The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), home to the National Centre for Additive Manufacturing, (NCAM) welcomes the announcement made by the Government that the UK will associate with the Horizon Europe programmes.

Over the last four decades EU funded projects have played a critical role in the development of AM technology. This has led to key advances in machinery, software, materials and applications that have significantly benefitted the UK’s high value manufacturing sector. The end to the uncertainty over the UK’s long-term status in the Horizon programme will enable the UK’s AM research and industrial community to plan with confidence for the future, and enable our country to join the governance of the EU programmes.