Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering (AME) has ‘relaunched’ after a six-million-pound expansion, which it hopes will help create new supply-chain opportunities by using next-generation technologies and increasing the number of graduates it is training on the factory floor.
It hopes to use the funding to boost the industry’s journey towards a clean, sustainable and digital world, with the scheme benefitting from a five-million-pound investment from the university.
AME also received a one-million-pound grant from the UK government’s Local Growth Fund though the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP).
The recent changes have delivered nearly 2,000m2 of additional space to house the facility’s advanced laser welders, six new laboratories, a robotics testing area and new digital twin capabilities.
So far, the research centre has completed more than £110m worth of R&D and commercial projects for the likes of Aston Martin, Ford, Lotus and Hyperbat, which it claims has helped generate more than £500m of economic benefit for the UK.
What’s more, nearly 175 companies have been involved in its collaborative work so far.
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