The Lightweight Manufacturing Centre (LMC) is a specialist technology centre within the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland.
Our team is building the capability in Scotland to support technology and supply chain development for exploiting and processing novel and industrial materials.
We're here to help you make the next generation of products more sustainable and efficient while transforming your business, whatever your size or sector.
Using our micro circular economy model, we will work with you and our network of industry, academic, and funding partners to explore and de-risk innovation across the full product lifecycle.
We need coherent strategies to reclaim and reformat composite materials to enable their use in other products – like recycling aeroplanes and turning them into drinks cans.
With a team of materials, design, and manufacturing specialists and scientists, we're championing the approach of embracing lighter-weight, more sustainable materials through our three testbeds; FutureFibre, Sustainable Composites, and the Reconfigurable Pilot Line. These three test beds link together to form our very own micro circular economy.
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Learn more about our cutting-edge equipment and world-class expertise that could help support your next R&D project.
Working with us as part of NMIS unlocks a world of possibilities for you and your businesses. Meet the team, and learn more about R&D project types and where to find us.