2009
Through the efforts of staff, students and participating academic colleagues within the University Departments, the Centre has managed to deliver slightly over 4 million in revenue during a difficult year. Consolidating past years of business effort, the Centre has accumulated a surplus of $1.25 million as of the end of 2009.
In 2009, The Centre became a key part of "The Materials Accelerator" (TRST) initiative, joining together with six other institutes to assist and accelerate the growth of key New Zealand industries. The goal is to determine viable combinations of new materials; enable rapid virtual prototyping products and designs to be implemented locally; and to manufacture these enhanced high value products to the international market.
2010 will still be a challenging year given the slow pace of recovery facing New Zealand and the rest of the world. Research and development work does not normally become a company initiative until the signs of economy recovery are stronger than at present. However, we have identified the potential for Industry training and University-accredited educational short courses to smelter operations and several sophisticated supervisory control system and evironmental projects. Read more 2009 Annual Report
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