South Yorkshire can open a new chapter in its impressive history as a “region of makers” as the Government places advanced manufacturing at the heart of its new industrial strategy, the region’s mayor Oliver Coppard has suggested.

Opening the Advanced Manufacturing Conference at Cutlers’ Hall in Sheffield, Mr Coppard reflected on renewed national efforts to revitalise UK industry and build a more resilient and independent economy in an increasingly uncertain world.

The Government’s recently published industrial strategy has listed advanced manufacturing, which is a term used to describe production processes that rely on cutting-edge science and technology research, as one of eight priority sectors.
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