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Corrotherm CEO receives honorary
doctorate in engineering
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.
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.
In 2014 she featured in 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.
corrotherm International ltd – UK
UK titanium caster secures
North Sea oil and gas
industry approval
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.
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
ltd – UK
Corrotherm CEO Jan Ward CBE has received
an honorary doctorate in engineering from
Southampton Solent University
Photo credit: Southampton Solent University
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