- The Royal Society of Chemistry wanted to know about analytical and measurement science in the UK
- Universities sought to understand how industry may respond to new materials
- Government departments sought to understand the low carbon economy
- Information was sought about skills in the renewable energy sector
- Chemicals Northwest needed to characterise the local chemistry using industries
- Innovators needed the economics of renewable materials in road transport market to be quantified
- Technologies for the introduction of new materials into polymers were investigated
- A council needed their local renewable energy sector to be profiled
- Opportunities and barriers in the chemical industry were profiled
- Skill needs of the industrial biotechnology sector were researched
- Opportunities were identified for a new materials research centre
