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CONTENTS of the document

1	Introduction	1
2	Seven Decades - Peter Band	2
3	Directors' Perspectives
	a.   Richard Hartree 1972 - 1979	18
	b.   Rod Jones 1997 - 2001	20
4	Research
	a.   The Early Years - Nevill Turner	23
	b.   Core R & D from the 1980s - Ricky Ricks	25
5	Casting
	a.   Personal Experiences - Gerry Lucas, Dave Bonney	30
	b.   Banbury Bed Filter - Peter Read	34
	c.   Recollections & Solidification Research in the 1990s - Paul Evans	38
	d.   The PSICASO Story - Laurens Katgerman	44
6	Electrical Division at Banbury Labs - Perry Bamji	49
7	Rolling and Strip Process Engineering - Ian Calderbank,Tom Farley, Dan Miller	58
8	Lubrication - Mike Budd	64
9	Extrusion - Ian Calderbank, Bill Bryant, Roy Woodward, Steve Court	79
10	Electron Optics Story - Mike Wheeler, David Moore, Mel Ball	83
11	Surface Technology - Introduction	98
	a.   Surface Analysis & Pretreatment - Nigel Davies	98
	b.   Near Surface Active Regions	102
	c.   Conventional Anodising - Ted Short	104
	d.   Continuous Anodising - Eric Wootton, Jon Ball	108
	e.   Corrosion - Mike Budd, Geoff Scamans	115
12	Strong Alloys
	a.   Overview - Maurice Reynolds	120
	b    The Aluminium Lithium Development - Roger Grimes	121
	c.   Aluminium Lithium Development Postscript - Geoff Scamans	127
13	Development of Containers for Packaging - Alec Lovell	129
14	Structural Integrity of Aluminium and its alloys - Roy Woodward	139
15	Automotive - Mike Wheeler	160
	a.   Cans to Cars Postscript - Geoff Scamans	170
16	New Opportunities - Nigel Davies, Geoff Scamans	172
	a.   The Aluminium/Air Battery and Alupower	172
	b.   Sol Gel Technology	174
	c.   Cospray: Al / Metal Matrix Composites	175
	d.   The Anopore Membrane, Anotec and Alcan Separations	177
	e.   The End-Game and Hindsight	182
17	Alcan Primary Raw Materials R&D Programme: Banbury Laboratories - Chris Newton	184
18	At the Close of The Day - Peter Band	195
19	Appendix - Emeritus Publications	198