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TWI Ltd
Granta Park
Great Abington
Cambridge
CB21 6AL

Tel: 01223 899000
Fax: 01223 892588
e-mail: twi@twi.co.uk
www.twi.co.uk

Chief Executive: Dr Bob John
Director, Research & Technology: Dr Christoph Wiesner
Turnover: £42,000,000
Number of staff: 565


TWI Ltd is the world´s foremost research and technology organisation concerned with joining and structural integrity of engineered products and fabrications. Based at Great Abington, UK, since 1946, TWI provides industry with technical support in welding, joining and associated technologies such as NDT, surfacing and cutting. Its services include contract R&D, technical information, advice and consultancy, training and qualification. It uniquely offers a single source of these services for joining of all engineering materials including metals, polymers, ceramics and composites.

TWI is internationally renowned for bringing together multidisciplinary teams to implement established or advanced joining technology or to solve problems arising at any stage – from initial design, materials selection, production and quality assurance, through to service performance and repair. The company also has regional centres in Yorkshire, Wales and Northern England, together with operations in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Bahrain, UAE, USA, Brazil, Iran and China.

It is an ISO 9001, 17025 and 14001 and IiP certified company.

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airto is the network of choice for businesses applying science, engineering and technology for wealth creation, in short, making innovation happen.

airto members typically supply business–to–business and government services such as R&D, consultancy, validation and testing, multi–client project inception and management, incubation and financing.

airto members comprise the major part of the Intermediate Sector operating in this innovation market which a recent study has shown directly contributes £3bn of high added value revenues to UK GDP and supports over 60,000 high technology and related jobs.