Major Innovation Projects

SMMC

The next ten years will determine who the main players are in the industries of the future.  With many millions invested across the region in recent years, strong foundations for innovation have been laid that will continue the transformation of the borough’s economic fortunes.  Below are some of the major innovations projects that are currently in progress.

Atom Valley
Atom Valley

Atom Valley will be a vast, well-connected innovation cluster, bringing world-class research, manufacturing and materials together to shape the future and level up communities.

Atom Valley
CEAMS
CEAMS

CEAMS is a collaboration between key partners to help and support businesses to commercialise sustainable materials and/or develop an innovative idea to make the materials used sustainable.

CEAMS
SMMC
SMMC

SMMC will support the development and commercialisation of smart intelligent machinery, advanced sustainable materials and digital technologies.

SMMC

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