Industrial Solutions Breakfasts update

We held our first 2014 Industrial Solutions breakfast last week, aimed at demonstrating the relevance of electron microscopy to the engineering and manufacturing sector - thank you to all those who attended and contributed to our first event; it went extremely well.

Delegates enjoyed a hearty breakfast of breakfast-rolls, danishes and fruit in our Rolle Conference Suite, followed by our two key-note presentations from Dr Cameron Pleydell-Pearce (Tata Steel) and Richard Bartlett (Centrax) who focussed on how they have used electron microscopy in business to increase quality and reduce waste, amongst other benefits (for a copy of the presentations, please contact Claire Pearce - claire.pearce@plymouth.ac.uk) .

Delegates then took a tour of the Materials Characterisation Lab and the Electron Microscopy Centre, which has seen £1.3 million of investment over the last two years, supported by Plymouth University, JEOL and the ERDF Competitiveness programme, with networking continuing throughout.
  

Two companies brought samples for analysis on the day and others signed up for our ERDF-supported use of the Electron Microscopy Centre for 12 hours over the next year.

Our next Industrial Solutions breakfast will take place at Plymouth University on Tuesday 18 February, starting at 08.00;  the focus will be electron microscopy in MINING, RECYCLING AND GEOLOGY.  Watch this space for more details ...,