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Glass replaces Lewis as Picme chief
Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence appoints Michael Glass as chief executive officer, replacing Mark Lewis who transfers to the North East Process Industry Cluster.
News from Engineeringtalk, 17 February 2006
Chemicals conference set for theatre of dreams
PICME is supporting the 12th European Fine Chemicals conference at the Manchester United Stadium on 1st and 2nd December 2005.
News from Engineeringtalk, 24 November 2005
Conference expands on northern exposure
The Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence reports a growing presence and take up of services in the North and North East.
News from Engineeringtalk, 15 November 2005
Conference puts leadership in the spotlight
The PICME Annual Conference at the Telford International Centre on Tuesday 27th September will, as ever, put particular emphasis on the people skills needed for sustainable manufacturing improvement.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 September 2005
Masterclass process delivers measurable benefits
The Wigton site of Innovia Films, has completed a programme of work with PICME that has delivered measurable benefits in the Human Resources department.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 August 2005
Conference to illustrate process improvement
The PICME Annual Conference has become the forum for UK process-based companies to learn how to get the best from the lean manufacturing approach.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 August 2005
Manufacturing improvement bears fruit
AH Marks has completed a programme of work with PICME that has seen the Wyke based manufacturer achieve a quantum leap in process decontamination effectiveness.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 June 2005
Annual conference expands to larger venue
PICME's annual conference is set for 26th and 27th September at the Telford International Conference Centre.
News from Engineeringtalk, 17 June 2005
New image for PICME
PICME has refreshed its four year old corporate identity with a new look that is intended to help its expansion into additional markets and newly created services.
News from Engineeringtalk, 2 June 2005
Plastics industry welcomes lean message
The Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence reports high interest from its presence and seminar programme at the Plastics Design and Moulding exhibition.
News from Engineeringtalk, 26 April 2005
Lean manufacturing message in Grimsby
The Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence (PICME) will take its lean manufacturing message to the Europarc Innovation Centre, Grimsby on Tuesday 17th May 2005.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 April 2005
Awards encourage manufacturing improvement
The Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence is sponsoring a new initiative to encourage and reward manufacturing improvement by UK chemicals companies.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 April 2005
Scottish chemicals producers welcome signpost
PICME - in association with Scottish Enterprise - delivered a strong case for manufacturing improvement in UK chemicals to a sell out audience near Glasgow, Scotland on Tuesday 15th March.
News from Engineeringtalk, 28 March 2005
Back to basics for plastics processors
PICME engineers will be taking the plastics processing industry back to effective production basics at PMD 05 in Telford, from 12th to 14th April 2005.
News from Engineeringtalk, 23 February 2005
Lean manufacturing is the key
Despite good progress over the last 3 years the UK*s chemicals and process industry still needs to increase its use of the lean manufacturing approach, says PICME.
News from Engineeringtalk, 31 January 2005
Third annual conference set for September
Lean manufacturing techniques, NVQs and skills improvement, waste minimisation tools, management policy deployment and other new issues will take centre stage at the third annual PICME conference.
News from Engineeringtalk, 19 July 2004
Chemical awards for Rohm and Haas and Millenium
Rohm and Haas, of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, has received a national manufacturing improvement award - for batch or speciality manufacture - for its acrylic emulsion plant improvement.
News from Engineeringtalk, 15 July 2004
Plastics moulding under the spotlight
Delegates from a wide range of plastics suppliers attended the first PICME plastics moulders event at Eaton Automotive in the West Midlands earlier this month.
News from Engineeringtalk, 25 June 2004
Master class improves plastics process
Leading European plumbing and drainage supplier Geberit Terrain is currently rounding off a course of master-class improvements with PICME.
News from Engineeringtalk, 4 May 2004
Hughes lends advice to chemicals sector
Dr Glyn Hughes has joined the Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence (PICME) as a senior adviser with special responsibility for the chemicals sector.
News from Engineeringtalk, 19 March 2004
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