New R&D facility will ensure North is ‘engine room’ of Industry 4.0

Posted on 16 Dec 2019 by The Manufacturer

A £20m cutting-edge R&D facility, dedicated to furthering aerospace, automotive and advanced manufacturing capabilities in the North West of England, has been approved for capital funding from the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership Growth Deal.

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has been granted permission to build an applied research facility in the Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone – near Preston, one of four zones that make up the wider Lancashire Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Cluster. An artist impression of the University of Sheffield AMRC North West facility…

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