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Below is a showcase of some of the programme’s biggest announcements and successes. |
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Valuechain collaborate with VEC to create immersive Industry 4.0 experience
Valuechain, a software company that improves business productivity through digitalisation, today announced their collaboration with…
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Exciting Exercise In Growth: we catch up with Super North
This month, Dr Andy Levers, Technical Director at the Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC), caught up…
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Dr Andy Levers explores the Skills Gap
Continuously discussed amongst manufacturers within the UK and across the globe, the skills gap is…
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LCR 4.0 praised by new productivity task force
LCR 4.0 was recently invited to join a new government-backed task force to help tackle…
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Collaborative working drives manufacturing innovation
Only four months on from its official launch, nearly 40 businesses from across the Liverpool…
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National recognition for LCR 4.0 at first ever 4IR APPG
March marked the formal launch of the 4IR All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) at the…
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Lack of business support is barrier to innovation
Liverpool City Region’s manufacturers need more support to unleash the potential benefits associated with Industry…
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LCR 4.0 lands in the House of Commons
LCR 4.0 is a regional ERDF funded project which aims to support local manufacturing SMEs…
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The Nine Pillars of Industry 4.0
You may have heard a lot about the fourth industrial revolution but do you know…
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Liverpool City Region LEP offers useful insights into LCR 4.0
Earlier this month, the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LCR LEP) offered a number of…
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APPG 4IR Roundtable
On the 14th of March 2017 Simon Reid of the Liverpool City Region LEP attended…
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Andrew Borland joins the VEC and LCR 4.0 project
Andrew Borland has joined the Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) as commercialisation manager. In his role, Andrew will be…