On-going funding has been confirmed for the University of Sheffield’s two High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult centres.

The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and the Nuclear AMRC will together receive £127 million of Government funding over the next five years to expand their R&D capabilities and help even more UK manufacturers to innovate and win work (www.hvm.catapult.org.uk).

Keith Ridgway, executive dean for the two centres, said: “This is a tremendous vote of confidence in the work we do with our industrial partners, and another significant boost for the Sheffield City Region and its emerging global innovation corridor.

"As members of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, we are part of a larger network of research and innovation assets that are helping to solve the conundrum of the UK’s productivity challenge.

"Our ability to draw on the research excellence of the University of Sheffield also gives us an additional edge. It means we are able to connect fundamental and basic science to translational research that makes a bigger impact on the factory floor.

“The new money will enable us to accelerate the adoption of digital technologies across advanced manufacturing, in line with the Industrial Strategy and Juergen Maier’s Made Smarter Review.

"It shows a determination to rebalance the economy with advanced manufacturing at its heart, supported by some of the best researchers in the world — here in the Sheffield City Region.”