According to the Advanced Manufacturing Park, TATA Steel and its industry partners have received a grant to develop a new automotive proving facility in Rotherham.

The new facility will work towards developing low carbon technologies for the automotive sector with the aiming of helping to bring them to the commercial market.

The project to build the new facility, due to be launched in early 2013, is being led by Productiv Ltd, working closely with TATA Steel. Other industry partners including Bladon Jets, Drive Systems Design Ltd, Flybrid Systems LLP, Libralto Engines Ltd, Zytek Ltd, Aeristech Ltd, Unipart Eberspacher Exhaust Systems Ltd, MIRA Ltd and MTC Ltd. All will work alongside MIRA – the independent vehicle engineering consultancy.

All this has been possible because the project is one of 11 manufacturing supply chain projects to receive funding from Round 1 of the Government’s GBP 125 million Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative.