One Year On: The Clean Futures Journey

One Year On: The Clean Futures Journey

On 15th June 2023, a group of key stakeholders met to discuss and decide upon the core challenges from across the automotive and rail industries that would be posed to first year applicants to the Clean Futures Accelerator programme. As they now deliberate on the...
BCIMO’s Blueprint for Innovation in The Black Country

BCIMO’s Blueprint for Innovation in The Black Country

In this guest writer feature, Naomi Arblaster, Head of SME Development at the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO), explains how she and her team are helping to shape future industries and support Black Country businesses. My team and I have a...
VLRNIC Leading the Way to Future Rail Technologies

VLRNIC Leading the Way to Future Rail Technologies

The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) is a not-for-profit Research and Technology Organisation (RTO), founded to oversee the delivery, launch and operation of the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC). In this guest writer...
The Coventry Very Light Rail Scheme

The Coventry Very Light Rail Scheme

The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) is working in collaboration with Coventry City Council on their Very Light Rail (VLR) scheme. BCIMO are delighted to be working in collaboration with Coventry City Council on their Very Light Rail (VLR)...
Black Country Industrial Regeneration in Action

Black Country Industrial Regeneration in Action

Construction of the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) supports industrial regeneration in Dudley, the capital of the Black Country. To appreciate the scale of renewal going on at our Dudley site, it’s helpful to look at the history… The Very...