UK-China Advanced Materials Research Institute

18th Research Workshop




Polymer Processing Innovation

Building Research Capacity, Growing a Community

We are pleased to bring together our UK-China AMRI community and 

our Polymer Processing Innovation community

in a joint meeting

Monday 8th  - Wednesday 10th September, 2025

University of Bradford, UK

 Academician Prof Qi Wang and Prof Phil Coates joining hands together, November 2023, Chengdu  - our initial Science Bridges rapidly became ‘People Bridges’  

The UK-China Advanced Materials Research Institute is a virtual Research Institute for the leading researchers in UK-China collaborations in polymer-related materials, originally based on the RCUK-Bradford Science Bridges China and EPSRC-Bradford Global Engagements platform (2009-13).  It emphasizes advanced materials for healthcare, in particular polymers, and wider applications of advanced polymer materials. It has developed over the years  to involve leading groups from around the world. 

Polymer Processing Innovation is an annual technical conference, hosted around Europe, which is based upon 5 collaborating Universities:

  • National Technical University of Athens [GR]
  • University of Bradford [UK], 
  • University of Gent [BE]
  • Montanuniversität Leoben [AT]
  • University of Minho [PT]

We seek to bring together academic and industrial sectors to exchange recent developments in the multidisciplinary areas of polymer and composite materials, tool development and polymer process innovation.

We warmly welcome this opportunity to combine with the UK-China AMRI community!

 Academician Prof Liqun Zhang addressing the AMRI 16th Research Workshop, Bradford, Jan 2024

Event supported by Sinopec