TPi March 2016

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Corrotherm CEO receives honorary doctorate in engineering

Ms Ward has for 15 years advised various UK government departments on business issues locally, nationally and internationally. She also holds several advisory and non-executive positions specialising in innovative low-carbon industrial process technology and advanced manufacturing. In 2009 Ms Ward won the NatWest Everywoman Award, which champions female entrepreneurs, and in 2013 she was named international director of the year in the Institute of Directors London and South East Director of the Year Awards. The Manufacturer ’s top 100 UK role models, and last year was made Commander of the British Empire for services to business, receiving her CBE from His Royal Highness Prince Charles in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. In 2014 she featured in

Jan Ward CBE, founder and CEO of UK-basedCorrotherm International, has received the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering from Southampton Solent University. Ms Ward started Corrotherm in Southampton in 1992 to supply high-grade metals to the oil, gas, petrochemical, power and desalination markets. The company has since expanded to establish a strong global presence, with offices in ten countries. A mechanical engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in metals manufacturing and distribution, Ms Ward worked at board level for several specialist metal producers and distributors prior to founding Corrotherm. Her career has taken her to Europe, the USA, the Middle East and the Far East, where she has forged strong relationships with customers and suppliers.

Corrotherm CEO Jan Ward CBE has received an honorary doctorate in engineering from Southampton Solent University Photo credit: Southampton Solent University

corrotherm International ltd – UK sales@corrotherm.co.uk www.corrotherm.co.uk UK titanium caster secures North Sea oil and gas industry approval

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The company supplies customers in the oil and gas industry with titanium castings, including flanges and valve bodies, made using either traditional gravity-fed or centrispun technology, depending on the weight and complexity of the product. Its new approval, to the latest MDS T02 Rev 5 requirements for commercially pure titanium within the Norwegian petroleum industry’s M-650 Rev 4 standard, supersedes its previous NORSOK Rev 3 approval. Cti can currently manufacture titanium castings with a cast weight of up to 40.4kg, but is set to increase its capacity to 500kg.

Castings Technology International (Cti) has successfully completed the latest stringent approvals process required to supply titanium castings for use by the Norwegian offshore oil and gas industry. Approval means the UK-based specialist supplier of difficult-to-source and low- volume precision steel, superalloy and titanium castings to the high-value manufacturing sector can supply conventional and centrispun castings of any weight for use on rigs and under the sea. Cti claims to be one of a limited number of companies in Europe with the capa- bility and skills to cast highly reactive metals like titanium, which is used in the North Sea for its high strength-to- weight ratio and corrosion resistance.

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