Manufacturing Support Network

SRPe is a strategic partnership of Scotland's universities working in collaboration with industry and government to future-proof Scotland's position as a world-class centre of research excellence and globally competitive driving force in engineering.

As part of Scottish Enterprise, SMAS supports businesses across manufacturing supply chains to improve productivity, competitiveness and resilience. Experienced practitioners deliver impartial and tailored support on; efficiency savings, identification of Industry 4.0 solutions, strengthened supply chains, investment options, and coaching and mentoring to leadership teams.

Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's main economic development agency focussed on growing the Scottish economy by supporting investment, innovation, job creation and trade.

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) is a long-term business transformation programme that has been established as part of the UK Offshore Wind Sector Deal. It will promote closer collaboration across the supply chain, implement structured productivity improvement programmes and facilitate shared growth opportunities between developers and the supply chain. OWGP principally provide grant Funding and Business Transformation (support services) to companies who wish to enter into or grow their presence in the UK Offshore Wind Sector.

ESP is a collaboration of Scotland’s colleges and industry partners established to increase Scotland’s capability and capacity to deliver the right skills for the energy, engineering and construction sectors.

BE-ST (formerly Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is Scotland's national innovation centre for the built environment. They work collaboratively with industry, university experts and public sector on research and development, innovation and service design and support the creation and adoption of new products, processes, business models and services. They have a specific focus on accelerating the transition to a zero-carbon built environment.

CENSIS supports private businesses and public sector organisations to accelerate the pace of innovation by exploiting sensing, imaging and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.