Manufacturing case studies from across the HVM Catapult
Our case studies provide snapshots from the exciting work we’re doing with businesses, researchers, and government across the UK.
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Teaching the skills for low-carbon technologies
MTC worked with Quantum Group Renewables LLP, one of London’s largest air source heat pump installation companies, with the aim of attracting 13,000 students a year onto college courses to give them the skills needed to install and maintain low-carbon technologies.
30 March 2025
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Smart production line unlocks more jobs and new contracts
The AMRC partnered with LISI AEROSPACE, a global leader in high-technology aerospace components, to deliver a smart factory production line which has increased productivity by over 100%.
30 March 2025
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The HVM Catapult continues to be at the forefront of technical skills development in the UK, working as part of the Workforce Foresighting Hub.
8 December 2023
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Hydrogen Innovation Initiative
Accelerating the UK’s hydrogen vision with the Hydrogen Innovation Initiative
8 December 2023
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Digital Engineering Technology and Innovation
Through DETI, the NCC helped businesses address common challenges to digital transformation, with 32 projects creating or safeguarding 87 jobs
6 February 2023
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Developing the skills system for emerging technologies
HVM Catapult is leading work to create a better technical skills system for manufacturing and many other key sectors in the UK
6 February 2023
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Revolutionising the rail industry with augmented reality
The system monitors real-time performance of station services, allowing swift detection and repair of faults within the station’s lifts, escalators and travelators, as well as signalling equipment along the high-speed line.
3 February 2022
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Immersive tech trains global health heroes from their homes
Immersive technology has been used to help train surgeons who faced reduced learning opportunities due to COVID-19 restrictions.
3 February 2022
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Helping construction reopen safely
Social distancing is key to reopening sections of the economy that have needed to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the group nature of the work, social distancing has particularly hit the UK construction sector, meaning many sites have been unable to operate normally.
3 February 2022
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Leading the Ventilator Challenge
On the 16th of March 2020, the Government asked UK industry to support the NHS in its fight against COVID-19. The VentilatorChallengeUK (VCUK) Consortium, led by the HVM Catapult’s outgoing CEO Dick Elsy and made up of more than 33 businesses from the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors, came together at speed to build medical ventilators.
3 February 2022
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Funded by the Department of Education, the Emerging Skills Project is piloting our Skills Value Chain approach across key regions in the UK. Working closely with Institutes of Technology, we are developing high-quality modular training courses focused on upskilling employees for work with new and emerging technologies, like robotics and AI, electrification, additive manufacturing, and advanced composites.
3 February 2022
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The Skills Value Chain (see below) is an approach that connects workforce development with the wider innovation ecosystem, leveraging the technological know-how of Centres of Innovation (like the HVM Catapult) to build an industrial skills base fit for the future.
3 February 2022
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