In2tec Ltd has been awarded Circular Electronics Pioneer of the Year 2026 in the SME News Midlands Enterprise Awards 2026. The accolade recognises the Northampton-based company’s game-changing suite of material retrieval techniques that tackle the environmental and economic scourge of throwaway electronics.
Emma Armstrong, a modular technology advocate and the Sustainable Electronics Ambassador and Group Commercial Director at In2tec, said: “Winning Circular Electronics Pioneer of the Year 2026 means the world to us because it recognises that In2tec combines sustainability, innovation, and commercial success to create meaningful change. “Challenging an industry model that has accepted waste and value destruction as inevitable has been hard, but this win is recognition that sustainability is economically viable and practical because we can transform electronics from disposable products into recoverable assets.”
In2tec produces technology designed specifically to allow components to be removed without stress or damage – significantly reducing waste by enabling the repair, reuse, and recycling of viable components. Awareness of In2tec’s innovations is being driven by concerns about supply shortages and tech sovereignty issues generated by geopolitical upheaval. Renewable tech mitigates disruption to research and infrastructure and price volatility caused by the uncertainty surrounding the import of virgin materials.
“In2tec is driven by purpose as much as performance,” Emma added. “And it’s wonderful that businesses in the Midlands are waking up the world to the power of sustainable electronics.”
Since its formation, In2tec has worked to slash the harrowing environmental, financial, and societal impact of ewaste and provide innovative solutions to the growing problem of throwaway electronics. Its core offerings are ReUSE®, a suite of materials, processes, and design principles used to manufacture printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), and ReCYCLE™, the ultra-low energy process for unzipping PCBAs to the original bill of materials.
In 2024 In2tec’s won the award for the SME News Midlands Enterprise Awards Most Eco-Conscious Electronic Development Company, and the company was a finalist in The Spectator’s ‘Innovator of The Year’ award that same year. In2tec has received international recognition for its innovation and leadership in sustainable electronics, including winning the inaugural SERI ReThink Award and the National Recycling Awards’ Recycled Product of the Year. The business recently launched the world’s first large-scale facility dedicated to the recovery and reuse of electronic components, further cementing its reputation as a pioneer in circular manufacturing and green technology.
