< News Kerry Briggs Head of Medical September 22, 2021 New facilities at KD In the past month, we’ve been pleased to welcome back greater numbers of our team to KD HQ. In common with many businesses, the experiences of the last 18 months have prompted us to review working practices and to re-evaluate what function our premises serve. As a result, as well as giving individuals autonomy and flexibility with their working time, we have also refurbished our workspaces and facilities to better reflect the needs of our team and our clients. Our engineering test and prototyping facilities have received a major overhaul, with new laboratories being installed throughout. Our enhanced spaces now include a wet lab, controlled labs for assembly and test, including ESD labs for electronic, dimensional, force and mass metrology, flow characterisation, class 2 biosafety cabinet, monitored cold storage and environmental test chambers. Our long-established prototyping facilities, including 3D printing, CNC, casting and fabrication, are seamlessly integrated within our enhanced build and test labs. These new and enhanced facilities are already being utilised to support product development programmes such as drug delivery devices, diagnostic products involving reagents and assays and smart connected devices. Importantly, they are helping our clients better bridge the gap between prototyping and manufacture with small batch builds and formal engineering and product verification. But it’s not just about new kit. Equally importantly, we’ve planned our workspaces to encourage collaborative working, whether that’s facilitating cross-functional teams to work side-by-side on projects or how we engage with client teams in person or via video and other virtual collaboration tools. Talk to us about how our engineering build and test capabilities and collaborative partnership can support your product development ambitions. You may also be interested in Sunny Panesar August 6, 2021 The Ethnic Diversity Excellence Programme: Meet the successful applicants Eakin Healthcare: Pelican ModaVi Elena Massucco May 17, 2021 Introducing the KD Sustainability Lab