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Creating Exceptional Performance
Fairfield Control Systems (FCS) have successfully completed a project to deliver Collaborative Workbenches into BAE Systems Air Sector. The workbenches combine 3D projection technologies and machine vision to aid users and increase productivity. FCS were approached by BAE Systems with the requirement to take a prototype design to a workbench which could be delivered into […]
TechEd EMEA 2019
Five more Fairfield Engineers are attending Rockwell Automation’s TechED 2019 event in Munich this week from 21 to 24 October. Billed as Rockwell’s ‘Premier Technology Education Event’, TechEd 2019 offers more than 150 sessions over three and a half days, including thought-provoking keynote presentations, expert-led sessions, interactive labs and innovative demonstrations. Delegates have the opportunity […]
Apprentices and Graduates at the SICK Functional Safety Seminar
We have SICK in house today providing a functional safety seminar to some of our apprentices and graduates, providing them an understanding of the basic requirements of the functional safety standards, particularly ISO 13849 and how to apply it practically. SICK are one of the market leaders for intelligent sensors in industrial automation, and possess […]
[L-R] Mark Scott, Oliver Mangham, Jason Varney, Sally Beers, Jon Truman
We are delighted that 5 members of staff have reached significant long service milestones at Fairfields in 2019: Mark Scott & Jon Truman – 20 years’ service Sally-Anne Beers, Jason Varney & Oliver Mangham – 15 years’ service We are delighted that so many staff remain with Fairfields throughout their career, from apprentice or graduate […]
Following the recent World Mental Health Day last week, a representative from Mind, the charity for better mental health, was invited to Head Office to deliver training on ‘Managing Mental Health at Work’. A number of employees attended who are responsible for managing staff or for staff well-being from both Fairfield Control Systems and Fairfield […]
We are pleased to welcome our new starter Danny Adams, Danny is a Senior Applications Engineer who will be working in our sales department. Danny joins us with over 15 years of industry experience, he has particular expertise in the process industries and safety systems and has worked on applications such as oil and gas, […]
SE Alliance System Integrator
Fairfields are proud to announce that after being a Schneider Electric Alliance Partner for 3 years, we have now progressed to the Certified Partner level within the program. This new status has been granted to Fairfields after a successful demonstration of the following: Long term experience in implementing Schneider Electric Automation systems Successfully completing training […]
#GetInGoFar Campaign
Fairfield’s are proud to announce that another Apprentice has completed their Apprenticeship programme at Fairfields. Billy Hanner has now moved into a permanent and full time Design Engineer position within the Projects Team at our Head Office. Apprentices and ex-apprentices currently make up around 30% of the total workforce and we have retained over 90% of our apprentices […]
Emma Roberts, a Fairfield’s Applications Engineer, was awarded the WES Top 50 Women In Engineering Award. This award helps raise awareness of women who work in engineering with the aim of changing perceptions and encouraging more young women to consider engineering as a career. This year the award theme is Current and Former Apprentices, WES […]
Fairfields are proud to be supporting the government’s National Apprenticeship Week 2019 #BlazeATrail campaign, promoting apprenticeships nationwide. 74% of small businesses report that apprentices help to increase productivity and win new business. We would agree, and this is proven by the fact that apprentices have been a mainstay for Fairfields since 2000. With just over 50 staff, our work […]
