Mechanical Engineering students receive bursaries from Crown Packaging UK plc
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Students: Chris Jones, Chris Wines and Lee Ackerman, are pictured with (back row) Ivan Kerley (Human Resources Director, Crown Packaging), Ally Ross (Human Resources, Crown Packaging), Dr Mark Atherton (Course Director, Mech Eng); (front row) Professor Chris Jenks (Vice- Chancellor), Professor Savvas Tassou (Head, School of Engineering and Design).
Following six awards made last year, a further three students of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Design are the latest recipients of bursaries from Crown Packaging UK plc. Crown Packaging began in 1892 when founder William Painter invented a better way to package soft drinks and beer with a crimped metal top (or crown). Today, Crown Holdings, Inc. employs more than 50 Brunel Mech Eng Graduates and has research centres in Wantage, Oxfordshire and Chicago, Illinois that support its 139 plants located in 41 countries with a turnover in excess of $8 billion.
