Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has six project spaces in operation
Emerson and Renwick develops battery manufacturing tools
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Cage engine can be used as a range-extender or charger for EVs
As an allegory for the automotive industry in the north of England, Carr Reinforcements is perfect. Based in an historic cotton mill on the edge of Burnley, it won a tender in 1962 from the Royal Aerospace Establishment to prove carbonfibre threads could be woven into sheets, thereby launching a new cutting-edge composite industry for which Formula 1, the aerospace industry and many others owe a debt of gratitude.
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