Innovative proposals to reduce the carbon footprint through manufacturing will receive funding worth more than £25 million through the next four years.

The Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund encourages ideas to speed up adoption or development of low carbon products, services, technologies or processes. It aims to reduce emissions from an industry which supports hundreds of thousands of jobs and accounts for more than half of Scotland’s exports.

Scottish Enterprise Chief Executive Adrian Gillespie said:

The global transition to low carbon creates huge potential markets for manufacturers to tap into around the world. Not only will this help boost individual business productivity and profitability, it also positions manufacturing as key to unlocking our green recovery.

It’s apt that we’re launching this Fund in the same week that Emergency One, based in Cumnock and manufacturer of the world’s first fully electric fire engine, signs its first contract with a French fire service to export its sustainable vehicles.

This is a fantastic example of how Scottish companies are leading the way in low carbon manufacturing and I hope this inspires other Scottish manufacturers to develop their own innovative low carbon offerings with support from the new Fund.

The Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund is administered by Scottish Enterprise and will run until 2025-26, providing more than £25 million to support eligible projects over the next four years. Research and development funding will support innovation in low carbon technology, processes and infrastructure within manufacturing.

More information on applying to the Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund .