Construction under way on new laboratories

Construction of new laboratories and research facilities for the Wolfson Centre is now well under way at the University of Greenwich at Medway.

Construction of new laboratories and research facilities for the Wolfson Centre, a world leader in bulk solids handling research and technology, is now well under way at the University of Greenwich at Medway.

Almost GBP 1 million is being invested in state-of-the-art technology for the university's team of engineers and researchers, which is relocating to Chatham Maritime from Woolwich.

Development of the new centre is being paid for by the University of Greenwich, the Government and the Wolfson Foundation, a major charitable organisation founded in 1955 and committed to the advancement of science and technology, health, education, the arts and humanities.

The new buildings at the University of Greenwich at Medway will be brought into operation this autumn.

The Wolfson Centre provides research, consultancy and educational services to industry in technologies associated with the storage, handling and physical processing of powders and granular solid material.

The University of Greenwich specialists have undertaken more than 270 research, consultancy and educational contracts for industrial organisations in the past nine years.

These contracts have been with numerous small and medium-sized businesses alongside programmes for such multinationals as BP, Blue Circle-Lafarge, Corus, Exxon, GlaxoSmithKline, ICI, Kellogg's, Nestle and Tate and Lyle.

The Wolfson Centre's considerable activities with industry were cited as an example of good practice in a recent Government-sponsored report into business-university collaboration.

Professor Alan Reed, University of Greenwich Director of Regional Liaison (Kent and Medway) said: "This is yet another example of our university's commitment to Medway and the continuous development and improvement of the services we offer to industry".

"The Wolfson Centre has an international reputation as a world-leader in its field".

"In recognition of its importance not only did the Wolfson Foundation assist with the initial development of the centre and its research programmes but, in a rare move for a charitable trust, it has made a second contribution to these new and improved facilities".

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