High Tech Manufacturing Centre Opens in Northern Ireland
The focus of the new £7.5 million facility is the “fourth industrial revolution,” or “Aerospace 4.0” as it is known in the industry.
Pictured left to right are: Claire McAlinden, director of operations for the faculty of engineering and physical sciences at Queen’s University Belfast; Professor Adrian Murphy; Professor Seán McLoone; and Colm Higgins, head of the Northern Ireland Technology Centre at Queen’s University Belfast.
Pictured left to right are: Claire McAlinden, director of operations for the faculty of engineering and physical sciences at Queen’s University Belfast; Professor Adrian Murphy; Professor Seán McLoone; and Colm Higgins, head of the Northern Ireland Technology Centre at Queen’s University Belfast.

Last month a new high-tech manufacturing research and development facility was opened in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The £7.5 million (US$9.9 million) Low Cost Automation Centre (completely revamping the original center established 30 years ago, and based at the Northern Ireland Technology Centre at Queen's University Belfast) is designed to help industry become more competitive and increase productivity. It has been supported by the UK Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy; Innovate UK; and ATI.