TWI Innovation Network (TWIIN) is an open innovation eco-system connecting companies and organisations globally to collaborate on research and development (R&D) projects for engineering technologies acceleration. With a track record in supporting SMEs, larger companies, universities, and research and technology organisations (RTOs) to secure competitive grant funding, TWIIN helps collaborators to deliver disruptive new technologies that meet market demand, contributing to society, economies, the environment and industry.
TWIIN operates a number of innovation-focused centres, programmes, services and activities including:
- TWI Innovation Centres – joint academia-industry partnerships between TWI and leading universities focusing on R&D of new engineering technologies: watch the animation on TWI Innovation Centres
- The National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) – post graduate study programmes in an industrial engineering environment
- Technology Acceleration Programmes (TAPs) – collaborations with SMEs, TWI Industrial Members and TWIIIN Members to move innovative concepts through to commercialisation
- Private Technology Partnerships (PTIPs) – long-term relationships with technology organisations to develop novel solutions and address industrial challenges
- TWI Innovation Network Subscription – designed for companies and organisations looking to build their technology and marketplace ambitions, choose from different options to suit your business
- Technology Innovation Management – opportunities to join like-minded consortia on collaborative project proposals, for submission to Innovate UK, Horizon Europe and other funding instruments
- Innovation Consultancy Services - a more tailored, 1-2-1 approach for accelerating innovation and business processes, leading to new product, system and service development, and market growth
- An annual programme of in-person events and online webinars – opportunities for project collaboration, partner-matching, networking and gaining new insights
Technologies
TWI Innovation Centres undertake collaborative R&D projects to address technical and industrial challenges in different fields of engineering, including digital twin, artificial intelligence (AI), additive manufacturing, digitalisation, joining for Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0, advanced inspection and monitoring, robotics and automation, advanced materials and composites, textiles design for circular economy, carbon capture, utilisation and storage, healthcare technologies and more. Innovation Centres work closely with SMEs, universities, RTOs and TWI Technology sections to deliver technology solutions with commercial potential.
TWIIN is part of international research and technology organisation (RTO) TWI Ltd which operates internationally and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK. TWI's specialist consultants, engineers, scientists, researchers and technicians deliver engineering, materials and manufacturing solutions that meet the needs of TWI Industrial Member companies and wider industry.