Capability
PrototypingWhere do I build the first version of this?
Making the first one: design, fabrication and iteration support.
22 evidenced records across 9 places, read from live records when this page was built.
My UKIZ
Specialisms in this family
- Additive manufacturing
- Machining and fabrication
- Electronics prototyping
- Design and engineering support
- Soft goods, textiles and composites lay-up
- Rapid prototyping service
22 evidenced records
Where: london (4) · birmingham (4) · sheffield (3) · cambridge (3) · glasgow (3) · bristol bath (2) · teesside humber (1) · manchester (1)
Prototyping
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Additive manufacturing · Sheffield & Rotherham, Yorkshire and the Humber
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“At the AMRC, we deliver R&D projects focused on solving real manufacturing challenges and accelerating the adoption of industrial additive manufacturing.”
Holds additive manufacturing capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: amrc.co.uk · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Central Research Laboratory
Additive manufacturing · Hayes, London
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Get started with 3D printing and explore what you can make”
Holds additive manufacturing capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: centralresearchlaboratory.com · source first-party-manufacturing · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Manufacturing Technology Centre
Rapid prototyping service · COVENTRY, West Midlands
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Enable rapid prototyping, allowing for the quick iteration of designs and speeding up the product development cycle.”
Holds rapid prototyping service capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: the-mtc.org · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Centre for Process Innovation
Design and engineering support · Teesside & the Humber, North East / Yorkshire and the Humber
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Modelling and simulation The chemical engineering group has extensive knowledge of computational fluid dynamics ( CFD ) and mass-transfer modelling to improve process understanding and therefore optimise process performance.”
Holds design and engineering support capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: uk-cpi.com · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Central Research Laboratory
Machining and fabrication · Hayes, London
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Choose from woodworking power tools, machining tools for metal, and a variety of CNCs”
Holds machining and fabrication capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: centralresearchlaboratory.com · source first-party-manufacturing · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Advanced manufacturing Catapult capability, North West
Additive manufacturing · Manchester, North West
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Technology capability roadmaps Our priority areas Additive manufacturing Manufacturing processes that join materials to make parts from 3D model data, layer upon layer.”
Holds additive manufacturing capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: hvm.catapult.org.uk · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Element Materials Technology
Additive manufacturing · Hitchin
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Additive Manufacturing Testing”
Holds additive manufacturing capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: element.com · source first-party-manufacturing · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Manufacturing Technology Centre
Additive manufacturing · COVENTRY, West Midlands
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“\- None -Additive ManufacturingLaser ProcessingAutomation & RoboticsDigital ManufacturingMaterials EngineeringProduct DesignProcess DesignManufacturing SystemsMetrology & NDTSimulation & ModellingIndustrial TransformationSkills & TrainingArtificial Intelligence”
Holds additive manufacturing capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: the-mtc.org · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
University of Warwick
Additive manufacturing · Birmingham & the West Midlands, West Midlands
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“It also hosts CiMAT, a world-leading centre for imaging and Additive Manufacturing, developing solutions across sectors, from forensic science to industrial and agricultural innovation.”
Holds additive manufacturing capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: warwick.ac.uk · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
TWI
Additive manufacturing · Cambridge
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Additive manufacturing”
Holds additive manufacturing capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: twi-global.com · source research-institutes · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
National Composites Centre
Soft goods, textiles and composites lay-up · Bristol & Bath, South West
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Our Impact Cross-supply-chain collaboration achieves world-first in carbon fibre recycling NCC and CEAMS build on award-winning breakthroughs in carbon fibre circularity, working with UK industry to demonstrate a world-first use of reclaimed continuous carbon fibre (rCCF) in a prepreg product.”
Holds soft goods, textiles and composites lay-up capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: nccuk.com · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
TWI
Soft goods, textiles and composites lay-up · Cambridge
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“He was a participating member of ESIS TC4 in the 1990s and currently serves on BSI Committee PRI/42 - Fibre reinforced thermosetting plastics and prepregs.”
Holds soft goods, textiles and composites lay-up capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: twi-global.com · source research-institutes · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Nuclear AMRC
Design and engineering support · Sheffield & Rotherham, Yorkshire and the Humber
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Repeatable modular digital simulation for next-generation aerospace industrial systems”
Holds design and engineering support capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: namrc.co.uk · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Machining and fabrication · Glasgow & the Central Belt, Scotland
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Gavin McAdam, founder of Breathe Easy Manufacturing innovation has vital role to play in turning net-zero into a reality, and being part of the NMIS collaborative community gives us access to not only the latest in advanced manufacturing tools and processes, but also to some of the world’s best brains in manufacturing R&D.”
Holds machining and fabrication capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: nmis.scot · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
National Composites Centre
Design and engineering support · Bristol & Bath, South West
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“We work with industry to improve product development and manufacturing time, cost, quality, consistency, resilience and risk through AI-enabled engineering tools such as certified digital workflows, simulation and data analytics.”
Holds design and engineering support capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: nccuk.com · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
University of Strathclyde
Design and engineering support · Glasgow & the Central Belt, Scotland
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“$value " /-- Sheffield Forgemasters Simulation speeds Sheffield Forgemasters on its digital journey.”
Holds design and engineering support capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: strath.ac.uk · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Manufacturing Technology Centre
Machining and fabrication · COVENTRY, West Midlands
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
Holds machining and fabrication capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: the-mtc.org · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
EPCC, University of Edinburgh
Design and engineering support · Edinburgh
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Researchers at EPCC and Heriot-Watt University have published a paper in the Journal of Computational Science, demonstrating scalable CFD simulations on multi-billion voxel micro-CT image\\”
Holds design and engineering support capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: epcc.ed.ac.uk · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Scottish Centre for Industrial Biotechnology (IBioIC)
Rapid prototyping service · Glasgow
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Industrial R&D and Bioproduct Prototyping”
Holds rapid prototyping service capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: ibioic.com · source research-institutes · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
TWI
Rapid prototyping service · Cambridge
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Prototype development”
Holds rapid prototyping service capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: twi-global.com · source research-institutes · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Rapid prototyping service · Sheffield & Rotherham, Yorkshire and the Humber
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“This approach moves LPBF from low-volume prototyping into a reliable, fully validated serial production capability with minimized post-processing.”
Holds rapid prototyping service capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: amrc.co.uk · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Prototyping
Central Research Laboratory
Rapid prototyping service · Hayes, London
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Explore more”
Holds rapid prototyping service capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: centralresearchlaboratory.com · source first-party-manufacturing · last checked 2026-08-18
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