27 Year 6 students built a ‘balloon cars’ assisted by the Xaar team and then raced them, with the winner receiving a 3D printed trophy.
This was the company’s second visit to Alconbury.
“It was amazing to go back to Alconbury primary school and to be part of such a fun and insightful day for the students,” said Xaar development manager Helen Clifton. “STEM-related careers are key to our industry’s future. We hope that the event has inspired some of the young people by highlighting the exciting opportunities – we try to do as much as possible in the local area to find the engineers of the future.”
Xaar has fostered relationships with a number of local schools, colleges and educational charities through its programme of STEM and other events – here and here, for example.
Xaar develops and manufactures industrial inkjet print heads for applications including graphics, package labelling, 3D product decoration, and the deposition of functional fluids and coatings. It has been operating for over 30 years and has around 300 patents.
