For future projects, the HVMC are looking at the following:
Net Zero
Addressing the means of quantifying, tracking and auditing the emissions across the through life value chain
Transformation of the Engineering processes (inc ‘Design for Sustainability’)
Digitalisation of supply chains to reduce food waste
Developing technologies for disassembly, reuse, remanufacture, recycling, and urban mining
Reducing carbon footprint of legacy building for their remaining life
Alternative proteins production, to provide consumers with low carbon options
Health and Wellbeing
Digital Pharma Factory of the Future – drive standardisation and adoption of digital medicines manufacturing technology
Support the development, optimisation and scale-up of candidate vaccines.
Provide key enablers to support the NHS plans for decarbonisation of its facilities, services, and supply chains.
Grow the capabilities of the Internet of Medical Things C3-Cloud for enabling effective real-time remote patient care
Provide design, manufacturing and product innovation to support the UK industrial base in medical devices.
Resilience
Developing the methods, tools, associated data analytics and partnerships to map UK supply chains
Conduct scenario planning of current and future supply base demands to target UK intervention opportunities that will increase national resilience.
Design, manufacturing and product innovation to support targeted UK interventions, for example: Innovative tooling design and manufacture for the creation of tooling for composites manufacture to re-shore the industrial capability.