£14m to accelerate Glasgow’s manufacturing productivity and sustainability

The three projects intend to accelerate productivity and sustainability across Glasgow’s manufacturing and engineering businesses, with these local businesses working alongside partners including Boeing, SSE Renewables, Howden, Thales and Babcock.

These initiatives are supported with £5.4m from the UK government and up to £8.6m from industry partners.

NMIS said the first project, ReMake Glasgow, will see a first-of-its-kind national ReMake hub developed at its flagship facility next to Glasgow Airport within the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland.

The hub aims to provide the skills and technologies needed to support manufacturers of all sizes to adopt circularity and extend the life of products and parts. Through processes such as remanufacturing, refurbishing and repairs, the initiative aims to achieve a 99 per cent reduction in CO2 compared to manufacturing from new.

The consortium is developing new ways to remanufacture high-value components with local SMEs, alongside partners Howden – Chart Industries, SSE Renewables, Renewable Parts, British Airways Maintenance Glasgow, Boeing in Glasgow and ATS Global.