The CSA Catapult North East office will be located at North East Technology Park (NETPark) in Sedgefield, County Durham.
Establishing a presence in the region will help CSA Catapult deliver benefits to companies and research institutes who are actively involved in compound semiconductor technologies across a range of industries, from telecoms to satellites communications and defence.
The North East is home to the North East Advanced Material Electronics (NEAME) cluster, which has “a mission to highlight and promote the region as a centre of excellence for advanced compound semiconductor technology design and manufacture.”
NEAME aims to raise the region’s profile and contribute £447m gross value added by 2026, with the potential to create and support around 4,500 jobs.
CSA Catapult North East will work with those companies to grow the cluster and bring new compound semiconductor-based technologies to market, building local and national supply chains along the way.
CSA Catapult North East will also offer direct digital access to the prototyping capabilities in Newport.
CSA Catapult will be co-locating with the Satellite Applications Catapult, with the two organisations already entering into a partnership agreement to help support the growth of the cluster.