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NPL has opened a new laboratory at the University of Huddersfield and is launching a free measurement consultation service for local businesses.

Liquid lens technology avoids the need to physically move a lens when focusing a laser beam onto a detector in order to measure its precision.

NPL's collaboration with the high-end loudspeaker specialist, PMC has provided vital industrial input on loudspeaker design and development, honing what has hitherto been an experimental technique into a valuable industrial tool. The PMC collaboration has seen NPL’s laser-based acoustic mapping technique adapted into a valuable design tool for all manufacturers of acoustic products, as Ian Butterworth explains.

LUX-TSI, a UK firm that specialises in testing of photonics, energy-efficient lighting and consumer products, has received a new £430,000 finance package, including a grant by the Welsh Government and a loan from Finance Wales.

A £150,000 prize will be launched later this year to overcome a lack of effective, usable carbon measurement and data - a major barrier to greenhouse gas reduction.