SME in Brief: Prototype shines light; Businesses offered tips on trading with France and more
BUSINESSES looking to trade with France are being invited to take part in a one day seminar.
A Business Guide to Knowing your French Onions, organised by Mammalingua in association with the Regional Language Network Yorkshire and Humber, aims to help business leaders understand the French market.
Topics covered will include successful e-marketing, legal European trading elements and cultural pointers for best communication.
For further details email liz.littler@rlnyh.com or contact 07918 659190.
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KIRKBYMOORSIDE-based Micro Metalsmiths has completed work on a rapid prototyping project for I-pix, a leading LED lighting fixtures manufacturer for the entertainment and architectural industry.
The project involved developing engineered castings for a housing to be used on a new high power LED-based lighting system.
Micro Metalsmiths developed the housing with the I-Pix design team, who had produced a model of the product to check heat dissipation requirements.
From the rapid prototype aluminum part the company machined and assembled the solution with prototype electronics before thermal testing was carried out.
The prototype allowed I-pix to verify calculations and to check the complete fit of the solution before sending it into production.
Compared to other processes such as pressure casting, rapid prototyping can save companies time and money.
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FAMILY run pie makers The Topping Pie Company in Doncaster has taken a
big slice of the Christmas pie market with 53% increase in sales for the Christmas trading period after selling more than 80,000 pies.
The company is also bucking the current trend with a 30% increase in sales for the first trading weeks of 2010.
A new handcrafted Christmas pie range was launched in recyclable boxes for the first time in Booths stores.
Created by Maggie Topping to her own traditional family recipes, the new festive pie range, including a 920g pork pie, pate and cranberry pork pie and cranberry topped pie, was aimed at the Christmas party buffet market.
