High Value Manufacturing Catapult Annual Review 2020/21
Manufacturing a Clean Green Recovery
A decade of manufacturing innovation
My final report as CEO, before my retirement, gives me the chance to reflect on my last eight and a half years, and the decade since the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult was founded.
I deferred my retirement last year to focus on the emergency challenge to build intensive care ventilators for the NHS…
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Shoulder to shoulder with industry
The last year has been a test for UK manufacturing and the wider global economy. With the appropriate restrictions in place, manufacturing output dipped and some sectors ceased to operate.
In this most difficult time, the HVM Catapult has shown remarkable resilience, maintaining its focus on innovation and supporting companies…
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2020/2021 in numbers
Worked with
industrial partners
were SMEs
SME engagements
commercial projects
collaborative R&D projects
projects with academic institutions
engagements with academic institutions across the globe
original research projects
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Tackling global challenges
Access new green technologies and processes needed to reach net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050.
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Shaping a healthier society
Access new technologies that can help to keep us healthy, live longer and have a better quality of life.
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Building a green recovery
Access process developments that support success while leading the way to a net zero world.
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Resilience through innovation
Access support for Britain’s smaller firms to commercialise ideas and access new markets across the globe.
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Manufacturing the future workforce
Access our world class research output and manufacturing success in every region of the UK.
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Competitively won Collaborative R&D
Commercial income
HVM Catapult Income Sources 2020/21
Manufacturing a greener world
New chief executives need to be lucky in their predecessors. At the HVM Catapult, I have inherited an organisation nurturing ground-breaking ideas and technology that touches and improves everyone’s lives, in every part of the country.
Dick Elsy has fostered a collaborative approach across seven independent centres, working from 17 sites…
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5G Factory of the Future: the smart factory of tomorrow starts today
Efficiency, productivity and sustainability are everything in manufacturing. From advanced product and machine tracking to autonomous warehouse transportation and remote assistance for operators, these digital technologies can help lower production costs, boost productivity and sharpen competitive edge.
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Like other parts of the UK, Scotland’s critical NHS supply chains were under extreme pressure in 2020. The NMIS-AFRC stepped forward, as part of a Scottish Government led working group, to make sure that supplies were maintained.
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Anti-microbial poles for public transport could help in future pandemics
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic many people have been hesitant about taking public transport. In part, this is due to the potential risk of picking up germs from areas travellers must use, such as the grab-poles on trains, buses and trams.
3 February 2022
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Attracting global firms to Renfrewshire
Forging new relationships with both industrial leaders and local communities alike, HVM Catapult’s presence in Renfrewshire is bringing tangible benefits to the region and Scotland as a whole.
3 February 2022
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Breakthrough in intelligent robotics
The MTC has made a breakthrough in intelligent robotics by developing a system that can teach itself how to pick up unknown objects, without the need for expensive sensors or lengthy programming.
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Manufacturing A Clean Green Recovery:
the HVM Catapult Annual Review
