Sustainable Manufacturing
The world is changing at an ever greater pace, and manufacturers are responding – improving the products they make and the way they make them. This enables reduced environmental footprint and improved resource efficiency, but also creates benefits such as competitive advantage and a closer alignment with the customer’s needs.
The world is changing. Manufacturers are improving the products they make and the way they make them. This reduces our environmental footprint, increases resource efficiency and creates competitive advantage. Energy efficiency, circular economy, remanufacturing and industrial symbiosis are all areas we specialise in as a team.
UK and global targets for carbon reductions and net zero mean that environmental and societal considerations are as important as economics in driving change through innovation. Sustainability is not an added cost – it’s an innovation opportunity.
If you are looking to improve your sustainability and resilience, reduce the carbon footprint of your operations, product, resource energy or material costs, or find new uses for waste and contribute to a more circular economy, we can work with you and introduce you to a network of powerful connections.
Working with the UK Circular Plastics Network (UKCPN), we have built a strong, powerful community around the sustainable use of plastics. We work across sustainable manufacturing sectors such as automotive, medical devices, packaging, sustainable fashion.
Related Opportunities
Critical materials for magnets: Strand 1, feasibility studies
Opens: 11/04/2023 Closes: 21/06/2023
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for innovative projects that stimulate growth in the rare earth elements (REE) critical materials supply chain. This funding is from Innovate UKs CLIMATES programme.
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India – UK Collaborative R&D for industrial sustainability
Opens: 31/05/2023 Closes: 06/09/2023
UK registered organisations can share up to £5m to develop PEMD or sustainable foundation industries innovation with Indian partners.
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Faraday Battery Challenge Round 6: collaborative R&D
Opens: 16/05/2023 Closes: 16/07/2023
Up to £10m is available to demonstrate or accelerate state of the art battery technologies in the UK, grow the supply chain & increase UK competitiveness.
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Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans – Briefing Event
To support dispersed sites in developing strategic plans for decarbonisation and to prepare industry for the green industrial transition and a low carbon future the Government has made available £5m funding for the Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans (LIDP) competition. The LIDP online briefing session will provide stakeholders interested in applying for funding through the LIDP with key information such as dates for the competition, application guidance, definitions and eligibility.
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Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans – Briefing Event
To support dispersed sites in developing strategic plans for decarbonisation and to prepare industry for the green industrial transition and a low carbon future the Government has made available £5m funding for the Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans (LIDP) competition. The LIDP online briefing session will provide stakeholders interested in applying for funding through the LIDP with key information such as dates for the competition, application guidance, definitions and eligibility.
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Innovation Alley: a great place to test your digital technology product
Running through the heart of Smart Factory Expo, Made Smarter Innovation Alley is home, each year, to 50 of the UK’s most disruptive, innovative technology companies in the manufacturing sector.
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Announcing the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, Phase 3
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) confirms plans to launch £185 million third phase of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF).