Sheffield Business Park

Advanced Manufacturing Campus

Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District (AMID)

Together with other land owners, the two Sheffield Universities, and Sheffield and Rotherham Councils, we are creating the UK’s Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District; a nucleus of innovation, research and technology, designed for collaboration and rapid commercialisation. It will be a catalyst for innovation led manufacturing across the Sheffield City Region (SCR) and Northern Powerhouse, attracting new international investors and generating an R&D revolution in the existing manufacturing base.

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre sign outside Factory 2050 at Sheffield Business Park.

The University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Campus

The Advanced Manufacturing Campus will soon be home to three new engineering research centres designed to accelerate the region's advanced manufacturing capabilities. The new centres, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), will work with large businesses and SMEs to carry out initial research into new technologies which can be translated into industry-ready applications.

Sheffield Royce Translational Centre

The Sheffield Royce Translational Centre has received a £4million grant to help manufacturing companies in the Sheffield city region to adopt next generation technology to produce and process metal powders. The centre will work alongside another new Royce research centre at the University’s city campus, which will be focussed on early-stage research. The translational centre will then take these research discoveries and work with companies to help apply it to their manufacturing challenges. It will house global-leading academics and engineers along with industrial-grade machines to bridge the gap between research into metal powder and applications for sectors such as aerospace, automotive, energy and medical high-value manufacturing.

Sheffield Royce Translational Centre

The Sheffield Royce Translational Centre has received a £4million grant to help manufacturing companies in the Sheffield city region to adopt next generation technology to produce and process metal powders. The centre will work alongside another new Royce research centre at the University’s city campus, which will be focussed on early-stage research. The translational centre will then take these research discoveries and work with companies to help apply it to their manufacturing challenges. It will house global-leading academics and engineers along with industrial-grade machines to bridge the gap between research into metal powder and applications for sectors such as aerospace, automotive, energy and medical high-value manufacturing.

Laboratory for Verification and Validation (LVV)

A £3.2million grant has also been given for the creation of a new laboratory for testing large engineering structures under real life vibration conditions. The Laboratory for Verification and Validation (LVV), as it will be known, will capitalise on the University's globally recognised expertise in this field to offer radical improvement in product design, operation and lifetime for engineering structures. At present innovative new structures, for example plane parts or civil engineering structures such as bridges, make extensive use of computer models to test performance. The LVV will allow these structures to be tested under real-life conditions, most notably vibrations, in a world-leading facility.

The University of Sheffield Laboratory for Verification and Validation (LVV).

Factory 2050

Factory 2050 is at the heart of the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Campus, and is situated on the site of Sheffield Business Park. The iconic building helps manufacturers to conduct research into flexible manufacturing processes for high-value components and one-off parts for customers from a wide range of sectors.

Factory 2050 is the UK's first fully reconfigurable collaborative research facility, dedicated to digital assembly and flexible component manufacturing teams at Factory 2050 are working with manufacturing partners on projects spanning robotics and automation, digitally-assisted assembly and manufacturing informatics. This work will help to develop ways of meeting demand for high variation and mass customisation, making sense of big data, human-machine collaboration and looking at techniques for digitally-assisted assembly.

Factory 2050

Factory 2050 is at the heart of the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Campus, and is situated on the site of Sheffield Business Park. The iconic building helps manufacturers to conduct research into flexible manufacturing processes for high-value components and one-off parts for customers from a wide range of sectors.

Factory 2050 is the UK's first fully reconfigurable collaborative research facility, dedicated to digital assembly and flexible component manufacturing teams at Factory 2050 are working with manufacturing partners on projects spanning robotics and automation, digitally-assisted assembly and manufacturing informatics. This work will help to develop ways of meeting demand for high variation and mass customisation, making sense of big data, human-machine collaboration and looking at techniques for digitally-assisted assembly.

Integrated Civil Infrastructure Research Centre (iCAIR)

Also being developed is the Integrated Civil Infrastructure Research Centre (iCAIR). This centre, which will receive £1.5million from the ERDF, will take the Sheffield city region’s expertise in advanced manufacturing and apply it to national civil engineering and infrastructure challenges. It will look at how big data, advanced materials and robotics can be used to increase innovation in the sector, which has historically been seen as slow to adopt new technologies.

The University of Sheffield Integrated Civil and Infrastructure Research Centre (ICAIR).

Exterior of Boeing at Sheffield Business Park.

Boeing Sheffield

Boeing Sheffield is to be the first Boeing manufacturing facility in Europe. It is a new multimillion-pound production facility which is being built alongside the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC)

The facility, to be named Boeing Sheffield, will enable Boeing to bring the manufacture of key high-tech actuation components and systems used in Boeing’s Next-Generation 737, 737 MAX and 777 aircraft in-house, enhancing production efficiency and reducing costs.

As part of the plans for the new facility, Boeing will initiate a major research and development programme with the AMRC to develop new manufacturing techniques.

Boeing Sheffield

Boeing Sheffield is to be the first Boeing manufacturing facility in Europe. It is a new multimillion-pound production facility which is being built alongside the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC)

The facility, to be named Boeing Sheffield, will enable Boeing to bring the manufacture of key high-tech actuation components and systems used in Boeing’s Next-Generation 737, 737 MAX and 777 aircraft in-house, enhancing production efficiency and reducing costs.

As part of the plans for the new facility, Boeing will initiate a major research and development programme with the AMRC to develop new manufacturing techniques.