The following Centres of Industrial Collaboration can unlock cutting edge technical expertise or the specialist resources this industry needs.

The merger of optics and electronics is increasingly present in everyday lives through familiar technology such as TVs, CD players, fibre optic communication systems, barcode scanners and mobile phones. The Precision Technologies CIC has experienced a growing need in the optoelectronics field for its measurement services, centring on coatings, thin films and doped Si wafer surface measurement.

The design and rapid manufacturing capabilities at the Engineering Design CIC helped Daletech Electronics Ltd, rapidly deliver a working prototype of an innovative new product that reduces domestic power usage.

The user interface can be critical to the success or failure of an interactive product. The Design Futures CIC has expertise in user interface design, working on projects to ensure the features and functions of client's products are translated into something that users find usable, useful and desirable.

The widespread deployment of wireless communications is creating exciting new business opportunities. The Wireless Technologies CIC boasts one of the most advanced centres of expertise in wireless communications, with expertise in areas including security, surveillance and secure communications, wireless broadband systems, digital broadcasting and satellite phone technology.

The Digital Print CIC can help to integrate digital printing into conventional printing operation and assist companies in the manufacturing of value-added products using digital technology, such as high quality digital and security printing of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) smart labels and tags.

Expertise in the development of novel polymer materials lies within the Polymer CIC. For the electronics industry, new polymers are replacing semiconductors in electronic displays, where there ease of manufacture and suitability for techniques such as ink-jet printing, means that massive investment is not required to set up a manufacturing plant.

The following companies have benefited from the regions expertise:

Game Republic is an Independent Trade Alliance that supports, encourages and promotes video game development in the Yorkshire & Humber region. The organisation provides assistance with funding and networking, and gives the industry influence in public policy relating to the digital industries, for example in training and business support.

Screen Yorkshire is the Regional Screen Agency and gateway to the best in film, broadcast and digital media content production in the region. It is responsible for inspiring, promoting and supporting a successful long-term film and digital content media sector for the region which includes games development activity.

Print Yorkshire aims to ensure that the industry continues to make that strong contribution and is recognised as the 'voice' of print both nationally and internationally. Through practical advice and support they increase regional collaboration, better develop supply chains, increase productivity and innovation with the application of new techniques, and create greater regional strength in the printing industry.

The Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) promotes the sharing of technologies across Europe by offering businesses in the region a means of exploiting their technology or finding new ones by networking with over 220 offices throughout the EU.

Companies with operations in Yorkshire and Humber have access to support from Electronics Yorkshire, the first dedicated resource of its kind in the UK. Set up to help our electronics industry grow and become more competitive, it's built an enviable reputation within the industry for providing excellent support, technical assistance and advice.

York Electronics Centre (YEC) has an outstanding track record in providing solutions to the wide range of challenges facing today's electronics industries. Through its close working relationship with the University of York the centre has access to high calibre industry expertise which can be applied to your product and process needs.

The National Radio Frequency Identification Centre (RFID) technology offers the region's electronics companies early wins in this potentially huge global market and will offer advice to companies on next generation technology for real time data tracking, as well as providing great added-value opportunities.

Propeller, Yorkshire and Humber's own digital satellite television channel, showcases the best new talent from the region, from film producers to software designers, to a potential audience of hundreds of millions of viewers across Europe through the Sky Digital platform. Propeller provides students from the region with a valuable opportunity to access educational material and to demonstrate their abilities in the world of digital media. Small and medium-sized businesses in the media and digital industries are also able to work on the channel to promote their own skills and develop their staff.

The Advanced Digital Institute will become a strategic focal point of national importance and international repute providing the practical, product-based support needed to establish an industry centre in Airedale, where several major high technology companies have already made their home. The ADI will focus on wireless and consumer networking technologies as these industry sectors are set to become major revenue generators in the near - mid future. ADI will grow to a centre of about 50 very high calibre engineers and R&D professionals over the next five years and will provide a commercially driven connection between ideas, products, universities and companies.

Many of the region's eight research active universities, which together spend over £300 million per year on research and development, are involved in electronics research and development and work closely with businesses to provide technological assistance, vital to the future development of your products.