MAS is the Manufacturing Advisory Service, a DTI funded programme that offers practical support to all manufacturing companies, regardless of size, ownership or location.

For chemical companies in Yorkshire & Humberside, MAS is delivered by CIRCE and the following services are available:

Diagnostic Review- a free one-day assessment of your manufacturing operations. This confidential audit will offer a fresh perspective for your business, highlighting strengths and suggesting steps for improvement. The audit was rated by Paul Bradley of Technical Absorbents Ltd as “probably the best value one-day assessment of manufacturing operations available.”

Research work- technical, development, manufacturing or market based, problems for your company can be addressed and resolved by a day’s free research. Amongst the projects undertaken by CIRCE have been resolution of export regulatory queries, determination of a synthetic manufacturing route, brokering a development idea with a manufacturing SME and assessing environmental risks. CIRCE staff have a wealth of technical skills and industry knowledge to help on a wide range of issues for your business.

Project intervention- up to 50% funding is available for manufacturing projects to help improve your company’s operations. Support in the past has helped companies implement bar coding, improve factory layout and reduce environmental risks.

For more information on how the MAS can help your company,

please contact David Perkins : Tel 01977 712712 david@circe.co.uk