A collaborative vision delivered by a business partnership led by Ashfield District Council with Vision West Notts College and Nottingham Trent University, the new multifunctional centre will enable research, new product development and testing, education and skills development and technology showcasing.
The ADMC is a key opportunity for Ashfield Council to achieve their ambitions for Ashfield, leveraging the town’s strong manufacturing heritage and central location in the UK, to have businesses and a workforce thriving with many highly paid and skilled roles within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) sectors.
The £30m centre will work with businesses to see how the adoption of automation and advanced manufacturing could work within their own business, improving their efficiency. The centre can also train their staff on how to use and maintain the technology and automated systems.
Located off Lowmoor Road, Kirkby in Ashfield, the broader site will be a £100 million+ technology park development attracting inward investment and creating higher economic growth opportunities for the residents of Ashfield.
As part of the development native trees and hedging will be planted to create a new high-quality habitat and to act as a screen from the residential estate across from the site. A new species-rich meadow and a wet grassland meadow will be created to further improve the biodiversity. The site for the facility is an example of how repurposing land can actually improve its environmental and natural value, and is an appropriate use of land that is prime for redevelopment.
