WorldSkills London 2011 takes place from 5-8 October 2011 at ExCeL London and is said to be the world's largest international skills competition. The competition brings together young people from across the globe to compete to become the best of the best. At stake: the honour of being the greatest in the world at their chosen skill.
Mitutoyo UK is supporting the manufacturing and engineering technology section of the WorldSkills London 2011, supplying some 400 measurement instruments and CMMs as sole providers of measurement solutions. Mitutoyo Measurement Specialists and Training Instructors will also be on-site throughout the event, assisting the adjudicators by measuring the work-pieces made by the competitors, and offering guidance to visitors on practical measurement applications and career options in the field of Metrology.
“Following successful involvement from Mitutoyo at WorldSkills in Canada in 2009 and Japan in 2007, we were keen to get involved and support WorldSkills in London in 2011,” said David Thomson, managing director, Mitutoyo UK. “Our company ethos has always been that in order to achieve the best in measurement, you need to invest in people, and so we are wholeheartedly investing in WorldSkills as it aims in inspire and inform the youth of today who will of course become the engineers of tomorrow.”
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