TPT November 2013

Industry News

Call for applications for the Berthold Leibinger Laser Innovation Prize

market potential lies in the application of laser light or the development of laser devices. Further information regarding the 2014 Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis is available at www.leibinger-stiftung.de With the innovation and the research prize the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung promotes laser technology research and development and showcases the results to the public. Other fields of activities are culture, church and charity.

will be awarded for the Innovationspreis. The prestigious Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis, a prize for laser research, which is determined by the jury on the basis of secret nominations, will also be awarded with € 30,000. Eight finalists will also be honoured as winners of the first evaluation process. They are invited to the jury session in April 2014 to present their innovations personally and to be presented with their awards. Eligible to apply or be proposed are individuals and project groups worldwide whose main development efforts and

DEVELOPERS and researchers who work in the field of laser technology are again called to apply for the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis. Deadline for both applications and nominations is 31 December 2013. This international prize of the non-profit foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung is granted since 2000 every other year for innovations pertaining to the application of lasers as well as to laser devices. At the award ceremony on 26 September 2014 in Ditzingen, Germany, € 30,000 for the first, € 20,000 for the second and € 10,000 for the third prize

Berthold Leibinger – Germany Website: www.leibinger-stiftung.de

Production continues to increase at Elcometer SIX years after doubling its UK manufacturing facility, Elcometer confirmed that in September

new markets ahead of our strategic plan.” Over the past three years alone Elcometer has introduced a number of industry leading test instruments, including the new Elcometer 456 coating thickness gauge with scan probe – allowing users to inspect more than twice as fast as before; the lightweight and versatile Elcometer 280 pulsed DC holiday detector with internal jeep tester; and the Elcometer 130 salt contamination meter which allows users to measure soluble salts up to five times faster than other Bresle equivalent methods (see page 64). This expansion to Elcometer’s Manchester facility is in addition to its existing production facilities in Liege, Belgium, (manufacturing a wide range of test equipment for testing the physical properties of coating’s formulations) and in California, USA, where Elcometer’s range of Ultrasonic thickness gauges and flaw detectors are designed and manufactured.

NDT range of test equipment. “In recent years Elcometer has launched a number of new products which have significantly increased the demands on our existing production facilities around the world,” commented managing director Michael Sellars. “This expansion allows Elcometer to meet the growing demand for our test equipment and widen our product portfolio, enabling us to enter

2013 work commenced to expand production capability in Manchester, UK. Elcometer’s additional 17,200ft 2 (1,600m 2 ) of manufacturing space will allow it to meet increasing demand for its coating inspection and ultrasonic

The Elcometer facility in Manchester

Elcometer – UK Email: sales@elcometer.com Website: www.elcometer.com

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