Manufacturing
Innovate UK Business Connect’s Manufacturing team helps manufacturers to innovate, and innovators to manufacture. We work with a broad spectrum of organisations, sectors and technology areas, advising on innovation and connecting to partners, experts, facilities and funding.
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Digital manufacturing brings together new technologies such as AI, IIOT, additive manufacturing, robotics and automation, blockchain and immersive technologies. We are working with smart factories to drive improved productivity, efficiency, resilience and competitiveness. Together with Robotics & AI, Immerse UK and others we can make the right connections to cutting edge technology and knowledge, through Manufacturing Made Smarter on an impartial basis.
Product Innovation requires careful navigation of the design to manufacture journey. Successfully delivering a physical product to market (i.e one that requires manufacturing) presents challenges over and above those that non-manufactured products face. As well as technical knowledge and diversity of skills, expertise and strong relationships are key to driving change. We can share learning across our network and through our D2MGuide, and make the connections you’ll need to deliver on your innovation.
Sustainable, resilient manufacturing. The world is changing. Manufacturers are improving the products they make and the way they make them. This reduces our environmental footprint, increases resource efficiency and creates competitive advantage. Energy efficiency, circular economy, remanufacturing and industrial symbiosis are all areas we specialise in as a team.
We help manufacturers and innovators to improve their processes across all these areas by making impartial connections, across the UK and globally, with the right partners, suppliers and funding channels including Innovate UK and other funding sources.
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Related Opportunities
APC: ARMD3 - Advanced route to market demonstrator for zero emission automotive technology
Opens: 25/03/2024 Closes: 01/05/2024
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £15m for late stage R&D to accelerate the UK towards a zero emission automotive future.
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Resource-efficient or bio-based materials and manufacturing - feasibility studies 2
Opens: 02/04/2024 Closes: 29/05/2024
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for innovative feasibility studies in advanced low carbon manufacturing.
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Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Phase 3: Spring 2024
Opens: 29/01/2024 Closes: 19/04/2024
Grant funding for feasibility and engineering studies, and for the deployment of industrial energy efficiency and deep decarbonisation projects.
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UK-South Korea CR&D 2024
Opens: 26/02/2024 Closes: 22/05/2024
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6m for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with South Korea.
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Made Smarter: Rapid Demonstrator Projects March 2024
Opens: 11/03/2024 Closes: 12/04/2024
This funding aims to support SMEs with sensor installation, data analysis or similar to advance their smart manufacturing journeys.
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Made Smarter accelerator: sustainability through innovation
Opens: 21/02/2024 Closes: 01/04/2024
Enabling UK manufacturers to fast forward their adoption of digital solutions: solve challenges from BAE, HS2 and Creagh Concrete and win up to £175,000.
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Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Phase 2 - Technology Showcase
10.00 - 15.00 | Manchester
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