by Olivia Brown | Sep 9, 2024 | Facilities For Hire, Meeting & Event Spaces, Rail Development & Test Site
This week the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) opened its doors for the first in a series of monthly facility tours. ‘Behind the Scenes at BCIMO’ offers an insight into a unique, world-class centre for rail innovation in the heart of the Black...
by Olivia Brown | Aug 20, 2024 | Rail Development & Test Site, Technologies of the Future
In a busy schedule of meetings at and visits to BCIMO this week, there emerged something of theme: a timeline of rail technology from the past to the present, and on to the future. Add in train rides, robot dogs and electric scooters… but far from simply fun and...
by Olivia Brown | Aug 5, 2024 | Facilities For Hire, Research & Technology Support, Supply Chains of the Future, Technologies of the Future, Workforces of the Future
As the latest landmark in the regional innovation landscape, it’s time for BCIMO to lift the lid on its world-class range of technical and commercial facilities at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC), and to introduce a current funding opportunity...
by Olivia Brown | Jul 29, 2024 | Challenges & Opportunities of the Future, Meeting & Event Spaces, Rail Development & Test Site, Supply Chains of the Future, Technologies of the Future, Workforces of the Future
As the deliberations end and BCIMO awaits the arrival of Cohort 2 of the Clean Futures programme – and so the range of exciting innovations their new SMEs will bring to the rail sector – we reflect on where the sector is at the moment and, most importantly, the track...
by Olivia Brown | Jul 16, 2024 | Challenges & Opportunities of the Future, Meeting & Event Spaces, Rail Development & Test Site, Supply Chains of the Future, Technologies of the Future, Workforces of the Future
Innovation is core to BCIMO’s mission and, being at the heart of the community within the Black Country, the organisation always welcomes the opportunity to engage with other local innovative projects and programmes; most particularly as we celebrate Black Country Day...
by Olivia Brown | Jul 2, 2024 | Engineering Laboratories & Equipment, Workforces of the Future
This week, the team from BCIMO exhibited at a hands-on skills event for school children and young people at Wolverhampton Racecourse in Dunstall Park. Designed to inspire youngsters across a broad range of sectors, the event was an opportunity for BCIMO to offer an...
