Welcome to the Aunir Team, please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions on our products and services. Kind Regards
| Steven Tayfield | |
 | Job Title: Business Development Manager Tel: +44 (0) 1327 810913 Email: steven.tayfield@aunir.co.uk |
| Steven has a varied and interesting background, starting in railway signalling and progressing to IT management over a17 year period for Transnet in South Africa. He then spent a number of years in different industries further developing his passion for customer service. In 2002 he joined Sangari South Africa as Business Development Manager, where he was involved in the development and marketing of many products and services in the education industry. One of which is the "F1 in Schools CAD CAM Challenge", a world wide project which exposes young people to the world of science and technology in an exciting and innovative way. He moved from South Africa in 2009 and joined Aunir as Business Development Manager. | |
| Chris Woodley | |
 | Job Title: Technical Services Manager Tel: + 44 (0) 1327 810914 Email: chris.woodley@aunir.co.uk |
| Chris started his academic life at the University of Reading, Department of Agriculture in 1968. Whilst employed there he was exposed to many aspects of agricultural analysis and he was involved in extensive training of technicians both in the UK and overseas. He joined Technicon Instruments in 1978 as an application specialist, employed to generate calibrations for NIR instrumentation, an emerging technology at that time. Whilst at Technicon he helped many industries implement NIR, generating applications for agriculture, food, beverages, snack foods, dairy, pharmaceuticals, chemical, flour milling and confectionary. In 2003 he joined AUNIR, formerly Central Laboratories, as a Technical Services Manager where he helps the supply and support of NIR calibrations worldwide. | |
| Chris Piotrowski | |
 | Job Title: Director, Aunir Tel: +44 (0) 1327 810912 Email: chris.piotrowski@aunir.co.uk |
| Chris Piotrowski has worked in the business since 1978. His early years were spent gaining knowledge and skills as an analytical chemist. By the late 80’s he was tasked with introducing an NIR network into the 10 feed mills of J Bibby & Sons. Following this successful implementation he returned to running both the analytical and NIR divisions of Central Laboratories. In 1995 Central Laboratories was set up as a commercial laboratory serving the food and feed industries. The laboratory grew rapidly covering a diverse range of techniques, including analytical chemistry, microbiology and NIR spectroscopy. In 2008 the decision was made to sell the analytical division of Central Laboratories allowing Chris and the team to focus on the core activity of NIR under the new name of Aunir. | |
| Simon Flanagan | |
 | Job Title: Application Specialist Tel: +44 (0) 1327 810915 Email: simon.flanagan@aunir.co.uk |
| Simon Flanagan completed a Masters Degree in Chemistry in 2004 and worked as an Analytical Chemist until joining the NIR team in 2006. | |