On Sunday night I hopped back across to Birmingham airport in the UK in order to visit the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry on Monday. The weather has been gorgeous in the UK for the last month or more, so everything was a little parched. That, in combination with the fact England was still in the running for the World Cup, meant the country seemed imbued with optimism: seemingly welcome respite from the Brexit-related anguish the UK has been suffering since the EU referendum.
After a nice dinner with old friends and a quick sleep at a hotel, I took a taxi into the Birmingham office to await a colleague, Chris Jones, with whom I’d be visiting the MTC.
It took us about 45 minutes to drive across to the MTC, where we were welcomed by Peter, Hannah and Tehseen.
Here’s an introductory video that describes what the MTC is about:
The main focus of our trip was to learn about T-ERA – the Thermal Energy Research Accelerator – and their “Factory in a Box” (FIAB)…