We are a leading new product development contractorWe exist to make your innovation a profitable and successful venture for your business

Founded in 1946 as the Production Engineering Research Association of Great Britain, we are now a privately owned technology-based innovation, training and commercial research group with offices in the UK and Estonia.

Our shared Mission…

To create growth and opportunity for our customers,

our company and our people

What we do

conceiveUsing unique processes,

proven techniques and our vast experience, we can give you the means to generate new product ideas that have real

commercial value.

createWe reduce the risk of new product development by

making a specialist resource of technical expertise

available to you.

commercialisePera Technology will establish a complete supply chain and

direct route to market. We will build a dynamic, effective and efficient network of partners and sub-contractors for you.

We do this by having…

A dedicated team of scientists with on-site laboratory and

workshop facilities.

We can also access our unique European network of over

10,000 scientists, technologists and technical experts.

A highly successful record of securing grant funding with a dedicated proposal

writing team.

Commercial research contracts within Industry.

Vast experience of project management of complex

consortium-based FP4, FP5, FP6, FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects

throughout Europe.

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

We do this in full collaboration with you and to your business case.

Our areas of expertise include…

Chemistry and Biotechnology

Physics, Modelling and Mathematics

Advanced Materials and processes

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Informatics Mechanical Engineering and Design

Project Management

Onsite facilities and capabilities

• Access to over 250 Scientists and Engineers

• 4,000 m2 Technology Centre

• Environmental Engineering

• Environmental and Healthcare Laboratories

• Materials Analysis

• Electronic Prototyping

• Sensor Development

• Polymer and Composite Technology

• World recognised coatings expertise (PRA)

Innovation for SME businesses

leap® 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.

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

Innovation for enterprise companies

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. By accessing our unique cross-sector talent network of technical experts and innovation specialists, you can deploy the best possible team, while retaining full IP control and total confidentiality.

The solution you are looking for… is within reach®

Success rates and comparisons• 70% of Pera Technology’s work is associated with

EC projects for SMEs

• Europe’s most successful organisation in attracting grant funding for small to medium manufacturing companies

• We consistently secure three times the average pass rate for all EC applications

• Maintain a 60% success rate on UK funding applications

Our extensive network

• Over 10,000 scientists and engineers across Europe

• High TRL level Technical Service Providers

• SME partners

• UK – Tax advice

• UK – Patent Box advice

• Patent landscape, development and lawyers

• Market intelligence databases

Our wider technology partner network

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Building a commercial route to market

Case Study

RapidcoolReducing energy consumption in commercial chillers, refrigerators and freezers by up to 75%

Chilled food and drink dispensers are convenient and universal. The problem is that maintaining a continuous chilled temperature is highly demanding on energy.

With funding of €1.2m secured by Pera Technology through the EU FP7 programme, the Rapidcool project developed a flexible, modular cooling apparatus that can chill drinks cans and bottles from an ambient 20°C to 4-6°C using less than 25-50kJ of energy.

The cooling chamber is designed as a standalone cooling unit and could potentially replace traditional drinks-only open-cabinet fridges.

Early results are excellent. The Rapidcool system can save up to 75% of the energy currently consumed by a conventional vending machine or display cabinet, which equates to cost savings of around €250 per machine per year.

Case Study

CompAirNew manufacturing process for the production of thermoplastic composite structural aircraft components.

The Compair project was about the development of a processing technology to manufacture structural components of complex geometry using high performance thermoplastics. This involved the creation of preforms which are over-moulded by engineering thermoplastics.

The ultimate benefit is that such components enable the aircraft industry to reduce its environmental impact through weight saving and hence lower fuel consumption.

The other advantages of the current traditional carbon fibre composite manufacturing technology is that the new thermoplastic components are easily recyclable and the hand lay-up processes is less labour intensive.

Pera Technology were a central research partner for the development of the new manufacturing process for the carbon fibre preforms and the advanced composites.

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