HSSMI and Loughborough University London, who have benefited from a strong partnership since the campus first opened in 2015, have announced they will both be expanding their offices.

The newly launched 5GEM-UK (5G-Enhanced Manufacture - UK) project will aim to demonstrate the value that 5G will bring to the manufacturing industry by creating testbeds at two sites – Ford Motor Company’s site in Dunton and TWI’s facility in Cambridge.

In the past month, we’ve done a lot of reflection on our 2019 performance: what has gone well? What hasn’t? What are the big areas of growth? What do we focus on in 2020? An area where we have seen a remarkable growth of interest from our partners and customers is in the area of ‘Circular Economy’.

Some challenges are too big to tackle alone, and only by teaming up can we conceive of a comprehensive solution. Creating a more sustainable future for our planet, reducing waste and pollution and extending the lifecycle of our products are just some of the challenges facing the world today.

At HSSMI we often look at innovative ways to improve existing workflows for the manufacturing engineering sector. One of the more recent interests was in the development of a workflow to implement the use of photogrammetry using drones for manufacturing.

This paper aims to present the IN 4.0 project, aiming to ease the adaptation and adoption of I4.0 practices and technologies in maritime sector companies in order to improve their competitiveness, especially targetting SMEs.