Research and analysis

Future manufacturing: infrastructure

Report on the changing relationship between manufacturing and infrastructure in the UK.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 30 October 2013

Documents

Infrastructure and manufacturing: their evolving relationship (EP20)

Ref: BIS/13/830

PDF, 518 KB, 34 pages

Details

This report provides an overview of the relationship between infrastructure and manufacturing in the UK. It focuses on 4 main areas:

• the nature of the ‘infrastructure problem’
• the ways in which manufacturing is dependent on infrastructure
• the effects of changes in infrastructure technology
• the implications for public policy

This review was commissioned as part of the Foresight project on the future of manufacturing in the UK.

Published 30 October 2013