The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has received planning permission to build a £20m facility at the heart of Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone.
Planners at South Ribble Borough Council and Ribble Valley Borough Council have given the go-ahead for the 4,500 sq m facility which will have a focus on vehicle electrification, battery assembly and lightweighting technologies.
It will contain machine tools, additive and hybrid manufacturing, automated assembly, robotics, and autonomous manufacturing processes and systems.
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