"We are really looking forward to working with the members of IDEAM, this is a fantastic opportunity to prove that Ireland is an innovator and a world leader in advanced manufacturing including Additive Manufacturing. With Jamie’s experience and previous success, I have full confidence that together with IDEAM we will achieve its objectives. The team is really enjoying working with the cluster. If you are in the manufacturing space and you have not joined up to IDEAM Cluster, you should. In a short space of time, Jamie has brought us a wealth of opportunities.

We aim to enhance our competitiveness through the digitalisation of our manufacturing processes. By joining IDEAM, we have unlocked new and invaluable opportunities for CPM concerning funding opportunities, international collaborations, R&D projects, networking, and support for our digitalisation efforts. We are delighted to be part of the IDEAM Cluster community and their team!

Connecting people who can collaborate and solve problems has the single biggest impact on a small company like ours. IDEAM Cluster provides this in abundance and I would recommend it to any business in the industrial space. Keep up the good work, in a short space of time and with a small team, you have made a big mark. Well done.

Collaboratively working and backing industry in the region is one of LIT’s main objectives as we continue to develop programmes to specifically meet industry needs and up-skill our students to prepare them for industry employment. The IDEAM Cluster will help to ease industry pain points and open new doors for SMEs to become more competitive and productive.

Business clusters have proven to drive regional economic development performance, due to the significantly greater increases in innovation and technology applications, and commercialisation of these applications. IDEAM will act as a catalyst for bringing together the key stakeholders from industry, academia, and government to make a real impact on the development of the advanced manufacturing and digital transformation sector in the Mid-West region and Ireland as a whole. The IDEAM Cluster will enable the AIT - LIT Consortium to cooperate and engage further with SMEs providing a means to increase their educational and research remit in all aspects of digital transformation and Industry 4.0. Working jointly as part of the AIT - LIT Consortium can bring many new opportunities for manufacturing SMEs to augment their digital journey.