Uma nova iniciativa de £ 20 milhões, projetada para incorporar a tecnologia digital avançada em todo o setor de fabricação da North West. Pelo governo nacional e alguns dos maiores negócios do mundo, o programa Made mais inteligente do noroeste deve se envolver com 3.000 fabricantes de PME com sede em Cheshire e Warrington, Cumbria, Lancashire, Grande Manchester e Liverpool City Region. Inteligência artificial, impressão 3D e Internet das Coisas (IoT), podem revolucionar seus processos de fabricação. Tecnologias e processos avançados, o setor de manufatura da região pode gerar um aumento de 25% na produtividade e adicionar 115 milhões de libras à economia do noroeste. O financiamento do programa mais inteligente seria disponibilizado em todo o país como parte do Fundo de Desafio de Estratégia Industrial de 1,1 bilhão de libras do governo. Comissão. Rover. Na sua essência, ajudará as empresas locais a inovar, criando novas oportunidades de crescimento e tecnologia no processo.Digital Manufacturing Week.
Backed by national government and some of the world’s biggest businesses, the Made Smarter North West programme is set to engage with 3,000 SME manufacturers based in Cheshire and Warrington, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region.
Greater Manchester companies which get involved in the project will get the chance to access match funded support and advice regarding how industrial digital technologies (IDT), including robotics, artificial intelligence, 3D printing and the Internet of Things (IoT), could revolutionise their manufacturing processes.
A number of Greater Manchester firms will also qualify for more intensive business support, gaining access to match-funded grants, bespoke consultancy, mentoring and other resources which will help them to accelerate commercial growth.
It is anticipated that by becoming a test-bed for new types of technologies and advanced processes, the region’s manufacturing sector could generate a 25% increase in productivity and add £115m to the North West economy.
Embracing the principles of Made Smarter could also help to open up new markets, increase exports and create hundreds of additional high-skilled, high-value jobs across Greater Manchester.
This follows an announcement in the recent budget that up to £121 million of additional Made Smarter programme funding would be made available across the country as part of government’s £1.1 billion Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
As well providing significant funding to underpin the Made Smarter concept, government has also worked closely with industry to drive the programme.
A formal partnership between the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the private sector, the programme is overseen by the Made Smarter Commission.
Co-Chaired by Business Secretary Greg Clarke, and CEO of Siemens Juergen Maier, the Commission includes representatives from 17 leading employers and organisations directly linked to manufacturing.
As well as Siemens, who employ 1,000 people in Greater Manchester, other members of the Commission with a major presence in the North West include Rolls Royce, BAE Systems, Airbus and Jaguar Land Rover.
Juergen Maier, CEO of Siemens, said: “Made Smarter has the potential to kick start a new industrial revolution for our manufacturing sector and be a catalyst for new investment in the latest digital technologies. At its core will be helping local businesses to innovate, creating new growth and technology opportunities in the process.
= "É um momento extremamente emocionante para a Grande Manchester, e acredito que essa é realmente uma oportunidade única em uma oportunidade geracional para aumentar a produtividade e criar os empregos de alto valor e altamente remunerados do futuro".
Made Smarter será entregue em Grande Manchester pelo Hub de Crescimento dos Negócios do GC, enquanto sua implantação regional será coordenada por Donna Edwards, diretora administrativa de suporte de negócios e financiamento de negócios da empresa de crescimento com sede em Manchester.
Donna Edwards disse: “Os consultores de hub de crescimento da Grande Manchester se envolvem regularmente com os fabricantes interessados em adotar novos processos de alta tecnologia, mas não têm certeza de como o norte de pessoas que precisam do norte. Suporte e um programa de subsídios financiados por correspondência oferecerão centenas de empresas da Grande Manchester a chance de enfrentar desafios existentes, explorar novas idéias e impulsionar o crescimento econômico. ”
“Made Smarter North West has been developed specifically to address these needs, and through advice, support and a programme of match-funded grants it will offer hundreds of Greater Manchester companies the chance to tackle existing challenges, explore new ideas and drive economic growth.”
Prefeito da Grande Manchester, Andy Burnham, disse sobre o noroeste mais inteligente: “De Cottonopolis ao grafeno, a Grande Manchester tem uma longa tradição de liderar o mundo em novas formas de manufatura e inovação comercial.
"Através do Noroeste mais inteligente, agora temos uma oportunidade fantástica para incorporar a tecnologia digital e a fabricação avançada em toda a nossa indústria de fabricação e cadeias de suprimentos mais amplas".
O lançamento mais inteligente do noroeste de hoje ocorreu como parte de Semana de fabricação digital e o Summit líderes dos fabricantes. A cúpula é uma conferência nacional organizada na Liverpool Arena, dedicada às mais recentes tecnologias de fabricação digital. Isso incluía as portas de cristal de Rochdale, um fabricante de portas de vinil que usa robótica, modelagem 3D e tecnologia de extração de poeira de alta tecnologia em suas operações. Visite nossa instalação e veja o nível de automação que utilizamos e a tecnologia de precisão que aplicamos à produção, eles são genuinamente atordoados.
Also present were several North West SMEs who already have developed or deployed IDT within their manufacturing processes. These included Rochdale’s Crystal Doors, a vinyl door manufacturer which uses robotics, 3D modelling and hi-tech dust extraction technology across their operations.
Richard Hagan, Crystal Doors Managing Director, said: “When I tell people we make doors many of them picture a sawdust-filled workshop, tins of wood stain and boxes of door handles. However, when they visit our facility and see the level of automation we utilise, and the precision technology which we apply to production, they are genuinely stunned.
“The efficiencies such processes bring also impact massively on our bottom line and I would encourage any Greater Manchester manufacturer, from any sector, to explore how an initiative like Made Smarter North West could change the way they work.”
Greater Manchester manufacturers who would like to register an interest in taking part in Made Smarter North West should visit www.businessgrowthhub.com
For more information on the Made Smarter programme visit www.madesmarter.uk
