Knowledge Transfer Partnership Success for CAMSAC

CAMSAC researchers Professor Aris Syntetos and Dr Fotios Petropoulos have been awarded a grant of £150K following a successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) application. 

The grant, awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Innovate UK, will support a 2-year project with Qioptiq Ltd, a leading designer and manufacturer of photonic products.

 The project will enable Qioptiq Ltd to develop and apply a novel inventory control decision support system for closed loop supply chains found in the remanufacturing environment. This is aimed to be a new service offering with dramatic benefits for the company and their customers (including the Ministry of Defence). 

Given the difficulties of the remanufacturing environment, the project’s novel (world leading) research aspects will place the UK in the forefront of successful interventions in this area, being well aligned with the EU attempts to foster developments in the circular economy.