📌 April events roundup 🔹 9 | What Your CAM Software Doesn't Tell You About 5-Axis Machining Part three of our webinar series in collaboration with DigitalCNC 🔹 20–24 | MACH Exhibition Join us at MACH 2026 in collaboration with the MTA, where we’ll be hosting two dedicated Knowledge Hubs 🔹 28 | Nuclear Strategy Professor Tom Hodgson will be speaking on AMRC’s role in the UK’s nuclear future, including our collaboration with Rolls-Royce SMR 👉 Explore the full event lineup and register: https://lnkd.in/dzyYpsY
About us
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) is a world-leading cluster for research, innovation and training. Part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult network, we have almost 100 industrial partners and work with manufacturing companies of all sizes from across the globe to deliver cutting-edge products and processes, and train new talent and skills. We’re driving sustainable manufacturing technologies for net zero, creating the vital step-changes needed in the low-carbon transition to help businesses increase economic performance, boost productivity and sharpen their competitive edge.
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http://www.amrc.co.uk
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- Research Services
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- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Rotherham
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- Educational
- Founded
- 2001
- Specialties
- Manufacturing Research, Machining, Integrated Manufacturing, and engineering research
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Advanced Manufacturing Park
Rotherham, S60 5TZ, GB
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Roy Chadwick Way, Samlesbury Aerospace, Mellor Brook,
Blackburn, BB2 7HN, GB
Employees at AMRC
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If you’re an SME manufacturer, our April newsletter is for you. 📥 99% of UK manufacturers are SMEs, but too often they’re left figuring things out the hard way. It’s something we hear a lot: a new challenge comes up, and it feels like you’re back to square one. That’s exactly what we’re focusing on in our next edition, how we’re supporting SMEs to improve productivity, reduce risk, and move forward with confidence. Sign up to the AMRC newsletter and get our insights straight to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eezQF3en
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“The global aircraft backlog isn’t just a logistics issue – it’s a maths problem,” says Stephen Beecher CEng, senior sector engagement manager for aerospace at the AMRC. ✈️ To clear tens of thousands of orders while meeting non-negotiable net-zero mandates, the industry must shift from manual craftsmanship to high-rate automation. In his latest piece, Stephen highlights how our new COMPASS innovation facility is solving that equation: • Speed: Slashing production times for large-scale composite parts from 40 hours to just four • Scale: Home to advanced technology, including the world’s largest RTM press for aerostructures • Digital-first: Utilising digital twins to ensure right-first-time precision • Open access: A low-risk sandbox for the entire supply chain to plug into top-tier tech without heavy capital investment. As we look toward the grand opening of the facility later this year, the message to the UK manufacturing sector is simple: the machines are live, the data is flowing and the blueprint for the next century of aerospace is ready. COMPASS is no longer a project of the future; it is where the future of manufacturing is being delivered today. Read the full insight here: https://lnkd.in/eAcepGj3
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Ready to widen your horizons and work with world-first technology? Shape the future with a career at the AMRC. 📍AMRC - Sheffield and Rotherham Head of the integrated manufacturing group Head of the composites centre Assistant project engineer Project engineer Grant support officer Project coordinator 📍AMRC Cymru – Broughton Receptionist 📍AMRC North West – Preston Technical fellow - additive manufacturing Explore our opportunities today 👉https://lnkd.in/d94z2ME
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Are you a high-growth deep tech company ready to bridge the gap between prototype and global supply chain? Expressions of interest are now open for the AMRC Scale-up programme. Built for Series A and later-stage companies with established market traction, this initiative moves beyond product validation to focus on the technical reality of industrial production. Through structured sprints with AMRC engineers, we help you: - Validate production systems for industrial scale. - Strengthen supply chain and certification readiness. - Embed manufacturability into your growth and investment strategy. As Matt Farnsworth, our commercial director, puts it: "The UK has never lacked innovation, but the challenge has always been anchoring that brilliance into long-term industrial growth." Ready to de-risk your leap to industrial volume and capital investment? 💪 Find out more and register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/eM58--_3
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"If this truly is a generational opportunity, what will determine whether the UK captures or misses it?" AMRC CEO Ben Morgan spoke to Jonny Williamson about the UK's strengths and assets in the global race for advanced manufacturing capability. From driving cutting-edge research and transforming processes, to supporting the adoption and diffusion of technology, the AMRC is building on the UK's manufacturing heritage, with its vibrant innovation and technology ecosystem, to compete in the global market. 'The sectors we’re working in operate in decades – new facilities, new supply chains, new technologies. These industries need confidence that Britain is a good place to invest and grow a manufacturing business.' You can read more in the link below 👇
It was a pleasure to sit down with Jonny Williamson and chat all things manufacturing last week🔧 I passionately believe we have a once in a generation opportunity in the engineering and manufacturing space, but it's going to take greater co-ordination and more than ever, working at pace. Thanks to the awesome Katia Harston for your support too. AMRC The University of Sheffield High Value Manufacturing Catapult Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) https://lnkd.in/eZNsxvbA
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⚙️ Sheffield has always been at the heart of making things. Now, that legacy takes another leap forward with Fyous. 💡 The University of Sheffield AMRC has supported the pioneering start-up’s ‘shape-shifting’ polymorphic tooling technology – with expert AMRC additive manufacturing researchers having assessed the tech’s viability. 🗣️ “Polymorphic manufacturing is a fundamental change in production capability that delivers the agility of additive manufacturing with the quality, scalability and throughput associated with high-volume processes,” says Joshua Shires, CEO of Fyous. 🗣️ Ben Morgan, CEO of the AMRC, added that it offers a "practical new route to fast, flexible manufacturing." ➡️ Read the full story and outputs from Fyous’ white paper here: bit.ly/46iGeYx
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Is your MedTech design future-proofed or just another plastic problem? Following investor concerns regarding sustainability in the market, the AMRC partnered with Biophys Ltd on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study to rethink medical device design. Join DECHI's Circular MedTech: Rethinking Product Design webinar where the team will unpack the outcome of this work, showcasing how evidence-based design can drive new value creation. 📅 February 26, 2026 🕛 12:00 - 1:00 pm 💻 Online What's in it for you? - Explore how material choices and thoughtful design lead to smarter devices with lower environmental impact. - Discover how circular design drivers reveal opportunities for competitive advantage and durable products. - Learn about emerging AI-driven advances to make informed product development faster. Register to hear AMRC's Jing Pu, PhD, CEng MIMechE and the rest of the expert panel discuss how to navigate the shift toward sustainable MedTech. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/evptcYR8
Are you navigating the shift toward sustainable medical device design? Join us on Feb 26th for a focused session hosted by the DECHI program. https://lnkd.in/edR3Kabh AMRC #Innovation #Sustainable DECHI
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The University of Sheffield AMRC has found its permanent CEO 🦾 Professor Morgan, leading as interim CEO of the AMRC since January 2025, will continue to build on our legacy of industrial, economic and regional transformation as we enter our 25th year. You can read more about the appointment here 🔗 bit.ly/3ZMuNom
I’m incredibly honoured to share that I’ve been appointed permanent Chief Executive Officer of The University of Sheffield AMRC 😃 Seventeen years ago, I joined the AMRC as a graduate project engineer. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of working for and alongside outstanding colleagues through the Integrated Manufacturing Group and our wider research teams — and most recently serving as Interim CEO. The AMRC has spent the last 25 years bridging world-class research and industry to drive economic growth, create high-value jobs and strengthen UK manufacturing. It’s an organisation built on relationships — across industry, government, the High Value Manufacturing Catapult — and I’m fiercely proud to continue that mission, standing on the shoulders of giants. UK manufacturing faces a generational opportunity. With the momentum of the Goverment Industrial Strategy, the opening of COMPASS, and our 25th anniversary year ahead - 2026 promises to be pivotal! Most of all, I feel fortunate to lead an exceptional team who are passionate about changing lives through innovation many, of whom have been hugely personally supportive over the last year (or more!) - you know who you are! Sincerely, thank you.
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The AMRC has signed a collaboration agreement with IPercept to advance CNC process monitoring and predictive maintenance. The partnership will see IPercept’s intelligent monitoring solutions deployed on selected CNC machines at the AMRC, using high-resolution data to detect mechanical degradation and process anomalies before they impact part quality or cause unplanned downtime. Professor Pete Crawforth, senior technical fellow at the AMRC, said: “Working with IPercept enables us to rigorously evaluate predictive maintenance strategies, quantify their impact and explore new avenues for applying this technology across digital and data-driven manufacturing.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/eKqZnpAg
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