Labman were happy to host Code Club last week – a nationwide network of volunteers and educators who run free coding clubs for young people aged 9-13. The sounds of engineering were added to by the coos and chatter of 11 young developers as they took a tour of the facility. The Labman team set up some interactive tasks for …
Thanks in part to sponsorship from Labman, Newcastle Wildcats are delighted to be sending 4 teams to the British Universities National Ice Hockey Championships over the weekends of 7/8th and 14/15th of April at iceSheffield. The first weekend sees the Women’s (Tier 4) and C Team (Tier 6) take part. The Women’s team have made the semi-finals for the past …
The Beast from the East; The Pest from the West; whichever way you look at it, the UK has been thoroughly battered by the snow over the last few weeks. Labman engineers, never knowingly beaten by a bit of weather, took the opportunity to temporarily expand our HQ with an igloo, as well as sledging down any available slope. Our …
The bi-annual American Coatings Show, or ACS, is almost upon us, and Labman is delighted to announce that we’ll be attending again this year. As well as bringing the ever-popular TIDAS automated Hegman gauge drawdown system to Indianapolis, we’ll also be revealing some exciting new technology in the pipeline. As Labman continues to grow and innovate at a rapid pace, …
In November 1992 Labman became a Limited company, and began growing from a small startup operation to become one of today’s most sought after custom automation manufacturers. Watch our anniversary video below and read on! Begun in Middlesbrough, by Prof. George Carter of Durham University in 1979, Labman initially designed small robotic systems to aid in education. The company went …
Osteoporosis (literally “porous bone”) is a ‘silent killer’ disease that causes more than 8.9 million fractures every year, resulting in an osteoporotic fracture every 3 seconds. Labman, alongside European partners including Universiteit Gent, Fundico and Universitat Rovira i Virgili, are delighted to announce that they will be developing a brand new, high precision device for identifying individuals at risk of …
Labman were delighted to host HRH, the Princess Royal, yesterday, October 10th, 2017, in a visit to officially open the brand-new extension of our HQ. She was provided with lunch in one of our newly renovated board rooms before being given a short tour around many of the automated systems being built on the factory floor, allowing her to meet …
There has been much serious striking of glass and clanging of metal trolleys around Labman’s factory over the past few weeks; the reason: strenuous testing of toughened glass panels to replace perspex panels in all future Labman systems. Cleaner, longer lasting and significantly cheaper; these were just some of the arguments put forward for the switch to glass. But with …
It was all tacos and sombreros at this year’s incredible Labman summer party – Labfiesta. With a veritable wealth of moustaches and the first taste of our very own Labman beer, AiPA, there was no question that the celebration would be memorable. Labman now numbers almost 100 staff, many of whom brought their families and friends along to experience this …
