What is Factory in a Box?

A disruptive supply chain solution enabled by industrial digital technologies

A Factory in a Box (FIAB) is a rapidly deployable, remotely managed, modular manufacturing supply chain network enabled by industrial digital technologies.

FIAB manufacture is a rapid route to market for products with a faster ROI on its manufacturing innovation and new disruptive business models for the supply chain.

The MTC, in collaboration with partners in industry and academia, have built FIAB demonstrators to showcase how FIAB manufacture and industrial digital technologies will transform your manufacturing and supply chain in the future.

FIAB 1 USE CASE: DEARMAN TRU

Dearman’s Transport Refrigeration Unit is a disruptive competitor to traditional diesel units for transport refrigeration; the only emission from the engine is air or nitrogen.

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Dearman Engine Company Ltd - dearman.co.uk

Factory in a box demonstration

Is Factory in a Box for me?

Are you interested in…

Commercialising unique innovative design.
Taking products to market.
Ensuring quickest time to market.
Building local capacity and capability.
Equipment and plant scaling.
Maximising revenue streams from new technologies.
Enabling/facilitating product change and variation.
Ensuring outstanding product quality through manufacturing.
Creating a coherent holistic supply network to enable successful commercialisation of new product technologies.

The MTC are looking for a technology start-ups expanding overseas, a UK Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) importing / global supply chain, a UK OEM exporting or a logistics company whose products are:

difficult or expensive to ship
quality assured or certified
niche or customised
manufactured or procured in low – medium volumes.

It will also consider manufacturers whose market growth is uncertain, fast or time constrained, and if your supply or logistics need to be agile or reactive are also of interest.