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Minister and Trade Delegation from Republic of Ireland visit WMG

Lord Bhattacharyya with Irish Minister Sean SherlockToday WMG was pleased to welcome Seán Sherlock TD, Minister of State for Overseas Development Assistance, Trade Promotion and North South Co-operation for the Republic of Ireland. The Minister visited WMG as part of a wider Enterprise Ireland trade mission to the UK. He was joined by a delegation of representatives from the Irish business community.

Meeting with Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, the Minister and delegates were interested to understand more about WMG’s work with industry and some of the key collaborative programmes taking place on campus such as the National Automotive Innovation Centre.

Delegation from Enterprise Ireland on a tour of WMGThe delegation undertook a tour of some of WMG’s key research facilities meeting with WMG academics in particular areas of interest including automation systems, composites, energy and metrology research.

The delegation also spent some time visiting colleagues at partner organisations on campus at the Advanced Propulsion Centre and Tata Motors European Technical Centre.

Thu 28 May 2015, 18:07 | Tags: Visits