The Chemistry Platform

A growing interest for HEL in the car battery market

2011-12-07T06:06:00.000-08:00

The car battery market is definitely of growing interest that HEL group is continuing to tap into. Last year, from 8-9 December in Boston, HEL exhibited our Battery Testing Calorimeter for the first time at the ‘Battery Safety’ conference. This is one of the few conferences devoted to battery safety, especially thermal runaway potential and the role of adiabatic calorimeters such as our Battery Testing Calorimeter in helping to provide safety data. Our managing director, Dr Jasbir Singh, was one of the speakers at this two day conference and focused on the added value of videoing batteries undergoing thermal runaway, so that temperature information can be combined with photographic evidence, to learn about where and how batteries fail during thermal runaway. Our battery safety calorimeter generated a lot of interest.

Recently, in October 25-27, ‘The Battery Show’ conference was held in Detroit, US, is the heart of the US car industry. Exhibitors represented a wide range of products relating to the EV market, with safety being of minor interest. Although our Battery Testing Calorimeter (“ARC Type” system) was not taken to the exhibition, Dr Singh had taken some videos of batteries undergoing thermal runaways to the exhibition. He says about the videos that, ‘it is a rather unique capability; it generated a lot of interest’. From the exhibition, it was clear that the car battery market is seeing a lot of investment and the market is growing fast, as his conclusions were that ‘several car manufacturers are planning to include a budget for the BTC-ARC for their Thermal Safety Testing’.

Great feedback for HEL's Conference on Flow & Batch Process Development

2011-10-05T04:56:00.000-07:00

“Very well run conference and event”, “I enjoyed the conference very much “, “The conference was very interesting and I think I'll be back next year”, “New material which I would not have otherwise seen which was especially valuable”, “Good mix of people”, “Well organised, excellent communication”; just some of the comments that delegates from 10 countries who joined HEL’s 12th Conference on flow and batch chemistry in Cambridge last week !!

Representatives of different organisations including Astrazeneca, GSK, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Novartis, UCB Pharma, Sanofi-Aventis, Dr Reddy’s, BP, Johnson Matthey and Carbogen were joined by senior academics from Universities such as Cambridge, Cranfield, Nottingham, Newcastle, Huddersfield, Leiden as well as German Fraunhofer Institute and Spanish Institut Català d'Investigació Química.

The social gathering at St Catharine’s college extended into the local pub and proved a great networking opportunity for all. Some photos in our Picasa Album… !

Projects Team Hitting Targets....

2011-06-21T08:49:00.000-07:00

Some of HEL's Project Team on a night out...

Recently, HEL's Projects Team met their reward target for shipping projects on-time and even early. The reward included an outdoor laser mission evening, where members of the team had a chance to shoot each other for several hours....

In the picture, left to right, Filip Nevezi, Mark Cannon, Darren Tee, Nathan Batchelor, Ben Wood, Roy Eggleston and Steve Hooper.

Flow and batch process development focus for HEL 12th Conference

2011-06-01T06:54:00.000-07:00

Join us at Cambridge University for a series of lectures and presentations from leading scientists.

Speakers and titles confirmed so far include :

Introduction and Keynote Lecture , by Dr Ian R. Baxendale, Royal Society University Research Fellow, Cambridge University (UK)
Flow Hydrogenation: Enhanced Diastereoselectivity, Purity Control, and Catalyst Activity relative to Batch operation, by Dr Joel Hawkins, Pfizer (Groton, USA)
Development of catalytic oxidation flow process (tentative), by John Studley,Vertex Pharmaceuticals (UK)
Pd/diphosphane-catalyzed reductive carbonylation of nitrobenzenein methanol – some surprises, by Dr T Mooibroek, Prof. E. Bouwman and Prof. E. Drent, Leiden University (Netherlands)
Development of new oxidation catalysts (tentative), by Dr Mark J Muldoon, Queens University Belfast, (UK)
Reactive distillation in continuous mode, by Prof Allen Wright, University of Newcastle (UK)
Hydrogenation and other Continuous Processes in supercritical fluids, by Prof Martyn Poliakoff and Dr Richard Bourne, University of Nottingham (UK)
Engineering aspects of batch and flow heterogeneous reactors based on performance data, by Dr Jasbir Singh, HEL Group (UK).

The conference will take place on Tuesday September 27th, and participants are invited to join us for a complementary Drinks reception and a three course dinner at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge on Monday 26th September. Early Bird Discount available until June 30th. Contact marketing@helgroup.com, or visit our website to find out more.

Battery research for Electric Vehicles

2011-04-13T08:58:00.000-07:00

By Dr Jasbir Singh

after a thermal "abuse" test in a BTC

There is a proliferation of conference events on Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries worldwide and we attended a conference and exhibition on EV batteries in London on 30-31 March.

This was well attended with visitors from many countries representing car manufacturers, universities, battery producers and service and instrument providers such as HEL. We exhibited our smaller scale battery testing calorimeter which is used for basic research into battery components and chemicals; our system for evaluating larger packs – the Battery Testing Calorimeter (BTC) is rather difficult to transport, and we decided to leave it at the office this time...

I also made a presentation at the conference, presenting results of batteries tested for safety under adiabatic conditions and including data from cyclers integrated into the control software which allows charging and discharging limits to be explored. Contact marketing@helgroup.com for a copy of the presentation.

HEL is hiring...

2011-04-05T09:13:00.000-07:00

Looking for a career opportunity ? Check out HEL's Careers Page...

We are currently looking for:
Technical Applications Specialist - Borehamwood, UK
Project Manager - China
Technical Support & Service Engineer - NJ, USA
Sales Executives/Account Managers - India

Flow Technology Expo at Pfizer Groton

2011-03-21T05:49:00.000-07:00

HEL Inc will be displaying the unique FlowCAT reactor system at Pfizer's Flow Expo, Groton, CT, on Tuesday 22nd March.

FlowCAT is flexible and cost effective

Exhibition at this show is the culmination of a collaborative effort between Pfizer and HEL, Inc. on developing and improving the continuous flow high pressure system from HEL. The FlowCAT system is proven to be a cost effective production system in the scale-up from grams towards kilo volume from a flexible, lab-sized unit. The tube reactor can be easily switched, allowing hydrogenation reactions to occur in greater volumes (up to 4 fold increase) with only a minor change in hardware. All parameters and changes are programmable and monitored by the systems WinISO software, making scale-up much easier - and faster - for chemical engineers.

Read articles and application notes

What does it look like inside the Phi-TEC BTC ?

2011-02-18T04:45:00.000-08:00

The new feature available on the Phi-TEC BTC allows you to watch the battery during a thermal / electrical safety testing, whilst charging and discharging. Watch the video below (no sound):

Read the Application Notes :
BATTERY LIFE-TIME TESTING WITH BTC
RUNAWAY LI-ION BATTERY EXPLOSION DURING CHARGING / DISCHARGING

Crucial help for families in disaster zones

2011-01-26T02:14:00.000-08:00

Inside a ShelterBox

Our selected charity this Christmas, for our staff raffle and for the HEL company donations is ShelterBox.

This is an organisation that responds instantly to natural and manmade disasters by delivering boxes of aid to those who are most in need. Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and essential equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless.

You can find out where and when our boxes are delivered :
Box 58684
Box 58705

Christmas & New Year 2010 - Opening Hours

2010-12-23T06:31:00.000-08:00

Please note:
HEL offices will be closing on Friday 24th December at 13:00 GMT, and will re-open on Tuesday January 4th, 2011, at 09:00.

We take this opportunity to wish our customers, suppliers and friends
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !

Novel uses for the Battery Testing Calorimeter...

2010-12-23T06:14:00.000-08:00

An Adiabatic Calorimeter - or perhaps a soup kitchen ?!

Not only suitable for battery safety testing, HEL's Phi-TEC BTC has been recently used to heat up some very cold garlic bread, arriving nearly 3 hours late - due to the snowy conditions.

Yes, the Pizzas were cold too. We noticed that the wide diameter of the Battery Testing Calorimeter meant that all the Pizzas could fit in there comfortably.... Needless to say, however, that we were all so hungry we ate the Pizzas cold... !

Lithium Mobile Power .. Boston, USA and 5th International Forum on Li-ion Battery Technology... Beijing, China (4-7 November).

2010-12-15T05:57:00.000-08:00

By Dr Jasbir Singh

This November, I attended a couple of different conferences involving battery technology. Each had a range of speakers talking about safety, as well as other general research topics.

Safety is seen a major obstacle to development of Li-ion technology and therefore HEL’s involvement as a major supplier of safety testing solutions was very important. At both conferences we exhibited our advanced Battery Testing Calorimeter (BTC) as it is unique in being able to provide a single solution to for both small scale testing of battery components, as well as direct simulation of larger scale battery incidents, including the “abuse” testing methods specified by various protocols. At the Beijing Forum on Li-on Batteries I made a presentation, which can be viewed here ...

Chemistry Today's 2nd Symposium on “Continuous Flow Reactor Technology for Industrial applications” ... Paris, 2-3 October

2010-11-08T07:48:00.000-08:00

By Dr Jasbir Singh, HEL's Managing Director

“Chemistry Today” magazine organised their second flow Chemistry symposium in Paris, following a successful launch in Madrid last year.

I was among the speakers invited to make a presentation and this gave me an opportunity to present the developments of the FlowCAT system, including performance data and examples of the use of DOE with hydrogenation reactions, carried out on a continuous flow reactor. Have a look at the presentation that includes data recently presented by Dr Joel Hawkins of Pfizer.

The FlowCAT system has been developed by HEL with ongoing input from Pfizer, as well as from Professor Ley’s group at Cambridge University in England. This has resulted in a more robust system than those available on the market at present, and is also suitable to those research chemists that are not experts in flow chemistry or in pressure equipment.

Several orders for FlowCAT have already been received from as far afield as China and mid-West USA.

Read more about FlowCAT: Product page, Articles

Process Chemistry Products on HEL's YouTube Channel

2010-07-26T06:23:00.000-07:00

Visit our newly established YouTube Channel, for the latest product videos. Check out the products that are available on there now, and come back again soon as we will be adding many more !

Compact 4 or 8 vessel reaction blocks - PolyBLOCK - watch now

Expert reaction calorimetry - Simular - watch now

Hydrogenation and Catalyst Screening - HP ChemSCAN - watch now

Automated parallel solubility unit - CrystalSCAN - watch video

New look and functionality with HEL Group new website

2010-07-02T03:45:00.000-07:00

Check out our smart new website at http://www.helgroup.com!

The new design and content reflect our commitment to our customers applications, and we have made the site more accessible, using clean and clear design features with various functions such as quick selection buttons and local search button.

Watch a short video about HEL's HP ChemSCAN

2010-05-11T05:12:00.000-07:00

This short video (just over 2 minutes) describing hydrogenation and catalyst screening with HEL's HP ChemSCAN is intended to give a very quick overview of this innovative, robust product. Further details available on HEL's website.

Thermal Stability of Batteries

2010-03-25T04:00:00.000-07:00

By Dr Jasbir Singh

HEL were invited to make a presentation on safety testing of batteries, using adiabatic calorimetry, at the meeting of the Thermal Methods Group (TMG) of the RSC, to be held 30/31 March in Harwell, England.

The Abstract of the talk I plan to give entitled "Thermal Stability of Batteries" is available via this link; it is focused on Phi-TEC Battery Testing Calorimeter (BTC), developed especially for small and large batteries alike, based on the principles of the “ARC” calorimeter produced by Dow Chemical, back in the 1980s. The Phi-TEC is already established as the bench mark replacement for the “ARC” and is used worldwide for chemical safety testing.

Introducing HEL Ltd, Beijing Office !

2010-02-12T02:37:00.000-08:00

Process Chemistry Instruments from HEL are now available to Chinese customers directly from HEL's new Beijing office. The new venture will not only offer sales and installation but will also support and build long term relationships with companies in China looking for laboratory reactors products, systems and solutions.

Mr Harry Yang will lead the company and he brings with him over 10 years experience in the laboratory instruments field. Read more in this Press Release.

Watch this space for HEL China website - coming soon !!!

Better chemsitry - faster ! 更好的化学 - 快

Chemistry Christmas Tree

2009-12-23T07:54:00.000-08:00

Have a look at this video from the University of Nottingham - a christmas tree with a difference !

Season's Greetings from all of us at HEL....

Battery testing - or is it a washing machine ?

2009-08-07T09:40:00.000-07:00

Alex Haro, our Spanish student, is leaving us, and the last job we asked him to do is to model beside our newly designed Battery Testing Calorimeter. Next time, we will photograph this as a soup cooker - or perhaps a washing machine. Read more about what this robust battery safety testing instrument can do here

HEL Inc is growing

2009-05-21T03:13:00.000-07:00

Another recruit to our US office is the new Account Manager for the MidAtlantic region - Dan Sacunas.

Dan brings with him over 8 years experience in the technology industry, most recently working as a Regional Account Manager in the U.S. for NXP Semiconductors. Here he was responsible for all sales, marketing, major OEM, and distribution strategies within in the Mid-Atlantic region. Prior to joining NXP, Dan worked for Philips in Global Business Partnerships, Operations, and Process Engineering functions.

With an MBA from New York University as well as a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University, Dan is off to flying start with HEL !

He currently lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife Natalie, and today (Thursday May 21st ) you might bump into him at the Catalysis Club of Philadephia (CCP) Spring '09 Symposium !

HEL to exhibit at 21st NAM

2009-05-18T08:00:00.000-07:00

Come and meet our new US Regional Manager, Barry Giordano, at the 21st North American Catalysis Conference, 7-12 June, San Francisco.

Barry is looking forward to meeting you there; a bit of background about him might help. He has a BS in Organic Chemistry (with a focus on Analytical Chemistry), and has joined us with over 20 years of business development, sales management and technical support, serving the life science sector. If you are on LinkedIn, then more information on his extensive experience is available on his LinkedIn Profile.

Our updated High Pressure ChemSCAN will be of particular interest to visitors to NAM; it is a dedicated parallel reaction system for the rapid screening of high pressure reactions and heterogeneous catalysis systems. The system has been updated recently, with improved features and benefits, using our parallel synthesis platform PolyBLOCK gives it further flexibility and modularity. More information is available on our website, or read this article.

Parallel Synthesis and other automated chemistry tools at Achema 2009

2009-05-13T03:28:00.001-07:00

Our newly recruited German Account Manager, Dr Gesche Heiss, can be seen at Achema today and until this Friday, together with Ian Norman - HEL's European Sales Manager.

We are showing our newly designed parallel chemistry AutoMATE system there, as well as our industry leading bench scale reactor system - AutoLAB, running with the new LasenTRACK probes, for on line particle profiling.

If you are planning to visit, pop by to our stand (Hall 5.1, E42-43) and have a little play with our cool new MicroNOTE touchscreen controller - shown on the right connected to our compact PolyBLOCK system, demonstrated by Gesche at our stand -captured by Achema's photographer!

Calorimetric Techniques - Free Workshop

2009-03-23T10:41:00.000-07:00

We are running a free workshop on May 5th in collaboration with our partners Setaram and Stazione Sperimentale per i Combustibili (SSC). The title is "Calorimetric Techniques in Process Hazard Assessment" and it will take place at the SSC Institute in San Donato Milanese, Italy.

Whilst places are FREE bear in mind that we only have a limited number available, so please book as soon as possible

Booking form and further information

Parallel catalyst and hydrogenation platform - UPDATED!!!

2009-02-27T06:59:00.000-08:00

Our trusted HP ChemSCAN, designed for hydrogenation and catalyst screening - has been updated and upgraded, and now boasts the following features and benefits:

- Independent pressure measurement in each vessel
- Individual pressure control, allowing tests at different pressure
- On-line gas consumption calculation and display, in each reactor
- Individual temperature control for each vessel
- A range/difference of over 100°C between the reactors
- Ability to perform reactions down to -60°C

Still offering excellent mixing, but now the new flexible HPCS platform can also be used with different size reactors. Whilst the standard remains 16ml for each vessel with a working volume down to 3ml, it is now possible to replace or interchange those with 75 ml and 120 ml reactors.

visit our website for more information, read recent Press Release

How do you identify laboratory equipment suppliers?

2009-01-16T03:00:00.003-08:00

In our attempt to improve our marketing and customer reach, we are trying to find out some buying patterns within the laboratory equipment market. If you have a free minute, please answer this one question, on the right hand side

How Do You Identify Laboratory Equipment Suppliers ?

Thank you in advance for your help !!!

A New Venture into Particle Sizing

2008-12-02T02:44:00.000-08:00

The Fisher Sub Sieve Sizer (FSSS) has been used in labs for obtaining development and QC data for over 30 years; this instrument works on the principle of particle sizing by air permeability which was established in the 1940’s and has proved to be a very reliable way for many companies to prove the batch to batch consistency of their products.

Together with John Sherwood of AstraZeneca we have developed a new generation instrument - the Subsieve AutoSizer - based on the same air permeability principles,and using HEL's accumulated skills, experience and knowledge in automation and new product development.

The FSSS, now discontinued, shown here, in comparison to the new SAS with its automated touchscreen operation.

Read our press release

Easy update for your existing jacketed laboratory reactor !

2008-11-17T06:21:00.000-08:00

HEL's new MicroNOTE enables chemists to focus on their core interests (namely good chemistry!) whilst providing their company and management with the productivity and data records that they need.

• Truly intuitive - no training needed
• Displays, controls and records
• Graphs can be inserted directly into Microsoft Word and documents or ELNs
• Includes Safety shut down and save

See more about MicroNOTE on HEL Website

And I bet you could fit a MicroNOTE in there !??? watch this video "Chemists in the Hood"

It's Just Not Cricket... !

2008-10-10T07:16:00.000-07:00

Our 9th User Conference is now behind us, and we are happy to say that everything went well....

Comments from delegates were positive, and included :
"Good overview presented with a good explanation of complex issuess"
“Useful angles on use of calorimetry both for hazards and other purposes"
“Very enjoyable event.Well organised and beneficial both in terms of networking and learning"
“Balanced mix of academic and industrial research.”

HEL User Conference 2008 photos

We are now planning the next event in 2009 - focused on High Pressure Applications - suggestions for venues, subjects etc will be welcome...

We're everywhere ...!!!

2008-09-11T07:43:00.000-07:00

This month (September) you can see HEL's sales staff in many locations - just look at this list of conferences and events:

2-4 September
Particulate System Analysis 2008
---New Product Launch----
Stratford-upon-Avon UK

3 September
PCI Research Development & Innovation Working Group Workshop
University of Limerick, Ireland

7-9 September
British Association for Crystal Growth Conference 2008
Loughborough University, UK

8-9 September
Pharmaceutical ChemOutsourcing
NJ, USA

15-17 September
The Scale-Up of Chemical Processes
Rome, Italy

14-18 September
XIX National Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry
Verona, Italy

30 September 2008
9th HEL Hazard Conference
Trends in Calorimetry and Hazard Assesment
Lords Cricket Ground, London, UK

But the 2 highlights of this month will be Jasbir Singh's course on process safety the the Scientific Update scale-up conference in Rome and of course our very own user confenrence at the end of this month at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London. We have some new products and development to present at the conference and the booking forms are still coming in... ! watch this space for some photos from the conference.

India's High End Reaction Calorimeter

2008-08-21T04:52:00.000-07:00

One of the most advance Reaction Calorimeter - HEL Simular, having the wide capability and many functionalities have been installed at Defence research lab in India at HEMRL, Pune.

By far it is the best Reaction Calorimeter in terms of various capabilities and have been used for the very high explosives chemical reactions studies. It involves high pressure Hastelloys reactor, low pressure Glass reactor, liquid, gas feeds, sampling valves, automatic sampling device, flow controllers, turbidity probe, pH probe, reflux device and all forms of calorimetry such as classical Heat Flow, time saving Power Compensation and Heat reflux calorimetry.

The uniqueness of the system is that it is installed on a single stand which holds both the reactors , having a common stirrer motor, high end chillers and housed in a cabinet with all the safety aspects integrated w.r.t. hardware and software. The various types of reactions like nitration, polymerisation, chlorination, amination to name but a few, have been successfully tried out and the system can cater to many applications for process safety, development & scale-up activities.

Meet our service engineers...

2008-08-12T08:22:00.000-07:00

When you call for an HEL Engineer, you are guaranteed attention from our most qualified staff..... :)

I am sure you can all recognise Raj Mann (Service Support Manager) and Trefor Willingham (Senior Mechanical Engineer). They are training to run for the Great Gorilla Run and I am sure you will agree with me that they are looking fit for it....!

Links to their giving pages are provided on the right hand side of this blog.

HEL – A sales eye view......

2008-08-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

Hi, Stewart T here (Stewart/Stuart is a popular name at HEL). I thought I’d join in on the blogging (first time, so please be nice!) with a little insight into the day to day life of an HEL account manager......

So apart from driving around in a flash car, wearing a flash suit and wining and dining customers everyday what do I do.......surely it can’t be this good all the time!! I’m sure my colleagues in the UK sales department, Carl, Ian and Stuart would agree that it certainly is not. Take last Friday as a typical example........After a day of planning, emailing, and calling to prospective and existing customers, an early start saw me driving down to the south coast to visit a number of industrial sites and a university department for the day.

Lucky, I managed to beat the exodus to the coast on what was one another beautiful English summers day and arrived at my first visit in good time, a meeting with several industrial process safety chemists to introduce some new HEL calorimetry technology. After a successful presentation and discussion it was on to the next meeting with a customer working with high pressure. High pressure is an area HEL is very active in providing solutions for a large variety of different applications. This meeting is less successful and has more of fact finding feel to it, but some useful information for the future is uncovered and relationships are reinforced.

A quick drive across town with a gourmet Tesco sandwich crammed in en route finds me at my third appointment of the day. This meeting is booked with a university professor looking at a new project in the field of nanoparticles, not an area I have a lot of knowledge in but this comes with the territory and fortunately the academic is happy to fill the details in and outline the aims of the project and grant proposal!!

Having completed the formal part of the day’s business face to face with my customers, the next part of the day is more administrative. I slog through details of all the days meetings, quotes and follow-up information is provided and the infamous Blackberry is set to work answering emails that have arrived throughout the day. You really cannot escape with one of them, a real blessing when out on the road, not so good when you get spam from the US at 2 in the morning!

Finally all I have to do is fight my way back around the M25 to get home where a cold beer, dinner and a weekend of cricket awaits me.

The end of another week in HEL sales!

Gorillas running faster for better chemistry...

2008-07-31T08:34:00.000-07:00

What's the connection between Gorillas and HEL products, you ask ? come back soon for the answer ...

Ok, the real connection is that in the best HEL fundraising tradition, Raj Mann (see HEL Raisers...) and Tref Willingham will be joining the London Great Gorilla Run on September 27th. If you know them, you will be aware that they don't need dressing up (proof coming soon...) !

There are many charity runs but none are quite like this – 1,000 people, all dressed up as gorillas and going ape for a day!

Since the first race in 2003, thousands of people have donned their gorilla suits and walked, run or jogged the 7km City of London route that takes in sights such as Tower Bridge and The Tate Modern. Read more about the Gorilla Runs and their purpose at the Gorilla Runs website .

P.S. if you want to donate click here for Raj's giving page

Breaking down barriers with real time, on-line calculation – Process Development using Calorimetry

2008-07-30T14:19:00.000-07:00

Reaction calorimetry has been well recognised as a valuable aid to process development. Not only for safety and safe scale up, but also as an aid for guiding the synthetic route and process optimisation. However, uptake by development chemists has been VERY limited, this due partly to cost but more often due to the complexity of the calculations needed for data generation.

HEL has been developing calorimetry solutions for over 21 years and have come up with a new technology that makes calorimetry accessible to development chemists on ANY stirred reactor without special features or adaptations. When a reactor is computer controlled, nothing exceptional is needed – with computer control in place and the availability of temperature data, on-line heat release rate data can be readily generated.

The results are quantitative, rather than just indicative, and available without any effort or additional experimental time for activities such as calibration. When greater accuracy is needed, a heat flow (HF) meter may be used to perform a quick calibration check. This too is made simple and requires no knowledge of calorimetry methodology by the user.

These features can also be integrated into custom reaction calorimeters, including some older existing units. This will enable the users to save time, both by speeding up experiments and eliminating the need for off-line data analysis.

Where this new technology is implemented with a power compensation calorimeter, the on-line analysis will produce exact results without any assumptions being necessary. And for such systems there are no calibrations required. In the case of HF calorimeters, for the most accurate results one calibration is needed, although this is also completely automated and the online calibration calculations are used immediately for the reaction being performed.

Lord's Cricket Ground and other marketing issues

2008-07-25T02:48:00.000-07:00

Someone has to be the first to write something in this blog... so I guess it will be me, as it is my idea to start it.

What did I start this Blog for ? well, its all about HEL. About our day to day and also perhaps to improve our own internal communication by sharing our various work experiences. It will be nice to read some anecdotal entries, but also to hear about each other's work, achievements, professional problems, etc. We could get some research results and application notes published here, and let our customers comment and even post their own opinions.

So, what have I been up to ? I just spoke to one of the event organisers in the Lord's Cricket Ground, and arranged for a tour of the grounds at the end of our User Conference on September 30th. She said that there is a very good chance to be able to see both the Long Room and the Players Changing Rooms ! bookings for this event are coming in fast currently. We still have a few more places but the space is limited so hurry if you want to join.

We are also venturing into a new market - and will be exhibiting for the first time at ArabLAB 2009, January 2009 in Dubai, so I have been busy arranging this. Our website is being overhauled and you should be able to see some changes within the next few weeks. In the meantime, you can see some information on some of our new products already there, such as AutoMATE II, Phi-TEC I, and FlowCAT.

Visit again soon for more...