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Professor Wyn Meredith

Defence19 Mar 2026

Fuelling the Defence Industrial Strategy Innovation Goals

In September 2024, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) purchased a semiconductor foundry in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. This unusual step was not a move to expand capacity, but to prevent collapse of a critical sovereign supply chain.

South East Wales19 Dec 2025

Our Shared Vision Has Reshaped the Region

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What is needed now is pace. With 90% of Welsh semiconductor output currently exported, the sovereign opportunity is being realised elsewhere.

From Fuelling the Defence Industrial Strategy Innovation Goals · 19 Mar 2026

Professor Wyn Meredith

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