We take a look at key events and stories that happened at MSP in the month of March.
We went to The Engineer Awards
AutoClock was a finalist in the ‘Manufacturing Technology’ category at The Engineer ‘Collaborate to Innovate’ awards. This nomination highlighted the impressive collaboration between MSP, Renishaw and RLS on its ground-breaking concept to automate probe setup and calibration.
It was a fantastic event and a great opportunity to learn about fascinating collaborations happening the manufacturing and engineering industries.
Learn more about AutoClock here.
Special employee anniversaries
This month, three of our wonderful employees celebrated 9 years at MSP.
- Margaret Toberty – Director of Operations
- Aidan Wigham – Technical Account Manager
- Amanda Tait – Applications Engineer
We wish them all a massive congratulations and thank them for being such an integral part of MSP’s success so far.
And you could join us too! See our open vacancies here.
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023
To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, we asked some of our female colleagues what International Women’s Day and this year’s theme of ‘Embrace Equity’ means to them.
We had lots of lovely responses including from Amanda Tait, Applications Engineer:
“For me, it’s being part of a team and embracing qualities, which together, makes the team great regardless of gender or other physical differences we have!”.
See the full collection of responses here.
AMUK Members Forum
This month, Margaret and Aidan went to their first AMUK members forum. They had a great day hearing more about AMUK, meeting other AMUK members and learning about upcoming trends within the industry.
AMUK is run in partnership with the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) and is positioned to help drive the development and adoption of AM technology in the UK.
To demonstrate how MSP fits into the additive manufacturing ecosystem, read the case study here about how we helped 3T-am:
- Reduce part setup time from 5 hours to 10 minutes
- Increase potential machine capacity by 157%
- Machine a whole batch of parts in one day
Training the Renishaw subsidiaries
As an associate company of Renishaw, we work closely with their global subsidiaries to provide them with the knowledge they need to showcase our products and help companies automate their machining processes across the globe.
This month, Applications EngineerAmanda Tait was at the Renishaw Innovation Centre in Gloucestershire to train Felix fromRenishaw Ibérica, S.A.U.so he can do MSP product installations to companies in Spain. His first install is already planned, installing NC-Checker at a company in Burgos.
Learn more about NC-Checker here.
NWAA Annual Conference 2023
Aidan, Margaret and Stefan attended the 2023 North West Aerospace Alliance Annual Conference this month and had a day full of interesting presentations from speakers includingDavid Bailey FRAeS Ph.D,Peter LordandStephen Cowan, learning about new trends and gaining an insight into the future of the aerospace industry.
Aidan also took to the stage in the afternoon to propose a different way of looking at achieving sustainability in the aerospace industry - through the use of metrology and automation software.
Thanks to whole NWAA team for hosting such a great event!