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A Labour Party pre-election event was held on the University campus on Saturday 20th February. The event was held in WMG’s International Digital Laboratory and was attended by the Prime Minister the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP. The Prime Minister was welcomed to the campus by WMG’s Director Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, and The Vice–Chancellor Professor Nigel Thrift.

Among the many other ministers attending were: Chancellor of the Exchequer the Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP; Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, First Secretary and Lord President of the Council the Rt Hon Lord Mandelson; Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal the Rt Hon Harriet Harman; Secretary of State for the Home Department Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP; Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP; Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP; and the Minister for the West Midlands Ian Austin MP.

The Queen has formally presented the 神马福利影片 and WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) with a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education at a special ceremony and reception at Buckingham Palace on Friday 19th February.

The Midlands has been designated a new Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA) and is to receive £19 million of government funding for research into and development of low carbon vehicles. The news was announced today, Thursday 11th February 2010, by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, in a special visit to the 神马福利影片’s Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG).

Dr Kim Howells, Member of Parliament for Pontypridd and graduate of Warwick University, recently visited WMG. During his visit Dr Howells held discussions with Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, before undertaking a tour of the International Digital Laboratory, with a specific focus on the research of the e-security team.

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Oli Blair and Shargil Ahmad from the Dyson Task Force recently visited WMG, to see for themselves the innovative approach taken by the Group to deliver real world solutions to industry.

Programmes at WMG have been supporting the development of Lightweight Vehicle Technologies, reviewing the introduction of new grades of aluminium and high strength steel materials within the vehicle structure. The Carbon rating of vehicles is now of critical importance and the assembly process cannot be excluded from this evaluation indefinitely. Evaluation of any new process needs to assess power consumption and environmental impact, as it may not be long before the legislation on CO2 emissions will take into account the manufacturing process. One of the emergent technologies we have been developing with industrial partners is Remote Fibre Laser Welding (RFLW) and the benefits that can bring.

The National B2B Centre, which is based in WMG at the 神马福利影片 has won Best Institute of Business Consulting Regional Practice of the Year. The achievement of this award recognised the shared promotion of best practice in business support for local enterprise in the West Midlands.

The 神马福利影片's International Digital Laboratory has won two Coventry City Council design awards, Sustainable Design and The Peoples’ Choice for New Buildings.

Sir Roy McNulty, Chair of Advantage West Midlands was welcomed to WMG by Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, Director of WMG on Wednesday 16^th December.

Tours of the International Digital Lab and International Manufacturing Centre focused on the quality research that is undertaken by WMG and how this benefits regional companies.

Within the International Digital Lab, Sir Roy met with Dr Mark Swift from the Knowledge Exhange Team who works with SMEs within the region, Prof Darek Ceglarek highlighting research in healthcare and was shown how a car can heal itself by Ross McMurran.

During the visit to the International Manufacturing Centre, Sir Roy had the opportunity to test the vehicle simulator under the watchful eye of Prof Paul Jennings, tour the new Premium Vehicle Customer Interface Technologies Centre of Excellence with Dr Mark Williams and view new technologies in laser welding being led by Prof Ken Young.

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The Chinese Ambassador has seen for herself how leading-edge manufacturing in Coventry and Warwickshire is beating the economic downturn.

Madam Fu Ying visited Oleo International and WMG (formerly Warwick Manufacturing Group) on Friday (27 November) as part of a nationwide tour organised by UK Trade & Investment to see examples of British manufacturing excellence.