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Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing

It helps deliver key goals identified by a number of high value-added sectors such as aerospace, automotive, chemicals and the built environment and also addresses the broad cross sectoral agenda of manufacturing. A key feature is its focus on implementing and integrating developments covered under other technology headings.

Factors driving change include globalisation and UK focus on high value-added activity to maintain a competitive advantage; complexity; policy agendas set by other Government departments; and sustainability and regulatory issues.

Activity to date:

Knowledge Transfer Networks
Sensors

Competitions in Collaborative R&D
 

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November 2004

 
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Projects supported under these themes have benefited from a significant co-funding through partnerships with the Regional Development Agencies and the EPSRC.

Successful Collaborative R&D Projects:

April 2004 - Environmentally Friendly Transport, Sensors and Control Systems

November 2004 - Design Simulation and Modelling

 

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