High Value Manufacturing Catapult sets direction for the UK’s advanced manufacturing future
The High Value Manufacturing Catapult has released a long‑term technology strategy designed to strengthen the UK’s position in advanced manufacturing. Built with input from more than 150 industry partners, it lays out how emerging technologies can be translated into market‑ready products over the next 15 years. Central to the plan are detailed technology roadmaps running to 2040, guiding investment and capability development in areas such as clean energy, national security, healthy living and industrial sustainability. These roadmaps highlight opportunities ranging from digital twin systems for next‑generation offshore wind to advanced joining techniques for future nuclear reactors and scalable production for personalised medicines.
The strategy is positioned as a key milestone in the UK’s wider industrial ambitions, supporting efforts to significantly increase business investment in advanced manufacturing. HVM Catapult emphasises that global competition is intensifying, and the UK must not only invent new technologies but adopt and scale them quickly. Alongside the main strategy, work will begin on new frontier technology roadmaps—covering AI, quantum and semiconductors—and on “people roadmapping” to understand future skills needs. For anyone interested in how the UK plans to stay competitive in a rapidly shifting industrial landscape, this is a strong starting point and well worth exploring further via the full article here - https://hvm.catapult.org.uk/news/high-value-manufacturing-catapult-sets-direction-for-the-uks-advanced-manufacturing-future/
