The High Value Manufacturing Catapult is the go-to place for manufacturing technology innovation in the UK. Our seven centres across the country cover the full range of manufacturing technology capabilities, from materials to biologics and from automation to virtual reality, from additive manufacturing to metal forming.

Our centres offer open access to the latest industrial scale equipment, leading expertise and an environment of collaboration between industry, academia and government. We work with businesses of all sizes and all sectors to help turn ideas into commercial applications by addressing the gap in and accelerating the activity between technology concept and commercialisation.

The HVM Catapult’s centres are:
• National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS)
• University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)
• CPI
• Manufacturing Technology Centre
• National Composites Centre
• Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
• WMG

Autodesk is changing how the world is designed and made. Our technology spans architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, media and entertainment, empowering innovators everywhere to solve challenges big and small. From greener buildings to smarter products to more mesmerizing blockbusters, Autodesk software helps our customers to design and make a better world for all.

Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of over 325,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fuelled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2021 global revenues of €18 billion.

Fujitsu’s purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As the digital transformation partner of choice for customers in over 100 countries, our 124,000 employees work to resolve some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Our range of services and solutions draw on five key technologies: Computing, Networks, AI, Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.6 trillion yen (US$32 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 and remains the top digital services company in Japan by market share.

The Made Smarter Innovation Challenge delivered by Innovate UK, is a £147 million national programme to transform the UK’s manufacturing capabilities through the development and innovation of industrial digital technologies. Innovate UK is the UK’s national innovation agency supporting business-led innovation in all sectors, technologies and UK regions.

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Functioning as a technology and business partner, MHP digitalizes its customers’ processes and products, and guides them through IT transformations along their entire value-creation chain. MHP is a digitalization pioneer for the mobility and manufacturing sectors with expertise that can be transferred to a wide range of industries. MHP is also a premium partner to thought leaders on the path to a better tomorrow.
MHP serves over 300 customers worldwide, including large corporations and innovative SMEs. MHP advises on both operational and strategic issues, offering proven IT and technology expertise as well as specific industry know-how. MHP operates internationally as OneTeam with headquarters in Germany and subsidiaries in the USA (since 2011), UK (since 2016), Romania (since 2014), and China (since 2013).
The MHP Group has been shaping the future alongside its customers for over 25 years. The MHP team of over 3,300 employees is united by the company’s promise of excellence and sustainable success. This promise continues to drive MHP – today, tomorrow, and in the future.
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Michael Page has five decades of expertise in professional services recruitment. We were established in London in 1976, and over this period we've grown organically to become one of the best-known and most respected consultancies, with an office network spanning six continents. While size has its advantages, it doesn't define us - the nature of our organic growth means that each new office is integrated into the region that it serves. It also means that as an employer looking to hire, or as a candidate aiming to grow your career you have the best of both worlds; a team that understands the market and geography you operate in, plus the resources and expertise of an international network at your disposal. Our teams are broken down to focus on industry, assignment type, salary level and location, so your hiring requirements or job search will all be handled by a specialist who knows your sector inside-out. We are confident that our expertise can add value to your recruitment or job search process – get in touch to find out more.

The Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), at the University of Cambridge, researches and develops innovative approaches to address some of the biggest challenges facing manufacturing today. We cover a broad scope of manufacturing issues including supply chain disruption, labour shortages, emerging technologies and how to operate more sustainably.
Through our knowledge transfer company, IfM Engage, we collaborate with organisations across industry, government and academia - combining research excellence and industry expertise to offer bespoke strategic consultancy, talent and leadership development and company membership programmes. By integrating world-leading knowledge and solutions, we help the people and organisations we work with to develop their capabilities and build the future of manufacturing.

Jaguar Land Rover’s Reimagine strategy is delivering a sustainability-rich vision of modern luxury by design.

We are transforming our business to become carbon net zero across our supply chain, products and operations by 2039 and have set a roadmap to reduce emissions across our own operations and value chains by 2030 through approved, science-based targets. Electrification is central to this strategy, and all Jaguar and Land Rover nameplates will be available in pure electric form by the end of the decade.

At heart we are a British company, with two major design and engineering sites, three vehicle manufacturing facilities, an Engine Manufacturing Centre and a Battery Assembly Centre in the UK. We also have vehicle plants in China, Brazil, India, Austria and Slovakia, as well as seven technology hubs across the globe. 

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors since 2008, Jaguar Land Rover has unrivalled access to leading global players in technology and sustainability within the wider Tata Group.

The Institute was established over 85 years ago to support UK businesses in growing their international markets and trade. The Institute is the leading association of exporters and importers. We provide education and training to professionalise the UK’s international traders.

As a partner with UK government, we deliver national and international programmes, acting as evangelists for the UK and establishing UK processes and standards globally.

The Institute co-partners in running the online UK Customs Academy, the world’s first training platform dedicated to customs skills and developed at the request of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

As the UK's only exclusively postgraduate university, Cranfield's world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Cranfield is a driving force in the advancement of manufacturing innovation. Working with our strategic partners, our expertise in technology and management, combined with fundamental material research, enables us to develop novel products and manufacturing processes, and training to build sustainable manufacturing growth.