Joshua Greaves & Sons – Greater Manchester

"Naturally, change can be disconcerting, especially when you're disrupting processes people have been using for years. But the impact of technology has given everyone a boost and shown what is possible."

Jordan Foster, Engineering Coordinator

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Beverston Engineering – Liverpool City Region

"When our customers like Rolls Royce and Collins Aerospace returned to the factory after the pandemic they were blown away by the transformation.

"When they saw the dashboards and screens on the shop floor and all the computers and the connectivity of all the machines, they were wowed.

"While our competition went backwards we had progressed. Our commitment to the vision has helped us win more business and gives us a great opportunity."

Rod Wah, Managing Director

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Bells of Lazonby – Cumbria

"These robots will ensure that we can make things efficiently. But at our heart we are bakers, and this is a bakery where human intervention is vital."

Michael Bell, Managing Director

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Ratio Technology – Cumbria

"This has transformed our efficiency. We can take concepts to production far faster than we could with a subcontractor."

Tom Simpson, Co-founder

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Precision Card Services – Cheshire

"Quite simply, without funding through Made Smarter for the new equipment, PCS would not have been able to take on this contract. The increase in turnover is huge for us. It's a game changer for our company."

Adam Unsworth, Managing Director

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Qualkem – Cheshire

"Introducing the automatic tube labelling and filling machinery will see the start of our commitment to digitalisation.

"Not only will it allow us to offer another packaging regime to our existing customer base, but it will also allow us to actively market to new sectors, for example the cosmetics sector.

"Moreover, this digitalisation project will allow us, and our customers, to do our bit for society and the environment, and place more sustainably packaged products on the marketplace."

Ivan Anketell-Clifford, Director

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Firstplay Dietary Foods – Greater Manchester

"Made Smarter's support has been transformational to our business.

"By replacing a manual low-skilled task with automation, we are able to do much more with the resources we have, as well as upskilling our existing staff, which to a small business is extremely valuable."

Tom Fletcher, Managing Director

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Mackinnon & Saunders – Greater Manchester

"Made Smarter arrived at the perfect time. We were able to access funding and advice to trial the latest development in the metal printing machines.

"Mackinnon & Saunders is already hard at work developing its next set of puppets for TV and film, and 3D printing is supporting their creativity."

Peter Saunders, Founder

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Crystal Doors – Greater Manchester

"Optimising machine up-time using real-time data from the sensor network will allow our employees to spend more focused time on each machine and increase productivity."

Ben Horn, Digital Transformation Program Manager

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Nutree Life – Lancashire

"Orders from all areas of the business have increased, which means we are producing more.

"There is no doubt that without investing when we did, in the way that we did, with the help from Made Smarter, we would not be able to cope with this unprecedented increase in demand.

"The technologies we have adopted have enabled us to develop new products quicker and we are now taking pre-orders for the first time, such is the demand."

Patrick Mroczak, Co-owner

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ELE Advanced Technologies – Lancashire

"This investment is a huge step forward for our business. It will ensure ELE remains competitive and continues with its growth strategy to double revenue and increase its manufacturing footprint.

"We would never have gone down this path without Made Smarter. We were given the right, impartial advice, support, and connections from the start.

"Made Smarter's approach has helped us commit to the project and deliver it despite the market uncertainty. This project is very much seen as one of the tools that will help us overcome the current challenges relating to Covid-19 and Brexit."

Dave Dudley, Technical Director

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Organica UK – Liverpool City Region

"We have always been proactive and positive about the challenges and opportunities in digitalising, but Made Smarter support has enabled us to really hone our vision.

"We have created a digital roadmap, brought in new skills, and fast-tracked our adoption of the right technologies we need to overcome our challenges and barriers to growth. We are now able to monitor and manage production on a scale that has so far not been possible."

Noel Doyle, Technical Director

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Door and Window Systems – Liverpool City Region

"Our experience with Made Smarter has been incredible. The team has guided us through a complex process to invest in technologies that are having a huge impact on our business."

Julian Wetherall, Director of DAWS

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