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NIS welcomes the Mayor of Chorley

NIS were pleased to welcome The Mayor of Chorley Councillor Mark Perks to our facility on Tuesday 13^th March 2018.

After recently meeting at a local high school STEM event Councillor Perks was invited to tour our Chorley facility and meet some of our Apprentices. We are very proud to currently have 11 Apprentices in a variety of roles including Project Controls, Mechanical Design, Welding, Administration and Fabrication.

Managing Director Gill Marsden was delighted to tell Councillor Perks about a number of projects NIS is working on including:

Manufacturing equipment to assist with the Fukushima disaster recovery
Supporting UK Defence companies working on projects to protect our nation
Collaborating on decommissioning frameworks
Working with our clients to providing security detection products across the globe

Left to right: Gill Marsden (Managing Director), The Mayor of Chorley Councillor Mark Perks, David Brown (Technical Director) and Richard Taffs (SHE Manager)

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