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