Composites industry to get £23m lift from AMSCI via new cluster

Posted on 26 Jun 2013

Companies that use composite materials could access a portion of £11.7 million to fund projects under a new initiative called the Composites Innovation Cluster, expected to create more than 200 jobs.

The Composites Innovation Cluster, or CiC, will be financed by £23 million, of which more than £11 million will come from the government’s Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative. The project is expected to create over 200 direct jobs, 1,000 indirect jobs and £190 million revenue from new composite projects, the cluster partners claim. Led by…

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