Elcometer Instruments Ltd celebrates Ian Sellars' 40 years' service
Elcometer Instruments Ltd celebrates Ian Sellars' 40 years' service
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The staff of Elcometer Instruments Ltd, the Manchester based specialist in instrumentation for the testing and quality control of coating processes, recently celebrated 40 years of service by the Founder and Managing Director, Ian Sellars.
Ian Sellars took over the running of Elcometer in 1962 and has built up a worldwide network of dealers and distributors so that Elcometer product can be bought through local sources in all the industrial countries.
Over the same period, Ian Sellars has been heavily involved in coating thickness gauge development, from the early magnetic, mechanical designs to the current electronic gauges with memory, statistical analysis and printout capability, making Elcometer a leading manufacturer and supplier of coating thickness gauges.
Other coatings related test equipment has been added to the Elcometer range during Ian Sellars' time with the Company. Surface preparation tests for blast cleaning profile and cleanliness, climatic condition monitoring, material thickness measurement,holiday detection, adhesion testing and gloss measurement all make the Elcometer product range applicable to most coating quality control applications.
In addition a new division called Dataputer has been created to develop and supply statistical process control (SPC) solutions to all types of organisations. The knowledge gathered by the Dataputer team has been used to develop the first SPC Coating Thickness System, the Elcometer 365.
Ian Sellars has presided over the winning by Elcometer of two Queen's Awards, one for Export and one for Technological Achievement and the accreditation of the Company to ISO 9002.
Throughout the world,Elcometer is known for the quality of its product and services and the team at Elcometer expects Ian Sellars to lead the Company into the new millennium and beyond. In the words of Mr Sellars, "It is Elcometer's policy to offer high quality products at fair prices and to maintain a constant product improvement programme."
