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Government publishes advanced manufacturing review, calls for feedback
Source From: Machinery Magazine
Posted Date: 2010-12-27
 The Department for Business Innovation and Skills is also contributing £600,000 for a two-year automation and robotics programme to be developed and run by the Engineering and Machinery Alliance (EAMA) and the British Automation and Robot Association (BARA). The programme will better prepare companies to introduce new automated/robotic systems and help them operate these effectively.
This month, there'll be an Advanced Manufacturing summit, attended by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Business Secretary Vince Cable and Business Minister Mark Prisk, as well as key manufacturing stakeholders and other government departments.
Contributions from industry at this event, plus responses to the framework (email amgr@bis.gsi.gov.uk), will feed into the Advanced Manufacturing strand of the Government's Growth Review, which will announce policy proposals by Budget 2011.
"A strong manufacturing base is essential for a balanced economy, where exports and investment drive growth, not debt and unsustainable government spending," said Mr Prisk upon the launch of the document.
There may be other reviews for sub-sectors of manufacturing in the future, it was also revealed.
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