We held our annual staff event in London’s West End at the weekend. Our team got together for a night out at Boom Battle Bar on Oxford Street on Saturday evening to showcase our skills at several non-Olympic sports including axe throwing, augmented reality darts and crazy golf. After demonstrating our athletic abilities (or not), everyone enjoyed a tasty buffet and drinks and, as everyone knows, it’s taking part that really matters!
Linkam's Canteen becomes a Halloween Haven!
Hannah and Michael have a creepy cuppa!
Linkam’s canteen has become a Halloween Haven thanks to our Social Committee. Some spooky sights have made getting a cup of tea a more terrifying task for the next few days as our stunned staff demostrate!
Leo and Michael enjoy a spooky snack!
Visit us this week (22-24 October) at vEM in Oxfordshire, UK!
This week we’re at the Volume EM Technology Forum hosted by the Rosalind Franklin Institute at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, UK. If you’re attending the event, please come and see our Senior Research Scientist Michael, and Sales Engineer Michelle at our stand today and tomorrow to discuss how we can help with your experimental requirements. We look forward to seeing you!
Michael giving a presentation at the event.
Join us at the vEM Technology Forum, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK, 22 - 24 October 2024!
Linkam is one of the sponsors of next week’s inaugural Volume EM Technology Forum hosted by the Rosalind Franklin Institute at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, UK. We will be represented at the event by our Senior Research Scientist Dr Michael Schwertner and Sales Engineer Michelle Coffie.
The three-day conference includes technical presentations, posters, and panel discussions, as well as hardware and software demo lounges. We look forward to seeing you in Oxfordshire!
Linkam enjoy a Team Lunch!
Javier and Brian tuck in!
Following our quarterly staff update when Ross, our Managing Director, and Helen, our Finance Director, spoke about the latest developments at Linkam, everybody enjoyed fish and chips from the local ‘Chippy’ to continue our lunchtime tour of the world’s finest cuisines! Many thanks to our Social Committee for organising.
Linkam visit our friends in the Far East
Our MD Ross visits the JHT booth at JASIS 2024
Our MD Ross Browne, and Sales and Marketing Director Clara Ko visited our partners in Japan and South Korea at the beginning of September. Ross and Clara visited the JASIS Exhibition in Tokyo where they also met with some of our customers in the region. They visited the booth of our Japanese distributor, JHT, before travelling to JHT’s Head Office in Fukuoka to discuss our long standing and ongoing partnership. We would like to thank our kind hosts Mr Takamasa Iwasaru, Chairman, Mr Koichi Iwasaru, Managing Director, and the JHT team for their warm hospitality during the two days. Ross and Clara then flew to Seoul in South Korea to catch up with customers at Seoul National University and business partners VisionUs and Shinhan before returning to the UK.
The busy exhibition hall at JASIS.
Ross and Clara with JHT at their Head Office in Fukuoka. Representing JHT are Mr Koichi Iwasaru, Managing Director, Mr Shinichiro Kanatsuki, Sales Manager and Mr Shigeru Kakuchi, Account Management who also provided translation.
Linkam's Summer Event
Linkam’s UK staff celebrated Summer in the best way possible by demonstrating their intellectual prowess, fashion flair, athleticism and ability to eat great amounts of pizza and strawberries and ice-cream! Our Social Committee, led by Quiz Mistresses (?) Hannah and Natalie organised a fun quiz followed by a game of Corn Hole outdoors to make the most of the sunny weather.
Thinking heads on during the quiz.
Our new 3D Carbon Printer has arrived at Linkam!
Can they fix it? Yes they can!
We’re delighted to have taken possession of a new 3D Bambu Labs X1 carbon printer which was expertly installed, along with a sturdy table for it to rest on, by our R&D Team (after carefully reading the manuals). The new printer will enable us to produce jigs, prototypes and packaging in several colours and at a faster speed than our old one which will go to auction and hopefully provide many more years of great service.
Join us at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA 28 July - 1 August
Join us at M&M 2024! Look out for more updates here on our website and on our social media over the next few days. We look forward to seeing you in Cleveland!
Linkam’s commitment to reducing our environmental impact
At Linkam we are continually seeking to reduce our carbon footprint across all aspects of the business by monitoring our energy use and looking for ways to be more energy efficient. Some of the key steps we have taken include using renewable source electricity at our UK Headquarters and offsetting our gas use at the end of each financial year. We have also offset our air travel taken over the past 12 months by supporting international carbon reduction projects and the planting of trees in the UK through Carbonfootprint Ltd.
We have improved our UK facility by upgrading our bike storage along with installing showers and changing rooms to enable our staff to cycle to work where possible. Our Production Team demonstrated their range of skills by assembling a new bike store indoors before expertly moving the structure outside and ensuring it was safely attached to the ground. It was n’t long before the first bike was stored!
Linkam Appoint Neveen Hosny as R&D Director
Linkam Scientific Instruments are pleased to announce the appointment of Neveen Hosny to the position of R&D Director. Neveen has over 25 years’ experience in academic and industrial research, focused on medical engineering, microscopy, interfacing technologies, resource funding, product design and knowledge transfer. She has also led and contributed to multiple publications and grants. Peter Grocutt will work alongside Neveen in his new role as R&D Consultant.
Linkam welcome visitors from China to our UK Headquarters
We were delighted to welcome some visitors from China to our UK Headquarters in Salfords, Surrey recently. It was great to catch up with Jerry Yang from AD Creative, who look after our business in China, and to meet representatives from Karamay XianBo Technology Innovation and Incubation Co., Ltd. in Xinjiang who are long-term customers of Linkam products.
Pictured above are Jerry Yang from AD Creative, Miss Ge and Mr Li from Karamay XianBo Technology Innovation and Incubation Co. Ltd alongside our MD Ross Browne and Sales Director Clara Ko.
Linkam Supports Parkinson’s UK with £250 Donation
Linkam was delighted to donate £250 raised by our team to Parkinson’s UK recently. Our donation will help to fund the great work carried out by Parkinson’s UK which is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease, supporting patients, and raising awareness. Find out more about their work on their website.
Linkam welcome Izasa to the UK
We were delighted to welcome colleagues from Izasa Scientific, our distributors in Spain and Portugal to our UK Headquarters in Salfords, Surrey this week. During the visit we delivered product training to enable Izasa to better support their customers and discussed how to strengthen our business relationship.
Biscuit Friday Tests: Ginger Biscuit and Medal Ceremony
We've reached the final week of our Biscuit Friday Test Series 🍪! For the past four weeks we’ve been breaking biscuits in the Linkam Modular Force Stage (MFS) using a 3-point bending test.
Last week saw the shock relegation of the chocolate oat biscuit from the top spot, with the white chocolate finger now leading the pack. But will it beat this week’s contender: the ginger biscuit? Watch the final video where we'll reveal the ultimate biscuit champion and hold the medal ceremony! 🏅
Biscuit Friday Tests: White Chocolate Finger
Week 4 of our Biscuit Friday Test Series and we're bringing you the ultimate test of deliciousness with the White Chocolate Finger! Each week we’re conducting weekly tests on biscuit resilience using the 3-point bending experimental mode of the Linkam Modular Force Stage (MFS).
The oat chocolate biscuit has reigned supreme since week 1. This week the white chocolate finger steps up to challenge for top spot. Will it surpass all competition or snap under the strain?
Linkam escape from the office!
Some of our team took the opportunity to show their all-round skills in finding missing cats, robbing banks, escaping from stricken submarines and ghost hunting in the remains of an abandoned prison yesterday. We visited Gatwick Escape Rooms to demonstrate our teamwork, problem solving abilities and to have some fun! We’re pleased to report we all emerged safe and well from our challenges and are back in the office today.
Biscuit Friday Tests: White Chocolate Biscuit
It’s time for this week’s thrilling Biscuit Friday challenge 🍪, our weekly evaluation of biscuit strength using a 3-point bending test in the Linkam Modular Force Stage (MFS).
This week, the white chocolate biscuit is up for the challenge. But will it dunk under the pressure?
Peter Grocutt celebrates 40 years at Linkam!
Our R&D Director Peter Grocutt recently celebrated 40 years with the company. Peter was Linkam’s first employee in 1984 when the company was based in Arnold’s, our founder’s, converted garage. He was recruited to develop the electronics in our instruments, and soon designed our first microprocessor driven units. Since then, Peter has had to demonstrate his ‘all round’ skills as the company, and technology, has evolved. A key to Peter’s longevity has been enjoying his work and always being open to new projects; he has played a fundamental role in developing our products, something that has helped the company to grow to over 50 employees, and with offices in the UK and Holland. As a mark of our appreciation, the company will be sending Peter on a break to Portugal where he can enjoy two of his passions, golf and fine dining.
Biscuit Friday Tests: Milk Chocolate Finger
It's Friday and you know what that means - it's time for another exciting biscuit test 🍪! Every week, we’re assessing the durability of a particular biscuit with the 3-point bending feature of the Linkam Modular Force Stage (MFS)!
This week, we're putting the spotlight on the milk chocolate finger. Will it hold its shape or melt in the heat?
