<?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="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/90E6A92D-E6D3-4133-9F26-FC6E51DFF422" ns1:id="90E6A92D-E6D3-4133-9F26-FC6E51DFF422"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/AB710C2C-BDBE-419F-A753-1AAC1A5B5285" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/56BB400E-ED25-48F7-9C82-A81310FE6559" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/56BB400E-ED25-48F7-9C82-A81310FE6559" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/403F1AC4-F444-4E9B-894B-CEB7A293D610" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2021-09-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10013213</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>A hub-and-spoke distributed manufacturing network of innovative 3D-printers to enable UK fashion designers to produce customised items sustainably at speed on site.</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Responsive Strategy and Planning</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>This project is to build a distributed hub-and-spoke manufacturing network in experimental 3D-printers to enable rapid prototyping and product development in the fashion industry. We will test the feasibility, quality control and scalability of our distributed model, while designing a subscription-based pricing model. Underpinning this project is the vision to create a UK-wide circular manufacturing network that will reuse waste plastics. In this project we will develop a minimum of 3 sites: one in a fashion innovation hub, and two in a globally successful fashion company. This project is led by innovative product design and rapid prototyping company Batch.works.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>