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Three new tenants for Bristol & Bath Science Park1st October 2012

Exactly one year after opening, the first phase of the Bristol & Bath Science Park is now well ahead of schedule, following the announcement of three new tenants.

The new deals, totalling 17,700 sq ft, will see three international science and technology-based companies move or expand into the Science Park’s Grow On Centre, making the space designed specifically for expanding businesses 85% let. The new tenants include Japanese power electronics firm TDK-Lambda, a group company of the TDK Corporation, renewable energy company Marine Current Turbines, a Siemens company, and advanced numerical simulation research body, CFMS.

The deals were announced at the Bristol & Bath Science Park’s first anniversary event on 26 September, where Will Hutton, Chair of the Big Innovation Centre at the Work Foundation, gave the key note address.

The event also saw the unveiling of the world’s largest solar chandelier, a major new artwork by internationally acclaimed artist Luke Jerram (Play Me I’m Yours – street pianos placed in public spaces around the world and Aeolus Canary Wharf, London) which will be on permanent display in the Science Park’s stunning glass-fronted Forum building. 

CFMS Ltd, an independent, not-for-profit engineering design simulation organisation formed as a joint venture between leading engineering firms, will move to the Science Park from Bristol Business Park in January 2013, occupying 9,000 sq ft.

Marine Current Turbines (MCT), a tidal energy company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens, has moved from the Science Park’s Innovation Centre into the Grow On Centre, taking 6,600 sq ft and providing office and research space for up to 72 members of staff.

Finally, TDK-Lambda has taken 2,100 sq ft for its advanced power electronics research engineers who will work closely with research laboratories in North Devon UK, Israel and Japan. Since announcing the move the firm has already seen a five-fold increase in the level of applicants from candidates with traditionally hard-to-find skills.

 


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