Royal opens factory of the future

Posted on 12 Apr 2017 by Fred Tongue

HRH The Duke of York visited the University of Sheffield this week to officially open the new Factory 2050 facility at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).

HRH The Duke of York was given a tour of the facilities at Factory 2050 – image courtesy of the University of Sheffield. Factory 2050 is the first site dedicated to digital assembly and flexible component manufacturing, and is fully reconfigurable. The facility aims to help manufacturers conduct research in to…

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