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📈 £6.40 return for every £1 spent. A new report illustrates The University of Sheffield's wide-ranging effects on the UK and South Yorkshire. The University's economic impact is clear. £4.82 billion total contribution, and £1.8 billion in research impact in 2022-23. Find out how this has been achieved 👉 bit.ly/41ZLNrS

AMRC Cymru's FAST project aimed to accelerate Flintshire's transition to net zero with decarbonisation roadmaps and STEM, green skills and training initiatives. Through work with local businesses, the team has seen successes including: 💡 A reduction of LCA Group's energy use by 35 per cent 📉 A reduction in energy consumption saving over £22,000 in operating costs for Sterling Pharma Solutions' Deeside site Interested in learning how AMRC Cymru can help your business's journey to net-zero? Find out more 👉 amrc.co.uk/fast Flintshire County Council | Andrew Martin FRSA MBA | Rachael Kopanski

🎉Huge congratulations to the FoFoRAN project team, for winning the prestigious Barrier Breaker award🏆 This ground-breaking project is revolutionising manufacturing connectivity with OpenRAN, paving the way for the factories of the future. FoFoRAN, a pioneering global initiative, builds on the foundation laid by the 5G Factory of the Future project, directly addressing the unique challenges of industrial 5G deployment. Instead of simply adapting consumer tech, FoFoRAN focused on: • Meeting stringent industrial needs: Delivering reliable, low-latency connectivity for critical operations. • Developing 5G devices: Eliminating bottlenecks and maximising performance. • Significantly reducing infrastructure costs: Making private 5G accessible to SMEs. Read more about the FoFoRAN project 👉bit.ly/4bUej2H #OpenRAN #5G #Manufacturing #DSIT Aparajithan Sivanathan | Fakir Mulla | Abdul Wahab Qurashi

LCA Group wanted to measure a complex laser cutting process and turned to AMRC Cymru for support through its Flintshire sustainable decarbonised future (FAST) programme. Engineers connected an energy monitoring sensor to the complex laser cutting machine, finding varying power consumption during idle states. The work revealed the potential for optimisation which would save 35 per cent of its energy consumption, as well as associated costs and emissions. You can read more about the project here 👉 bit.ly/4bELSWr Flintshire County Council

Shout out to Professor Melissa Conlon featured on Lancashire Business View's influential women list. This is a fantastic recognition of her outstanding contributions to advanced manufacturing in the North West region, and we are proud to have her as part of the AMRC team. Read the issue 👉 https://lnkd.in/epVvQ_Dt #WomenInSTEM #Manufacturing #Leadership

As part of the FAST project, AMRC Cymru engineers worked to analyse the trends in power consumption at Sterling Pharma Solutions’ Deeside facility. Whilst vital for the operation of the business, the water for injection system (WFI) and boiler distillation (BD) skid were major consumers of energy. Using energy sensors, the team were able to provide insights to enable changes to be made at Sterling, which would reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. The resulting reduction in energy consumption saved over £22,000 in operating costs for the site. You can read more about the work here 👉 bit.ly/4kytYZw Flintshire County Council

We're joining Project Nexus, an Innovate UK-funded collaboration with industry and academia, to develop new sustainable materials for application in single-use bioprocessing equipment. 🧪 🗣️ "This is a significant step in making the biopharmaceutical sector more sustainable, ultimately advancing the UK's #netzero ambitions," says AMRC technical fellow, Jose L. Casamayor. The AMRC will contribute its wealth of experience in sustainable design engineering to the £1.9m project, working alongside a consortium partners - Photocentric, Sartorius, Metamorphic AM, CPI and Imperial College London Department of Chemical Engineering. Read more about Project Nexus 👉 bit.ly/3FEuvt2

It was incredible to see so many businesses, SMEs, and partners come together for the North West Additive Manufacturing Forum launch this week. We had inspiring speakers, tours, and lots of great conversations. The North West's AM community is buzzing, and we're excited to see where it will go from here. Find out more about the forum 👉 bit.ly/4kRdbAR #AMForum #AdditiveManufacturing #NorthWest

We were proud to welcome Prof Robert Mokaya OBE, deputy vice-chancellor at The University of Sheffield to the AMRC today. He was shown some of our brilliant innovation and world-leading research in clean energy and nuclear, castings and digital manufacturing by Geraint Jewell, head of the Advanced Manufacturing Group, Matt Farnsworth, commercial director for the AMRC, and Dave Stoddart, who heads up the AMRC’s nuclear manufacturing group. Robert, who leads on the diversity and inclusion OneUniversity pillar, also paid a visit to our first Women in Manufacturing Network which is set up to offer an organisational wide platform to promote gender equality across all areas of the AMRC.

It's brilliant to see our work featured in this fantastic video highlighting South Yorkshire's as a rich manufacturing hub, and we're proud to be apart of it. 🦾