Industry Overview
Scotland has been a major player in the electronic technologies industry for more than 50 years, producing and attracting some of the world’s most innovative, passionate and well educated engineers.
Two of our most valuable natural resources have been the intellect of our engineering community and our commitment to leading-edge work.
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Scotland is a centre of excellence for electronic technology jobs
Scotland has more than 200 electronic technology companies and some of the best research institutions in the world. More than 180 of these electronic technology companies are profiled on TalentScotland.
As the industry continues to grow, TalentScotland seeks to bring the best international electronic technologies talent to Scotland to develop their careers.
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Scottish universities specialise in engineering, electronics and research
At the forefront of Scotland's electronic technologies industry are our universities, which are world renowned for their strengths in engineering and electronics teaching and research.
We’re building on a record of service, a support infrastructure and world-class research and development. That's why more and more local and world-leading companies in the electronic technologies industry are finding success in Scotland.
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World renowned technological breakthroughs
Some of Scotland’s best-known electronic companies have expanded their operations globally and continued to make technological breakthroughs.
Wolfson Microelectronics, a leading global provider of mixed-signal semiconductors created its revolutionary WM2000 chip that cuts down noise on mobile phone calls made in busy places.
Elonics, the radio frequency semiconductor company, produced what it believes is the world’s lowest power DVB-T/H terrestrial broadcast radio frequency tuner and world’s smallest TV receiver.
Touch Bionics, developer of the world’s first multi-articulating bionic hand, gained further international recognition with the launch of ProDigits, the first bionic finger.