This is Engineering Day!

Lintott is ardent in its support for “Engineering Day” & in applauding the pioneering work of engineers around the UK & indeed the World.

Engineering Day is a campaign which seeks to bring engineering to life for young people, & give more people the opportunity to pursue a career in the Engineering sector.  This year the theme is #BeTheDifference: a celebration of the engineering that shapes our world for the better!  The objective is to show tomorrow budding talent what engineering really looks like, and how it is an exciting and rewarding career path.

Through its 7-strong team of STEM Ambassadors, Lintott takes a leadership role in supporting teaching & promotional activities which target science, technology, engineering & mathematics in schools & colleges. As an enterprise with engineering at its heart, Lintott is steadfast in doing everything possible to develop the sector & entice more creative people to join it: Go Engineering!

To discover more about This Is Engineer Day visit: https://www.thisisengineering.org.uk/

Birthday Honour

Lintott Control Systems Limited is thrilled to announce that its COO, Jamie Thums, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. This well-deserved award is for services to manufacturing. Big congratulations from everyone at Lintott!

A “Top 100 Manufacturing Figure”, Jamie has amassed cutting-edge business reinvention expertise during a +25-year tenure working in leading UK-based and international manufacturing businesses.

To see the full list of recipients click here

The above photo is from last year (when Jamie received his CEng certificate) – picture left to right is Nigel Fine (IET CEO), Jamie Thums MBE (Lintott COO) & Dr Peter Bonfield OBE (2019 IET President).

Lintott delivers its first Digital Twin

What is a Digital Twin?  Put simply, it is the creation a highly complex virtual model that is the exact counterpart (or twin) of a physical entity.  The ‘entity’ could be a car, a tunnel, a bridge, a jet engine, or in Lintott’s case, a factory-built product such as a dosing or UV disinfection system.

As part of expanding Lintott’s disruptive & award winning digital eco-system, its Digital Delivery & Engineering functions have been spearheading a digital twin development environment to host factory built assemblies – as featured below:

Some of the primary benefits associated with a digital twin include:

• The ability to visualise a product / process whilst in use (in real time);
• Connecting disparate systems & fuelling traceability;
• The ability to redefine assumptions via predictive analytics;
• Troubleshooting geographically remote plant & equipment.

This project has shown, once again, Lintott’s creative & pioneering mindset & how the Company is focused on continually enhancing its value proposition.  Watch this space for an update, but if you can’t wait, please contact media@lintottcs.co.uk for more information.

F4OR Success!

Lintott Control Systems Limited is delighted to announce that it beat fierce competition in securing a place in the first intake of the Offshore Renewable Energy [“ORE”] Catapult’s industry-backed Fit 4 Offshore Renewables [“F4OR”] New Anglia Programme.  The scheme received 53 expressions of interest, with 29 companies shortlisted, but only 10 winning companies selected!

F4OR is designed to help UK businesses measure their current operations against the standards required to supply the offshore renewables industry, & take the necessary steps to enter & / or grow the market; including development & construction, manufacturing, operations & maintenance & decommissioning.

F4OR, which follows the principles of the well-respected Business Excellence Model, has been developed by the Nuclear AMRC & the ORE Catapult.

For more information, please click here or contact media@lintottcs.co.uk.

Further Strengthening: Information & Cyber Security

Lintott Control Systems Limited is pleased to advise that it has successfully renewed its Cyber Essentials certification – since first gaining accreditation in 2019.  Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed, industry-supported scheme to help organisations protect themselves against ever-growing cyber threats. 

On receiving notification, Andrew Pilkington, Director of Digital Delivery, commented: “Ongoing Cyber Essentials certification & operating in accordance with the Information Security Standard, ISO 27001, is essential to our business operations.  Our growing credentials seek to provides stakeholder confidence that we’re working diligently in continually developing measures & controls which safeguards & prioritises data security. This includes ensuring that data is rigorously protected; that we assess, minimise, & eliminate risks & vulnerabilities; we’re compliant with the highest standard for information security; & we rigorously apply best practice to our IT, HR & information processes.  The Company will very shortly be audited externally against the ISO 27001 standard – watch this space for an update.”

Summer Fruit Celebration 🍌🍎🍊

As part of Lintott’s Wellbeing programme, this week marks our annual “Summer Fruit Celebration” week!  Promoting healthy eating, each day the Company has provided a colourful & nutritious selection of fresh seasonal fruits for colleagues. The Company recognises that good health & well-being is a core enabler of employee engagement, & subsequently organisational performance.  This is reflected in Lintott’s HRM “Live Well, Work Well” system, which includes promoting wellbeing & fostering a positive & healthy working environment. Bon appetit!

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Shape the World – Celebrating International Women in Engineering…

It is a fact that Industry is facing a skills crisis & more engineers & technicians are required to help stoke creativity & the economy. Lintott therefore holds the view that it is vital for businesses, learning institutions & other partners to work collaboratively to inspire future generations to forge a career in a STEM-based (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) profession.

Led by Lintott’ parent, nmcn Plc, the overall business has committed to engaging with at least 5,000 children & young people by 2025. Aligned with this, nmcn has produced its first-ever children’s story book. “When I grow up” takes the reader through the journey of twins, “Harry” & “Amy”, who are considering their future vocations as part of their school careers day competition. The book is aimed at Key Stage 1 & includes a range of engineering activities which aims to inspire young minds! This fits neatly with Lintott’s localised programme.

The Company is steadfast in its commitment to promoting both STEM (within schools & colleges) as well as celebrating & promoting diversity within the workplace. This week, Lintott is delighted to once again, celebrate the outstanding achievements of women engineers throughout the world! International Women in Engineering Day 2020 is on 23rd June, & is aptly themed “Shape-The-World”. Since the Day was launched in 2014, the event has grown enormously, to the point where it received UNESCO patronage in 2016.

Harnessing both the promotion of STEM as well as celebrating International Women in Engineering Day, Anna Hinson (Business Assurance Manager & STEM Ambassador) presented Tasha McCord (Year 4 School Teacher) of Angel Road Junior School located in Norwich with package of “When I grow up” books & STEM career information resources (including curriculum linked lesson plans; posters demonstrating exciting career opportunities; & information leaflets describing different areas of engineering & the various routes into the sector).

Watch this space for future developments!

International Fathers’ Mental Health Day

Lintott Control Systems supports International Fathers’ Mental Health Day! Did you know around 10% of fathers can experience mental health problems in the first year following the birth of their child (source: https://www.reachingoutpmh.co.uk/)?   The stigma against experiencing difficulties in early parenthood is even higher for men than for women & this campaign seeks to raise awareness about fathers’ mental health & to encourage more men to come forward to seek help.

Lintott has a team of Mental Health First Aiders, Mental Health Champions & RSPH Workplace Health Champions (in addition to external provision). All have been externally trained & are ready to help colleagues with guidance, support and sign-posting.  For more information please contact the Company’s Business Assurance Team (via businessassurance@lintottcs.co.uk).

Getting ready for ‘shaping the world’!

Lintott is proud to #ShapeTheWorld by supporting ‘International Women in Engineering Day’ (which is on 23rd June 2020)!

In 2017, National Women in Engineering Day became international for the first time due to the interest and enthusiasm developed by the international audience and participants in the previous years. International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) was born to enable the celebration of women in engineering to become global.

This year’s theme is #ShapeTheWorld, helping raise the profile of women in engineering, focusing attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls in this exciting industry – making our planet a better, safer, more innovative and exciting place to be! (source: http://www.inwed.org.uk/)

New Corporate Showcase!

Whilst maintaining the Company’s operations during the COVID-19 crisis, marketing personnel have been busy being creative! Just one of the outputs is a brand new corporate video. This circa 3½ minute showcase depicts in ‘words & pictures’ the Company & its strategy of being positively different! Want to see the video or find discover more?

Please email: media@lintottcs.co.uk