Located within the Booth Welsh manufacturing space at i3 in Irvine, the new Digital Process Manufacturing Centre (DPMC) is designed to support process manufacturing industries with next-generation technologies to fuel economic growth and help position the Ayrshire region as a leader in smart manufacturing and digital skills.
The DPMC is part of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland and will give process manufacturing businesses access to digital and data driven manufacturing expertise, enabling them to innovate and adopt new technology in a low-risk environment.
5G connectivity will also be a core focus at the centre, supported by the Ayrshire 5G Innovation Region programme, with Vodafone recently named as the site’s 5G provider.
The DPMC is funded in part through the £251 million Ayrshire Growth Deal, as well as Scottish Enterprise, the University of Strathclyde, and CPI, and will be supported by ongoing membership income.
Funding for the 5G connectivity initiative comes from the UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), with Ayrshire named one of 10 innovation regions for advanced wireless technologies.
You can read more on the Ayrshire Growth Deal website.