University of Sheffield sets up AMRC in Korea

A BRANCH of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre is set to be launched in the Republic of Korea.

The University of Sheffield in collaboration with Boeing will set up a Korean AMRC, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the University, the Korea Institute of Carbon Convergence Technology, Jeonju University and Jeonju City.

An earlier MoU was signed in 2012 which launched the collaboration between the organisations.

The new MoU will lead to further collaboration on research, support Korean suppliers to AMRC partners and promote educational cooperation on the joint development of manufacturing courses and student exchanges.

The KAMRC will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Sheffield.

The MoU was signed during a visit to South Korea by AMRC executive dean, Prof Keith Ridgway, CBE; the head of the AMRC Composites Group, Richard Scaife, and Jounghwan Lee, who was involved in the research which led to the JEC Asia Award.