Our unrivalled technical capabilities
HVM Catapult accelerates the creation and adoption of innovative technologies by providing thousands of companies every year access to world-class facilities and expertise that would otherwise be out of reach.
Since being established in 2011, we have invested more than £1bn in a nationwide network of research and development sites and cutting-edge technologies. This gives our centres unrivalled technical capabilities and knowledge to mature technologies, broaden their application and anchor quality products in the UK.
Our priority areas
Additive manufacturing
Manufacturing processes that join materials to make parts from 3D model data, layer upon layer.
Assurance
Processes and practices used to provide confidence that new and existing manufactured products or systems will meet design requirements, standards, regulations and codes.
Biomanufacturing
A process of production which uses both natural and engineered biological systems to produce materials across numerous sectors.
Composites manufacturing
Advanced materials that blend different material types to achieve superior strength, reduced weight and enhanced performance.
Digital manufacturing
The use of digital technologies to enable high-value production.
Joining engineering
The process of consolidating two or more materials into a more complex configuration using either a chemical, electrical, thermal or mechanical process.
Near net shape
Advanced manufacturing processes that produce large, complex components close to final shape.
Robotics and automation
The use of robotics, machines and control systems to perform previously manual tasks, improving productivity, quality and safety.
Subtractive manufacturing
Manufacturing processes that shape parts by precisely removing material through a range of techniques such as milling and grinding.
Advanced materials
Materials for net zero, end of life, recover, recycle, process efficiency, resource efficiency, digitalisation, process modelling and control.
Engineering design
Exploiting advancing digital technology and management of a digital thread over the lifecycle of product