Give me five? 24th May 2018

Until now Mitsubishi Electric has been coy about promoting its UK training academy until it had started to deliver real results. This year however the company has agreed to talk about the remarkable success the Diamond Link Training Academy (DLTA) has achieved both for the company, and its graduates.

Since TDK-Lambda UK hosted a successful six-week summer placement for local student Tom Perry, he has started a four-year course at the University of Oxford, reading a Master’s Degree in Physics, sponsored throughout by the North Devon Manufacturers Association (NDMA) undergraduate scheme and summer employment programme.

His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent has this week officially opened a new corporate head office in Poole, Dorset for BOFA International, a world leader in industrial fume and dust extraction technology. The visit by His Royal Highness to the company’s new 12,000sq ft premises acknowledges BOFA’s remarkable success since a management buy-out in 2015, during which time it has grown its export markets to over 120 countries and achieved recognition of its technological leadership through a Queen’s Award for Innovation.

Although the summer is fast approaching and school begins to wind down, it's not a time to stop learning, especially in critical Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. The National Summer Learning Association reports that students lose an equivalent of two months of their grade-level math computational skills over the summer. And, when kids return to school in the fall, about nine out of ten teachers will spend as much as three weeks on review because of summer learning loss.

It has been confirmed that Bosch Rexroth will be partnering the event Maintect, the UK’s only exhibition dedicated to maintenance, plant and asset management which will be held at the NEC, Birmingham 6-7th November 2018. Bosch Rexroth will be exhibiting at the event for the first time and join many other maintenance technology, asset management and plant equipment manufacturers and suppliers who have confirmed they will be returning to the show including; RMS, Megger, Fluke, Cordex, Shire Systems, Radwell, Pruftechnik and UE Systems.

TDK-Lambda UK’s involvement with the Year in Industry (YINI) scheme is proving a success for the company it has been announced. YINI schemes coordinate paid career development work placements for students completing A-levels/Scottish Highers/equivalent qualifications or as part of a university sandwich year.  

Atlas Copco has recognised Control Gear, based in Pontypridd, South Wales, as its 2017 Distributor of the Year. Winning the award is a particularly significant achievement because, in keeping with many service businesses in South Wales, Control Gear faced uncertainty over the future of the Port Talbot Steel works. It has nonetheless achieved significant results within the region by growing its non-steel business and working very closely with Atlas Copco’s Compressor Technique Service division to ensure it is poised to grasp future business opportunities.

  At this year's ICE North East annual dinner, Seymour Civil Engineering’s passion for inspiring and nurturing future generations of civil engineers was formally recognised as the company was presented with the Mike Gardiner Cup, for the second year running.