NCC History
2009
November
Government announces £16m investment to establish a National
Centre of Excellence for Composites.
Bristol & Bath Science Park is announced as NCC’s home.
Airbus, AgustaWestland, GKN Aerospace, Rolls-Royce and Vestas become NCC’s five founding members.
NCC is opened by the-then Secretary of State for business.
NCC becomes part of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult.
UK Composites Strategy reinforces NCC’s leadership role.
NCC announces a £36.7m UK Government investment in 10 new cutting-edge digital manufacturing technologies for composites.
NCC launches a dedicated service supporting small and medium-sized enterprises.
NCC becomes a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), a ‘Knowledge Base’ to help businesses innovate for growth.
NCC becomes home to the West of England Space Hub - ‘Space West’.
NCC is announced as the future home of Isambard 3, a new TOP500-class supercomputer service for AI and high-performance computing (HPC).
New NCC secure innovation facility under development.
NCC’s High-Rate Manufacture Capability (HRM Cap) receives a
£15.8m Government investment to expand technologies for net zero aviation.
NCC announces plans to establish the UK’s first Large Structures Innovation Centre (LSIC) – a new national capability for next-generation large structures at full industrial scale.
NCC confirms that the Large Structures Innovation Centre will be located on the Isle of Wight.
NCC marks 15 years of innovation and driving industrial impact.