels including bioethanol and biodiesel

• Bioprocession technologies

• Biomaterials

• Biocatalysis

• Fermentation technologies

Advanced Materials and Processes

• Polymer processing

• High temperature adhesives and coatings

• Superconductivity and magnetic materials

• Thermoplastics

• Ceramics

• Bio-materials

• Nano-coatings

• Extrusion

• Hand lamination. RTM, RIM, Vacuum Infusion, Autoclave

• Reverse engineering

• Polymer materials

• Polymer processes

• Polyolefin materials

• Pultrusion

• Injection and compression moulding

innovation is seeing what everyone has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought


Idea creationThe more innovative concepts you can explore, the more desirable products will be revealed.

Our idea creation and innovation support is unrivalled in the UK.

Efficient project managementNothing is left to chance. We harness the required talent. We form a winning team.

Managed by integrated and empathetic managers, your project will move forward ceaselessly to its inevitable and successful conclusion.

A great productHere, life is given to your vision. Prototyping and small scale manufacturing make your product real.

Pera Technology does not focus on theory. Instead we help you produce the exciting new products your customers will love.

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

• Analogue and digital electronics

• Multi-layer PCB design

• Wireless communication

• Energy harvesting

• Analogue electronics

• Embedded control systems

• Programmable logic development (FPGA, CPLD, VHDL)

• Digital signal processing

• Firmware design and development using assembly language and C

• Obsolescent component re-design

• Cost reduction re-design

• Instrumentation

• Microprocessors

• Opto-electronics and photonics

• Small quantity prototype production

• Power harvesting and low power design

• Circuit simulation and optimisation

• Wireless and wired communication

• System design and verification

• Sensor interface design

• Design for regulatory approvals

• R&D programmes

• Independent verification testing

Physics, Modelling and Mathematics

• CAE analysis

• FEA structural/component development

• Aerodynamics

• Thermodynamic modelling

• Hydrodynamical modelling

• Designing and building prototypes

• Microwave and RF

• Modelling: applicator/ antenna design

• Theoretical model development

• Process development

• Equipment design, build and optimisation

• Measurement capability – dielectric, gain, transmission loss

• Process modelling

• Biological/chemical

• Diffusion

• Process/system development

• Power electronics

• Control algorithms

• Data analysis/interpretation

• Automated analysis

Mechanical Engineering and Design

• Structural analysis

• Failure modes

• Mechanical design

• CAD design, modelling and FEM analysis using SolidWorks, Acusolve

• Product design

• Rapid prototyping

• Engineering design

• Process engineering

• Systems engineering

• Project management

• Commissioning

• Programme management

• H&S management

• Engineering management

• Senior management

• Product design

• Manufacturing

• Materials and food processing

• Maintenance, assembly and fitting

• Skilled machinists

• Mechanics of materials

• Automation and control

• Environmental technology

• Energy

• Robotics

• Complex mechanics

• Heat and energy transfer

• Transport research

• Composites

• Impact absorbtion

Project Management

• APM (Association for Project Management) certified project managers

• Project management and co-ordination, programme management

• Creating terms of reference for projects, including requirements analyses

• Administering R&D projects

• Advising clients on product commercialisation, intellectual property protection (including patenting)


Innovation for SME businessesleap® is Pera Technology’s new product development service for SMEs. We’ve helped hundreds of SMEs conceive, create and commercialise innovative new products, providing the expertise to fill knowledge gaps and securing the funding to make it all happen.

With our unique support, SMEs throughout the UK have introduced hundreds of new products to create new sales, new profitability and new competitive advantages.

NPD with leap® gives you everything you need to fully commercialise your innovations – without having to share equity or IP rights.

Research

Analysis

Development

Manufacture

Supply

Funding

Our Innovation Workshop is an exercise in identifying a number of distinct technological approaches that can be pursued in support of your innovation. The workshop follows a structured approach, with contributions from a broad range of specialists.


Innovation for enterprise companiesreach® from Pera Technology has a proven track record for creating game changing new products and processes for enterprise companies of all sizes and in all industry sectors.

reach® provides the expertise required to create a new, market disruptive product that delivers on your commercial objectives.

Through our proven three stage process, you can create the impact you’re looking for.

1. Our vast and diverse talent network offers the knowledge to turn product ideas into product reality.

2. Our focussed team works together to run the project on time and on budget. If required, we can also point to a hugely successful strike rate on securing funding.

3. Following de-risking and feasibility analysis of your innovation, we’re ready for prototyping and market launch…and the rewards of your innovation.

Through our reach® initiative, the impact you are looking for is within your grasp


Through our reach® initiative, the impact you are looking for is within your grasp


Furtherinformation To find out how Pera Technology can help you, please contact us at [email protected] or on +44 (0)1664 501501

leap®For further information about our leap® offering for SMEs, please contact us at [email protected] or on +44 (0)1664 501201

www.peratechnology.com/leap

reach®For further information about our reach® offering for large enterprises, please contact us on +44 (0)1664 501501

www.peratechnology.com/reach


Partnered with over

10,000clients to date

£12.9millionof NPD funding over last 3 years

£8mof Tax relief claimed

Creating growth and opportunity

conceivecreatecommercialise

A leading new productdevelopment contractor

Nottingham RoadMelton MowbrayLeicestershire LE13 0PB United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)1664 501501Email: [email protected]

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