Leading aerospace journal Flight International has profiled the SMD additive manufacturing technology under development at the AMRC. 

As Sheffield-based Winter Olympics athletes Kristan Bromley and Shelley Rudman take to the skeleton bobsleigh track, the Sheffield Star highlights how AMRC researchers have helped them reach for gold.

The praise came from Confederation of British Industry regional director Andrew Palmer.  Read the full article here.

A new £50 million UK-based research centre which will help show businesses how to react to carbon change was officially launched in London today (14 January 2009).

The Centre for Low Carbon Futures (CLCF) is a joint initiative of Yorkshire Forward and the region’s universities, and will work to develop clean technologies and help in the reduction of carbon emissions. The Centre will draw on the expertise of the world class researchers in the region as a focal point for understanding and demonstrating how business can evolve and adapt in a low-carbon world. 

The Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward has contributed £5.7m to the Centre, which is led by the Universities of Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and York and draws on the strengths of all the region’s education institutions. It is developing an innovative way of translating research into business applications, adding value to regional and national economic development and will help in meeting regional targets to reduce Green House Gas emissions. Read the full press release here.

Rotherham Council needed to demonstrate that its regeneration arm RIDO helped new and exisiting busineses arrive, survive and succeed.  The status was awarded by the National Business Incubation Association based in America.  Read the full story here.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner took to the sky for the first time on December 15, 2009 ushering a new era in air travel as it departed before an estimated crowd of more than 12,000 employees and guests from Paine Field in Everett, Wash. The flight marks the beginning of a flight test program that will see six airplanes flying nearly around the clock and around the globe, with the airplane's first delivery scheduled for fourth quarter 2010.  Read the full Boeing press release here.

Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines powered the test flight marking the debut of the quietest, cleanest and most fuel efficent airframe and engine partnership flying today.  Click here to read the Rolls-Royce press release.

Congratulations to Boeing and the teams involved in making the dream a reality.

The new AMP website has launched today, December 16, 2009. www.ampuk.com, provides information about the technologies and organisations already at the Park, and an overview of the development opportunities available to high-tech companies keen to move in and rub shoulders with industry innovators. 

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced a £25 million Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC) to be based at the University of Sheffield. Led by the University and Rolls Royce, the NAMRC will focus on the manufacturing of the next generation of nuclear power stations.  

Read the full press release here.

The AMRC's MANTRA lorry will be featured at the Manufacturing Advisory Service's forthcoming Yorkshire & Humber Manufacturing Convention.  Click here to read about the event in the Sheffield Star.

Congrats to the apprentice team on their successful completion of a project in collaboration with Bromley Athletic Engineered Technologies.  The story was featured in the Sheffield Star - to read the article click here.