AMS Growth Supported by Made Smarter

Additive Manufacturing Solutions Ltd (AMS) are delighted to have been awarded Made Smarter funding.  AMS will use the funding grant from the North West adoption programme to invest in new digital tools. They are part of a group of 23 manufacturers to have recently received funding from the government-funded, industry-backed initiative; which now means Made Smarter has reached a major milestone – backing North West companies to invest £25m in new technologies. Across the region 330 businesses have now secured £7.1m over the last six years, adopting technologies as diverse as sensors, robotics, 3D printing and artificial intelligence (AI).

These companies have put £18m of private sector investment towards 379 technology projects which are forecast to create over 1,700 new jobs – an average of five each, and upskill 3,200 existing roles – almost 10 per business. What is more, the investments in technology and people are set to add £267m to the economy over the next three years.

In Lancashire, these include 115 companies who have invested almost £9.4m into 124 projects, creating 600 new jobs and upskilling 1,279 roles, while boosting the county’s economy by £92m.

Additive Manufacturing Solutions (AMS) is a family-run additive manufacturing specialist. Katie Higham, COO, said: “The grant funding has enabled purchase of game-changing technology to increase our offering in the world of additive manufacturing. This has made us more productive through end-to-end digitalisation of our manufacturing processes.

“The support we have received from Made Smarter has been crucial to enhance our in-house technological capabilities, while supporting our digital transformation and upskilling our staff.”

For more information, visit www.additive-manufacturing.co.uk