<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/16C67FE1-8DC1-4D09-85BC-12045CDEF8D2" ns1:id="16C67FE1-8DC1-4D09-85BC-12045CDEF8D2"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/DB043379-FDB7-4348-A16D-A1B747949993" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/77FAF886-D62F-4618-9ADB-7AF7A2217A31" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/77FAF886-D62F-4618-9ADB-7AF7A2217A31" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2016-07-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/ECF3A6ED-13BA-4B3F-9419-971E68F5AFB8" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2016-02-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">700657</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Fibre Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites for Automotive Applications</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>GRD Proof of Market</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>The automotive industry is being subjected to increasingly strict fuel economy restraints,
alongside a growing customer demand for improved interiors, advanced safety systems and
state-of-the-art entertainment facilities, all of which result in unnecessary additional weight.
Tisics Ltd have designed a novel process which will use silicon carbide monofilament
reinforcement to create light-weight automotive components.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>