The team of the Innovations Factory started to work together in 2003 at the in the UK to provide consultancy services to small and medium sized business that are developing and manufacturing medical products or diversifying into the healthcare technologies Our mission is to enable innovation: to successfully commercialise new and innovative products for the healthcare market and to foster organisational development, by working with the healthcare technology industry and with healthcare providers We are based at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham, one of the largest and most successful NHS Trusts in the UK During that time we developed effective partnerships with support providers such as CHID, Medilink West Midlands, MidTECH and with other organisations in the region, including NHS Trusts