Economy

Reporting and analysis on Scotland’s businesses, industries, investment, employment, manufacturing, rural economy and commercial life.
Visual accompanying “The Scottish Business Making Money From Unwanted Laboratory Equipment”

The Scottish Business Making Money From Unwanted Laboratory Equipment

A business operating from the south of Scotland is building an expanding commercial operation around something most research institutions would prefer to get rid of: unwanted laboratory equipment. UniGreenScheme, which collects, refurbishes and resells surplus scientific instruments, has moved into larger premises in Dumfries
Bottom row from left to right: Sven Schwab, Head of FOB Automotive & Consumer at Zeiss Microoptics; Andy Travers, CEO of Ceres Holographics and Dr. Roman Kliendiest, Head of

German Giant Takes Over Scottish Firm Ceres Holographics

A Scottish company developing technology that could change how drivers see information through their windscreens has been acquired by one of Germany’s largest optical technology groups, placing a relatively little-known business in Livingston within an international effort to industrialise holographic displays. On 8 October