Impact

Beneficiaries

The major beneficiaries of the activities of the priority group are:

• key industrial partners
• SMEs
• government and EU policy and funding bodies

National and international strategies in advanced manufacturing have emphasised the need for a multi-disciplinary approach which delivers benefits to a number of industrial sectors, such as:

• transport
• aerospace and defence
• healthcare
• information and communication technology
• chemical
• electronics and energy

Key growth areas

Our major targets are the key multi-disciplinary UK growth areas:

• smart sustainable factories
• high precision manufacturing processes and systems
• adaptable and reconfigurable manufacturing systems
• low carbon technologies
• printable and silicon electronics
• industrial biotechnology and regenerative medicine
• composites manufacturing

The unique position of Nottingham, as an international university, puts manufacturing related research into a global context by working with our international campuses and engaging the rapidly growing industrial sectors in China and Malaysia.