Made Smarter has introduced the launch of an extra £1 million in funding to assist SMEs within the North West, UK with their adoption of superior applied sciences, together with additive manufacturing (AM).
The Authorities-backed digital adoption programme, which has been driving digital transformation within the area since 2018 and has funded 334 know-how initiatives thus far, is providing match-funded grants of as much as £20,000 to assist SMEs undertake applied sciences together with AM, robotics, automation, the Web of Issues (IoT) and synthetic intelligence (AI).
Donna Edwards, Programme Director for Made Smarter North West, mentioned: “We at the moment are coming into our seventh 12 months of equipping North West producers with the know-how and confidence to embrace the subsequent industrial revolution. By skilled assist and funding, we’re enabling companies to unlock productiveness, speed up development, decarbonise operations, and create high-value, future-ready jobs.
“The commercial panorama is evolving quickly, and digital transformation is not elective. We encourage any producer that hasn’t but began their journey to take step one.”
Companies who register to the programme will likely be given entry to a collection of assist together with totally funded know-how recommendation, digital roadmap improvement, management and abilities coaching, and scholar placement alternatives. Made Smarter’s investments are anticipated to extend the area’s GVA by £242 million, create 1,300 new jobs and upskill 2,500 current roles.
A number of UK additive manufacturing-focused firms have already benefitted from Made Smarter funding. Again in October, Additive Manufacturing Options, FDM Digital Options and Fusion Implants every secured backing from the programme to allow funding in new applied sciences.
