Loughborough spinout Micropore Technologies has moved its emulsion systems business to Teeside, where it has gained support from economic redevelopment unit UK Steel Enterprise.

Micropore Technologies, a UK-based emulsion systems spinout from Loughborough University, received £100,000 ($136,000) on Thursday from UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE), an economic redevelopment arm of steelmaker Tata Steel, itself part of conglomerate Tata.

Micropore is developing membrane emulsification technology that can imprint mono-sized and dispersed droplets mixed with a liquid that is not soluble or miscible, a combination known as an emulsion.

Minute emulsions could be used for greater manufacturing precision, enabling applications such as controlling the release of pharmaceutical…