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New Centre to Advance Manufacturing Up North
01 May 2005
Four years of worldwide best practice research from some of the UK's brightest manufacturing experts underpins the development, of the Northern Technologies Advanced Manufacturing Centre, which opens in Burnley this summer on the former site of a huge Michelin tyre factory that closed in 2001.
Northern Technologies Business Development Director Steve Wilkinson said that a major strength of the development will be its ability to effectively support manufacturers in Lancashire and drive them into thinking differently about the future: "The centre addresses the three major manufacturing issues head on . . .skills, new product development and technology exploitation."
The Centre will provide facilities into applied research and new product development by drawing on strong links forged with higher educational establishments across Europe, including Lancaster, Loughborough University and Warwick Manufacturing Group.
Some of the biggest names in engineering are taking part, enabling companies to view the very latest technology, understand its capabilities, and then if appropriate, receive specialist support to implement it. The centre includes an advanced training facility, to assist in teaching the new technical skills required by industry, including the unique 'Advanced Manufacturing Programme' - a radical way of training the next generation of apprentices.
www.northerntech.co.uk
