Quanta News

Quanta Sponsors Woodville Rangers FC Team

The Club was formed in 2005 as there was no junior football in the immediate area. Since then the Club has grown from strength to strength and currently has registered around 150+ players for the 2011/12 season from under 8 to over 40 years of age.

"We currently run a soccer school for under 7's, we have 1 under 8 team, 2 under 9s, 2 under 10s, 1 under 11, 12 & 13 and 2 adult teams. To run these teams we have 10 team Managers and various assistant managers & coaches. Of these volunteers we have 16 FA qualified coaches who have attended the training courses in their own time. These courses have been funded by the Club through fundraising and various donations. The training of our volunteers is something that we are keen to continue as this helps to attract new volunteers, retain current coaches and enhance the Club's Development."                       [Click on Photo to enlarge]

This year the Club achieved the FA Charter Standard - Development Club status. As part of this progression they hope to establish links with local schools so that the Club can develop and continue by recruiting new players.
The adult team play their games at Woodville Recreation Ground and Goseley Recreation Park. Youth teams play at Spring Cottage. All the other teams play at multi pitch parks such as the Marston's, Pingle School 3G, Robert Sutton 3G, Washlands and Shobnall Park in the very well organised Burton Junior Football League.

Quanta would like to announce that our Director for Science Professor Clive Buckberry has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Professor Buckberry is distinguished for fundamental fibre optoelectronic speckle pattern interferometry developments and for creating and implementing laser photonic applications for automotive and other industries; exceptional for technical leadership of a medical engineering company spun out of IMI Vision; and outstanding for sustained, mutually fruitful university knowledge transfer.
To read more visit the Royal Academy of Engineering website

Quanta is awarded NHS Grant for the development of a Patient Centric self-care Haemodialysis machine

Quanta, in partnership with the NKF, Leeds University Hospital and Newcastle University, has been awarded the i4i "Invention for Innovation" grant which will enable the company to tailor the design of SelfCare+ to the needs of patients and of the NHS. The grant will help resource additional marketing, engineering and design specifically for patient usability and other patient centric aspects.
David Oram, Quanta's Engineering Manager, says "Although SelfCare+ has always been intended to be used by patients; the i4i grant will enable us to go to the next level in patient usability design".
Quanta will conduct extensive consultation via workshops and focus groups with patients and renal specialists from leading UK renal centres. The data gathered from these activities will enable Quanta to fine tune the design of SelfCare+ so that the entire dialysis process is as patient friendly as possible.
Visit i4i website for more information

Peter Hoyer joins the Quanta Team as Sales and Marketing Director

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Hoyer to the position of Sales and marketing director. Peter will be responsible for the development and implementation of Quanta targeted sales and market development plans, building and extending partnerships with dialysis clinicians and overseeing all facets of Quanta's sales & marketing activities.

"I am delighted to join the Quanta team and I can't wait to start helping improve the life of ESRD patients around the world. I am impressed by the unique product design and performance as well as the sophistication of the Quanta development & management team. SelfCare+ features a truly revolutionary treatment platform that is going to change the way the world looks at haemodialysis therapy." ....read more...

A distinguished visitor: MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, Khalid Mahmood, visits Quanta

On January 21st, 2011, Mr Khalid Mahmood, MP for Perry Barr visited Quanta on a fact finding mission. Mr Mahmood, himself a renal patient, was shown around the Quanta facilities where he took the opportunity to chat with the members of the team.
Mr Mahmood expressed his delight at seeing a UK company in the West Midlands developing such a revolutionary technology:
"I am pleased to see that Quanta is developing world class medical technology here in the Midlands. The skills, knowledge and intellectual property generated bring real long term value for our region and act like a beacon to attract new investment".
Mr Mahmood has requested to be kept informed of our progress on a regular basis.
www.khalidmahmoodmp.co.uk