Five years ago, a coalition of government and business inspiration and funding in Britain resulted in the creation of the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), which today has three purposes: It provides services to the global business community in process innovation, consultancy and research, and in the formation and management of development partnerships; it establishes and runs publicly funded agencies and projects in emerging technologies; and it forms new companies through spin-offs and joint ventures. CPI is located in the North East part of England, which has a base of science manufacturing. Two years into the CPI undertaking, a new venture was created under its umbrella, to focus on the nascent field of printed electronics. It is called PETEC, the Printable Electronics Technology Centre, and is located in Sedgefield, County Durham. PETEC’s stated goal is to provide assistance “to bring new printable electronics products to market quickly by offering facilities and