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The Hi-Tech Industry


Over the last twenty years the hi-tech industry has gained a foothold
in Cambridge, as it has all around Britain. Cambridge University
decided to set up a Science Park in the north of the city. A Science
Park has a distinct difference from a business or industrial park, in
that it is more research orientated, rather than production and
commercially based.
Some examples of companies that have set up in the Science Park in
recent years are:

-Napp Laboratories

-Cell Systems Ltd

-Pafra

-Intervet

The main types of companies that set up in the Science Park are:

-Chemicals 32%

-Instrument 20%

-Electrical engineering 20%

-Business Services 12%

-Professional Services 12%

-Manufacturing 4%

Cambridge Science Park has grown from one company in 1973 occupying a
space of 1395m2, to 69 firms in 1988 occupying a space of 69285m2. The
University has carefully controlled this growth so as not to overwhelm
the local environment, including the Greenbelt.

The transport links to the Science Park are very good, such as the A14
and the M11, and that is one of the reasons for its massive growth.
The Science Park does not have it's own exit on to the A14, which
contributes large amounts of traffic to the top end of Milton road.

The Science Park was the idea of Dr. John Bradfield, a professor from
Trinity College. He saw 'Silicon Valley' in America and decided to
build one along the same lines in Cambridge, and this has now been
called 'Silicon Fen'. This was built on a disused area of land to the
north of the city, this land was owned by Trinity College.

The building of the...