The advanced machinery productivity institute (AMPI)

Advancing Machinery Innovation

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collaborations across industry and academia

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new employment opportunities

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additional grant funding secured by partners as a result of AMPI collaborations

Enabled advancements in automation, metrology, digital systems, sensing and machine tools

What is AMPI?

AMPI exists to rapidly grow the UK’s advanced machinery sector.

We are building an ecosystem that combines industrial innovation with world-class academic capabilities to help UK manufacturers develop and commercialise the machinery of the future.

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Our objectives

AMPI aims to stimulate and support the rapid growth of the UK’s machinery manufacturing sector. It does this through:

  • Increasing the competitiveness and productivity of the machinery manufacturing sector by enabling innovation and supply chain connectivity
  • Supporting the UK manufacturing sector to access and collaborate with advanced machinery expertise
  • Facilitating collaboration between private companies and 
    research institutes to stimulate knowledge transfer and drive advanced machinery innovation
  • Removing barriers to commercialising new machines, related technologies and know-how
  • Driving employment growth across machinery businesses and their supply chains

Shaping the next era of UK machinery manufacturing

This AMPI report outlines the technological, economic and policy shifts driving innovation, resilience and global competitiveness. Featuring insights from industry leaders, case studies, and strategic recommendations, it’s a must-read for stakeholders across manufacturing, research, and government.

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AMPI Innovation Success stories

Learn how AMPI funding has created brand new machinery that is delivering revenue and value to UK manufacturing.

Highlights include a grinding machine that has generated £5m in revenue, and an innovation that cut multi-month process down to 30 minutes.

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AMPI under the SIPF Innovation Programme

AMPI began as a five year programme funded by UKRI’s Strength in Places Fund (SIPF), with a focus on Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

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AMPI Innovation Insights Reports

Our AMPI Insights Reports celebrate the innovations and impact that have been made possible through AMPI. Download our latest report to understand how AMPI is delivering industrial innovation, skills and growth.

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    Get in touch with us

    We are currently taking the lessons learned from the successful regional programme to build a coherent ecosystem that will support advanced machinery across the UK.

    We welcome input into this process, and interest from future partners across the UK. If you represent a company, academic institution, or public sector programme with an interest in making the UK a world-leading producer of advanced machinery, please get in touch via the form.