The SME Programmes Team at WMG is running a breakfast meeting for SMEs to give an insight into WMG’s research expertise in Cloud Technology.

The session, being held at the International Digital Laboratory, will involve a briefing and discussion about WMG’s expertise in this area, funding opportunities and a case study from a company that has used cloud services to manage a full range of IT processes. Delegates will have an opportunity to participate in live discussions and meet other businesses in a networking session over breakfast.

For more information and to register http://cloudtechnology230312.eventbrite.com/ 

WMG at the University of Warwick and the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) invite you to a FREE one day knowledge dissemination workshop on Smart Digital Media, Effective Skills Access and R&D Funding opportunities.

This interactive workshop will be held at the International Digital Laboratory, University of Warwick on Tuesday 27th March 2012, 08:30-13:00.

WMG has an extensive portfolio of equipment and resources, which are available for companies to use for testing and research. The equipment, which can often be difficult for companies to access elsewhere, is coupled with a very broad technical capability available from staff within the WMG. Companies are able to use the equipment in a variety of ways from a fully-funded, free-of-charge basis, through to a facility day-rate charge.

Our facilities are state-of-the-art and, in all but the most exceptional cases, are provided with expert technician support. All are offered at competitive rates, where applicable. Some of our equipment, such as the Vehicle Energy Facility, a Science City Research Alliance funded project, is unique in terms of being available for use within the public arena.

Contact us for a copy of our WMG Equipment and Capability Directory, or for a quotation.

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Work is soon to begin to build a £5 million home at the University of Warwick for a £12 million programme designed to help Midlands SMEs access some of the world's leading product and service design technology.

The Coleshill office of Willmott Dixon has been chosen to undertake the £5 million project to house the new International Institute for Product and Service Innovation (IIPSI) at WMG at the University of Warwick. The company’s surveyors were on site for the first time this week.

Midlands small and medium sized manufacturing companies are facing increasing demands from customers for lighter weight components made with the very latest, unfamiliar, and even exotic, metal alloys.

The cost of learning how to use such new materials is a real burden and a potential barrier to new business. But that technical support is already available for free from WMG at the University Warwick who are to mount a special event to showcase those resources for Midlands SMEs on Wednesday 20th July 2011 from 9.30 – 4.30pm

A Coventry company, which has designed a high tech business class aeroplane seat, is winning the attention of major plane companies thanks to technology at WMG, part of the University of Warwick, which allows them to show customers virtual reality simulations of exactly how those seats will look within their planes.

Rt Hon Mark Prisk MP, the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise; and the European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani, both declared their strong support for the economic importance of Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) while visiting WMG at the University of Warwick today, Thursday 3^rd March.

A new £12 million programme has just be announced to help Midlands SMEs access some the world's leading product and service design Technology.

The new International Institute for Product and Service Innovation (IIPSI) at WMG at the University of Warwick, is jointly funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the University of Warwick in a funding partnership brought together by the regional development agency, Advantage West Midlands (AWM).

Sir Roy McNulty, Chair of Advantage West Midlands was welcomed to WMG by Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, Director of WMG on Wednesday 16^th December.

Tours of the International Digital Lab and International Manufacturing Centre focused on the quality research that is undertaken by WMG and how this benefits regional companies.

Within the International Digital Lab, Sir Roy met with Dr Mark Swift from the Knowledge Exhange Team who works with SMEs within the region, Prof Darek Ceglarek highlighting research in healthcare and was shown how a car can heal itself by Ross McMurran.

During the visit to the International Manufacturing Centre, Sir Roy had the opportunity to test the vehicle simulator under the watchful eye of Prof Paul Jennings, tour the new Premium Vehicle Customer Interface Technologies Centre of Excellence with Dr Mark Williams and view new technologies in laser welding being led by Prof Ken Young.

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It was announced today, at the Festival of Innovation, that Health Tech, the programme which helps West Midlands SMEs to innovate new medical & healthcare products and diversify into the healthcare sector, has received a £1.5m injection to expand and extend its work through to the end of 2008.

The Health Tech programme is run by WMG at the University of Warwick and is supported by a European Regional Development Fund grant through the Government Office for the West Midlands to enable it to provide 5 days of free assistance to its client SMEs in geographic areas of greatest need for development.