United Kingdom
Responsible: WILLIAMS David
Loughborough University
D.J.Williams@lboro.ac.uk
National Contact Point: Mc CARROLL Tracy
TUV NEL Ltd
tmccarroll@tuvnel.com
Tel. +44 (0)1355 272 658
Fax +44 (0)1355 272 979
Homepage: www.manufutureuk2005.org.uk
1 – General Information
TP Name
UK Manufuture
Platform
Homepage
Contact person (coordinator)
Tracy McCarroll
Tel: +44 1355272658
Fax: +44 1355272979
E-mail: tmccarroll@tuvnel.com
2 – Coordinating institution
TUV NEL
Scottish Enterprise Technology Park
East Kilbride
GLASGOW
G75 0QF
3 – Technical objectives
– To sustain the UK community
– Influence FP7 Work Programmes
– Jump start and maximise UK involvement
– Encourage and facilitate brokerage & networking within the community
4 – Relevance to nation economy
The UK must like all other countries, seize the manufuture initiative as an opportunity to position itself and it’s regions as being highly innovative, manufacturing and engineering orientated.
5 – Sectors within the TP
All sectors within the UK with an interest are welcome
6 – ManuFuture pillars tackled by the TP
– New, added-value products and services: Yes
– New business models: Yes
– New advanced industrial engineering: Yes
– New emerging manufacturing science and technologies: Yes
– Transformation of existing R&D and education infrastructure to support world-class manufacturing: Yes
7 – Research & Development activities
Members of the Platform are individually involved in European and national research projects.
8 – Stake holders
35 members from UK industry and academia
9 – Geographical localization (map, localization of participants):
All areas of the UK involved
10 – Interactions with other NRTPs
Not established yet but has been encouraged and would be most welcome
11 – Special national programmes
The Technology Programme
12 – Funding instruments
N/A