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Warwick to benefit from £2.5 million funding into “phenomenal” metamaterials

A £2.5m grant will enable a new network driving research into metamaterials, headed up by a researcher from the University of Warwick.

Fri 01 Mar 2024, 12:35 | Tags: manufacturing, WMG, Engineering, Materials

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street meets local entrepreneurs at the NatWest Clean Transport Accelerator

West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, today (23 January 2024) visited entrepreneurs who have taken part in the NatWest Clean Transport Accelerator at The University of Warwick to hear how the expertise it provided has helped them to grow their businesses.


UK closer to net-zero steel thanks to new WMG and Tata Steel partnership

Hot rolling of laboratory cast steel sampleMore sustainable, low-carbon steel and electric vehicle batteries are the target of a new two-year technology development programme between WMG at the University of Warwick and Tata Steel, as part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.


UK aims to be the first Country in the world to circulate steel and aluminium fully, supported by the CircularMetal programme

The metal industry in the UK employs 230,000 people, and directly contributes to £10.7bn to the UK GDP. A truly interdisciplinary academic team will research how to make a sustainable circular economy for high-volume metals, with WMG at the University of Warwick focussed on steel.

Wed 22 Dec 2021, 09:43 | Tags: manufacturing, WMG, research, recycling, metals, Sciences

New 10-year project aims to decarbonise industry and manufacturing in the Black Country

WMG at the University of Warwick and Loughborough’s School of Business and Economics will be working with West Midlands Mayor Andy Street on a new project aimed at reducing the amount of industrial CO2 in the Black Country.


Mayor opens Ramfoam’s new headquarters as company embraces digital thanks to WMG, University of Warwick

One of the first companies to sign up to the MadeSmarter programme to improve the digital capabilities of smaller businesses has officially opened its new company headquarters and factory in Sandwell, thanks to the help they received from WMG at the University of Warwick.


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