Aluminium technical services; quality management; business management.

Ferrous analysis (spectrographic) covering carbon, low-alloy and stainless steels. Metallurgical and failure investigations on ferrous materials.

Services offered: Independent laboratory testing and consultancy for adhesives, tapes, labels and related products.

General: design of plastics products, sourcing of plastics products, tool/mould design and manufacturing, plastics raw materials audits, plastics seminars. Specialised services: all hollow mouldings, surface decorations, project management – always using plastics – from concept to production. Expert witness in matters concerning plastics design, injection mouldings, injection moulding tools and patents.

Design of new components, steering development of new components from concept through prototypes to product licence. Material selection for product protection, sterilisation resistance and robustness. Advising on stability test programmes with reference to ICH requirements. Recommending performance qualification procedures to validate new or amended processes. Practical training in physical testing of pack or device performance. Writing component specifications, problem solving, supplier sourcing, complaint samples analysis.

Materials and Welding consultancy with particular emphasis on the Oil and Gas and Petrochemical Industries. Specialisations include corrosion calculations, material selection and specification for piping, equipment and structures, failure investigations, assistance to manufacturers and fabrication sites.

specialist innovation, design and development of packaging, sustainability strategy and implementation, material and cost reductions, environmental and sourcing strategies, skilled expert resource to manage project peaks, training, expert witness services.

Design/production parameters for castings, design/formulation of ingots and the means of producing them to maximised integrity, formulation of related ingot moulds – definition of foundry parameters for their production, formulation of teeming equipment on fluid, dynamic principles. Service investigations – ingots, products, castings, slag, handling, processes.

Services offered: Consultancy working with paper board packaging and printing industry * Strategic planning * Production and process analysis * Equipment evaluation * Project management * Process and skill training

Services offered: Independent consultants in fields such as product development and appraisal, control of manufacturing, health and safety, customer complaints, technical documentation, arbitration, expert witness. All work undertaken in confidence. Own well equipped analytical laboratory. Sampling on site for a wide range of substances (fibres, solvents, vapours, etc., in air, water or other environments). Technical and economic forecasting. Polymers and precursors, intermediates, recycling, environmental and packaging.