MatUK  will enable the UK to pursue and benefit from opportunities for materials in the global economy, through:

MatUK will enlist broad representation from the materials community, working with such bodies as trade associations, learned societies (e.g. IoM3), the Foresight Materials Panel, Defence and Aerospace National Advisory Committees, for example.

Working with that broader community, MatUK will continue the work of the Materials IGT to deliver strategies for essential activities such as the optimisation of the UK’s R&D base, provision of a validated database of materials property for designers, producers and users, and knowledge transfer to support the development of materials, manufacturing and new applications.

With the support of the new body, the UK’s materials community will be in a position to respond to new opportunities and challenges and to mobilise high-powered teams quickly to review key issues and identify opportunities for global leads for the UK.

MatUK will allow the materials community to provide a coherent view on common policy, regulation and funding strategies to government. In this way the umbrella body will add strength and persuasiveness to the activities of the organisations that now represent individual sectors.

The new body will seek to influence the regional materials strategies of the RDAs, devolved administrations and major funding bodies such as Research Councils, Ministry of Defence, Health and Safety Executive, Department of Health, Department for Transport and others so that UK resources for innovations in materials are optimised.

MatUK will seek to create a climate in which the UK is considered to be a good place to carry out materials related business, including world leading design, R&D and education and training.

Working together to seize global advantage for the benefit of companies operating in the UK

The Key Performance Indicators for Materials UK are given in Annex 2 of the Materials IGT Report.
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