Building for the Future of Electronic Design
27 March 2001

A new joint venture company, Alba Campus Limited, today (Tuesday 27 March 2001) marked the start of their first development at Alba Campus in Livingston. Phil Miller, managing director of Miller Developments and David Crichton, chief executive, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, joined forces to push forward the development by commencing groundbreaking work on a 35,000 sq ft building which will become the new home of the Alba Centre initiative.

Alba Campus Limited is a joint venture between Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian and Miller Group/Bank of Scotland, created specifically to develop Alba Campus as a centre of excellence in electronic design. The Campus will ultimately provide over one million square feet of business space in a £200 million development which will provide over 5,000 jobs.

Alba has already been successful in attracting companies involved in Intellectual Property and System on Chip designs. The Campus is anchored by Cadence with its 116,000 square feet headquarters building. A second building, Integration House, which will be home to Motorola, Spektra and Epson, is also nearing completion. Occupiers will benefit from a full day care nursery, adjacent sports and fitness facilities and the campus will be landscaped with water features, pedestrian walks, areas of woodland and panoramic views.

The latest building will house the Virtual Component Exchange (VCX), the Institute for System Level Integration, and a new semiconductor test technology centre. It will also contain quality facilities including a library, lecture and meeting rooms, a restaurant and a small retail outlet.

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC DESIGN

Commenting on the joint development, Phil Miller, managing director of Miller Developments, said: “This is an innovative project for Miller Developments and one we are delighted to be associated with. We are offering a quality development to quality companies and Alba Campus is poised to be one of Scotland’s prime assets.”

David Crichton, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, said: “The Alba Centre initiative has already been a great bonus to Scotland’s reputation in electronic design. Now that development of the Campus is well underway, we can offer the infrastructure to ensure that we will continue to attract the companies who are leading the way in this sector.”


Notes to Editors

1. Alba Campus is a 100 acre site on the west side of Livingston offering easy access to the M8 to Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is specifically aimed at providing top quality purpose-built accommodation to attract companies in the electronic design sector to locate in Scotland. The Cadence building is complete and fully occupied, a second building, Integration House, is due for completion in Spring 2001 and work is now underway on the Alba Centre, scheduled for completion in November 2001.
2. The Alba Centre is the hub of a Scottish initiative aimed at driving the future of electronic design. It represents a unique collaboration involving government, industry and academia to create a world-leading centre for the electronic and related design industries of the future. More information can be found at www.albacentre.com

For further information please contact:
Linda Bruce or Anne McMunn
Countrywide Porter Novelli
Tel: 0131 470 3400
e-mail: linda.bruce@cpns.co.uk

Jenny Honey, Communications Manager, The Alba Centre
Tel: 01506 407019
e-mail: jenny.honey@albacentre.co.uk

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