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What can we achieve together?

Our range of collaborative business projects will surprise you. Commercially focused and innovative, we are here to help you achieve more.

Together we can explore improving processes, develop market-leading products, or motivate and inspire your staff to make a real difference.

We work in partnership with many different organisations. Our case studies will help you understand our approach. We hope they will inspire you to contact us to explore what we can achieve by working together.

To find a case study related to your area of interest, use our case study search.

  • Wind turbine performance increased as a result of our investigation
    The Coney Green Business Centre of North East Derbyshire District Council installed a wind turbine in 2005 with a 20 kW capacity. However the turbine was only supplying 5% of the power demand, which was insufficient to offset its maintenance costs.
  • Investigation into new ways to process MSW to generate power
    Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) used to be seen as an environmental problem with associated disposal issues. As such, experts from Hallam Energy, part of our Materials and Engineering Research Institute, are looking at ways to turn MSW into a resource for power generation to minimise these problems.
  • The Dalesman Group
    The Dalesman Group had an established industry-facing business, but wanted to branch out into retail. They approached Design Futures to help them develop a new brand identity and a packaging design that would help them access new markets.
  • Youngman Group
    Youngman Group approached Business Advantage to develop a programme for their young senior management team – which would enable them to develop professionally and personally inline with the company's growth strategy.
  • Wasp Hockey
    Wasp Hockey wanted to prove that their sticks perform better than their competitors’ through experimental testing. They approached the University’s Sports Engineering Research Group due to our expertise and facilities for measuring and analysing the performance characteristics of sports equipment.
  • Newburgh Pelleting, now Sizer Ltd
    Newburgh Pelleting approached the Materials and Engineering Research Centre who conducted a project providing a qualitative understanding of raw material preconditioning with the aim of reducing the production cost and improving the quality of wood pellets for use in combustion.
  • Natural Sports Nutrition
    Natural Sports Nutrition approached Innovation Futures to help develop their range of Performance Meals – convenient ready prepared meals that support active lifestyles, with the emphasis on muscle development and body fat minimisation.
  • Martek Marine Ltd
    Rotherham-based marine company Martek Marine has experienced massive expansion since its inception in 2000. Now overseeing nearly 50 staff, founder and CEO Paul Luen approached the Centre for Individual and Organisational Development to help enhance leadership capability in his management team. This will enable him to shift his focus to a more outward-looking role to develop the business.
  • Anglo Beef Processors
    Doncaster-based meat company Anglo Beef Processors (ABP) came to us with a problem that needed to be resolved immediately. Their major retail customer had decided that they wanted their range of meat products to be delivered in a new, smaller crate size to some of their stores to overcome the issue of instore waste. This meant the company would have to make costly changes to their production schedules and throughputs – increasing the number of products produced each day. ABP knew the change in crate size was having a negative effect on their production – with no increase in revenue. They wanted an independent report to identify the true cost to the company, so they could show their customer and re-negotiate to reflect the true commercial value of these new products.
  • AI Materials Ltd
    Steel company AI Materials needed to meet a new requirement to improve the mechanical strength and toughness properties of the super duplex stainless steel used in industrial fasteners at low temperatures. The company wanted to do this using an optimised cold-drawing process, and chose the University’s Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI) to access the materials knowledge and experimental capabilities they required.