ICL is to sponsor a research chair in flexible automation for Professor Richard H Weston of Loughborough University of Technology in recognition of the work he has been doing in manufacturing automation; ICL says the award reflects the close links forged over the last three years between it and the Department of Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough University; collaborations have included the provision of senior ICL manufacturing personnel as visiting lecturers and the establishment of long and short term projects for undergraduates at ICL’s printed circuit board manufacturing plant at Kidsgrove, Staffordshire; as part of the agreement Professor Weston will act as technical advisor to ICL.
