CORRECTING and REPLACING Smiths News Release.Business Editors CORRECTION...by Smiths BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2003 In BW5610 issued July 28, 2003, (MD-SMITHS) Smiths Announces Management Change, the headline should read xxx Bloomfield Appointed to NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Industry Group Board (sted Smiths Announces Management Change). The corrected release reads: BLOOMFIELD APPOINTED TO NBC INDUSTRY GROUP BOARD Smiths Detection is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Neil P. Bloomfield, Vice President, Tactical Systems, to Director at Large of NBC Industry Group Board. In addition to maintaining his current position in Smiths Detection, Neil will be responsible to the NBC Industry Group for providing information on NBC civil and military matters to the U.S. Armed Forces, other appropriate Government agencies of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the general public. More than 120 industry-related corporations elect this position annually. Neil began his career as an Aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau Mechanical Engineering apprentice at Rolls Royce, Watford, England. In 1986, Neil moved to Graseby Dynamics (now Smiths Detection) and was soon responsible for marketing chemical warfare detection equipment to several global territories including Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Japan, Pacific Rim, South Africa, Southern Europe, Canada and the USA. During this time Neil attended and presented to several NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. Panel VII meetings. In 1997 he moved to Virginia, USA to establish the US Sales and Marketing Office, at which time he established corporate membership of the NBC Industry Group. Neil returned to the UK in 2001 as Sales and Marketing Director responsible for worldwide marketing of the Watford, England site's products. A key part of the role was to influence the company's IR&D investment, heavily reflecting on the company's drive toward new biological warfare biological warfare, employment in war of microorganisms to injure or destroy people, animals, or crops; also called germ or bacteriological warfare. Limited attempts have been made in the past to spread disease among the enemy; e.g. detection techniques. Following the creation of Smiths Detection in July 2002, Neil returned to the US to take up his current position of Vice President, Tactical Systems. Neil has obtained his Engineering qualifications at St. Albans College, England and a Diploma in Management Studies and the Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma at the University of Hertfordshire The University of Hertfordshire is a modern university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 23,000 students. , England. Neil is married with three children and now resides in Bel Air, Maryland Bel Air is the name of two places in the State of Maryland in the United States of America:
About Smiths: Smiths Detection and Smiths Heimann form the detection and security systems division of Smiths Group plc starting August 1, 2003. Combining the trace detection and x-ray security technologies of the two businesses, Smiths Detection provides screening solutions for the civil and military markets worldwide. |
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