Gordon Kerr, CEO

Gordon is the CEO and founder of MPE.  He has built a team with the technical and commercial skills required to deliver on the MPE mission to establish partnerships with the desire and ability to drive positive change.

Gordon gained his first degree from The University of Essex and his PhD in Chemistry from Heriot Watt University. He is a well-known figure in the world of metal powder technology having spent over 10 years working with Pheonix Scientific Industries. At PSI his responsibilities included:

 - Novel alloy design and production for a variety of applications across markets. 

 - H&S inspector for all powders (Created and Signed off all MSDS). 

Gordon was Project Manager for all Innovate UK-funded grants. For further information on these projects please click the links: HiLo Silver, TiPOW,  HighSAP, SPICE, ENGPOW, UK Alumotor, DEMAND REPAIR.

As CEO of Metal Powder Emergence, Gordon confirms that his priority is the cost-effective provision of high quality metal powders for universities and commercial organisations across the globe...

"My experience over the past 10 years has shown that its possible to supply high quality additive metal powders at a cost which is more closely aligned with the client's needs."

Testimonials:

 “It was a pleasure working with you in HiLo Silver. Your calm and composed nature, willing to deliver and maintaining good working relationships with other partners, amidst the internal challenges, is a great virtue” 

Edwin S Raj Principal Scientist/R&D Project Manager/Charted Chemist at Johnson Matthey

“It was a pleasure to work so closely with you personally on the NATEP A20X project HighSAP and the success has helped in the development of an aerospace high strength/temperature aluminium powder for AM. Your expertise in this field is of the highest level ”. 

Mike Bond (Formerly MD of Aeromet) - Managing Director at Aluminium Materials Technologies Ltd, an ECKART/ALTANA Company

“There have been over 150 NATEP projects to date, with more to come. This project was one of the most successful. The major reason for its success was the bond formed by the project companies and the prompt and accurate deliverables from each of the project partners. Gordon played a big part in this ensuring that PSI delivered high quality atomised powder on time and to specification.  Gordon showed himself to be reliable, responsible and dependable”.  

Tim Ward NATEP Technical Manager at Farnborough Aerospace Consortium