
Manufacturing process innovation & improvement
Overcome your manufacturing process challenges with expert support from across our multiple sectors and technologies
How we can help
We use the power of great design and tried and tested processes to help organisations reach their full manufacturing potential.
Whether struggling to find the best tools for use in your manufacturing processes or looking to assess the effectiveness of your factory floor, our team of industry experts can help you get ahead. Our wealth of engineering expertise means we’re ready to take on the most complex problems and give your processes the boost they need.
Working collaboratively, we’ll be a trusted partner on your journey from initial idea to successful outcome. We’ll help you develop and test solutions for new processes, machines and equipment, and remove the risk from more complex projects like large-scale technology integration or factory layouts.
Our extensive network of industry partners enables us to tackle a broad spectrum of challenges covering the whole development lifecycle, boosting your organisation’s expertise and capacity, and getting you over the hurdles you can’t tackle alone.

Meet Mickey, our Process Innovation & Improvement Expert
Mickey has over 15 years of experience in the manufacturing equipment industry, specialising in automated laser tools. He has led the development of innovative manufacturing equipment and processes across various sectors, including energy generation and storage, medical sensors, and consumer electronics. Mickey oversees the MTC's battery manufacturing research portfolio and looks after customer engagement and proposal generation for Laser Processing, Additive Manufacturing, and Materials Technology.
Our process innovation solutions

Explore
Together, we conduct an in-depth analysis of your challenges to determine the feasibility and complexity of any potential collaboration, before moving to the ideation stage. This may start with collaborative workshops and brainstorming sessions, leveraging design thinking capabilities and virtual simulations.

Define
You share detailed insights into scalability, adaptability, and specific project constraints, and we’ll employ our diverse engineering expertise to select the most suitable manufacturing processes and solutions for you. We’ll explore innovative manufacturing process and assembly steps, which may result in a virtual or physical proof-of-concept for use within a relevant environment.

Test
We continually work in collaboration with you throughout, to reassess risks, assumptions and challenges – ensuring the evolving, process optimisation, solution aligns with needs and expectations.

Handover
We’ll provide everything you need for a seamless transition, from proof of concept to final installation and training your team. We'll also continue to support you as long as needed after project completion.
Our approach
A structured approach to process development and innovation:
- Support to grow, scale and access new markets
- Supply chain collaboration
- Risk management
- Support throughout your MRL journeys
- Bolstering gaps in expertise

Support to grow, scale and access new markets
Our teams will help identify techniques, products and processes that will boost your business and give you a competitive edge.
A trusted partner
- Ability to navigate the complexities of various sectors such as aerospace, defence, future mobility and future energy
- Tailor-made services for both SMEs and multi-nationals, delivering scalable solutions aligned with precise technical requirements
- Engineering prowess and production intelligence– a team of 100 engineers in various disciplines
- Risk management acumen
- An agnostic, independent and trusted partner
- Proven track record of using design approaches to realise process innovations across different industries
- Access to a wide network of academic, industrial integrators and governmental partners

FAQs
Your questions answered
Can you explain your strategy for collaborating with the supply chain and ensuring a smooth handover to UK original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)?
We encourage customers to include initial work packages for supplier identification and provide transparent assessments, acting as a trusted intermediary for a seamless handover.