Collaboration Award 2025
04 Feb 2026 The 2025 Collaboration Award winner is Dr Curie Park (Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, School of Technology) for Plastic to...
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Cambridge AI spinout is helping factories become more productive, lower energy use and reduce emissions
18 Dec 2025 University of Cambridge spinout Matta has raised $14 million in funding to transform how products are designed and manufactured.
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Using lasers to ‘heat and beat’ 3D-printed steel could help reduce costs
30 Oct 2023 Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing metal that could help reduce costs and make more efficient use of resources.
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It’s high time for alliances to ensure supply chain security, researchers urge
19 Oct 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the interconnected nature of global supply chains, and showed how a disruption in one part of the world can have...
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Robots cause company profits to fall – at least at first
03 Aug 2023 Researchers have found that robots can have a ‘U-shaped’ effect on profits: causing profit margins to fall at first, before eventually rising again.
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Cambridge researchers help develop smart, 3D printed concrete wall for National Highways project
13 Jul 2023 Cambridge researchers, working in partnership with industry, have helped develop the first 3D-printed piece of concrete infrastructure to be used on a...
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Changing how we talk — and think — about manufacturing
17 Jan 2023 Professor Tim Minshall, Head of Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing, says it's time for a change in how we talk about manufacturing in the UK -...
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Students help to turn 100-year-old bakery into thriving online business
03 Aug 2022 Despite a few challenging years as a result of COVID-19, legendary Cambridge bakery Fitzbillies has emerged triumphant, with the help and insights of...
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Digital manufacturing on a shoestring
24 Feb 2022 How approaches to low-cost digitalisation pioneered by Cambridge researchers are helping smaller UK manufacturers to go digital and reap the rewards...
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Globalised economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse: study
26 Oct 2020 The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalisation may be...
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