Linkam's Year in Review: 2023

  • January:  Our Australian partner, Trevor Hinwood, from Hin Sci, participated in ACMM27 where he presented several Linkam stages, including the CMS196.

  • February: We celebrated Chinese New Year with a tasty buffet.

  • March: We attended TAC23 at the University of Huddersfield.

  • May: We welcomed Kelly and Bill from ProSpect Scientific, our Canadian partners, to our UK offices in Salfords, Surrey. We had a productive couple of days discussing the shape of the market in Canada and conducting hands-on training on Linkam’s full product range.

  • June: We welcomed AD Creative, our Chinese partners, to the UK. The same month some of our staff built two picnic tables to enjoy the pleasant surroundings outside our UK offices.

  • July: We attended the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2023 conference in Minneapolis, USA where we ran three very popular exhibitor tutorials on our latest prototype, the CryoGenium.

  • August: We announced the appointment of Clara Ko to the position of Sales and Marketing Director. Clara joined Linkam in 2022 as the Sales Manager.

  • September: A busy month with two separate visits from our Chinese and American partners, AD Creative and McCrone, to our UK headquarters. Some of our staff also volunteered with the I Choose Freedom charity. The charity provides shelter, support, and counselling for women and children who have escaped from abusive situations. Our team spent the day doing various gardening tasks at their centre. We also participated in the 20th Optics of Liquid Crystals Conference.

  • October: We attended the Advanced Materials Show USA 2023 in Columbus, Ohio and visited McCrone at their offices in Chicago. We also participated in the All Things Cryo Workshop at the University of Nottingham from October 9-13.

  • November: We attended the Annual Cryo-Microscopy Group Meeting in Birmingham on November 15 and held our annual staff get together at Fairgame in Canary Wharf, where we enjoyed catching up with our colleagues from Holland. 

Christmas Jumper Day

Our team get together for jumper judging.

Linkam staff took the opportunity to show off their festive fashion flair (?!) by wearing their favourite Christmas jumpers and raise money for charity last week. Valuable funds were raised for I Choose Freedom, who provide shelter, support and counselling for women and children who have escaped from abusive situations.

Linkam’s Annual Staff Event at Fairgame

We held our annual staff event at Fairgame in London’s Canary Wharf at the weekend. Our colleagues from Holland visited our UK Headquarters in Salfords, Surrey on Friday, then our team got together for a night out in London on Saturday to showcase (or not!) our skills at various fairground games and afterwards enjoyed a tasty buffet and drinks. Ryan, our Trainee Foundry Technician, emerged victorious after demonstrating his all-round skills though as everyone knows, it’s taking part that really matters…. It was great to get the team together to celebrate a busy year for the company!

Thank you for visiting us at AMS 2023!

We enjoyed meeting everyone at AMS in Columbus, USA this week. If you would like to find out more about our products, or where you can see us soon, please sign up for our newsletter or look at the events' page on our website. We look forward to hearing from you! 

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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!