TTL becomes Manufacturing Technology Centre member

CNC machining technology expert TTL has become a member of the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry, part of the government's High Value Manufacturing Catapult. For more than 25 years, Starrag group company TTL has been at the forefront of manufacturing technology and multi-axis machining software. It will now be supporting the MTC's ground-breaking advanced manufacturing and engineering research. Based in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, TTL supplies its CADCAM and machining technology, including industry-leading CAM software, to a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace and pharmaceuticals. It also supplies complex gearbox, suspension and aerodynamic components to Formula One. Says MTC chief executive Dr Clive Hickman: "TTL has worked with companies who are already members of the MTC. The company has an excellent reputation, particularly in the automation of gas turbine manufacturing, and the expertise it brings will be an asset to the MTC." Speaking for TTL, Rob Pope, managing director, offers: "We have been at the forefront of CNC machining technology for many years and are proud and delighted to be part of the Manufacturing Technology Centre community." The MTC opened in 2011 and was founded by the University of Birmingham, Loughborough University, the University of Nottingham and TWI Ltd. The MTC's industrial members include some of the UK's major global manufacturers. The MTC aims to provide a competitive environment to bridge the gap between university-based research and the development of innovative manufacturing solutions, in line with the government's manufacturing strategy. L to R: Dr Clive Hickman welcome's TTL managing director Rob Pope to the MTC