AMRC North West launches in Preston

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The latest satellite branch of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has opened its doors in Preston, Lancashire, in the shape of AMRC North West.

AMRC North West
(Credit: AMRC)

Backed by £20m in funding from the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the new facility adds to the network of the University of Sheffield’s AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre), which was founded more than 20 years ago. Other sites under the AMRC umbrella include AMRC Cymru, AMRC Training Centre, the Advanced Structural Testing Centre and Factory 2050.

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AMRC North West will be home to a range of research including additive and digital manufacturing, batteries and automation, 5G for manufacturing, robotics, autonomous manufacturing processes and systems, and low-carbon technologies. Engineers associated with AMRC North West have been working with Lancashire manufacturers since 2018, based out of a temporary base provided by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). The new centre now gives those engineers a permanent home situated at the centre of the Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone in Preston.

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