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Find out about Greater Manchester’s latest success stories and thought leadership across our key sectors of Advanced Manufacturing, Creative and Media, Digital and Technology, Financial, Professional and Business Services, Life Science amd Healthcare and Low Carbon. Our blogs will also provide helpful tips and advice for companies relocating to or expanding within the U.K.

Case Study - Kadant

About the company Kadant is a global supplier of high value, engineered systems used in process industries worldwide. The Bury manufacturing site provides sales and applications expertise along with the design and manufacture of doctoring, cleaning, and filtration product lines to process…

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Case Study - HydroGraph

About the company HydroGraph is a Canadian public company that produces graphene by means of explosion synthesis that generates the highest purity graphene in the industry with the lowest environmental impact, currently positioned to be a global leader in commercializing graphene at scale…

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Case Study - DB Schenker

About the company With around 76,600 employees at more than 1,850 locations in over 130 countries, DB Schenker is one of the world’s leading logistics providers. The company operates land, air, and ocean transportation services, and it also offers comprehensive logistics and global supply chain…

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DeakinBio Case Study

Company overview DeakinBio is a spin-out company that emerged from a collaboration between a group of artists and scientists from the University of Manchester, with the aim of providing a sustainable bioinspired alternative to ceramic tiles. Operating for almost a year, the company is currently…

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5 Reasons to choose Greater Manchester for battery innovation

Greater Manchester’s manufacturing ecosystem and net zero ambitions make it the ideal base to support development, research and commercialisation in the growing batteries market – estimated to be worth £5 billion in the UK and £50 billion across Europe by 2025. Here are five reasons why: Net Zero…

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Vector Homes Case Study

Company overview Starting out with a team of four people, the idea for CleanTech startup, Vector Homes was born just 18 months ago, with a mission to deliver enough sustainable, smart, and affordable homes for generations to come. With a truly holistic view, the team is driven to optimise the…

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MIDAS Meets... Eric Adams, Project Director at Carlton Power

Carlton Power, one of the UK’s most experienced energy infrastructure development companies has recently secured planning permission for Greater Manchester’s first low-carbon hydrogen fuel hub, the 200MW Trafford Green Hydrogen scheme. We caught up with its Project Director Eric Adams, to find out…

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