<?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/B49045C7-0504-493D-B91D-FF1ABE489C1B" ns1:id="B49045C7-0504-493D-B91D-FF1ABE489C1B"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/F7D58C16-A2CD-409B-92CB-37C5C72B6422" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/2C95C03A-BBA6-4F4B-8B16-9F024CB6FAB7" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/2C95C03A-BBA6-4F4B-8B16-9F024CB6FAB7" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2023-11-30T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/722BAF9E-82C2-4BE0-8F0D-996937F329C3" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2023-03-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10059627</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>ECO-VLF - Environment Centred Optimisation via Virtual Learning Factory</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Launchpad</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>This outstanding innovation project will be delivered by Virtual Learning Factory Ltd, based at Daresbury Innovation Centre. The business has developed a platform based on cloud-based immersive, interactive factories - in order to address strategic skills gaps in manufacturing. The ECO VLF project will build a series of new use cases into the platform to result in a solution that will:

* Advance net zero and resource efficiency
* Strengthen resilience and responsiveness in supply chains

A key market in the first instance will be manufacturers within the LCR cluster and we believe that VLF can play a key role in making manufacturing in the cluster and beyond more productive, resilient and sustainable.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>