Rising Kent & Medway and Canterbury Christ Church College Be part of Forces to Domesticate Agritech Innovation
A contemporary collaboration has been introduced between Rising Kent & Medway and Canterbury Christ Church College to determine connections between horticultural and food and drinks companies and consultants in agri-technology.
The institution of the Industrial Agri-Engineering Hub on the College will complement and improve the present endeavours of Rising Kent & Medway in analysis and innovation pushed by companies within the horticultural and food and drinks sectors.
This new partnership amalgamates all of Kent’s analysis institutes, providing a complete vary of scientific experience and capabilities to companies, thereby bolstering development on this essential sector for the UK.
The Industrial Agri-Engineering Hub will leverage the College’s strengths and sources, offering tutorial proficiency in agri-engineering, automation and manufacturing, assistive applied sciences, and utilized information evaluation and intelligence.
The Hub is located inside Canterbury Christ Church College’s Verena Holmes Constructing, a formidable facility within the southeast that has obtained important funding. Companies may have entry to the College’s specialised amenities and cutting-edge know-how, supporting Rising Kent & Medway’s aspiration to determine Kent and Medway as a globally main area in analysis and innovation for horticultural manufacturing, meals processing, and climate-smart farming applied sciences.
Mario Caccamo, CEO of NIAB and lead associate for Rising Kent & Medway, expressed, “The collaborative partnership between Canterbury Christ Church College and Rising Kent & Medway will catalyze a transformative impact on the sustainable meals manufacturing methods via agri-technology. Their experience and amenities will help us in reinforcing crop manufacturing administration methods and manufacturing automation in our meals provide chains.”
“By combining the horticultural trade with their superior data of sensor know-how, superior manufacturing, and automation, now we have a outstanding alternative to revolutionize our fragile manufacturing methods, making them extra resilient to the impression of local weather change, labour shortages, and power crises.”
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran DL OBE, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, remarked, “I’m thrilled that Canterbury Christ Church College is partnering with Rising Kent and Medway, a consortium devoted to fortifying the horticulture, meals, and drink industries of the area via analysis, innovation, and enterprise. The College performs a major position within the area’s economic system by creating alternatives for collaboration with companies.”
“Our EDGE (Engineering, Design, Development, and Enterprise) Hub, developed in partnership with the trade, supplies a sturdy platform for fostering new expertise and innovation for companies, and our Verena Holmes STEM Constructing gives a state-of-the-art facility for experimentation, analysis, and collaboration. This partnership additionally aligns with our dedication to pursue social justice via sustainability and displays our values of using inclusive training and analysis to assist our communities.”
Supply: Rising Kent and Medway Press
