EoW September 2012

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New quality manager for Keighley

avenues for us and reassure our existing customers that we maintain the ultimate quality standards.” 

 In addition to membership of many distinguished trade associations, such as the North West Aerospace Alliance, Engineering Industries Association and Contract Heat Treatment Association, Keighley Labs holds a continually growing portfolio of quality accreditations. These include the essential UKAS Testing ISO/IEC 17025 standard, BSI Heat Treatment quality management system BS EN ISO 9100:2009 and its associated aerospace standard AS9100 Revision C, and BS EN ISO 9001:2008 quality management accreditation. Among Mr Clegg’s duties will be maintaining a documented quality assurance programme, supervising the work of quality control staff, providing relevant training and adding to the company’s extensive UKAS schedule of accreditation. Keighley Labs – UK Website : www.keighleylabs.co.uk

through the company’s comprehensive quality accreditation programme and maintaining awareness of correct H&S procedures throughout the organisation, which already has a good safety record. 
 “We are delighted that Tim is taking on this critical quality management role, because he has extensive metallurgical experience and is well respected within the company,” says Keighley Labs MD, Debbie Mellor. “This year is particularly important since we are looking to attain Airbus and NADCAP accreditations, recognised as the most technically demanding across industry, which will open up fresh market

Keighley Laboratories, leading industry experts in the analysis, testing and heat treatment of metals, has appointed Tim Clegg as its quality manager, replacing the long-term incumbent Peter Warriner, who is retiring. Tim originally served his apprenticeship with the company, during which he gained a Metallurgical Technician diploma from Bradford College, before working for a nearby engineering firm for 20 years. He returned to Keighley Labs last year as its health and safety manager and a senior quality management trainee.

He will now perform a dual role, steering

New website and look for Plasmait Plasmait GmbH, a supplier of plasma heat and surface treatment lines for wire, tube and strip production, has updated its website – www.plasmait.com. Newly presented on the website is the PV ribbon tinning line used for production of PV ribbon, as well as the overview of PlasmaANNEALER, which has been successful ly installed in copper and copper alloy annealing, stainless steel and nickel alloy applications. Plasmait GmbH – Austria Website : www.plasmait.com

Fibre cables will be rolled out across a larger area of Scotland, since the Treasury made additional funds available for super-fast broadband north of the border. In 2011, Scotland was awarded £68.8 million from the government’s £530 million Rural Broadband Fund, which is designed to ensure universal access to high-speed broadband by 2015. An extra £32 million has now been added, meaning more Scottish communities could receive fibre-enabled super-fast connections in the coming months. The funding change comes after a Treasury spending review, and should please the Scottish government which has previously criticised the level of funding for broadband investment in rural parts of the country. Scottish secretary Michael Moore said: “Providing Scotland with high-speed broadband is essential for businesses to grow and to create the new jobs we need. “That is why the UK government believes broadband is essential, not only for everyday life but also for the future economic success of Scotland and the UK.” More broadband cash for Scotland

Scottish Government – Scotland Website : www.scotland.gov.uk

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