Government has awarded £15m to Brunel University London which will unlock a further £62m of private sector support to span the “valley of death” that currently prevents lab-based innovations becoming casting industry practice.
The funding will allow a second phase of the new Advanced Metal Casting Centre (AMCC) to scale-up processes and innovations that work in the laboratory but fail to achieve their potential on the factory floor. Funders agreed there is compelling evidence that the casting industry has neither been able to conduct high-level research and development…
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