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Ffei Limited

UK company 03244452, incorporated on 2 September 1996.

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Company number
03244452
Incorporated
2 Sep 1996
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
2 September 1996

Company number 03244452

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Legal name
FFEI LIMITED
Company type
LTD
Region
East of England
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 07 Jul 2026 09:49

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Company events

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5 events
31 Jul
2026

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2026

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2026

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2026

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02 Sep
1996

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

4 awards
First funded
2004
Funded years
2004, 2011, 2013, 2019
Age at first award
8 years

Projects

2019 Collaborative R&D

NPIC: National Pathology Imaging Co-Operative

1 Feb 2019 to 31 Mar 2023

Awarded
£34,228
Total cost £57,047

"Pathologists are the **doctors who diagnose disease**. To do this, we examine samples (""biopsies"") using a microscope, to decide if a sample shows cancer, and what type of cancer it is. New scanners allow us to create digital images of microscope slides, so we can look at them on computers, and share them between hospitals more easily. This is called *...

2013 GRD Development of Prototype Lead participant

SIERRA - Bringing Colour Fidelity to Biomedical Imaging

1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2014

Awarded
£250,000
Total cost £717,322

The diagnosis of cancer and many other serious diseases is very often carried out by microscopic examination of stained tissue sections taken as biopsies from a patient. For many years this has been done using light microscopes and the trained eye of a pathologist; a doctor specialising in examining tissue with a microscope. Recently image scanners have b...

2011 EU-Funded Lead participant

LEGATO

1 Nov 2011 to 30 Apr 2013

Awarded
£263,158
Total cost £526,316

Awaiting Public Project Summary

2004 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Laser Assisted Inkjet Printing For High Definition Structuring

1 Dec 2004 to 30 Nov 2006

Awarded
£411,217
Total cost £822,434

Awaiting Public Summary

Product types

Collaborative R&D EU-Funded GRD Development of Prototype