£22.6m for NPL-led AMPI initiative in north England

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Rochdale is set to be home to the new Advanced Machinery & Productivity Institute (AMPI) after an NPL-led consortium secured £22.6m in funding for a five-year innovation initiative.

AMPI will tap into existing manufacturing and academic expertise in the north of England, aiming to grow the UK’s advanced machinery capability to a £2bn export capacity within 10 years, creating 30,000 high value jobs in the process. As well as promoting the adoption of digital solutions across the machinery sector, AMPI will focus on integrating automated and autonomous robotic systems and the development of new machinery.

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Funding for the initiative has been delivered through UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI’s) flagship Strength in Places Fund (SIPF). As the lead partner of the consortium, NPL will oversee the administration of the programme, as well as providing its metrology expertise to participants and projects run by AMPI.

“We are delighted to be leading a strong consortium of industrialists and academics who will be working together to develop the next generation of advanced machinery in a region rich in industrial capability and full of future potential,” said NPL CEO, Dr Peter Thompson FREng.

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