Industrial transformation for the UK

Commercialising the most advanced manufacturing ideas

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manufacturing businesses supported since 2011

SME businesses transformed each year

of the UK’s best engineers, scientists and technicians

We’re a strategic research and innovation hub for industry, commercialising the UK’s most advanced manufacturing ideas.

Our centres help businesses to transform the products they sell, the way they make them and the skills of their workforce to remain competitive in a global marketplace.

Delivering impact in industry

Using robotics to reduce chemicals in agriculture

MTC and AMRC’s factory design and development

CPI and Touchlight Genetics

CPI engineer using health testing equipment

COMPASS points to new opportunities for UK manufacturing

4basebio: Manufacturing high-quality synthetic DNA for the genetic medicine revolution

How can we help you?

Policymakers

Start-ups and
entrepreneurs

Small and medium-sized
manufacturers

Large and multinational manufacturers

Researchers and academics

Tackling business challenges

We help you design, develop and deliver your innovation.

Business growth and scaling

From basic production foundations to the latest manufacturing technologies, we help manufacturing companies to scale-up production and grow their business.

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Technology development

Developing new technologies can transform a business, market, or economy. We support commercial research and development, helping manufacturers to take advantage of novel technologies and techniques.

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Supply chain development

Establishing reliable supply chains is vital for the adoption of new technologies. We help manufacturers to develop and optimise supply chains for new and existing products and technologies.

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Problem solving

We use our experience of working with over 20,000 companies to bring insight to individual manufacturing problems and move towards solutions.

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Skills and training

Our centres offer apprenticeships, continuous professional development (CPD) courses and bespoke training to help build and maintain the high-level skills UK manufacturing needs.

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Research

We play a key role in encouraging research led by commercial demand. We help to apply this ground-breaking research in the thousands of projects we work on each year.

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National and global challenges

Leading UK manufacturing’s impact on global issues

What we do

Sustainability and net zero

We enable innovations in technologies, techniques, materials and energy that work towards net zero.

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Regional development

Helping to develop UK regions by attracting multinationals and developing homegrown companies.

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Workforce development

We are helping to build the foundations for a new UK technical skills system.

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Digitalisation

We help companies drastically reimagine their production, making savings in cost, waste and emissions.

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Improving public health

We help to develop effective new treatments and apply our insight across sectors to support public health.

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Industrial transformation for the UK

We’re a strategic research and innovation hub for industry, commercialising the UK’s most advanced manufacturing ideas.

Delivering impact in industry

Using robotics to reduce chemicals in agriculture

MTC and AMRC’s factory design and development

CPI and Touchlight Genetics

COMPASS points to new opportunities for UK manufacturing

4basebio: Manufacturing high-quality synthetic DNA for the genetic medicine revolution

How can we help you?

Tackling business challenges

Business growth and scaling

Technology development

Supply chain development

Problem solving

Skills and training

Research

National and global challenges

Sustainability and net zero

Regional development

Workforce development

Digitalisation

Improving public health

Visit our Resource Hub

Our Annual Report 2022/23

Talk to us

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