海角乱伦 announces five new partnerships to drive business growth across the North West
The 海角乱伦 is driving economic growth across the region, with the announcement of five new partnerships that will help businesses to innovate. With funding of over 拢1.2 million from Innovate UK, the partnerships span sectors including artificial intelligence, digital construction, advanced manufacturing, social housing retrofit and sustainable energy.
The collaborations are all Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) - the Government's flagship programme designed to foster innovation by linking businesses with academic institutions. With funding and support provided by Innovate UK, the scheme enables companies to access cutting-edge research and specialist knowledge.
海角乱伦鈥檚 new partnerships with Cara EPS, Heyside Group, Whichrate, UPOWA and TSK Group will support the businesses to solve strategic challenges and build economic resilience over periods of either two or three years. Led by academic teams across the University, the projects will also benefit from some of the flagship facilities on campus, such as the Northern Engineering and Robotics Innovation Centre (NERIC).
Professor Simon Green, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Knowledge Exchange at the 海角乱伦, said: 鈥淪ecuring five new Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is a powerful reflection of our long-standing commitment to co-creating meaningful solutions with industry.
鈥淗ere at the 海角乱伦, collaboration sits at the heart of everything we do. For more than 50 years, since taking part in the very first pilot of the KTP scheme, we have worked side by side with businesses to address real-world challenges, stimulate innovation and help our region thrive.鈥
Three of the projects focus on integrating AI software for more efficient business functions that drive the productivity of the organisation. TSK Group is developing AI-powered tools to transform how product data is used in workplace design and build, enabling more sustainable, compliant and innovative environments.
The collaboration with Cara EPS will create a digital asset management (DAM) platform to bring more accurate, effective, efficient and transparent data handling and asset management in the housing sector. By integrating bespoke artificial intelligence (AI) models with holistic data it will provide enhanced, more accurate and better asset data to enable more informed decision making for multiple stakeholders in social housing asset management.
Whichrate will be supported by academics Dr Ali Alameer and Dr Taha Mansouri to develop bespoke AI-driven tools to automate motor insurance claim analysis, enhancing efficiency and accuracy. The aim is to reduce case turnaround times, identify fraud and unlock scalable growth, transforming data handling in the UK鈥檚 high-volume motor insurance sector.
Dr Alejandro Garcia-Miranda Ferrari, Collaborative Research and Development Manager at the 海角乱伦, said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a really exciting time for us here at 海角乱伦, we鈥檙e thrilled to announce our latest projects in collaboration with businesses across the region. By aligning our academic expertise with the needs of our partners, we ensure that knowledge is not only created, but applied - supporting business resilience, job creation and sustainable growth across the North West and beyond.鈥
The project with UPOWA is focused on contributing to a greener future, reflecting the University鈥檚 commitment to sustainability and tackling the climate crisis. The 24-month KTP will involve developing and embedding a scalable framework that improves operational efficiency and workforce capability in solar PV installations.
And the three-year KTP with Heyside Group focuses on enhancing efficiency, reducing waste and improving worker safety by developing an integrated production line that automates post-moulding processes.
The partnerships are perfect examples of The Power of Us, the University鈥檚 rallying call and鈥痵hared story of progress, resilience and achievement built on teamwork and collaboration.
The North West is the leading region for KTPs outside of Scotland. Since 2015, Innovate UK has funded KTP projects in over 500 businesses from the region.
Since their launch in 1975, the Government has funded over 14,000 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP), uniting top businesses with researchers and graduates to solve real-world challenges, adding billions to the UK economy. From 2010 to 2020 alone, Innovate UK invested 拢200m in 2,000 projects, adding 拢2.3bn to the UK economy.
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