History
The first decade - 1970-80
Outline planning permission was granted in October 1971 and the first company, Laser-Scan, moved
onto the site in Autumn 1973 following clearance and landscaping of the derelict area, conversion
of the old gravel pit dug for wartime concrete standings into a lake and construction of the first
stretch of road.
The growth of the Cambridge Science Park was slow in the first five years. The science park concept
was an unfamiliar one and companies were mainly attracted to it by a desire to be close to the
University's scientific research. Early on, UK subsidiaries of multinational companies started
to locate there (LKB Biochrom from Sweden and US laser specialists Coherent were the first two of these)
and the number of companies slowly grew to 25 by the end of the 70s.
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