Linkam Staff Volunteer at I Choose Freedom Centre to brighten up the garden

This week, a group of Linkam employees decided to give back to the community by volunteering with the I Choose Freedom charity. They provide shelter, support, and counselling for women and children who have escaped from abusive situations. The centre also has a garden where the residents can relax and enjoy nature. The Linkam volunteers spent the day doing various gardening tasks, such as painting the fence, planting some bulbs, and weeding.

McCrone Visit Linkam's UK Headquarters

This week we had the pleasure of welcoming David and Jeff from our US distributor McCrone to our UK headquarters in Salfords, Surrey.

During their visit, we had the opportunity to show them our latest product developments including the CryoGenium, the next generation cryogenic plunger for EM vitrified sample prep. We also discussed our future plans and strategies for expanding our product portfolio and reaching new markets in the US.

Pictured are: Managing Director, Ross, Technical Support, John, Sales Engineers Michelle and Ashley, Sales and Marketing Director, Clara, Office Administrator, Bernie, and Jeff and David from McCrone.

Linkam appoint Clara Ko as Sales and Marketing Director

Linkam Scientific Instruments are pleased to announce the appointment of Clara Ko to the position of Sales and Marketing Director. Clara joined Linkam in 2022 as the Sales Manager, bringing with her over 25 years of experience in the scientific instrumentation industry. During her time at Linkam she has successfully led several key projects and has driven an increase in year on year sales.

As Sales and Marketing Director, Clara will be responsible for leading Linkam’s Sales and Marketing Team, playing a key role in overseeing the company’s growth, and enhancing its brand reputation. She will also continue to work closely with Linkam’s customers, partners, and collaborators to provide them with the best solutions for their applications.

Linkam welcome AD Creative to the UK!

We were delighted to welcome Jerry and Diana from AD Creative to our UK Offices this week. As a preferred partner, AD Creative look after Linkam’s business in China, and have a number of offices to support their growing customer base. During the visit we discussed Linkam’s expanding product range and gave our visitors a tour of our UK headquarters. Jerry and Diana are pictured outside our offices with our MD Ross, Sales Manager Clara, and Sales Engineer Ashley.

Team Building: Picnic Tables

Last Friday the Linkam team had a fun and productive lunchbreak assembling some picnic tables for outside our office. Ben and Ashley from Sales, Leo from R&D, Dan from Production and Natalie from Purchasing worked together to build two sturdy and comfortable tables that will be perfect for enjoying lunch or taking a break in the fresh air.

We have been in our new home in Salfords for just over a year now, and are continuing to settle in and make it our own. The Linkam blue picnic tables are made from 100% recycled plastic and are a great addition to our outdoor space, and we are looking forward to using them as we enter the summer season.

Linkam welcome ProSpect Scientific to the UK

We recently welcomed Kelly and Bill from ProSpect Scientific, our Canadian distributors to our UK offices in Salfords, Surrey. We had a productive couple of days of discussion on the shape of the market in Canada, alongside hands-on training on Linkam’s full product range. Bill and Kelly are pictured outside our offices with our MD Ross, Sales Manager Clara, and Sales Engineer Ashley.

Linkam Go Kart Racing

With the current F1 season well under way, some of Linkam’s finest speedsters were inspired to take to the track by engaging in some high-performance kart racing at the challenging Crawley circuit. Fierce competition between departments resulted in some thrilling racing with a fantastic display of driving skill, courage, and shunting. After two 15-minute races, Rob, our Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, emerged victorious but as (most) other participants observed it’s the taking part that really matters.

Winner Rob flanked by fellow podium finishers Hector and Mackenzie

Linkam’s first year at Perrywood Business Park!

Today marks the first anniversary of our move to our UK Headquarters at Perrywood Business Park in Salfords, Surrey and what a difference a year makes! When our founder Arnold and MD Ross received the keys to our new building in July 2021, there was a lot of work to do; our building was empty and needed a total refit, now it’s a vibrant and state of the art facility with all our UK-based teams together in one building. During our first year here, we also celebrated our 40th anniversary. Here’s to the next 40 years!

See us at MC2023 (26 February - 2 March) in Germany!

Our Senior Research Scientist Dr Michael Schwertner will soon be jetting off to Darmstadt, Germany to speak at this year’s MC2023 Conference. Michael will be speaking on 1st March, and a copy of his abstract, ‘New Principle and Robot for Vitrification of Cryo-Em samples with controllable Sample Thickness and Real-time Optical Inspection’ can be found here. If you are attending MC2023, Michael would be happy to see you in Darmstadt!

Linkam Celebrates Chinese New Year with Lunchtime Buffet

Following our quarterly staff update when Ross, our Managing Director, and Helen, our Finance Director, spoke to staff about latest developments in the company, our staff enjoyed a tasty Chinese buffet to celebrate the recent Chinese New Year.

Our Sales Engineer Ashley received a fortune “You will meet someone famous”, which could turn out to be true as his colleague and fellow Engineer Ben received a fortune saying he would be famous.

Calling all WCP Users

Last year Linkam launched a new Water Circulation Pump designed specifically for our hot stage microscopy solutions, bringing an improved workflow at temperatures above 300°C on stages such as the THMS600 and the TS high temperature stages. When used with our Peltier stage the system can hold sample temperatures as low as -30°C, depending on the stage.

At Linkam we have a passion for continuous product improvement and are therefore calling on all existing WCP users to complete a short 2 minute survey on Survey Monkey, by clicking on the button below!

THIS SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL CONTRIBUTORS - YOUR VALUABLE FEEDBACK IS APPRECIATED.

Linkam Products at ACMM27 in Perth Australia

This week Linkam’s Australian distributor, Trevor Hinwood, from Hin Sci is exhibiting at the 27th Australian Conference on Microscopy and Microanalysis (ACMM27).

Trevor says “The conference is going well with over 400 registrants and lots of interest in our products. After lockdowns people are keen to meet fellow researchers and industry to see what is new and discuss their requirements.”

Why not stop by if you have any temperature controlled microscopy needs?

Linkam says goodbye to an old faithful CNC Lathe

Linkam Founder Arnold Kamp with the old CNC Lathe

Linkam recently bid farewell to its old faithful EMCO CNC Lathe after 20 years of reliable service. Although not as big as some of our CNC machines, this machine was used to turn some of our smaller parts, adding flexibility to our production capacity.

Installation of a new Mazak QTE-200M is now underway to replace the functions of the EMCO CNC. The new lathe offers more power, advanced control features and improved productivity taking Linkam into the future.

The arrival of Linkam’s new CNC Lathe