UK Advanced Materials Industry
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What are Advanced Materials?
Advanced Materials is an emerging trend of new materials with enhanced or superior properties being designed, produced and used to increase performance in the manufacturing industry.
There are a broad range of companies and start-ups in the UK working to create, commercialise and improve materials and products that incorporate Advanced Materials. Today the industry encompasses a wide range of practices from the creation of biomaterials and carbon-based materials to the development of technical ceramics and specialised metal alloys.
Advanced Materials are integral for the design, production and improvement of many innovative new products and devices, including lasers, fiber optics and smartphones.
Advanced Materials sector summary
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Here are the key facts about the Advanced Materials sector. The sector has a turnover of £88.8bn currently, has received £1.7bn of investment and the sector is growing at 0.8% per year.
Advanced Materials verticals
Our industry data goes deep. See the top verticals and specialisms making waves in the UK Advanced Materials industry today.
Our Advanced Materials RTIC is made up of 11 individual verticals. The top verticals in this sector include Coatings, and Composites. You can find out more about the verticals by downloading our RTIC report, or by signing up for a free trial of The Data City platform.
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RTIC0034 Advanced Materials 2663 companies
Companies working to create, commercialise, and improve materials and products incorporating advanced materials. RTIC developed in partnership with government and experts from the KTN in Q1 2021.
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Advanced Materials: Biomaterials97 companies
Companies creating innovative bio materials
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Advanced Materials: Carbon-Based171 companies
Companies developing new carbon-based materials, like graphene
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Advanced Materials: Coatings481 companies
Companies developing coatings for advanced manufacturing products/technologies, or to be used in harsh environments
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Advanced Materials: Composites393 companies
Companies providing innovative composites
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Advanced Materials: Electrochemical172 companies
Companies providing electrochemical materials crucial for electronic devices
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Advanced Materials: Emergent225 companies
Companies pioneering the field of emergent materials, like 2D materials.
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Advanced Materials: Metals378 companies
Companies creating specialised alloys
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Advanced Materials: Optics and Photonics193 companies
Companies producing materials for the photonics and optics industry, and/or application of photonics and optics knowledge to new materials
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Advanced Materials: Polymers327 companies
Companies developing new polymer-based materials
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Advanced Materials: Technical Ceramics and Glass230 companies
Companies engaging in the production of technical ceramics and glass
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Advanced Materials: Technical Textiles222 companies
Companies dedicated to the development of technical textiles
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Advanced Materials industry growth
Based on a growth rate of 0.8%, we expect that this sector could be worth £91.5bn by 2024. Below you can see our forecast of the growth of the sector.
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