As Scotland is one of the world’s top centres for electronics, many leading electronics companies establish and retain operations here.
With a highly skilled workforce, high-quality graduate pool, innovative research and world-class facilities, Scotland is hard to match.
The electronics companies who have begun life in Scotland, or who have moved here, can testify to the country’s appeal:
"There's great support for business in Scotland."
Gordon Povey, Vice President of Research, Artillium
"With excellent communications and transport infrastructure, from Scotland you can seamlessly deal with people across the globe."
David Bonn, Divisional Director, Mott MacDonald
"(SMART) is a very special and unique grant - much better than anything offered by other UK regions"
Humberto Moran, Founder, Friendly Technologies
"Scotland offers the complete package: excellent academic foundations; highly competent engineering capability and government support"
Conrad Graham, Business Director, BitWise RT
"The size and scale of Scotland along with its devolved government give us unique business opportunities"
David Rivett, Chief Technology Officer, OLM Group
"Scotland has an excellent support network and an excellent source of skilled personnel."
Anthony Ashbrook, Chief Executive Officer, Mobile Acuity
"Scotland is a leading location for hi-tech start-ups. SDI did a brilliant job showing Siemens what Scotland has to offer in the way of skills, infrastructure and funding."
Jeff Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Pyreos
"The company's decision to choose Scotland for this project underlines the excellent reputation of our workforce. The Project Solutions Centre... is a world first in technology and project management. We now have a facility that can undercut our competitors across the world and bring in many millions for the Scottish economy. We could have chosen any location in the world for the facility. Locations in India, Russia, Germany, France and Eastern Europe were serious contenders, but in the end Glasgow won out on all fronts."
Steve Boyle, CEO of Altran CIS
“Nallatech has been operating in Scotland since 1993, and our headquarters in Cumbernauld remain our centre of excellence for research and development. We have strong links with both industry and academia, and we will continue to focus our efforts on recruiting skilled talent in Scotland”.
Craig Anderson, CEO, Nallatech
"50 per cent of the Integrated Circuit Design and 100 per cent of the final production test activity for the Atmel Secure Product ICs business is currently conducted in Scotland. We originally located in Scotland due to the presence of existing expertise. We have continued to expand due to the availability of the right skills and the success of the business based in Scotland. For our market sector, which is based on a combination of advanced technology, security and competitive manufacturing, we find Scotland to be an ideal base."
Andy Bear, Operations Director, Atmel
“As a venture capitalist, I keep a close eye on leading opto research right across the globe and I have to say that Scotland is high on my list when it comes to the one to watch.”
Andrew Davison, Investment Director, 3i plc
“More than 25 per cent of all National Semiconductor’s products by revenue come from our Greenock Wafer Fabrication facility, so clearly we make a major contribution to operations globally. We also place a lot of emphasis on Design and Development. Our Design Centre has been established in Greenock for over 30 years. It is National’s longest serving design centre outside the USA.”
Gerry Edwards, Manager, National Semiconductor, Scotland
"Our Scottish research and development team has developed a powerful international reputation exporting our ideas, knowledge and products to our Headquarters in the States and ultimately to 7500 customers worldwide. These are exciting times for Xilinx. We now need to expand across the globe to meet the fast-growing international demand for PLDs, with a total market expected to be worth some £6.8 billion by 2008. Our Scottish operation has a crucial part to play in increasing our global market share, and we look forward to achieving this at Edinburgh Technopole, continuing to access talent and expertise.”
Colin Carruthers, Senior Manager, Xilinx, Scotland
“We’ve been in Scotland for 58 years, so have a great legacy of strong relationships. The majority of our R&D staff are experienced graduate engineers, and we have strong and formal links with universities. We’ve developed a huge amount of skill and experience in Scotland and have access to a talented and creative workforce. That is why Scotland remains such an important focus for our business.”
Ken Munro, Vice President Global Marketing, NCR
Continuing success of ICT and Electronic Technologies companies in Scotland
Despite the changes facing the industry worldwide, electronics companies in Scotland continue to innovate and prosper. The Scottish electronics industry is extremely diverse, comprising companies, research groups and organisation across a range of sectors.
Your company can be part of this success story by investing in electronics in Scotland and this is something that we can help you with.
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