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The President of the BMTA, Jeff Llewellyn has been in communication with the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP and the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP regarding inward processing (HMRC Brief 15) and its impact on the Metrology and Testing Industry.
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EURAMET, the European Association of National Metrology Institutes, fosters the strategic digital transformation of metrology. EURAMET is organising a series of free online webinars to promote advancement in the fields of data management, digital processes & technologies, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessment) mark is a new UK product safety marking used for goods being placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). It covers most goods which previously required the CE marking, known as ‘new approach’ regulated goods.
As classically trained engineers, most of us don’t know where to start when it comes to ‘Machine Learning’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (ML/AI). This talk will take a look at how different types of machine learning work, so you can feel confident that you’re starting the journey in the right direction.
NPL and National Measurement Laboratory partners are supporting economic growth and helping UK companies to build back better. The Measurement for Recovery (M4R) programme provides up to 20 days of specialist science and engineering expertise to solve businesses measurement challenges at no charge.
The Department for Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced that it will extend the implementation deadline for goods to be marked with a UKCA product safety mark for a further 12 months. This means that all sectors, apart from medical devices (which has until 30 June 2023), now have until 1 January 2023 to get ready to use the UKCA mark.
The NPL M4R (Measurement for Recovery) scheme offers you access at no cost to NPL expertise to help solve measurement related problems where a standard solution does not already exist.
It is with sadness that we announce the death of Dr Patrick Finlay on 2 June 2021. Patrick was an entrepreneur with a PhD in automation. He founded Europe’s first medical robotics company in 1991. He was a pioneer in surgical robotics and an active member of IMechE’s medical engineering division for over 15 years.
As part of a new wave of ‘T Level’ qualifications, Farnborough College of Technology is launching a Metrology specialism within its latest Science pathway.
Following an intense week of peer evaluation by a team of 13 EA colleagues, UKAS is delighted to receive a positive recommendation to renew their EA MLA status. UKAS did receive a number of nonconformities, but none are of a significant nature or appear to identify any systematic risks within their system. They have, together with a number of comments, raised the opportunity for improvements.
Industry placements provide the employer with early sight of new talent coming into the industry. They can help with recruitment, improve innovation, and increase an organisation’s productivity. They also have important social benefits.