AI 3D-printing factory network across the UK
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Approximately 25% of global plastic production is manufactured in China. Reshoring manufacturing to the UK will drive two major impact reductions: carbon emissions and virgin plastic consumption.
Batch.works is a UK manufacturer who combines 3D-printing and recycled materials to produce products for UK brands, including lighting, stationery, fashion and homeware. In this project we will integrate AI to reduce the fail-rate of 3D-printing and automate our factor processes to:
1. Increase use of recycled materials
2. Reduce our costly printing fail rate to improve resource efficiency
3. Improve life-cycle circularity for new products
4. Reduce embodied carbon in our products
5. Improve profitability as we scale
Building UK manufacturing capability that is inherently adaptable, makes us more resilient and less reliant on global supply chains, which have been vulnerable under COVID.
| Batchw Limited | LEAD_ORG |
| Plus X Holdings Ltd | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Matta Labs Ltd | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Batchw Limited | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Julien Vaissieres | PM_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Recycling
- Emissions
- Product development
- Production
- Products
- Decrease (active)
- Supply chains
- Sustainable development
- Greenhouse gases
- Productivity
- Wastes
- Life cycle analysis
- Utilisation
Extracted key phrases
- AI 3d
- Building UK manufacturing capability
- Costly printing fail rate
- UK manufacturer
- UK brand
- Global plastic production
- Virgin plastic consumption
- Factory network
- Recycled material
- Global supply chain
- Major impact reduction
- New product
- Carbon emission
- Increase use
- Resource efficiency