High Value Manufacturing Catapult

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult) is a group of manufacturing research centres in the United Kingdom which forms part of the Catapult centres initiative.

History

Catapult centres were set up by Swindon's Innovate UK (formerly the Technology Strategy Board).

The HVM Catapult was created with £140m of government funding and was the first Catapult centre to open, in October 2011. In 2016, manufacturing employed 2.6m people in the UK, and contributed 11% of GDP.[1]

Structure

The HVM Catapult is situated at the Blythe Valley Business Park, off junction 4 of the M42 in Cheswick Green, Solihull, West Midlands. It has seven research sites across the UK.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Engineer August 2016
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