Manufacturing innovation

New technologies, processes and machinery for manufacturing can cut costs, increase production, and get new products to market more effectively.  Our design, science, and engineering specialists can bring fresh thinking and innovation to your manufacturing capability. Or they can build pilots, protoypes, and production runs for you in our global innovation and technology centre.

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Most manufacturing is packed with opportunity – from simple optimisations and upgrades to reinventing your product line or even the entire factory. We help unlock these opportunities and deliver value every day. 

We understand the changing consumer and customer needs, newest technologies, processes and the pressures from ever evolving legislation. We also know products inside out – from inception to manufacture to end of life. 

Our integrated team of designers, scientists, and engineers can optimise your asset utilisation, reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Or they can upgrade your production lines for greater agility, flexibility, operational resilience, and yields. We specialise in delivering new-to-world manufacturing solutions to create new growth and futureproof businesses.

Wherever you are on your journey or whatever your manufacturing challenge – we can help.

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Operational optimisation

Using existing and emerging technologies, new business models and AI to optimise existing production and increase performance at line, site and network level.

Manufacturing reinvention

Creating new process and product platforms providing the means to effectively manufacturing new to the world products and deliver new services.

Manufacturing strategy

Developing an approach to maintain alignment between your manufacturing operations and your market needs, in the midst of a dynamic business environment.

New business model creation

Exploring and defining new business models, including services based revenue models, that reflect the changing market dynamics and the consumer and customer requirements.

Global Innovation and Technology Centre

Where we turn ideas into physical and digital reality.

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In the media

What got you here, won’t get you there

PA's Shanton Wilcox, Nini Ali-Khan and Nigel Lowe identified ways manufacturing leaders can lead with disruption and innovation.

Insight

How product companies can lead the race to greener manufacturing

The growing global climate emergency requires a new focus, and manufacturers are under pressure. How can brands make a sea change, rather than a step change, towards embedding sustainability into their business models?

Insight

How to automate manufacturing process optimisation

Expert views

As customers demand more personalised, sustainable products, manufacturers must re-examine their process controls and measures, and bring in machine learning to automate manufacturing process optimisation.”

Richard Claridge Applied physics

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Becoming a sustainable manufacturer isn’t as simple as adopting lighter-weight materials in product builds or buying carbon offsets, although those changes can’t hurt. Instead, organisational leaders need to rethink strategically about where their business and industry is headed to place the right bets on sustainability.”

Ruan Jones Manufacturing

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Digitisation of supply chains is increasingly on the radar of CFOs. Improving processes can help manage costs, comply with new regulatory requirements, set pricing strategies, and keep customers happy by avoiding supply outages.”

Shanton Wilcox Supply chain and manufacturing

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