World class research centre to accelerate UK engineering, A|D|S
Release Date: 2009-05-14
A world-class research centre to create state of the art manufacturing technologies for the UK's aerospace, energy, marine and automobile industries is to be opened near Glasgow airport.
The £25 million Advanced Forming Research Centre will develop forming and forging technologies to support the design and manufacture of new products, including components and structures for aircraft wings and body parts, engines, cars, ships, medical devices, power generation and wind turbines.
The Centre - the first of its kind in the UK - is a collaborative venture between the University of Strathclyde, Scottish Enterprise, and engineering firms including Boeing, Mettis Aerospace and Rolls-Royce. It will make the UK's engineering sector even more competitive globally by delivering advanced products to the market place quicker and more cost effectively.
A bespoke building at Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, will open in early 2010 and will house cutting edge machinery, enabling the University's internationally renowned researchers to engineer new technologies on production scale equipment. The new Centre will also attract more top class researchers to the region - including a new professor funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's 'Star Appointment' scheme.
Among the first to welcome the Centre was Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, who said: “Scotland has a strong record of innovation in engineering and science through the work of pioneers such as James Watt. The £25 million Advance Forming Research Centre will help strengthen this reputation with the establishment of a world-class research facility which will work with the world's leading international engineering and technology companies."
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| Company: | A|D|S |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
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