Showing support for technology sector
Improving support for high tech engineering and technology businesses as Brexit progresses was high on the agenda when Victoria Prentis MP for Banbury and North Oxfordshire met staff at Sensor Technology during National Apprenticeship Week (5th to 9th March 2018).
Accredited training provider
Mark Clare, Engcon’s demonstrator and area sales manager, has qualified as a training provider and assessor for the National Plant Operators Registration Scheme (NPORS).
Specialist distributor award
Electrical and Electronic component manufacturer Harting has announced that Northern Connectors, a distributor of industrial cable, connectors and components, is the recipient of its Specialist Distributor of the Year Award of 2017.
FDI calls for exemptions from EU state aid rules post-Brexit
Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group that represents the food and drink sector, has said the economic consequences of a hard and disruptive Brexit, as outlined by the Copenhagen Economics report commissioned by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, would require a series of exemptions from EU state aid rules for the Irish agri-food and drink sector.
Space strategy for enterprise
The Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan TD, has announced the development of Ireland’s first national Space Strategy for Enterprise by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. The Strategy will set out how Ireland can maximise the benefit of its investment in the European Space Agency (ESA) and in the European Union’s (EU) flagship space programmes, Copernicus, Galileo and Horizon 2020.
Tech centre opens
Tewkesbury-based cutting tool manufacturer Quickgrind has opened a new Technical Centre and training facility to demonstrate the company’s commitment to UK customers as it pursues its strategy of increasing brand awareness and market presence in the UK.
Global sales partnership
The Schmersal Group and Satech Safety Technology have entered into a global sales partnership. The product ranges of the two companies complement one another, meaning they can now offer complete systems to protect people and machinery in industrial production.
In pursuit of greater diversity in engineering
On 23rd June, International Women in Engineering Day 2018 (INWED18) will be encouraging participants to show the world how they are ‘raising the bar’ in pursuit of more diversity in engineering. This global awareness campaign, coordinated by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), aims to increase the profile of women in engineering worldwide and focus attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls in engineering and related industries.
Growing sales team
Bunting Magnetics Europe has restructured and expanded its UK sales team with the appointment of sales engineer, Mark Harris.
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