Richard Heggie

A world leader in manufacturing excellence, part of the national High Value Manufacturing Catapult network of research centres. We have a network of 70 universities and more than 1,000 companies of all sizes, from fledgling start-ups to the biggest names in manufacturing. What we do now Every day we work with companies of all sizes — including SMEs, start-ups and large-scale manufacturers — to help them improve their productivity and save time, money and energy.  We have more than 500 highly qualified researchers and engineers working on the manufacturing needs of the future, from composites to castings, additive manufacturing to machining.  Crucially, we also understand the challenges of a day-to-day production line. We know it can be hard to bring innovations into your business when you’re running a 24/7 operation.  So we take our research and use it to develop bespoke improvements for each company, based on their budget and requirements. We de-risk innovation so you don’t have to. You might need incremental changes to your processes. Or you might benefit from a complete overhaul, making the most of the latest technologies. Whatever the problem, we can help. In short, we make things faster, cheaper, safer, cleaner and more sustainable