News 2010
February 2010
CMCA(UK) will be exhibiting at Oceanology 2010 at Excel in London on the 9th to 11th March. http://www.oceanologyinternational.com
Oceanology is the “Worlds Premier Event for Marine Science and Ocean Technology”. Please come and see our stand if you are attending.
CMCA(UK) have also been invited to join an Obsolescence Knowledge team created by Cranfield University. This group consists of Academics, MOD and Industry, and CMCA(UK) are delighted to be able to contribute to this.
January 2010
CMCA(UK) are pleased to announce that they have upgraded their Hereford and Worcester Chamber of Commerce membership, to Strategic Member. CMCA(UK) will take a very active roll in the bringing together and promotion of local businesses both locally and nationally.
News 2009
December 2009
CMCA(UK) are delighted to announce that they have recently received an extended, five year contract from Rolls-Royce Submarines. The order is for the supply of various Obsolescence Management services including; Component Monitoring, PCNs, an Obsolescence Management “tool” in the form of a database, various miscellaneous purchasing and sourcing activities and obsolescence mitigation advice. Chris Green, CMCA(UK)’s Obsolescence Services Manager who is in charge of the new contract commented “we are very pleased to be able to continue and indeed to extend, the services which we have been providing to Rolls-Royce over the last 4 years. We look forward to continuing our work with Rolls-Royce in helping them to manage their obsolescence issues.”
November 2009
CMCA(UK) have completed the first stage of their Long Term Storage contract with Rolls-Royce Submarines. The contract involves storing the components across two sites, in nitrogen controlled cabinets, with periodic testing to ensure their integrity. Then packaging and supplying batches of components in line with Rolls-Royce production requirements.
This contract has enabled the CMCA(UK) to offer XRF and SEM analysis of parts to aid Counterfeit Prevention and lead finish identification.
CMCA(UK) are also pleased to welcome two new Component Engineers; Martin Wedd and Lloyd Birch to the OMS Team, based in Worcester. Another new addition, sees the current COG Chairman Nigel Wallis join CMCA(UK) as Business Development Manager. As last year’s Chairman, Tim Elliott was a CMCA(UK) employee, following Nigel’s appointment, Managing Director Rob Crawford did comment to the COG membership, that “being a COG Chairman was not a pre-requisite to joining the company!”
July 2009
Prize Draw Winner
The winner of the CMCA (UK) prize draw to win an iPod Touch is David Lynch, Obsolescence Manager at Selex Galileo.
CMCA(UK) held the prize draw at the International COG Conference 2009, held at St John’s College, Cambridge. Delegates were invited to complete a questionnaire which was entered into the competition. The winning entry was drawn, by an independent person, on the last day of the conference.
On receiving his prize from Tim Elliott of CMCA(UK) David Lynch commented “I never win anything!”. This time, thanks to CMCA(UK), David was a winner.
