Burnley, UK: CoolKit has been accepted for a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University.
The partnership will help to improve quality and performance and has government funding from the Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, through Innovate UK.
The partnership will see a graduate join CoolKit for a two-year period to analyse existing operational practice, supported by regular visits from university academics.
Andrew Wearing, operations director, CoolKit, said: “The KTP initiative comes at a time where CoolKit is anticipating rapid and sustained growth, so the perfect time to really start looking at our current systems and operational processes to understand where improvements might be made.
“In order to support the work of the graduate, we have recruited a senior improvement engineer who will work closely with the academic team and begin to action recommendations within the factory.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships aim to help businesses improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills within the UK knowledge base.
The programme, funded by UKRI through Innovate UK, has been running for over 45 years and during that time has enabled more than 14,000 businesses to drive innovation for positive impact.
