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Clean Futures Accelerator Winning Cohort Announced
Companies delivering greener transport technologies will take part in trials and receive funding and business support as part of the Clean Futures accelerator programme. Twenty firms at the leading edge of efforts to reduce the transport sector’s reliance on fossil...
BCIMO Launches State-Of-The-Art Event Facilities
The Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC), operated by the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO), has launched its brand-new Meeting and Events Spaces to complement its other unique facilities and services. From November 2023, the...
College’s Second Rail Training Centre Gets on Track
Courses offered by City of Wolverhampton College to give people the skills needed to build a career in the rail and infrastructure sectors are set to be expanded with the opening of an additional training site in Dudley. The college and its infrastructure training...
Nicola Richards MP Explores Innovations at BCIMO
Nicola Richards, Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East, recently embarked on a visit to the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) located in Dudley, as part of the Railway Industry Association's (RIA) Rail Fellowship Programme, which links...
It’s ‘Full Steam Ahead’ for BCIMO and the Clean Futures Accelerator!
Following the opening of applications for the Clean Futures Accelerator, the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) has announced that it will be holding a series of Challenge Support Workshops to support rail SMEs interested in applying. The...
£50k Funding Grants Available for West Midlands Rail SMEs
The rail industry in the West Midlands is poised to lead the way in transforming transport towards a greener future following Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership, announcing the opening of applications...
Funding Available for Businesses with Clean Transport Ideas
The first round of the Clean Futures Accelerator will provide grants of up to £50K, plus expert support, to companies in the West Midlands with ideas to make transport greener. The Accelerator is designed to leverage the region’s rich transport manufacturing heritage,...
Test Driving Future Transport Technologies at the VLRNIC
The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) has launched a new Mobility Hub and state-of-the-art Transport Systems Simulator at its centre for rail innovation. Head of Engineering and Programmes, Tony Joy, explains how these assets will be used to...
New Funding Coming Soon For SMEs To Innovate In UK Rail
New funding and commercial support are on the way for SMEs in the West Midlands to help them to develop innovative products and services that help meet UK rail’s most pressing carbon reduction and sustainable manufacturing challenges. The Clean Futures (CF)...
BCIMO Receives a Royal Seal of Approval
The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) welcomed His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester to the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) on 19 April. His visit cemented the centre’s status as an important new transport innovation...
Innovation Boost for West Mids Will Drive Place Leadership
Funding announced in the Chancellor’s budget will kick-start projects aimed at making the region a leader in clean tech, health tech and med tech. Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport and place leadership, will lead two...
Major Investment to Kick-Start Very Light Rail Revolution
The ground-breaking Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) transport system is to be showcased on the streets of Coventry as part of a real world testing programme following the approval of funding by regional transport bosses. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)...
VLR National Innovation Centre – Open for Business
The Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) has been declared ‘open for business’ by Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) CEO Neil Fulton, with several major clients now making use of the £32 million facility. The VLRNIC, which is...
Supply Chains of the Future – Business Innovation Support
The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation unveils ‘new and improved’ Supply Chains of the Future programme. The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) has unveiled its new and improved Supply Chains of the Future programme and is now...
‘All Change’ at BCIMO as Launch Phase Ends
It’s ‘all change’ at the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) as it reaches the end of its launch phase. The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) welcomes Neil Fulton, its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), as it reaches...
Power Couple Set to Ramp-up Rail Innovation
New collaboration sees new centre of low-cost rail excellence in the Black Country matched with transport innovation expertise from Connected Places Catapult. Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership, has...
Launch of Rail Development and Test Site
The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) launches its new Rail Development and Test Site. BCIMO are delighted to launch their brand new Rail Development and Test Site. The site is now open for business and an online brochure has been developed...
Commissioning of Urban VLR Charger
BCIMO annouce the world’s first rapid battery charger for Urban Very Light Rail (VLR) has undergone commissioning at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) in Dudley. The milestone will see the prototype Coventry Very Light Rail start testing its...
Black Country Programme of Innovation
The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) launches a new programme of business support activities for SMEs in the Black Country. The Black Country, once the centre of the Industrial Revolution, has seen a decline over the years in terms of active...
5G-CAT – Collaborative R&D Early Win for BCIMO
The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) wins collaborative research and development project looking at the use of 5G for Connected and Autonomous Trams. Among the technologies developing in parallel with Very Light Rail (VLR), 5G is an...
BCIMO is a not-for-profit Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) and operator of the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC), a unique, world-class centre for rail innovation based in Dudley in the West Midlands.
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