<?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="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/319D29D2-B5B9-474F-883D-ADAAC3795585" ns1:id="319D29D2-B5B9-474F-883D-ADAAC3795585"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/AAB6140F-E461-4C24-BEAB-5250A277E473" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/12947F8A-F104-4D2B-B862-7D655914E146" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/12947F8A-F104-4D2B-B862-7D655914E146" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2016-06-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/8C6998A1-47FE-49F4-9E5F-2EC924CBFB95" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2015-04-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">131849</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Project NOBLEMAN: NOn-round BLank for bEverage can MANufacturing</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>As a major UK manufacturer and exporter of equipment for the can-making industry, CMB Engineering has been a real success story in recent years. This project will allow them to look at the best way to design and manufacture future generations of can-making machinery by reducing material wastage and reduce scrap in the manufacturing process.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>