MATERIALS: ROUND-UP
MATERIALS SOLUTIONS FOR EVS
NCC SCOOPS TOP AWARD
The National Composites Centre
(NCC) has been awarded the Best
New Entry from the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA),
after achieving the Gold award last month
when participating for the rst time.
The award is the highest accolade in
RoSPA’s annual Health and Safety Awards,
which recognise achievement in health
and safety management systems, including
leadership and workforce involvement.
The Bristol-based NCC has also been
certi ed to the new occupational health
and safety standard ISO45001, which
helps organisations to improve employee
safety, reduce workplace risks and create
better, safer working conditions.
Andrew Hopcraft, COO at the NCC,
said: “This is fantastic news for the NCC
and a credit to everyone involved. To be
recognised so highly by RoSPA and now
to achieve the demanding and rigorous
ISO45001 standard is a testament to the
hard work and dedication of all our people.”
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Universal Science, the thermal
management and interface material
specialist solutions provider, has
signed a channel partnership agreement with
3M to enhance the service, technologies
and solutions available in the rapidly growing
area of electric vehicle (EV) systems.
3M’s Business Development Manager,
Reyad Abdulqader, said: “By supporting
their e orts with our science and enabling
them to utilise 3M materials in a closelycoupled
arrangement, we can collectively
help drive the proliferation and adoption
of environmentally-responsible EVs.”
Utilising its niche engineering know-how
and 3M materials, Universal Science will
work with automotive tier one and tier
two companies on thermal management,
radio frequency interference, electrical
isolation, adhesive, vibration dampening
and environmental seals in EV motor &
powertrain, battery and sensor applications
on future EV platforms. Further applications
include human machine interface,
car body systems and vehicle glass.
James Stratford, Universal Science’s
CEO, added: “We can o er a combination
of sector engineering expertise, that now
uses some of the best and most innovative
materials available, to co-develop the
optimum solutions to help make the
concept vehicles of today reality tomorrow.”
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