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IMF news

Sustaining Members

The Institute is pleased to welcome the following companies as Sustaining Members.

Tech-Ni-Plant Ltd

Unit 4, Holt Court North

Heneage Street West

Aston Science Park

Birmingham

B7 4AX

Contact: Shirley Hamilton (Director)

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.techniplant.co.uk

PMD (UK) Ltd

Broad Lane

Coventry

CV5 7AY

Contact: Mr Christopher Durrant (Director of Business Development)

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.pmdgroup.co.uk

Datum Developments^TM

Bridge Works

Station Yard

Kingsbridge

Devon

TQ7 1ES

Contact: Mr Mike Thompson (Business Development Director)

Tel: [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.datumdev.com

Industry news

Elcometer expands its operations in Europe

Following the successful November 2011 opening of its offices in Japan, Elcometer is pleased to announce the expansion of operations in Western Europe.

Elcometer expands in Germany: Elcometer is pleased to announce the completion of the expansion of their sales and service facilities in Germany. ‘The increase in demand for our products and services, when coupled with the launch of a new range of ultrasonic NDT products in the new year has meant we simply had to expand our offices’, stated Markus Biess, Sales Manager, Elcometer Instruments GmbH. ‘The doubling of our offices will allow us to further enhance the high levels of service and support our customers demand and we look forward to exceeding their expectations into the future’.

Elcometer appoints a new West European Regional Sales Manager: To strengthen their pan-European strategy and further strengthen their sales in key West European markets, Elcometer announces the appointment of Mr Philippe Marzin, who will take responsibility for all Elcometer European sales offices in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as their Western European distribution network.

Philippe Marzin, who speaks four European languages, declared: ‘I am delighted to join this fast growing and innovative company, and I look forward to be working closely with our sales teams and customers across Europe.’

For more information about Elcometer in Europe or Elcometer around the World, please contact us via [email protected]

Conferences/Symposia/Exhibitions

2012

JEC Composites Show

Paris, France, 27–31 March

Details: www.jeccomposites-expo.com

SITS 2012 Surface Treatment Technologies

Paris, France, March (date to be announced)

Details: www.industrie-expo.com

EBRATS 2012, Brazilian Surface Treatment Conference and Exhibition

Expo Center Norte, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11–13 April

Details: [email protected]

HiPerNano 2012, organised by IET

Savoy Place, London, UK, 24 April. Includes session organised by IMF.

Details: Dr Martin Kemp, IET, email: [email protected]

ACHEMA 2012 – 30th World Congress

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 18–22 June

Details: www.achema.de

IEEE NANO 2012, 12th International Conference on Nanotechnology

ICC, Birmingham, UK, 20–23 August

Details: www.ieeenano2012.org; email: [email protected]

International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structured Materials IX

Cape Cod, Hyannis, MA, USA, 16–21 September

Details: [email protected]

COM 2012, 51st International Conference of Metallurgists

Niagara, Ontario, Canada, 30 September–3 October

Details: www.cim.org/com2012

SUR-FIN Asia Pacific Interfinish 2012 (Singapore Surface Engineering Association SSEA)

Singapore, 4–7 December

Details: [email protected]

Short courses

Water Management Society offers on-site training courses, both ‘off the shelf’ and custom made to meet the specific needs of individual companies.

Details: email: [email protected] or visit: www.wmsoc.org.uk or Tel: [phone]

Institute of Corrosion approved courses.

Details: http://www.ruanepto.com

PRA (Paint Research Association) have a series of training courses and workshops based on PRA’s site in Hampton, Middlesex, UK.

Details: Elisabeth Brown, Tel: [phone] or email: [email protected]

NAMTEC – National Metals Technology Centre provide short courses.

Details: Tel: [phone] or email: [email protected] or visit: www.namtec.co.uk

Swiss Foundation for Research in Microtechnology offers courses in Microtech and Nanotech. Details: email: [email protected] or visit: www.fsrm.ch