Part-funded through the DTI programme for Micro and Nanotechnology (MNT), a number of key organisations in the UK have set up the first UK Centre of Excellence in Metrology and Characterisation specific to MNT - CEMMNT.
The National Physical Laboratories (NPL) and the Systems Engineering Innovation Centre (SEIC) have formed a state of the art metrology and systems engineering support network for MNT.

CEMMNT delivers vital measurement solutions and advice built on the knowledge base of NPL, QinetiQ, Taylor Hobson, the SEIC, Coventor and GE Druck, supported by a coordinated metrology capability that is commercially focused, and openly accessible.

The application of systems engineering and software device modelling reduces trial and error and makes MNT design processes increasingly deterministic. This in turn enables manufacturers to achieve right-first-time products from the embedded accumulated knowledge.

For full information, see the CEMMNT web site: http://www.cemmnt.co.uk