Case Study
Bowers Provides ‘Hard’ Answers for ASTUTE
Bowers Provides ‘Hard’ Answers for ASTUTE The EU-backed Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (ASTUTE) project aims to enable the manufacturing industry in West Wales and the Valleys to grow by adopting more advanced technologies, and at the same time improving sustainability by reducing environmental impacts. To achieve these objectives, a Partnership of Universities throughout Wales draws on their collective advanced engineering, science and business expertise to help improve the economic prosperity of the Convergence Region. ASTUTE has been part-funded by the EU’s Convergence European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. The £27million project targets the aerospace and automotive sectors, as well as other high technology manufacturing companies to create sus