Far-UK begins new demonstration manufacturing facility

These processes have been given the code names Process 1, Process 2, Process 3 and Process 4. The most advanced of these is Process 4 and the company exhibited a composite wheelchair manufactured using this process at the recent JEC Europe show in Paris. Far-UK also won the North West Automotive Alliance Annual Innovation Award for this process. The process is designed to enable niche vehicle manufacturers to produce complex shapes with carbon fibre, with the aim of being a cost comparable solution with aluminium, and offering significant weight reduction through the use of composites. In August 2013 Far-UK acquired a controlling interest in Axon Automotive. FAR-UK had been working with Axon on a number of projects, including the Composites Innovation Cluster, and the links between the two companies had been getting stronger over this period. Both companies are already achieving benefits by sharing some overheads and see the strong relationship between the two companies proving an asset to both businesses. As the two businesses have different offerings and strategic aims they will continue to be run as separate limited liability companies. This will enable them to play independently to their strengths while working together where it gives benefits for their clients. Having started at the University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Far-UK has now moved to its new 5,000ft² facility on Wilford Industrial Estate in Nottingham. http://the-cic.org.uk/far-mfd www.far-uk.com