Manufacturing

We have the largest share of EPSRC’s Manufacturing the Future portfolio, enabling multiple outputs and impacts. Working with regional, national and international partners to meet global competitiveness and sustainability challenges through fundamental discovery in processes and materials.

News and Case Studies

The AMRC's Factory 2050 building as seen from the air — The University of Sheffield AMRC is a partner in the CDT. Seen here is its Factory 2050 facility - a hugely successful advanced manufacturing research centre that has set the standard for academic and industry R&D.

Collaborating to transform UK manufacturing through innovation

The annual University of Sheffield AMRC Tech Fellows conference brought together industrial partners to explore the latest cutting-edge research and discover how these innovations can drive businesses forward.

Prof. Tuck Seng Wong showing a research poster to the Foreign Secretary

UK-South East Asia Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub receives visit from the Foreign Secretary

The UK-South East Asia Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub was one of the projects showcased to the Foreign Secretary during his recent visit to Thailand. The aim of the visit was to drive forward the UK’s partnership with one of the biggest economies in South East Asia.

Foreign Secretary visit

Robotics in manufacturing — Credit: Simon Kadula/Unsplash

Sheffield to partner in pioneering research hubs for sustainable manufacturing

Sheffield is partnering in four new EPSRC manufacturing hubs, aiming to address the challenges of commercialising early-stage research within key areas of manufacturing, such as semiconductors and medicines.

Sustainable manufacturing

Research centres

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)

The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing is a world-class centre for advanced machining and materials research for aerospace and other high-value manufacturing sectors.

Driving innovation

A man using a VR headset to examine a virtual turbine

Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC)

The Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre helps UK companies win work across the nuclear sector – in new build, operations and decommissioning – and in other high-value manufacturing industries.

Optimised processes

Henry Royce Institute

The Henry Royce Institute is Shefiield works closely with indistry to deliver a step-change in the discovery and making of new material systems and processes, with emphasis on metal powders and additive manufacturing.

Championing advanced metals processing

EBSD map — B. Dovgyy 'the role of side-branching in microstructure development in laser powder-bed fusion' Nat Communications 11, 749

Manufacture using Advanced Powder Processes Hub

MAPP delivers on the promise of powder-based manufacturing to provide low energy, low cost, and low waste high value manufacturing routes and products to secure UK manufacturing productivity and growth.

MAPP Hub

Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub

Putting UK manufacturing at the forefront of the electrification revolution. The Hub will address key manufacturing challenges in the production of high value electrical machines for the aerospace, energy, automotive and premium consumer sectors.

FEMM Hub

Engineering at Sheffield