page_title: Advanced Manufacturing Park
section_title: 2008
hierarchical_section_title: Advanced Manufacturing Park / Development history / 2008
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial Photograph of the Advanced Manufacturing Park
context_page_description: The Advanced Manufacturing Park is a 150-acre manufacturing technology park in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund, and developed by the Harworth Group, the property development wing of UK Coal on land close to the site of the battle of Orgreave.
context_section_description: The Rolls-Royce "Factory of the Future with Boeing" was built as part of the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
  The Factory was purpose built to house the latest manufacturing equipment and production capabilities. Information Communications Technology (ICT) and 'virtual' manufacturing were the key components of the new facility, along with alternative manufacturing methods, such as additive manufacturing processes which grow 3-dimensional parts; considerably reducing material waste and increasing design flexibility. Construction was completed by the end of 2007, and the facility officially opened in summer 2008.
  The AMRC also expanded outside of its traditional expertise in metallic-based materials, into the increasingly important area of composites. The AMRC Composite Centre is a research, design, manufacturing and technology transfer centre for composites developed for general manufacturing and aerospace applications. The increase in the importance of composites is shown by the fact that 50% (by volume) of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner will be constructed in composite materials.
  The extension to the AMP Technology Centre was opened which included a 56m three blade wind turbine, visible from the M1 motorway around Junction 33.
caption: Advanced Manufacturing Park, November 2008
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