The overall aim of the project is to increase the skills, capacity, knowledge and levels of technology adoption of engineering and manufacturing industries in the INTERREG region, through development and rollout of industry specific training materials, equipping training and development laboratories for use by industry and third level students and thereby helping to ensure the long term sustainability of the key manufacturing and engineering industries in the region. Achievements: KITE was developed to improve commercial engineering skills and manufacturing capacity within the INTERREG Region and provide key linkages between academia and industry. It was delivered by projects partners representing the three eligible programme jurisdictions namely the Northern Regional College (Northern Ireland), the Institute of Technology, Sligo (Border Region of Ireland) and Ayr College (Western Scotland).The Northern Regional College (NRC), Sligo IT and Ayr College came together as they had the equipment, facilities and the experience of working with local manufacturing and engineering industries. KITE built on the previous work undertaken by Sligo IT and NRC funded through the INTERREG IIIA programme. This project involved equipping training laboratories with robotics and automation technology for use as training and demonstration sites. The addition of Ayr College brought a new area of expertise in the aerospace and composite materials sector.An example of an innovative element of the project is an online learning environment which focuses on the delivery of online learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, enabling students in each of the campuses to remotely access via laptops and/or PC machines. The major benefits include full access to e-learning available for each of the colleges, a reduction in the number of software licences required and immediately available access to up to live demonstrations of new technologies.