A Northern Ireland consortium has ดาวน์โหลด SLOTXO won a £42m government grant to develop nanotechnology manufacturing.
Nanotechnology is the application of knowledge to create extremely small components that are at the scale of atoms and molecules.
The consortium is led by data storage firm Seagate Technology, which has a major facility near Londonderry.
The grant comes from UKRI, the national science funding agency.
It will be used to to develop new technology for medical devices, communication and data storage.
Smart Nano NI's Dr Mark Gubbins said: "We can now advance Northern Ireland's niche capability around smart nano-manufacturing and world-leading knowledge in photonics to create a self-sustaining local industry.
"It allows us to capitalise on the combined expertise of our companies and the availability of trained researchers and resources across our academic institutions."
Seagate has expertise in nanophotonics - the generation and manipulation of tiny points of light.