Sheffield University backs plans to create the UK’s Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District

The University of Sheffield is backing an ambitious plan to create the first Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District in the UK. Europe's largest research-led Advanced Manufacturing cluster, centred around the Sheffield-Rotherham corridor, is already home to the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), the wider Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) at Waverley, and the AMRC's Factory 2050 project currently under construction at Sheffield Business Park. Supporting the announcement The University of Sheffield's Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Keith Burnett said: "The Sheffield city region has a tremendous opportunity in manufacturing innovation, not only in relation to our own local companies and employment but for the UK as a whole, including to support the UK as an exporter. "The University of Sheffield's vision to further develop its relationship with industry to produce major infrastructure in energy and transport is a focus of international partnership from China and Brazil, and seen as a having the potential to rebalance the UK's manufacturing economy by the UK government. "This work also builds on the exceptional talent which we are fortunate enough to have within our university, at the AMRC and in the region's world-leading companies.