NIT Strategic Workshop Emerging Technologies for Future Optical and Wireless Networks September 8 & 9, 2003 David Ruxton OptoCAP is the product of a funding package from Scottish Enterprise and European Regional Development Fund, and has been developed with the Scottish Opto-electronics Association. Optocap is setting up its own packaging unit to offer an outsourcing service to companies already in business. Specifically, Optocap will specialise in the development of the emerging technology of packaging delicate circuitry in the protective packaging that allows opto-electronic devices to connect with external networks via optical fibres and electronic connections. The company also aims to develop similar solutions that can be transferred to other emerging technologies, such as life sciences, in which the biochip will play an increasingly important role in the diagnosis of illness and the management of its treatment.