The Electrical Insulation Association UK

A Forum in which member companies can exchange views on matters of mutual interest

M&I Materials Awards Success

2019 was a year of recognition for Manchester-based manufacturer M&I Materials – who received some impressive accolades; Technical Director Amanda Quadling was named as one of the UK’s top 10 most influential women in engineering and CEO Giles Salt was not only recognised by The Manufacturer as an ‘exemplar’ – an inspirational individual working in […]

CWIEME – 2016

The CWIEME was held in Berlin during second week of May 2016. To break the intensity of the exhibition, the EIA delegates liked to have some fun and let off steam. They also organised a guided bike tour of former Soviet East Berlin to include Alexanderplatz, Karl Marx Allee, Café Moskau, Friedrichshain and Berlin Wall’s […]

Langtec receive the Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2012

The presentation took place on 21 September at the Langtec premises in Accrington. There were guests from the USA, France & Ireland for a couple of days of celebration, culminating in the presentation and a party at a nearby hotel for our guests, all our staff and their partners. A very full but very enjoyable […]

AEV Installs New VPI Processing Plant

AEV are proud to announce the installation of a new in-house-designed VPI plant. This installation showcases the technologies available in AEV equipment, and for the first time, adds batch and contract VPI processing to AEV’s range of services. aev The plant is fully computer controlled, offering the most accurate and repeatable results available. Once insulated, […]

Football Match between Langtec and Jones Stroud November 2009

A football match was played in Blackburn between Langtec and Jones Stroud last November (2009) and the photograph shows the two teams taken beforehand. The photo was taken by Malcolm Hems who also refereed the game.  No photo is available from after the match. For the record, it was an excellent game which Jones Stroud won 4 – 2, possibly because […]

IEC 1906 Award

Dr Jeremy Wheeler has been awarded the prestigious IEC 1906 Award in recognition of his exceptional contribution as Convener of TC2 Working Group 27 to the work of IEC in creating a new set of publications relating to the qualification of electrical insulation in rotating machines driven from converters. The citation states that this award […]

Attwater Group December 2008

Following the acquisition earlier in 2008 of Custom Composites of Rochdale Lancs, Attwater announce the acquisition of the business of Shannonvale Plastics Ltd of Middleton. Custom Composites are a leading composite tube manufacturer supplying specialist composite tubes into diverse markets. Shannonvale business is complimentary to that of Custom Composites and the merger of the two […]