Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG)
The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), part of the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick, is one of Europe's leading manufacturing groups and is involved in publicly and privately funded research on innovation in products and in manufacturing processes. In all of its activities WMG adopts a partnership approach, involving industry closely in the delivery of its extensive research, technology transfer and training programmes.
WMG has formed five Centres, with a physical base at Warwick University, to provide a focus for its collaborative research and development (R&D). The Centres comprise state-of-the-art equipment coupled with research teams formed from staff with both traditional academic and industrial backgrounds. The Group has pioneered an international model for working with industry, with teaching and research centres in Hong Kong, South Africa, India, China, Malaysia and Thailand.
Expertise and advanced facilities enable technological research related to manufacturing product and process improvement and related design and IT implementation; particular strengths are CAD, CAM, CIM, PDM, IT and communications tools for integration across supply chains, rapid prototyping and tooling, polymer processing and robotics and automation.
This is combined with research in operational areas including logistics, manufacturing strategy, supply chain management, benchmarking and business process improvement. These are supported by a strong postgraduate presence.
The WMG's Director is Professor Lord Bhattacharyya KB CBE