Continued expansion as Gill acquires UKAS accredited Calibration Company

Gill Corporate is pleased to announce that Labcal, a UKAS accredited calibration service company, has recently joined the Gill Group.

Labcal has over 35 years’ experience in providing accredited calibration and test services across a wide range of parameters including gas flow, temperature, humidity, air speed, pressure and liquid flow. Labcal’s laboratory and services are accredited to UKAS (ILAC) and ISO 17025 Standards in recognition of their high competence and performance capability. Over the years Labcal has built a strong reputation for its excellent personal customer service and support throughout the calibration process.

Founded in 1988, the Gill Group is formed of four companies, Gill Instruments, Gill Sensors & Controls, Gill Research & Development and Labcal. The Group designs, manufactures and tests industrial measurement and control instruments, which are used worldwide in performance demanding industries including meteorology, motorsport, marine and defence. Gill has a strong reputation for the innovation, quality and reliability of its instruments and the acquisition of Labcal is an important step, as it enables Gill to offer accredited testing and calibration services.

Commenting on the acquisition, Mike Creagh, Gill Director, said “Testing and calibration services are extremely important to our customers and this acquisition enables us to combine our precision instruments with a range of testing and calibration services. Since joining the Group Labcal has supported the successful UKAS accreditation of our Merlin wind tunnel, which is now one of the fastest in Europe. We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Ahad and his team at Labcal into the Group and look forward to the new opportunities ahead.”

New Applications Specialist joins Gill Instruments

Gill Instruments is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Jolliffe as Applications Specialist.

adamGill designs and manufactures a wide range of meteorological instrumentation used worldwide in many different applications including marine and offshore, atmospheric research, solar and wind energy, HVAC and much more. The position has been created to help customers choose the right products for their requirements and ensure that future product developments meet the demands of customers.

Adam re-joins Gill after spending eight years in the oceanographic industry where he provided hydrological and atmospheric monitoring systems to research institutions and industrial customers.

Commenting on his new position Adam said, “I am thrilled to be returning to Gill and I am looking forward to applying my technical and commercial experience to help customers make informed choices about Gill products.”

Adam will work alongside a growing international sales team, helping to support Gill customers and distributors worldwide.

Investing in the future through Year in Industry Students

Gill Instruments will be continuing to support the Engineering Development Trust’s (EDT) Year in Industry scheme for the fourth year in a row.

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Gill Year In Industry Students

The Gill Group first joined the Year in Industry scheme back in 2011 to support students entering a career in engineering, develop their skills and experience and bring fresh thinking initiatives to the company’s development projects.

After another successful year with our students, which saw three student projects get shortlisted in the regional finals for their contribution to business award, Gill will be looking for more talented individuals to fill the available placements and help shape new engineering developments.

As a Year in Industry student within the Gill Group you will be exposed to a range of engineering specialisms from testing and processing to software and hardware design. We will encourage you to lead your own projects and explore new techniques and engineering practises that best suit the requirements and scope.

This year’s student, Rory Jenkinson comments, “a Year in Industry placement improves UCAS applications and CV’s. The experience I have gained from a working environment will be invaluable during university and future employment. I would definitely recommend Gill to anyone going into STEM subjects and for me, especially for electrical engineering.”

Gill also takes on student placements for a range of different departments around the company to provide valuable insights into the business world and encourage a passion for engineering.

If you would like to complete your Year in Industry placement at Gill, please visit http://www.etrust.org.uk/the-year-in-industry.

Gill Research & Development launch new intuitive website

Sister company, Gill Research & Development Limited has unveiled its re-launched website, Gillrd.com.

Gill-rd-News-new-websiteThe new website has been re-designed to reflect the ambitions of the leading engineering company’s new brand vision, boasting a highly stylised and contemporary design. The site focuses on Gill R&D’s key services, specialisms and industries, with each section developed to give users complete confidence in the knowledge and abilities of the company and to provide regular quality content.

Re-branding of the Gill R&D site has been a fundamental process to the development of its brand identity and its independence from the other companies within the Gill Group.

Explore the website at gillrd.com.