KP Technology wins John Logie Baird Award
December 2008
KP Technology are honoured to have won the John Logie Baird Award for Impact Through Innovation. The Award was presented to Professor Iain Baikie at a gala dinner in Glasgow on the 10th of December 2008.
Returning after a 5-year absence, the Awards, run by Glasgow Opportunities and Malcolm Baird, the son of John Logie Baird, were launched in the Scottish Parliament in June 2008.
More information abouth the John Logie Baird Awards programme can be found at www.johnlogiebairdawards.co.uk
Fall MRS Meeting, Boston, MA
December 2008
KP Technology will demonstrate the unique ‘Baikie System’ Scanning Kelvin Probe SKP5050 at this years Fall Materials Research Society meeting. Visit us at booth #1201 between 1 – 4 December 2008.
Visit www.mrs.org for more information
European Space Agency awards KP Technology contract for Kelvin Probe project
August 2008
KP Technology, have been awarded a contract with the European Space Agency to increase the system capabilities of the Kelvin Probe in order to meet the requirements for their latest research into bimetallic or galvanic corrosion.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Composed of 17 member states the ESA is responsible for the co-ordination and implementation of the European Space programme.
KP Technology has won the Kelvin Probe contract through the opportunities provided by the European Space Agency SME Initiative.
The European Space Agency’s programmes are designed to find out more about Earth, its immediate space environment, our Solar System and the Universe. ESA also work hard to develop satellite based technologies and services.
The avoidance of galvanic corrosion in the development of satellites is a major standard requirement for the ESA and
recent investigations of the galvanic compatibility of different metals have called upon the use of a Kelvin Probe to further understand the properties of the metallic materials that are used in space.
Professor Iain D Baikie, Director of KP Technology said “We are delighted with the award of this research contract by an existing customer. Through this program of research we aim to enhance our system capabilities, allowing KP Technology to enter new markets. The ESA contract will permit us to develop and trial several new technologies which will act as prototypes in areas other than corrosion including forensics and bio-technology.”
To learn more about using the Kelvin Probe for corrosion measurements take a look at the following publication:
Behaviour of a zinc–iron bimetallic couple coated with poly-vinyl butyral lacquer during intermittent exposure to salt solution
Corrosion Science, Volume 49, Issue 8, August 2007, Pages 3361-3380
E.P. Whyte, J.M. Sykes
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July 2008
KP Technology Ltd will exhibit at the European Conference on Surface Science being held at Liverpool University between 28th and 31st July 2008.
KP Technology Ltd wins a Queens Award
April 2008
KP Technology Ltd, has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2008, for research, design and manufacture of Kelvin Probes. The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for businesses who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. They are the highest official UK awards for British businesses. To be awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category of Innovation, businesses must be able to demonstrate substantial improvement in business performance and commercial success, to levels that are outstanding for the size of the applicant's operations.