£6m expansion at Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering

Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), born out of a collaboration with Unipart Manufacturing in 2014, relaunched yesterday (November 7, 2023) at an event attended by over 200 domestic and international guests.

Benefitting from a £5m University investment followed by a £1m grant from the Government’s Local Growth Fund though the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP), the recent changes have delivered nearly 2000m² of additional space.

The latest funding takes the total investment in the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering to £18m, with the latest facilities including a digital twin pilot environment, a series of physical stations that maximise Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality and dedicated materials, metrology, lasers and functional materials and chemistry laboratories.

To date, AME has been involved in Research & Development (R&D) and commercial projects worth over £110m with companies including Aston Martin, Ford, Lotus and Hyperbat.

Nearly 175 companies – including OEMs, tier ones and SMEs – have been involved in collaborative work, whilst over 400 students have graduated through a combination of real-world shopfloor and classroom learning.