C-TEC, which claims to be UK’s largest independent manufacturer of quality life safety electronic equipment.
With a product portfolio ranging from conventional and addressable fire alarm systems, to call systems and audiofrequency induction loop equipment – has teamed up with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in a bid to stimulate interest in engineering.
A joint C-TEC/IET ‘Celebration of Engineering’ day at C-TEC’s Wigan headquarters attracted a host of delegates keen to know more about UK manufacturing. The CPD-certified event gave guests an insight into C-TEC’s 35year history, and an overview of the IET’s mission ‘to inspire, inform, and influence the global engineering community’.
Presentations included ‘Virtual 3D design backed up by physical testing and tooling – a timeline of the design, development, and certification of a visual alarm device’, and ‘Fire alarms: a brief history and the current state of the industry’.
During a tour of C-TEC’s manufacturing facility, delegates saw demonstrations of JUKI surface mount machines placing components at a rate of 60,000/hour, and visited the training facilities where the company trains over 1,000 engineers annually.
Marketing manager, Andy Green, said: “We are very proud of our world-class manufacturing and training facility, and welcomed the opportunity to showcase it to potential clients, industry partners, and future employees.”
