{"id":28463,"date":"2024-01-05T10:16:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T10:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/?p=28463"},"modified":"2024-01-05T10:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T10:16:48","slug":"140k-funding-boost-for-iaero-centre-to-pioneer-factory-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/2024\/01\/05\/140k-funding-boost-for-iaero-centre-to-pioneer-factory-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3140k funding boost for iAero Centre to pioneer &#8216;Factory of the Future&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heartofswlep.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Heart of the South West LEP<\/strong><\/a><strong> has announced \u00a3144,500 to support high-value engineering Factory of the Future digitisation for SMEs. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The funding will allow the iAero Centre at Yeovil to install an Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Factory+ Demonstrator and equipment, to create a dedicated digital data demonstration space. The project will focus on harnessing the power of data to drive innovation and collaboration in the aerospace and advanced manufacturing sectors.<\/p>\n<p>iFACTORe will allow companies in the industry to collect and analyse vast amounts of data, with the potential to enhance efficiency and productivity whilst also fostering innovation and competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Karl Tucker, Chair of the Heart of the South West LEP, said: \u201cThis sector is vital to the region&#8217;s growth, so funding for projects like these is pivotal. iFACTORe at the iAero Centre signifies the importance of the aerospace and advanced manufacturing industry in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The region is set to become a leading example of how data can be effectively utilised in the aerospace and advanced manufacturing sectors in a new era of technological advancement and economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Chick, head of iAero Centre said: \u201cThis funding offers complimentary capabilities at iAero that will benefit SMEs within the aerospace and high value manufacturing sector looking to collaborate on new projects, technologies and skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the Heart of the South West LEP: <a href=\"https:\/\/heartofswlep.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/heartofswlep.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the iAero Centre: <a href=\"https:\/\/iaerocentre.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/iaerocentr<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iaerocentre.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">e.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heart of the South West LEP has announced \u00a3144,500 to support high-value engineering Factory of the Future digitisation for SMEs. The funding will allow the iAero Centre at Yeovil to install an Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Factory+ Demonstrator&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/2024\/01\/05\/140k-funding-boost-for-iaero-centre-to-pioneer-factory-of-the-future\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28465,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28463\/revisions\/28465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}