Predictions - Future of Manufacturing
What will the future of manufacturing be like? What if you could get bespoke products, produced rapidly on demand, and in a green and eco-friendly way?
Meet our Manufacturing and Materials team
The Manufacturing and Materials sector team are a group of experts bringing together the areas of: Automotive Autonomous Connected Vehicles Aerospace High value manufacturing Advanced materials Resource efficiency Our aim is to enable UK businesses across all sectors to develop …
How can we heat our homes without warming the planet?
We are a small company based in Swindon, UK, that has developed a new technology to produce affordable, green natural gas called bio-substitute natural gas or BioSNG from everyday household waste. Our new project all started when we responded to …
Innovate 2016 - UK manufacturing is still major driver of innovation
It is a truism that our economy has seen a shift in recent decades from manufacturing to services. However, the extent of this shift is perhaps often overstated. Manufacturing has far from gone away and it remains a major driver …
Low carbon vehicles – the future of automotive sector
It was great to be back at the CENEX Low Carbon Vehicles 2016 conference and exhibition last week. I was at the very first LCV event back in 2008, at that time myself and Michael Hurwitz from the Department for …
Solutions to recover precious metals from electronics
Did you know in the last five years alone, 12.5 million computers have been thrown into UK landfills? We are a UK-based company that uses our plasma arc technology to offer resource recovery solutions and hazardous waste treatment. With over …
Technology that reduces food waste
Innovation can’t be taught, it must be inspired We’re Thaw Technology, a humble technology and engineering start-up based in South Wales. We set up Thaw to do one simple thing, change the World. Simple. It sounds like a Miss World …
Introducing our sectors - manufacturing & materials
I am always pleasantly amazed at the sheer depth and variety of projects that Innovate UK supports, and most importantly the impact they are generating on the economy and their sectors. This struck me again recently when I read our …
New designs for a circular economy
If you haven’t already come across the term ‘circular economy’, it’s technically a pretty simple concept to grasp. In a nutshell, the term refers to an entirely different approach to resource use than the standard ‘linear’ economy that powers today’s …
Videos showing how innovation can help save the planet
Innovation is often associated with science and technology, which are both often associated with detrimental environmental impact. In reality however, it is in fact innovation, design and science that are coming together to build a brighter future for the planet …