Lloyd-Thomas Consultancy Ltd was set up in March 2000 by Ms Lisa Lloyd and Dr Clayton Thomas, who are materials engineers with over 30 years experience between them.

We aim to:

• Provide you with practical support by using our materials, manufacturing and design experience
• Provide people with information that is relevant and easy to understand
• Work with companies providing materials support and training when and where required.

Clayton Thomas is originally from Porth in the Rhondda valleys and has metallurgical and manufacturing experience. He studied metallurgy at Imperial College London and the University of Sheffield, before working for British Steel in Rotherham. For 10 years he was company metallurgist for Cameron in Leeds, who are a major supplier of oil and gas equipment. During that time he had responsibility for the metallurgical design and manufacture of engineering components. He worked closely with design and quality engineers, suppliers and shop floor manufacturing helping them to meet quality and delivery requirements. He is also a qualified corrosion engineer and has been a member of the Institute of Corrosion for over 25 years.

Lisa Lloyd was born and brought up in Barnsley and has quality control and manufacturing experience. She studied materials at Brunel University and worked for British Steel as a welding investigator. She then worked for 13 years as metallurgist and clinical research specialist for Depuy International who are a leading manufacturer of orthopaedic instruments and implants. She worked closely with health professionals organising clinical trials and optimising the design and manufacture of biomedical implants

Our client list has included:

Barclays Capital/  Lloyd’s Register/  JPKenny/  Valve Solutions/  QA Weld Tech/  Aubert and Duval / Johnson and Johnson/ Siemans/  Hayward Tyler/ Special Quality Alloys/  One Subsea/  Stone and Webster/  Flexitallic/  Sandvik/  Whitford/  Apache North Sea/ Tyco/ Wood Group/  Maersk North Sea/  Howco Whithams/  Halliburton/  Aker Solutions/  Severn Unival/  AS Systems/  Quality Heat Treatments/  Schoeller-Bleckmann/  Expro/  Destec Engineering/  Brush Wellman/  Genesis /  GE Oil and Gas / SRP  Ltd/  Antech Ltd/  Siemens Offshore/  Kent Introl/ 2H Offshore/ Premier Alloys/  Magma Global/  Pacson Valves/ Lavender International/  Thompson Valves/  National Oilwell/  SMD Ltd/ Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining/ University of Portsmouth/ University of Sheffield/ Metrol/ Aquaterra/ Flowserve Ltd/ British Rema/ Magma Global/ Sub Drill/ Pioneer/