On the outer fringes of the large manufacturing site are vestiges of decommissioned equipment awaiting removal or re-use. As the centre is approached the machinery becomes more modern, as flashing LEDs, flat screens and bright yellow machinery replace relays, wires and dials. At the core are high-vacuum coating machines and three freeform lines worthy of any world-class lab.
Frank G Norville OBE, chairman and latest member of this optical dynasty, is eager to explain the changes freeform have brought to Norville Group, the optical manufacturing business and the changes nearing completion in Gloucester.
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