OnSite Consultancy WMTR Alan Cooper, Managing DirectorBefore Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research (WMTR), there was a Canadian-Swiss company called Alcan, a well-known aluminium manufacturer. Background In 2003 there was an application by Coca-Cola to build a manufacturing unit to make aluminium cans for the drinks but the council turned them down. That was the death of Alcan. Alan Cooper, Managing Director at WMTR reflects: “The Directors of Alcan business got in touch with a few companies to sell all the equipment and one of the companies was an American company called Westmoreland. They came across, looked at all the equipment and the staff and put a cheque on the table there and then. That was the birth of WMTR. “Westmoreland was started as a family busines

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