CSA Catapult, the UK’s authority on compound semiconductors and commercialisation, has published its Annual Report for 24-25, highlighting the considerable impact and value brought to the economy.
In 24-25 CSA Catapult:
- Opened the UK’s first open-access setting advanced packaging facility, through £2.5m funding from Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) Challenge.
- Became a key part of REACT, a UKRI-funded £5.5m project creating the UK’s first sustainable electronics centre in Scotland.
- Enabled customers to leverage £713.5m of public and private investment.
- Collaborated on 311 industrial projects.
- Received £17.1m of funding from collaborative R&D projects.
- Created or safeguarded nearly 6000 jobs.
In 2024-25 the Catapult opened a £2.5m advanced packaging facility in Newport, co-hosted WiPDA Europe and welcomed world-leading experts to South Wales; and joined Scotland’s £5.5m REACT initiative.
The Catapult secured £9m to expand advanced chip manufacturing at the University of Strathclyde—further cementing our role in growing UK compound semiconductor clusters. During this period, discussions began about the Catapult mobilising and establishing the UK Semiconductor Centre.
In November 2024, an independent report by Cardiff University said that CSA Catapult’s R&D projects have contributed over £600m of Gross Value Added (GVA) to the UK economy.
