A new £50 million hub to help manufacturers across the UK use data to become more competitive is to be developed at Ulster University.
Backed by both public and private sector funding, the Smart Manufacturing Data Hub will be designed to support 10,000 manufacturers and underpin 13,000 jobs, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
It will work across the manufacturing spectrum, supporting companies to develop, test and adopt data-driven technologies.