Welcome to Cambridge Consultants
We innovate across diverse markets globally
Clients engage us to access our deep market knowledge and exceptional technical expertise – a combination that leads to industry-defining ideas and breakthroughs that defy convention.
Six decades of breakthrough innovation
Regular award-winners, we’re the partner of choice for global multinationals, aspiring enterprises and ambitious start-ups alike. Take a look at some of our projects…
What our clients say
Our clients tell us that we create devices that “almost defy the laws of physics” and deliver “out-of-the-ordinary engineering capability”.
How we work
We know that outsourcing can seem daunting. We’ve honed our processes to make sure we’re easy to work with, minimising risk and enabling effective collaboration.
We can help at every stage, from technology consulting and concept strategy, through to full product and service development.
Discover
Our clients look to us for breakthrough innovations that will transform their business.
To provide this consistently, a structured approach to innovation is required. We have developed processes and tools that minimise the time to create breakthrough ideas, allowing our clients to stand out in their markets.
Conceive
Market-leading breakthroughs don’t happen by accident. We apply a combination of creativity and science-led design so that products and services reach their fullest potential.
We perform robust feasibility analysis to establish what’s possible, minimise risk and provide greater budget and timescale confidence.
Support
Once a design is completed, that’s just the start of its life in the market – especially for services.
We provide comprehensive support of designs into operation to minimise problems during launch, then supply ongoing enhancement throughout the lifecycle.
Realise
Once a design is agreed, every day that it’s not on the market is a day of revenue lost.
We’ve honed our development, test, NPI and supply chain processes to provide fast and reliable realisation, over the 400+ projects that we undertake each year.
Our people
We employ the brightest minds in engineering, science and design.
Passionate problem-solvers, experienced specialists and revolutionary thinkers, our team exists to make a real difference.
News & insights
Extracting value from e-waste
Year on year we’re producing more and more waste electronics – e-waste. Recovering the valuable materials embedded in e-waste will become significantly more important. At present this is a highly manual process...
- Innovation management
- Machine learning & AI
- Sensing
Real-time nitrate sensing: enabling precision fertilizer application
Real-time nitrate sensing holds the potential for significant yield increases, cost savings, and environmental impact reduction.
- Optics
- Physical sciences
- Sensing
Multispectral imaging in agriculture
Collecting detailed information on crop health and yield is becoming an integral part of modern agriculture. Isobel Ashbey looks at recent developments.
- Optics
- Physical sciences
- Sensing
Developing a vision system to value waste PCBs
Intern Ben writes about how his team came up with a vision system that could improve the profitability and efficiency of the e-waste recycling industry.
- Data science & analytics
- Machine learning & AI