Former 3M BIC CEO honoured with OBE
Congratulations to our former CEO, Liz Towns-Andrews, who was recognised for her achievements to industry and academia in the New Year Honours List. A chemist by trade, Liz, who is…
Inaugural Innovation Week hailed a success
3M BIC and partners inspire regional businesses to embrace innovation Over 100 businesses from across the Leeds City Region took part in a week-long event (4-8 November) at the 3M…
3M BIC Innovation Week kicks off with student challenge events
The 3M BIC’s Innovation Week (4-8 November) kicked off yesterday with its opening event designed to inspire entrepreneurial students to adopt innovation. Hosted by strategic design consultancy, The Engine Room,…
What is innovation and how to innovate
In an age where technology is developing at a rate of knots, businesses are under pressure to think outside the box and be ahead of the game in order to…
Kierhardy skates to success
Congratulations to DOYYEC student Kierhardy Ansell who recently became runner up in the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards 2019, winning £15,000 worth of seed funding towards his innovative skating business. Skate…
University of Huddersfield and 3M BIC score shortlist in prestigious education awards
The University of Huddersfield and the 3M BIC have been shortlisted in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2019 for their commitment to closing the gap between academic and industry…
Join us for Innovation Week (4th– 8th November)
Are you looking to develop a new or existing product? Do you want to increase productivity and efficiency? Do you want to follow in the footsteps of Netflix, Deliveroo and…
KC Communications recognised for Raising the Bar
KC Communications has been shortlisted in the Community and Economy categories of The West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce’s Raising the Bar Awards for their efforts in bringing Huddersfield…
Huddersfield’s First Business Week Hailed a Success
Huddersfield’s first business week has been hailed a success as hundreds of delegates across the Yorkshire region attended to take part in the 40 events hosted throughout the week by…
The 3M BIC presents Innovation Week 2019
Innovation is at the heart of what we do here at the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre and this year sees the launch of our inaugural Innovation Week which is being…
JOB VACANCY – Executive Assistant
The 3M Buckley Innovation Centre are looking for an organised and proactive individual to join their team! Please see position below: Part Time (22.5 hours per week) – Executive Assistant…
Huddersfield Copywriter Wins New Legacy Client
Huddersfield based copywriter and 3MBIC network member Rob Beadle has signed a new client who works with businesses to plan their legacies. The Legacy Studio help individuals and business owners with…
Harold Wilson gets immortalised in 3D – Statue of Huddersfield-born prime minister preserved using 3D technology at 3M BIC
3D technology is being used to preserve one of Huddersfield’s iconic landmarks, the statue of Harold Wilson in St. George’s Square. The prominent 8ft (2.4m) statue of the town’s very…
Huddersfield Copywriter Joins First Business Growth Convention
Huddersfield based copywriter Rob Beadle will train local businesses at Barnsley’s first Business Growth Convention in September. The event will give business owners and managers advice on sales, marketing and…
Sewtec Named as ‘One to Watch’ at European Business Awards
Sewtec has been named as ‘one to watch’ in one of the world’s largest and longest running business competitions, the European Business Awards. Shortlisted for the ‘digital technology award’ for…
Sewtec Ranked as One of World’s Most Sustainable Automation Companies
Sewtec has been ranked among the top four per cent of the world’s most sustainable automation companies in a leading global supply chain survey. We were awarded a gold corporate…
3M BIC design team heads to the US
Our design and visualisation manager, Paul Tallon, was invited to speak at the 10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2019), which took place in Washington, US,…
Trio of client wins for 3M BIC Network Member KC Communications
Huddersfield marketing and PR agency KC Communications is celebrating a hat-trick of client wins having been appointed by organisations in the manufacturing and construction sectors. Specialist Glass Products (SGP), Yorkshire…
Cutting down 3M BIC’s 3D printed plastic waste
3D printing is a core part of our offering at the 3M BIC for businesses looking to use this technology for product development. However, we’re often left with wasted plastic…
Olympus Technologies Open Day
Olympus Technologies Ltd specialises in Industrial and Collaborative Robotics, Automation and Welding Technologies, enabling the automation of a large range of processes across all business sectors, e.g. machine tending, gluing,…
Yorkshire robotics firm Sewtec targets £50m turnover target
West Yorkshire robotics firm Sewtec has upped its financial targets after it doubled its turnover to more than £28m. The Dewsbury and Wakefield firm’s turnaround under Leeds-based private equity firm…
Client Services Director promotion at marketing and PR agency KC Communications
Huddersfield based PR & Marketing communications agency, KC Communications, has promoted Account Manager, Laura Batchelor to Client Services Director as it restructures the business to support future growth ambitions, which…
UK and USA: Innovation in Global Composites Markets
Key features UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.7 million to develop innovative technologies for global composites markets with US partners. Programme Innovate UK Award Share…
Survey and interview opportunities regarding postgraduate study and business development
The University of Huddersfield offers many postgraduate research programmes at both Masters and Doctoral level, but the Masters and Doctor of Enterprise are perhaps less well documented https://students.hud.ac.uk/enterprise/enterprisedegrees/. With a view…
3M BIC appoints new CEO
We would like to announce the appointment of the 3M BIC’s new CEO Sue Cooke. Sue has taken over as the successor of Professor Liz Towns-Andrews as she steps down...
Success at National Technology Awards
The 3M BIC alongside the University of Huddersfield recently won the Tech Investment category at the National Technology Awards, which recognised our investment in technology in response to the needs…
3M BIC technology team expands
Two new members have joined the technology team at the 3M BIC over the last few months. Stephen Knowles joins as Technical Assistant and Georgina Kipling as Technical Assessor. Prior…
ISCF Audience of the Future Challenge: the AotF Immersive Technology Investment Accelerator
A call for creative and tech businesses: stage 2 is launching on Monday 20 May 2019. The current phase of Audience of the Future Challenge launched in March 2019, with a new…
The life and death of Google+
On April 2nd 2019, the Google+ platform closed its doors and shut all accounts down for good. It was originally launched back in 2011 as a social network (replacing Google…
3M BIC brings together the North’s leading experts in Industry 4.0
The 3M BIC and IoT Tribe hosted a successful event on 10 April around ‘Building the Northern Industrial Digital Technology Ecosystem’ that brought together the North’s leading digital and manufacturing…
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