Applied research centre reaches five year milestone
AMRC Cymru is celebrating its fifth anniversary, having become a ‘national asset’ since being given a mission to supercharge Welsh manufacturing by using advanced technologies and world-leading research to deliver improvements and innovation.
Since opening on November 28 in 2019, the North Wales research centre has made a significant impact on industry, having worked with more than 100 businesses to help make things faster, cheaper and greener, and delivered in excess of 20 programmes teaching companies how to digitally measure their energy use.
Based in a £20m state-of-the-art applied research centre in Broughton, funded by the Welsh Government, AMRC Cymru is managed by the University of Sheffield and is part of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult, a consortium strategic innovation hub for UK industry, established and supported by Innovate UK.
Rebecca Evans, Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, said the investment was made because the Welsh Government ‘knew the difference it could make to north Wales, manufacturing and the wider Welsh economy’.
She added: “The facility has quickly established itself as a significant asset in our R&D ecosystem, helping more than 100 Welsh businesses innovate, develop new products and future proof.
“I look forward to seeing the centre continue to play a critical role in Wales’s advanced manufacturing future as we work together with partners to boost productivity, attract further investment and create high-quality, sustainable jobs.”
The milestone anniversary for the centre comes in the same month Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer named AMRC Cymru as ‘a world-renowned research institution’ as part of his announcement confirming a £160 million investment zone that will go live in north east Wales next year, focused on the advanced manufacturing cluster.
