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We would like to thank all the members of our network and attendees who made our Final Christmas Conference successful. In these four years we have managed to exceed our targets and create a community of practitioners who enthusiastically engaged with Foundation Industries, and provided expertise to develop solutions for common challenges. We particularly welcomed […]
Published: November 12th, 2024
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The event was an opportunity for the TFIN+ team to discuss some of the major issues facing the Foundation Industries, and to contribute ideas for new themes and collaboration opportunities that could be considered in the medium to longer term. The event included participation from Glass Futures, Materials Processing Institute, CPI, Lucideon, Henry Royce Institute, Innovate UK and FIVe – Foundation Industries Ventures Slides are available […]
Published: March 27th, 2024
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As a part of Blue Skies Greener Future series our second speaker is Zhongyun Fan. He is a professor of metallurgy, the founder and Director of BCAST – Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology at Brunel University London. He is the principal investigator/director of the EPSRC funded LiME Research Hub, a national centre of excellence in liquid […]
Published: March 18th, 2024
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TFIN+ is now partnering with ECR Net Zero conference 2024 which is being held in Birmingham on 27 & 28th February. The aim of the conference is to foster a collaborative, multidisciplinary community by giving important research organisations and early career researchers (ECRs) a chance to network with colleagues from various research communities within the larger […]
Published: January 29th, 2024
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It was great to host Prof. Clive Randall from the Pennsylvania State University and hear him present on cold sintering of ceramics at the The Department of Materials Science & Engineering at The University of Sheffield. The technique of cold sintering was developed a number of years ago, and is now being applied to a […]
Published: November 3rd, 2023
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This TransFIRe event was sponsored by the Henry Royce Institute and the TFIN+. This gave us an opportunity to network, share insights and learning across foundation industries, in order to support progression towards transformation. Some of the key discussion taking place during the event included: Our director, Ian Reaney gave a presentation on TFIN+ small projects highlights and […]
Published: October 30th, 2023
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We would like to invite you for our biggest event of the year. Join us at the Mercure Hotel in Sheffield 5 & 6 December and meet people from the foundation industries and build a connection. The agenda is available to view here and on the registration page, which is now open Guest speakers include […]
Published: September 28th, 2023
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An all-day conference on “Inorganic Materials for Resource and Energy Efficiency” was co-organized by the TFIN+ and the UK Chapter of The American Ceramic Society. Over 50 participants attended the meeting, which featured speakers from Johnson Tiles, the Universities of Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, London South Bank University, and Queen Mary University of London. The gathering […]
Published: September 11th, 2023
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Local school pupils recently had the chance to learn about Sustainability and Manufacturing in South Wales at an event hosted at Swansea University. In July 2023, Swansea University Bay Campus welcomed the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) to deliver the first South Wales Challenger Day workshop on Innovation and Sustainability, funded by Innovate UK. A total […]
Published: July 27th, 2023
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Tuesday 31st January, 10:00-11:00 Click here to register to attend The ‘Blue skies, green future’ webinar series presents ideas and innovation to spark discussion on the topic of transformation and sustainability within the foundation industries. This webinar will be presented by Begoña Ferrari About the Network The TFI Network aims to assist the foundation industries […]
Published: January 3rd, 2023
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