Inside Story

New aluminium furnaces, which will play a key part in cutting carbon emissions at Toyota’s Deeside plant, were officially turned on today by Economy Minister Vaughan Gething as he marked National Manufacturing Day.

Awen is a company whose mission is to make society just that little bit safer, says Awen’s Daniel Lewis, Executive Chairman & Co-Founding Director of one of Wales’ growing cybersecurity businesses in the UK’s largest cyber ecosystem.

After more than a decade of meticulous research and development, Swansea-based Marine Power Systems are preparing to launch a revolutionary new device into the renewable energy market, harnessing the vast power of ocean waves and wind.

The Welsh cyber ecosystem is helping companies like Arcanum Cyber Security to flourish. As the global threat of cybercrime continues to grow, Wales-based companies are helping us all to stay protected.

Wrexham University isn’t just building a bridge between academia and industry - it’s laying down a superhighway. Its state-of-the-art OpTIC Technology Centre in St Asaph has created a hi-tech home for start-ups in North Wales.

Since it took flight in 2014, Starling Bank has caused quite a murmuration in the banking community. Now the UK’s fastest-growing bank is tapping into the talent of Wales’s Fintech sector.

Author: Guto Owen is co-ordinator of HyCymru, the Wales Hydrogen Trade Association.

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