The Institute for Manufacturing takes a holistic approach to manufacturing, linking communities in academia, industry and government to cutting edge research with real-world relevance. Head of the Institute Professor Mike Gregory wants it to become a global hub for disseminating a better understanding of global manufacturing that helps companies to work more efficiently. Will Stirling reports.
The brand new Alan Reece Building, a modern 4,400m2, £15m office building on the university’s West Cambridge campus for science and technology, seems like the ideal place for great minds to test groundbreaking ideas and devise the next 3D printing technique or bagless vaccum cleaner. It’s big, very modern, very low carbon, but also –…
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