STIMULATING SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA SINCE 2010

At the ASTUTE Centre of Excellence, we collaborate with businesses in the manufacturing industry to boost productivity and growth by applying advanced engineering technologies to complex manufacturing challenges.

We support companies to drive their research, development, and innovation efforts forwards, leading to a range of positive economic, environmental, and commercial impacts such as job creation, knowledge-sharing opportunities, development of sustainable practices, and bringing new products to market.

ASTUTE (Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies) is a multi-University partnership led by Swansea University that delivers collaborative projects with industry partners in three key expertise areas: Advanced Materials Technology, Computational Engineering Modelling, and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

ASTUTE Contributes £540m to Welsh Economy

ASTUTE, ASTUTE 2020 and ASTUTE EAST were part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government from 2010 – 2022. Following the end of EU funding streams, ASTUTE became a delivery partner of Analysis for Innovators (A4I) – a grant opportunity for UK businesses of all sizes jointly funded by Innovate UK Research and Innovation – under the name ASTUTE Centre of Excellence.

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