Friday 8 May 2009

Industrial Users Day

Thanks for everyones support in attending a very successful ‘Industrial Users Day’.

Following on so closely from the December event I was delighted to see over 45 delegates with representation from a wide variety of local businesses across the Advanced Engineering, Electronics, Marine and other sectors, and to welcome colleagues from a number of support organisations / sector groups including: SWMAS, CDC, Business Link, Tamar Science Park, Cornwall Marine Network and the Cornwall Manufacturers Forum.

Special thanks go to our guest speakers Richard Offer (Barden Aerospace & Super Precision) Victor Arghyrou (Atlantic Inertial Systems) Chris Boleman (X-Fab UK) and Janardhan Saithala (Fine Tubes Ltd), and to the companies (Heathcoat Fabrics, CENTRAX and Vygon UK) who presented posters.


The event clearly demonstrated the EMC’s role and value as a local resource supporting industry in areas such as failure analysis, materials properties and investigations of manufacturing processes. It was also clear that we must now plan for the future; enhancing our services, and ensuring we continue to develop the infrastructure needed to help both existing and new clients to strengthen their competitiveness.

We will continue to develop closer links with the industrial community and its representatives, and we look forward to working together with you in the future.

Dr R.M. Moate
Manager,Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre
University of Plymouth
Plymouth PL4 8AA
Tel: (01752) 584535 Fax:(01752) 233095