AMP - Advanced Manufacturing Park

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Dormer expanding international operation

Dormer Tools International (DTI) has announced an expansion in its global operations with a strong emphasis on securing large export orders.

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Carbolite joins the world-class companies at the AMP

Derbyshire based Carbolite is the latest business to join the growing number of world-class companies located at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham.

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New addition to the AMP landscape

New wind turbine for the Nuclear AMRC constructed at the AMP.

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Fripp Design mastermind Gadget Show technology challenge success

Designers at Fripp Design and Research have helped The Gadget Show presenter Suzi Perry win the latest technology challenge in the Channel 5 programme broadcast this week.

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University of Sheffield’s proposed Training Centre secures government funding

The University of Sheffield has secured government backing for a new Training Centre, located at the AMP and aimed at closing the skills gap for high-value manufacturing companies.

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AMRC marks 10th anniversary at Westminster

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing celebrated its 10th anniversary by taking the manufacturing message to Westminster.

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Downing Street reception recognises AMRC’s key support for UK advanced manufacturing

AMRC's support of the UK’s advanced manufacturing industry recognised at a Downing Street reception, hosted by The Deputy Prime Minister.

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AMRC’s key role in championing UK manufacturing

The AMRC is set to play a key role in the launch of a new initiative to champion UK manufacturing and show the best of British industry throughout 2012.

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Nuclear AMRC’s work with innovative robotic machining cell presented at international engineering event

Nuclear AMRC’s research on utilisation of innovative robotic machining cell presented at SAE AeroTech Congress.

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Nuclear AMRC supply chain project set to assist Yorkshire companies

the Nuclear AMRC has established a series of nuclear supply chain workshops that will introduce companies to the potential provided by the civil nuclear new build industry.

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AMP research organisations play key role in national High Value Manufacturing initiative

The University of Sheffield’s AMRC with Boeing, and the Nuclear AMRC are amongst the centres forming the new Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC) in high value manufacturing.

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Materialise technologies showcased in exhibition at the V&A

Technology from Materialise featured in exhibition at the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, showcasing fusions of art, design and technology.

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The AMRC shows its manufacturing expertise via YouTube

The University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing are using YouTube to showcase examples of their expertise.

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Fripp Design team creating designs for life

Sheffield Star highlights the work of Fripp Design in developing custom prosthetic body parts.

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Cti perfect new technology to efficiently create large castings

Engineers at Castings Technology International (Cti) have perfected a new technology which allows large castings to be produced more efficiently.

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Rolls-Royce submits planning application for proposed AMP facilities

Rolls-Royce submits planning application for proposed for its proposed new facilities at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham.

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Cti help Sultzer Pumps achieve 10% efficiency gain on Norwegian oil project

Research & development specialists Castings Technology International (Cti) has assisted Sultzer Pumps from Leeds in winning a contract for upgraded pump impeller and diffuser components destined for Norwegian oilfields.

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Communities Secretary visits AMP to announce approval of region’s Enterprise Zone

Communities Secretary visits AMP to announce approval of region’s Enterprise Zone

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Nuclear AMRC appoint research director

The Nuclear AMRC has announced the appointment of Professor Mike Burke as Director of Research and Technology

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‘Fit For Nuclear’ test launched for supply chain companies

Manufacturing companies wanting to join the civil nuclear supply chain can now test their readiness online.

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AMP set to be centre of planned advanced manufacturing & materials growth hub

The Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham is set to be the base for an initiative designed to drive economic growth, and create sustainable employment, wealth and prestige through the growth of a globally competitive advanced manufacturing and materials sector.

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Performance engineering design company gets off to flying start

Engineering design company, Performance Engineered Solutions (PES) Ltd has got off to a flying start with the sponsorship of British racing driver Paul Rees, who is driving the MTech Ferrari 458 Italia in the international FIA GT3 sports car championship.

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Revolutionary engineering school looks to Dormer for inspiration

Engineering giant, Dormer Tools opened its doors to the 'engineers of tomorrow' recently, when students from the pioneering JCB Academy paid a visit.

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Rotherham's new Mayor visits the AMP

Rotherham's new Mayor, Councillor Shaun Wright and Mayoress Lisa Wright have visited the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP).

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AMRC receives 'Supplier of the Year' award from Boeing

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has been recognised as Supplier of the Year in the International (Technology) category by The Boeing Company.

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Bromley Technologies to provide expert analysis of the Whistler Olympic Sliding Centre Track

Bromley Technologies Ltd is to be part of an international project which will undertake a trajectory study of the Whistler Sliding Centre track, in British Columbia, Canada.

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Materialise helps Jaguar engineers realise the CX-75 concept car

Specialists from Materialise UK have worked with Jaguar Land Rover engineers to provide solutions for the unique design challenges associated with the company's revolutionary CX-75 concept car.

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Dormer set challenge to industry

Engineering and manufacturing firms across the country are being invited to put Dormer Tools to the test.

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Business and industry leaders unanimously support proposed Rolls Royce projects

Business and industry leaders from across the region have offered unanimous support, following the news that Rolls Royce are considering the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) as the location for two major new production facilities.

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Rolls Royce organises public consultation for proposed AMP facilities

A public consultation event organised by Rolls Royce for local residents and neighbouring businesses has taken place at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP).

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Materialise expertise brings ‘organic’ trophy concept to life

Materialise UK Ltd has used their expertise in Additive Layered Manufacturing to produce the intricately designed trophies that were presented to the winners of the recent Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2011 awards.

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University deal may pave way for ‘AMRC Mexico’

The University of Sheffield has signed an agreement with Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología or CONACYT) with the aim of developing industrial research and enabling students from both the UK and Mexico to benefit from the close ties between the two organisations.

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Xeros cleans up at the Climate Week Awards

The first Climate Week Awards has named Xeros as the 'Best Technological Breakthrough' for the unique way that Xeros cleans clothes by using hardly any water. Harnessing over 30 years of research by the University of Leeds, Xeros technology has the potential to transform the way the commercial laundry market cleans clothes by offering an environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional aqueous washing . Xeros cuts water and energy use, and reduces carbon and effluent emissions.

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Dormer installs Heller machine in landmark deal

Dormer Tools has announced a landmark partnership with Heller Machine Tool with the installation of the state-of-the-art FT 4000 machine at their productivity facility on the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham.

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AMP research centres key to new elite Technology and Innovation Centres

World leading research centres at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham are amongst those announced today as part of the country's first Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC), as the Government underscored its commitment to world leading manufacturing in the UK.

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Areva signs new collaborative agreement with the Nuclear AMRC

Areva has signed a new collaborative agreement with the Nuclear AMRC to identify and support UK manufacturing companies which can supply Areva's projects in the UK and overseas.

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Swiss company joins ‘united nations of advanced manufacturing’

One of the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery is the latest international company to sign up at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham.

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Nick Clegg launches key carbon capture report showing potential £6.5bn market

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg unveiled how British manufacturing businesses can capitalise on one of the most important UK ecological initiatives worth an estimated £6.5bn, during a recent event at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP).

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Dormer develops tools that can stand the heat

Dormer Tools has launched its first range of products developed specifically for machining Heat Resistant Super Alloys (HRSA).

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AMRC launches industrial doctorate centre

The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing is launching a new Industrial Doctorate Centre (IDC) to help the brightest engineering postgraduates work with industry to develop new technologies and skills.

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Lord Heseltine visits the AMP

Former deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine visited the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) recently as part of a national tour programme promoting the Government's new £1.4bn Regional Growth Fund (RGF) scheme.

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The Queen officially launches construction of the Nuclear AMRC

Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, has officially launched building work on the new Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre during a visit to the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham.

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Mori Seiki opens new AMP office to support SAMULET aerospace project

Mori Seiki, one of the world's leading manufacturers of metal cutting machines, has opened an office at the AMP Technology Centre on the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham.

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Prime Minister highlights AMP expertise in speech to the CBI

The Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) is ideally placed to help create the sort of “economic dynamism” within the UK’s advanced manufacturing and engineering industries highlighted today by the Prime Minister.

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