A company that is to looking to “revolutionise” the semiconductor industry has opened a new office in the Rural Innovation Centre at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire.

Advanced Epi Materials & Devices — founded by managing director Gerard Colston and technical director Maksym Myronov at the University of Warwick — has been developing silicon carbide that can be used in a range of applications such as sensors, bio-medical devices and power electronics.

Mr Colston said: “The Rural Innovation Centre — and Stoneleigh Park in general — seemed like the perfect choice. Most of our technical research is carried out at external facilities in the local area and around the country, but now having somewhere for us to concentrate on the business side is excellent.

“Things are going well so far; we have acquired sufficient start-up funding, and the silicon carbide wafers are now in production. We are now ready sell the material to potential mass-volume customers for initial trials.”

Liz Burkinshaw, manager of the Rural Innovation Centre, said: “Advanced Epi Materials & Devices is doing some very important work to change the semiconductor industry and move it forward for future applications.

“This is the kind of innovative company that the Rural Innovation Centre is here to get behind and support in any way possible, and we look forward to seeing what they have planned for the future.”

Pictured (left to right): Liz Burkinshaw, manager of the Rural Innovation Centre at Stoneleigh Park, with Advanced Epi’s managing director Gerard Colston and technical director Dr Maksym Myronov.