Smart Hub Lanarkshire

A Robotics demonstration facility with six-axis robotic arms with adaptive grippers, controllers and polyscope software.

Hub space for manufacturing companies to meet, learn, access industry-specific business support, as well as academic and partner agency expertise.

The project recognises manufacturing as a key industry sector in North Lanarkshire’s economy. A key objective of the Hub is to help SMEs to modernise, digitise and automate to improve efficiency, boost productivity and grow.

The Hub will complement NMIS. The facility will contribute to the Advancing Manufacturing Challenge Fund (AMCF) objective to create a national network of regionally-based initiatives to stimulate and improve the innovation performance of small and medium-sized enterprises.

North Lanarkshire currently has 570 manufacturing businesses (7% of the total business base) employing 11,450 people and generating £2.416 billion in the local economy.