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All change at Castings Technology International---铸件展--2014第十五届广州国际铸件产品及工艺技术研讨展-广州巨浪展览策划有限公司-The 15th China(Guangzhou )Int’l Casting product Exhibition
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The University of Sheffield AMRC has expanded its research capabilities to
include castings technology, after acquiring internationally renowned company
Castings Technology International (CTI) at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in
Catcliffe, Rotherham.
The University of Sheffield has acquired the
buildings and assets of CTI and Titanium Castings UK Ltd (TCUK) including the
ongoing research work, commercial contracts and consultancy.
As part of
the agreement, staff at CTI and TCUK are transferring to the employment of a
University of Sheffield subsidiary company.
The new addition to their
portfolio will allow the AMRC to offer state-of-the-art castings technologies to
its industrial partners, adding breadth and depth to the University''''''''s
collaborative research capabilities.
Professor Keith Ridgway CBE who
founded the AMRC, said: “The AMRC plays a major role in supporting the UK’s
advanced manufacturing industry and with it the economic growth and skills which
are so vital to our economy. Our aim is to work with our industrial partners to
be at the forefront of advanced manufacturing research, helping companies to
address real manufacturing challenges with an understanding of the full
manufacturing process from design and prototyping through to materials and
manufacture.
"Acquiring CTI will complement our existing strengths and
provide another important aspect to our work with industry. Set in the context
of the AMRC’s overall vision to be the world’s leading manufacturing technology
research centre, CTI is a core element which sits alongside the AMRC with
Boeing, Nuclear AMRC, Design Prototype and Test Centre, apprentice Training
Centre, Namtec and the reconfigurable Factory 2050.”
Professor Richard
Jones, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Sheffield, said:
“We are delighted that CTI will be part of our AMRC, representing a significant
investment by the University of Sheffield into driving economic growth by
linking our academic research to the needs of industry.
“The new centre
will develop techniques that will enable the UK sector to compete in current
markets, and more importantly, provide the resources to take castings into new
safety critical areas, such as aircraft structures. The integration of CTI will
bring about substantial leaps in casting technology, comparable to those that
the AMRC has made in areas such as machining and composites. Sheffield is the
home of engineering, and we’re thrilled to be adding this to our
portfolio.”
CTI Chairman Tom Westley said: “This is a real win win
situation for our members and staff. Our members will continue to receive all
the services they have always enjoyed, but with the much enhanced resources of
the University of Sheffield to support an ambitious expansion of our activities
on the Advanced Manufacturing Park.
“Foundry member companies will
benefit from a strong and regular dialogue with castings users from all over the
world. Major OEMs will be working with us to ensure developments are focused to
their needs and take full advantage of these world class facilities.
The
staff will benefit from an accelerated investment programme, which would not
have been possible had CTI remained on its own.”
The University of
Sheffield AMRC has an international reputation for its ground breaking
collaboration with industrial partners to identify research and resolve advanced
manufacturing problems. The original Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with
Boeing, founded in 2001 as a partnership between The University of Sheffield and
the Boeing Company, has grown to include collaboration with over 70
manufacturing companies, including BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Spirit Aviation,
United Technologies and Messier-Bugatti-Dowty and other leading manufacturers.
Core research areas include machining, assembly, welding, composites
manufacturing and structural testing.
铸件展--2014第十五届广州国际铸件产品及工艺技术研讨展-广州巨浪展览策划有限公司-The 15th
China(Guangzhou )Int’l Casting product Exhibition
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