Materials Processing Institute

The Materials Processing Institute has appointed industrial and technology consultant Nicholas Parry as its new Group Manager for Digital Technologies.

With more than two decades experience, 15 of those spent in mining and minerals, general industrial, and associated supply chains, he has previously helped create a global network of industry professionals dedicated to fostering technology and corporate connections.

As Group Manager, he will head up the research group that specialises in the application of digital technologies, including AI, within the foundation industries to deliver improvements in productivity and sustainability, reducing carbon emissions, and enabling the development of new advanced materials.

The role is pivotal to the Teesside-based Institute’s strategy and involves the development of new business, managing and coordinating research projects, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, and leading the team to deliver cutting edge research. He will also be a member of the not-for-profit organisation’s wider leadership team.

He takes on this role from Chris Oswin who has taken up the key position of managing the multi-million pound PRISM programme. Delivered by the Institute and funded by Innovate UK, it aims to revolutionise the steel and metals sector through innovation in decarbonisation, digital technologies, and the circular economy.

Nicholas, who has additional experience in broader markets, including aerospace, defence, biotech, industrial technology, and manufacturing, joins the Institute from a focus over the last five years on digitisation within additive manufacturing processes.

With an MSc in Engineering Leadership and Management, his previous positions include Head of Strategy for Imperial Mining Group in Canada, Head of Projects (Europe) for leading process automation software company Authentise, and Commercial and Applications Director for AI software platform Additive Flow. He has also worked in a consultant capacity across several key projects.

Chris McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute, said: “Nicholas has a proven track record in leading research and development initiatives and is passionate about the part that innovation plays in transforming and redefining our industrial economy.”

Nicholas Parry added: "I look forward to helping to developing and promoting the digital transformation that is necessary to drive progress, enhance productivity, and sustainability across the foundation industries, which are themselves vital for a growing and resilient UK economy.”

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Photo caption: Nicholas Parry has been appointed the Material Processing Institute’s Group Manager for Digital Technologies

Notes to editors:

Materials Processing Institute

The Materials Processing Institute is a research and innovation centre serving global steel and materials organisations that work in advanced materials, industrial decarbonisation, the circular economy, and digital technologies.

The Institute has served as the UK’s national steel innovation centre since 1944 having been set up by Sir Winston Churchill’s wartime government just before D-Day to equip the British steel industry for post-war reconstruction. It will celebrate its 80^th anniversary in 2024.

Through collaboration with its customers, the Institute provides a range of technology and R&D based services and consultancy. It also has pilot and demonstration facilities and an SME Technology Centre to support supply chain businesses with the development of new technologies and products.

Works with: steel, metals and alloys, chemical processes, aerospace and defence, energy, mining and quarrying, construction, rail, transport, and infrastructure, offshore, subsea, and nuclear.

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