The Centre of Expertise in Advanced Materials and Sustainability CEAMS is a collaboration between The Rochdale development agency, RDA, Centre for Process Innovation, CPI, The Henry Royce Institute, High Value Manufacturing Catapult. HVM, the Manufacturing Technology Centre, MTC, National Composites Centre, NCC, National Physical Laboratory and the University of Manchester.
To help and support businesses to:
Commercialise a sustainable material(s) and / or
Develop an innovative idea to make the materials they use sustainable
We act as a bridge between academic research expertise, commercial exploitation and scale-up.
We can help companies overcome problems, invent new processes, adopt new materials and re-use existing materials.
Businesses can gain a competitive edge by creating better, more efficient products, which in turn can increase turnover and numbers employment.
CEAMS makes it simple for businesses to access world class expertise and accelerate innovation. It provides access to a community of advanced sustainable materials businesses.
Who we are
CEAMS Partners
High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult)
Established and supported by Innovate UK, the High Value Manufacturing Catapult bridges the gap between business and academia, helping to turn great ideas into commercial realities by providing access to world-class research, development facilities and expertise that would otherwise be out of reach for many businesses in the UK.
We translate ideas into commercial reality, driving original research to the market.
CPI
CPI is a trusted partner of industry, academia, government, entrepreneurs and the investment community, CPI connect the dots within the innovation ecosystem to make great ideas and inventions a reality.
Henry Royce Institute
The Henry Royce Institute is the UK’s national institute for advanced materials research and innovation. Royce was established to ensure the UK exploits its world-leading expertise in advanced materials, and accelerates innovation from discovery to application. With an investment of over £330 million, Royce is ensuring that academics and industry in the UK’s materials community have access to world-class research capabilities, infrastructure, expertise, and skills development.
From future cities and their energy supplies, to computing, manufacturing and medicine, the research and innovation facilitated by Royce has the potential to significantly impact peoples’ lives. With its hub in Manchester, and with capability distributed across nine Partners and two Associate Partner, Royce works collaboratively to create real solutions and to have positive economic and societal impacts for the UK.
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities, with outstanding facilities and the widest range of courses, highly respected across the globe as a centre of teaching excellence and innovative research.
With 25 Nobel Prize winners among current and former staff and students, the University has a history of world firsts and brilliant discoveries, from splitting the atom to giving the world graphene.
The University of Manchester is committed to world-class research, an outstanding learning and student experience, and social responsibility.
Manufacturing Technology Centre
The MTC is an independent research & technology organisation (RTO). The MTC provides innovative manufacturing ideas, manufacturing system solutions, and provides training and skill development. MTC’s primary markets include Aerospace, Defence and Security, Construction, Space, Infrastructure. Food & Drink, Healthcare, and Power & Energy.
From future cities and their energy supplies, to computing, manufacturing and medicine, the research and innovation facilitated by Royce has the potential to significantly impact peoples’ lives. With its hub in Manchester, and with capability distributed across ten Partners and two Associate Partner, Royce works collaboratively to create real solutions and to have positive economic and societal impacts for the UK.
National Composites Centre
The National Composites Centre (NCC), part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, is an independent, open-access technology centre delivering world-class research and development.
Based in Bristol with a workforce of 450 people and a 25,500 sqm facility containing a large range of industrial scale technologies, our end-to-end engineering capabilities allow us to drive industrial transformation through pioneering innovation.
The NCC has proactively invested in and led the development of sustainability in advanced materials and processes, including the Sustainable Composites partnership with CPI, which has been successfully running since 2020.
One of the grand challenges the NCC is focused on is circularity in composites. Through CEAMS, the NCC is working in collaboration with Cygnet Texkimp on a major technology pilot to develop quality assurance capability for recycled, continuous carbon fibre from hydrogen tanks.
Materials of the future for a sustainable world
