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New Funding available for Leicester and Leicestershire SMEs

Kate Clement  -  Oct 25, 2016  -  on New Funding available for Leicester and Leicestershire SMEs
The iNet at Loughborough University has new business support and funding opportunities available to small/medium-sized businesses within the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP). If you have one or more imminent projects in one of the LLEP priority sectors and associated supply chains please get in touch. The priority sectors for LLEP

Success Story - NATEP Showcase 2015

Kate Clement  -  Nov 25, 2015  -  on Success Story - NATEP Showcase 2015
Attended by nearly 200 delegates from companies big and small, including Airbus and Rolls Royce,  the NATEP (National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme) Showcase 2015 highlighted 19 new technologies currently in development as a result of NATEP funding. For more information on the new technologies please click here.  

Success Story - Major Infrastructure Supply Chain Opportunites Workshop

Kate Clement  -  Nov 19, 2015  -  on Success Story - Major Infrastructure Supply Chain Opportunites Workshop
As part of the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership’s Business Festival, The LLEP Business Gateway joined forces with HS2, Transport for London, Network Rail and Highways England to highlight their investment strategies. Presentations from each of the four were made to local businesses from across the Midlands to help them to understand how their business can become

COMPSAFE in SMMT R&D Newsletter

Jane Pearce  -  Apr 15, 2013  -  on COMPSAFE in SMMT R&D Newsletter
The SMMT R&D Newsletter (Spring 2013) features a successful collaborative research project undertaken by the University of Nottingham, EPL Composite Solutios and Frangible Saftey Posts Ltd which was part funded by the Transport iNet and European Regional Development Fund.  The major objective of this project was to develop and validate novel computational models for

InstantView Ltd Develops Innovative Smart Phone Road App

Jane Pearce  -  Sep 19, 2012  -  , , , , , , , ,  -  on InstantView Ltd Develops Innovative Smart Phone Road App
Summary of a smart phone application created by a Nottingham company called InstantView Ltd. The commercialisation of this project was supported by Transport iNet. It is designed to record accurate accident information for insurance claims.

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    Metron Advanced Equipment Ltd Composites design and engineering company, Metron, explore the benefits of 3D printing with the help of the help of the Transport iNet...
    Lestercast Ltd: Investment Casting Centre ERDF funding from Transport iNet helped Lestercast to increase their capability for excellence and win key business award...
    gasfill Ltd gasfill Ltd were able to develop a test rig to evaluate the performance of their domestic CNG refuelling system with an ERDF grant from Transport iNet...
    Neville Precision Engineering Ltd Straightforward grant application process ensures that Neville Precision Engineering Ltd benefit from LUMINATE ERDF grant towards 4 axis CNC milling machine and Coordinate Measuring Machine....
    KW Special Projects Ltd KW Special Projects Ltd expand their additive manufacturing department with the help of an ERDF grant from the Transport iNet LUMINATE Programme....
    Sandwell UK Ltd Sandwell UK Ltd is a specialist finishing company. Traditionally operated within the automotive industry, working predominantly with racing and top class road car projects. ...
    Surface Generation Looking to further develop in the aerospace sector, Surface Generation wanted to find a way to improve the speed and control of the manufacturing processes used in production of composite parts. ...
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    Sim-Cast Supply chain and market anaylsis for Sim-Cast helps with the company's plan to manufacture state of the art prototype Single Crystal parts in an efficient and economical way....
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    EPL Composites & FSP Ltd Both companies have completed a collaborative project which has pushed the development of ‘crash friendly’ hybrid composite sign posts forward. ...
    Classic Car Services Established in 1981 originally as a car body shop, Classic Car Services is now a leading car interior specialist, supplying to car dealerships and directly to consumers. The company has built a solid and reliable reputation within the motor industry....
    Hardstaff Group Pioneers of dual fuel are first to market with Transport iNet support. Based in Nottingham with a heritage dating back some 150 years....
    Delta Motorsport Delta Motorsport formed in 2005 and specialise in the design and engineering of race cars and road cars for the motorsport and automotive industry. Delta Motorsport wanted to develop its high performance vehicles by creating a low carbon vehicle that would increase both driver performance and energy efficiency of component parts....
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