Industry Partners

Aegiq’s mission is to deliver practical quantum solutions to solve real-world  problems. To date, Aegiq have delivered the UK’s first commercial single photon source device. This device is the anchor of the quantum technologies supply chain, enabling for transformative quantum computing, secure communications, and novel imaging capabilities.  

Alter Technology UK is a member company of the TOV Nord Group and is a technology company active in optoelectronic and microelectronics packaging design and assembly services. Their turn-key packaging services enable customers to reduce development and manufacturing costs, accelerate time to market and reduce risk with new product developments. Alter is a global leader in photonics packaging within the emerging quantum and space photonics technology sectors. 

Arqit is a leading UK company in the domain of cybersecurity, encryption, space and quantum secure communications. They were founded in 2017 and have played a major role in the UK National Quantum Technology Programme, supporting the QComm quantum technology hub and leading major Innovate UK and Industrial Strategy Fund projects. They are accelerating the development of quantum secure communications via satellite and have a suite of advanced components, sub-systems and protocols which they will deploy on an upcoming quantum communications satellite mission ARQSat.

Amazon Web Services offers commercially available, web-scale computing services that help organizations avoid much of the heavy-lifting typically associated with launching and growing successful applications. These services are based on Amazon’s own back-end technology infrastructure and incorporate over a decade and a half of experience building one of the world’s most reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient web infrastructures.

AWE, the Atomic Weapons Establishment, plays a vital role in national defence and nuclear security. The company’s work involves the development and implementation of cutting-edge systems to supports its mission. Advancement in these areas relies on a strong in-house capability as well as accessing expertise across UK academia. AWE wishes to work with leading academics in the field of quantum technology, exploring and shaping this discipline into introducing techniques and applications.

Bay Photonics is a semiconductor out-sourced Assembly and Test (OSAT) company who specialise in providing downstream semiconductor services including bespoke packaging solutions for advanced photonic & quantum semiconductor device design and manufacture for customers ranging from University and SMEs through to large corporations. Their in-house expertise and facilities allow them to support precision, low to medium volume production of advanced photonic & quantum components thereby offering reduced time to market, reduced technical risk and reduced development costs for projects that the customer would otherwise find prohibitive due to set-up costs.

BT Group is the UK’s leading provider of fixed and mobile telecoms and related secure digital products, solutions and services. They also provide managed telecoms, security and network and IT infrastructure services to customers across 180 countries. BT Group has a long and distinguished record in the research and development of future ICT technologies and continues to innovate around network technology and the future of connectivity. As the operator of UK critical national infrastructure, understanding the impact of Quantum technologies on how to plan, deploy, secure and operate networks is crucial. 

CENSIS helps organisations innovate and overcome technology barriers to achieve business transformation and reach global markets. As one of Scotland’s seven innovation centres, their focus is on creating sustainable social and economic benefit in the Scottish economy. Established in 2013, CENSIS is supported by the Scottish Funding Council and their goal is to create economic impact by supporting innovation with commercially focused, industry-led projects.  

Coherent Scotland Ltd is part of Coherent Corp., a global leader in lasers, materials and networking. Coherent Scotland Ltd designs, develops and manufactures advanced ultrafast laser systems for scientific, commercial, and industrial applications.   

Since 2017 Craft Prospect has been developing quantum optical payloads for nanosatellites and now builds its own quantum sources within its lab in Glasgow. They have developed their own satellite payload for performing Quantum Key Distribution and will fly this on their flagship VOLT mission with ESA in late 2025. 

Dstl is one of the principal government organisations dedicated to science and technology in the defence and security field. Dstl supplies specialist services to MOD and wider government, working collaboratively with external partners in industry and academia worldwide, providing expert research, specialist advice and invaluable operational support. 

Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd, was established in 2012 in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde, to support UK industry. Currently it operates a single technical centre, the Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics (Fraunhofer CAP), focussed on solid-state lasers and quantum systems. Fraunhofer UK sits at the interface between academia and industry, providing commissioned R&D activity for industrial partners based on its own staff and technical facilities but also drawing on and exploiting the latest academic research. Fraunhofer is therefore ideally positioned to see university-initiated research concepts through to ‘industry-ready’ prototype and proof of principle demonstrations and to help academic partners achieve Impact from their research.  

Glasgow Science Centre is an independent Scottish Charity which aims to create interactive experiences that inspire, challenge and engage to increase awareness of science for all in Scotland. They also aim to enhance the quality of science and technology learning; to communicate the role of leading edge science and technology in shaping Scotland’s future; to build partnerships to develop Scotland’s national role in science communication and education; and to promote Scotland’s science, education and innovation capability. GSC work in partnership with local and national governments, academia, industry and third sector organisations to deliver programmes and initiatives that feed into and support many different agendas -health, energy policy, innovation & skills, attainment challenges, teacher professional development, community capacity building, economics, environment & sustainability and digital learning.

GLOphotonics was founded to exploit a disruptive platform and key-enabling technology. The core of GLO technology is a special optical fiber, coined hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HCPCF), and its functionalized form, the Photonic MicroCell (PMC). GLO fibers stand out with their exceptional laser power and energy handling, and their versatility. The PMC is the first and only photonic component whose functionalities are based on gases.

Gooch and Housego are a designer and manufacturer of optical components, acousto-optic and fibre-optic products. As quantum technologies move out of the lab and into real world applications they are keen to support the growth of the photonics industry in the UK.

Honeywell International Inc. is a public company established in the Unites States and operating in the UK. Honeywell is a commercial entity in aerospace, building technologies, performance materials & technologies, and safety & productivity solutions. To support that commercial activity, Honeywell has well-established R&D teams to push through new innovations. Of relevance to the CDT, Honeywell provide commercial services in the area of satellite communications and have a strong R&D interest in the area.  

While Honeywell has traditionally exploited radio and mm-wave for satellite-based communications, the company has recently grown into the areas of optical and quantum communications to meet future demands in high bandwidth and security.  Honeywell produces spaceborne and ground-based optical and quantum communications technology that addresses the threats posed by quantum computers to current cryptographic key-exchange protocols. 

Kelvin Nanotechnology (KNT) was set up in 1997 to provide nanofabriction services and solutions to industry, government and academia using the world class facilities of the JWNC at Glasgow University. KNT are now an established comprehensive photonic fabrication service provider for diverse market sectors and a qualified supply chain partner for multiple global product lines in the telecoms and datacoms markets. They are proud to be one of the first suppliers of miniaturised quantum components in the market driving forward innovation in the fabrication of quantum components that enable quantum systems for information processing and computing, chip scale cold atom systems, sensors, and high precision timing and navigation. 

MBDA UK Limited is an established world leader in defence with respect to missiles and missile systems and part of a multi-national group with 10,000 employees on industrial facilities in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany and the United States. MBDA is the only Group capable of designing and producing missiles and missile systems to meet the whole range of current and future operational requirements for the three armed forces (army, navy, air force). With this background MBDA has a natural interest in advanced and novel technologies which may lead to improved capabilities for delivering effects at extended range. 

Emerging quantum technologies in the timing and sensing domain have been identified as strategically important by MBDA, for their future products and capabilities. Within the last two decades, quantum technologies have made tremendous progress, moving from fundamental science into applied research, and more recently, have seen the establishment of an industry base. Yet there remains significant barriers that must be overcome to encourage the adoption of the technology into future products by major systems integrators. Challenges with the SWaP-C and physical robustness to the induced environment of must be overcome by future quantum devices while retaining suitable performance. Representative environment demonstrators are crucial in building the credibility of this technology for real world applications.

M Squared Lasers design and manufacture next-generation diode-pumped solid-state lasers, ultra-short pulse lasers, lasers with particularly narrow line widths, UV lasers, OEM laser sources and integrated system solutions for demanding new applications such as semi-conductors and displays, BioPhotonics and quantum research and systems 

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) delivers world-leading measurement solutions that are critical to research and development, and support business success across the UK. Good measurement improves productivity and quality; it underpins consumer confidence and trade and is vital to innovation. NPL undertake research and share their expertise with government, business, and society to help enhance economic performance and the quality of life. 

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, part of Oxford Instruments Group Plc, offers flexible, configurable process tools and leading-edge processes for the precise, controllable, and repeatable engineering of micro-and nanostructures. Their systems provide process solutions for the etching of a variety of features and materials down to nanometre scale, nanolayer deposition and the controlled growth of nanostructures. These solutions are based on core technologies in plasma-enhanced deposition and etch, atomic layer deposition, atomic layer etch, ion-beam deposition and etch, and deep silicon etch. The Oxford Instruments Group also has strong offerings for the quantum market including cryo-fridges from Nanoscience and Raman spectroscopy analysis equipment from WItec

OQC is a global leader in quantum computing-as-a-service, building a brighter future by providing enterprise-ready quantum solutions that seamlessly integrate into digital infrastructures and customer workflows. Its award-winning and world-first integration of quantum computing into colocation facilities removes technical, financial, and geographical barriers to quantum; offering every enterprise a chance to seize a competitive edge. The global leader is currently in their Series B, but prior to this raised $52 million: the largest Series A in quantum in the UK at that time. In 2023, OQC’s team grew to over 100, attracting talent from across the globe. The team has built and deployed OQC Toshiko platforms to colocation data centres expanding its operations in the UK, Japan and Spain. www.oqc.tech 

QuiX Quantum is in the business of innovation and plans to deliver Europe’s first universal quantum computer based on photonics. The Company focuses on quantum computing using integrated photonics. Products sold or in production, include quantum photonic processors, NISQ photonic quantum computers, online access to quantum computing through a hybrid quantum-classic data center and building the first sold universal quantum computer based on photonics in Europe for the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The Company is also involved in numerous, multi-year government subsidy projects where it collaborates with commercial and academic partners to participate in research and conduct tests that further the knowledge and advancement of quantum technology 

The Quantum Sensors Group in RAL Space (UK National Laboratory for Space Science and Technology) are very interested in the development of Space Quantum Technologies and are actively developing space deployable quantum magnetic and inertial/gravitational sensors. 

RedWave Labs design and manufacture high quality custom electronics, specialising in photonics. RedWave Labs’ laser controllers, optimised OEM subsystems and data acquisition boards with Digital Signal Processors can be found in leading spectroscopy and precision instrumentation all over the world. Redwave Labs have identified Quantum Technology as one of the biggest opportunities for future growth and this is reflected in their collaborative research projects in quantum technologies with many partners in the UK, EU and worldwide

Riverlane’s mission is to make quantum computing useful sooner, starting an era of human progress as significant as the industrial and digital revolutions. To achieve this, Riverlane is building Deltaflow, the Quantum Error Correction Stack to comprehensively correct the millions of data errors that prevent today’s quantum computers from achieving useful scale. Riverlane’s customers are governments, quantum computer hardware companies and world-leading research labs. 

Quantum Computing has been identified as one of the key disruptive technologies in Rolls-Royce. It is a partner in three Innovate UK co-funded collaborations, one of which it leads. It also has a small portfolio of directly funded projects with national and international partners and is already co-funding a PhD at The University of Strathcylde. These focus on algorithms for error corrected computers and the hybrid classical-quantum interface. 

SandboxAQ is a B2B company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world’s greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) deliver critical advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cyber and other sectors.  

SEEQC is developing the world’s first digital quantum computing platform using their unique chipscale quantum architecture. They have partnered with world-class quantum algorithm teams and visionary enterprise clients to build quantum computers that will herald a new era in computational power. SEEQC combines classical and quantum technologies to address the efficiency, stability, and cost issues endemic to quantum computing systems. The company applies classical and quantum technology through digital readout and control technology and unique chip-scale architecture. SEEQC’s quantum system provides the energy- and cost-efficiency, speed, and digital control required to make helpful quantum computing and bring the first commercially scalable, problem-specific quantum computing applications to market. The company is one of the first to build a superconductor multi-layer commercial chip foundry. Through this experience has the infrastructure in place for the design, testing, and manufacturing of quantum-ready superconductors. 

Skylark Lasers is a Scottish company specialising in the development of continuous wave (CW) single-frequency compact diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers. Their integrated monolithic technology produces the highest output power on a small footprint — combining the superior optical properties of solid-state lasers with the small form-factor, high-efficiency operation of laser diodes. The proprietary NX opto-mechanical platform enables the creation of robust, ultra-stable and repeatable lasers covering a wide range of the wavelength spectrum.

The Imaging Division of STMicroelectronics has a core competence centre for CMOS photonics and image sensor R&D in Edinburgh, where innovations in photonics technologies and advanced optics play a key role in product development. The Division has a significant turnover with imagers and sensors found in many top-branded consumer products such as mobile phones and optical mice. STMicroelectronics R&D are developing capabilities across the range of photon detection applications, from images sensors for medical devices, to sensors which detect depth for security, automotive, consumer and machine vision markets.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a world-leading multidisciplinary science organisation. They  support university-based research, innovation and skills development in astronomy, particle physics, nuclear physics, and space science.

Thales is a major multinational electronics and digital systems group, serving defence, aerospace, digital identity, security, transport and services markets. Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics (OME), based in Glasgow, produces high performance electro-optic sighting and sensing systems for defence and security applications. These include cooled and uncooled cameras, threat warning sensors and thermal imagers working in the visible, near infrared, mid infrared and far infrared wavebands. These sensors and imagers can be used by individuals or mounted on land, air or naval platforms.

Wideblue Limited is a product development company based in Glasgow working in the area of Applied Quantum and Photonics. They are working with both commercial and university partners to further advance the field and translate quantum technologies from low technology readiness level (TRL) to systems that can be deployed in the field and in real-world environments. 

Zurich Instruments AG develops advanced testing and measurement instrumentation and state-of-the-art characterization and control electronics for superconducting- and spin-qubit-based quantum computers.