LK Metrology appoints new sales & marketing director
19/12/2019
Steve Shickell has been appointed Sales & Marketing Director (UK & Ireland) by LK Metrology, Castle Donington, a world-leading British manufacturer and exporter of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). The company also develops associated programming and control software for tactile and 3D laser inspection designed to raise efficiency in the inspection department, improve the quality of data collected, reduce measuring cycle times and accelerate time to market for new products.
With nearly 30 years’ experience working in the metrology sector, Steve started his career in the manufacturing industry with British Aerospace as a tool room machinist, before joining BAE Systems, Chester, as a metrology engineer and then Airbus UK, Broughton, where he was tool room team leader and responsible for the delivery and operation of jigs, tools, fixtures and metrology
equipment.
Since then, he has worked for many prestigious metrology equipment suppliers delivering high-value inspection solutions designed to increase productivity through quality control in the automotive, aerospace, power generation, medical and precision engineering sectors. The breadth of measuring and reverse engineering knowledge he has gained during this period is vast, covering articulated-arm as well as conventional CMMs, automated 3D laser scanning, white light scanning, inline automotive inspection, laser tracking, laser radar metrology, industrial photogrammetry and satellite navigation
systems.
Steve holds a Professional Diploma in Manufacturing from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Trafford Park. Between October 2013 and March 2016, he was Chair of Metrology – Measurement Equipment of the Gauge and Tool Makers Association (GTMA).
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