Industry Partner Network
We exist to expand, catalyse, and harness the UK’s academic and industrial strengths in biofilms for the benefit of the UK. We engage industry partners to deeply understand the range of unmet industrial needs, settings and the constraints and levers in their markets.
Industry Partner
Definition: A company we have an ongoing meaningful conversation or contact with in the context of biofilms and innovation in this area. They could also be a company that has committed funding and resources to NBIC activities, or be a member of the NBIC Industrial Advisory Board (IAB).
If you are interested in working with us, please get in touch with our Innovation & Partnership Manager: William Green.
Industry Member
Definition: A company that has joined the NBIC Membership scheme, which provides industry with an additional layer of support from NBIC experts and exclusive access to a range of specialised services, providing members with the tools to facilitate the exchange of challenges, solutions, and ideas in the biofilm sector.
Opportunities & Applications
The translation of new discoveries in biofilm science provides opportunities for company growth by transforming industry capability. The exploratory and testing power of NBIC across a range of scales, from laboratory to full scale engineered systems, provide exciting opportunities to develop new technologies and products to prevent, detect, manage and engineer biofilms.
NBIC has an unrivalled ability to work with companies to test solutions and products across these sectors:
Food & Agriculture
Healthcare
Engineering
Marine
Water & Wastewater
Energy
Built Environment
Personal Care & Home Care
Strengthening Industry Capability
NBIC’s mission is to catalyse company growth through the exploitation of world-leading biofilm research.
In collaboration with businesses, NBIC offers a range of academic and professional support to strengthen industry capability, its skills base and technological and business potential.
Become an Industry Partner
If you are interested in working with NBIC, get in touch with our Innovation and Partnership Manager.
William Green
Innovation and Partnership Manager
William is working to identify and deliver investment to NBIC’s core partners through research and commercialisation of partners IP and will develop and manage external relationships with strategic academic and commercial partners.