The Surface World Show 2013 is the major industry event for the UK surface treatment industries – aimed at specifiers, engineers, designers and practitioners. The Surface World Show offers all the latest technologies, products and services under one roof covering protective, decorative and functional coatings and platings of all kinds plus essential cleaning and pre-treatment. The Laboratory at The Birmingham Assay Office will be exhibiting at the SURFACE WORLD SHOW 2013 at NEC BIRM…

This course follows a bespoke event on Hallmarking that was organised for Warwickshire Trading Standards in November 2012, with a second cohort of staff due to take part in similar training in November of this year.  If you would like to arrange a bespoke training course please call 0871 871 6020 or email gem@theassayoffice.co.uk to discuss your requirements and timescales.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Despite vigorous campaigning from The Birmingham Assay Office this method has become enforceable but there is now considerable pressure to review it. Italy, France and Germany all voted in favour of the method but their trade representatives are now frantically working with the UK to try to have the method reviewed. A resolution was passed at the international CIBJO conference in May to this effect and a delegation of CIBJO members, including Michael Allchin visited Brussels in late June to …