Knowledge Transfer Partnership KTP011436 with E Poppleton & Son Ltd, graded Outstanding by Innovate UK (2018 to 2021)

Description of impact

Knowledge Transfer Partnership KTP011436 ran from September 2018 to June 2021 between the University of Wolverhampton and E Poppleton & Son Ltd, a ventilation ductwork manufacturer in Colwyn Bay, funded by Innovate UK and the Welsh Government. Amit Kaushik was the Academic Supervisor. The partnership set out to extend the company's Building Information Modelling capability. By August 2020 the company database had been converted into BIM-enabled digital data, new design and manufacturing processes were running on Autodesk Revit, and company engineers were being trained. The company's director reported that the new capability had already won new contracts. In December 2021 the KTP Grading Panel awarded the partnership its highest grade, Outstanding. The company is named in the University of Wolverhampton's REF2021 impact case study.

Category of impact	Economic, commercial and technological, Practitioners and professional services