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MANUFACTURING FIRM HELPS TACKLE OBESITY CRISIS IN HOSPITAL MORTUARY

A Birmingham-based manufacturing company has come to the rescue of hospital mortuary staff struggling to cope with the increasing weight of deceased patients. Obesity is an issue rarely out of the headlines but as well as contributing to many early deaths it is creating real problems for dedicated hospital workers who face the sensitive task of looking after the deceased before their bodies are released for burial. Wilmat Limited - which specialises in the design and manufacture of materials handling equipment - has been working with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester to

RADICAL RE-THINK ENSURES SURVIVAL OF BIRMINGHAM MANUFACTURING FIRM

A radical re-think has transformed the fortunes of a Birmingham-based manufacturing company that is now on target to improve turnover by 25 per cent and planning to take on additional staff. The manufacturing sector has been particularly hard-hit by the recent economic crisis but handling equipment specialist Wilmat appears to have weathered the worst of the storm and is looking forward to a bright 2010. “The past year has not been easy and there may still be uncertainties ahead but we have taken a fresh look at the way we drive the business forward and it is already having an impact on our

LOCAL ENGINEERING SKILLS TO GET THE HADRON COLLIDER RUNNING

A multi-billion pound experiment to unravel the mysteries of the universe will soon be back on track thanks to a Birmingham-based engineering company Scientists at CERN (The European Organisation for Nuclear Research) were all set to recreate the conditions found at the creation of the universe, milliseconds after the big bang, when a superconductor in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) failed - bringing the experiment to a grinding halt. To help repair the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, located on the Swiss-French border, scientists at CERN called on Birmingham-based

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