<?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/604CE9E7-472B-4077-AC38-25B4F4150F47" ns1:id="604CE9E7-472B-4077-AC38-25B4F4150F47"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/A76AB081-115D-4FB1-9C02-F2D5B68FA450" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/982B94CB-8B2E-4682-9BF8-B99363D6D84F" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/FAABF2EB-AEB2-4A67-A79E-39B8F8121932" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/8B14B2C2-6008-4B23-96B9-7A6DEB77A737" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/982B94CB-8B2E-4682-9BF8-B99363D6D84F" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-02-28T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/5C275778-3F97-4097-8522-A4B4D85C27A9" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-05-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">50175</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Manufacturing Connect_Lancashire</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Manufacturing Connect\_Lancashire will pilot an adoption sprint process to encourage manufacturing SMEs to adopt known, productivity enhancing, technologies. The project will create and test a replicable model in which key regional partners: HEIs / RTOs; business support organisations (e.g. Chambers of Commerce); and private industry collaborators can play complementary roles to deliver impact.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>