Consultancy

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We provide a broad range of technical consultancy and market analysis services to assist companies with resolving technical problems and in evaluating market growth and diversification opportunities.

Technical Support

Our expertise covers all aspects of metals production and processing, covering a broad range of industry sectors and disciplines. We support companies through direct technical assistance and troubleshooting, technical reviews and detailed technical studies. We carry out a wide range of metallurgical consultancy covering areas such as materials selection, the interpretation of specifications, quality and standards, process mapping and technical reports.

This technical support is delivered using our own technical staff or through our extensive consultancy network and partner organisations.

Market Assessment

Combining in-depth technical knowledge with a unique understanding of key industrial markets, our service can identify gaps in the market, define key technology barriers impeding product/process development, or evaluate the market potential for investment in particular technologies or processes. Our research informs business planning activities and provides a comprehensive assessment of technology-based market characteristics.

These services are carried out for individual businesses or for groups of companies wishing to combine resources and address a common issue.

Collaborative Projects

NAMTEC has an established reputation as a leading exponent of materials engineering knowledge transfer in the power generation sector and is a member of MatUK's Energy Materials Working Group. As an independent research and technology organisation NAMTEC can frequently access information from the supply chain at all levels that would otherwise be difficult for a single organisation to achieve.

NAMTEC has significant experience of managing a range of collaborative projects, including:

Financial Support

NAMTEC has had a long tradition of providing support to UK businesses with the support of a number of public sector agencies. Our current programme offers companies in Yorkshire & Humber a subsidy of up to 50% towards the cost of our consultancy services. To find out more, please contact us at consultancy@namtec.co.uk.

NAMTEC helps client avoid £2million in penalty payments

NAMTEC's client company, who cannot be named for commercial reasons, manufactures wear-resistant ring bearings for subsea application in the Oil & Gas sector. Significant numbers of these ring assemblies had failed after only a few weeks in service, compared with a design life of over five years. NAMTEC's client was facing very high penalty charges if it could be proved that the rings were of sub-standard quality...........read more here