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Technology

We connect technology strategy to real-world delivery through our end-to-end engineering services

 

NCC provides a gateway to world-class technology expertise and facilities. 

This includes being the national Centre of Excellence for composite technologies, with a proven track record of innovation, world leading capabilities, and deep expertise in composite materials and manufacturing.

We believe the UK’s most successful manufacturing ecosystems are anchored in product and technology leadership. We use our end-to-end engineering services to connect that technology leadership to real-world delivery.

Our Technology Strategy sets out how NCC will stay at the cutting edge, building on our strengths and expanding our capabilities to deliver impact for UK industry.

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Read our Technology Strategy to learn which areas we're focusing on across materials, product, process and growth initiatives.

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Technology categories

Our technology portfolio is grouped into 4 categories and 11 themes. These building blocks help us generate the ideas, tools, and methods which are essential to deliver innovation and industrial impact for our customers and partners.
Technology themes

New technologies and capabilities will transform the way we design, manufacture, and test new products and processes.

Advanced materials
Systems engineering
Design and test
Circularity
Composite processes
Metallic processes
Production systems
Assurance
Complex systems
Future technologies

Lead growth sectors

To deliver technology innovation that matters, we build our capabilities around
the needs of industrial sectors. This ensures our work remains focused, relevant, and aligned with our Strategic Delivery Plan.

Aerospace

Positioning the UK in a leading role on future civil aerospace platforms

Defence

Strengthening sovereign capability and securing a more sustainable, resilient future

Energy

Supporting energy security, sustainability and industrial growth
Other Sectors
Helping businesses of all sizes turn ideas into impact across the entire product lifecycle
New NCC and CPI partnership to strengthen UK materials capability

NCC and CPI have entered a new formal partnership, committing the two High Value Manufacturing Catapult centres to jointly develop critical innovation capabilities for materials.

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Our Impact
Cross-supply-chain collaboration achieves world-first in carbon fibre recycling

NCC and CEAMS build on award-winning breakthroughs in carbon fibre circularity, working with UK industry to demonstrate a world-first use of reclaimed continuous carbon fibre (rCCF) in a prepreg product.

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Our Impact
Engineering a practical hydrogen storage system for maritime use

The HyZEM system enables practical, safer, lower cost and more efficient hydrogen storage for smaller vessels - supporting decarbonisation in one of the UK’s hardest-to-abate transport sectors.

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Our Impact
Getting extreme materials ready for real-world use

How NCC is helping to industrialise high performance ceramic matrix composites for flight, defence and energy systems

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Our Impact
Insight & Impact
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Standardising lifecycle carbon footprinting in offshore wind

Mon, 20 Apr 2026

NCC feeds technical rigour into PCF guidance aimed at giving the industry a single, evidence-based methodology using real activity data.

HRMCap: UK's window to win the race for next-generation single-aisle

Thu, 16 Apr 2026

For a slice of the pie, the clock is running for who can make next-gen single-aisle platforms fast enough, writes Adrian Tayler & Mark Bowering.

Engineering a practical hydrogen storage system for maritime use

Thu, 09 Apr 2026

NCC's expertise on the HyZEM project delivers practical, safer, lower-cost hydrogen storage solutions for smaller vessels today, and rail, aviation, and logistics tomorrow.

NCC welcomes Vestas plans for nacelle factory in Scotland

Wed, 01 Apr 2026

NCC welcomes Vestas' plans to establish a nacelle and hub manufacturing facility in Scotland.

AI Minister Kanishka Narayan visits Isambard-AI at NCC

Wed, 25 Mar 2026

Part of the Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) Isambard Summit, the visit was was an opportunity to share how NCC is working to identify practical applications of AI in engineering and manufacturing.

Space West Newsletter - March 2026

Tue, 24 Mar 2026

Welcome to the March edition of our Space West Newsletter. With each newsletter, we aim to share the most recent discoveries, advancements, and stories from the world of Space in the South West.

Closing the composites skills gap - why training must move to the workshop floor

Mon, 23 Mar 2026

The composites skills gap isn't new. We've been talking about it for a decade. What's changed is who's listening - an article by Claire Arbery.

Showcasing innovation at the heart of the West of England

Fri, 20 Mar 2026

We were pleased to welcome the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed OBE MP, alongside the West of England Mayor, Helen Godwin, and the Mayoral Council to NCC.

Scaling Craft Production with Confidence

Tue, 17 Mar 2026

Helping GingerBeard’s Preserves unlock efficient miniature-jar manufacturing