Records of the Engineering Materials Group and successors

Records of the Engineering Materials Group of the Ministry of Technology, established to address quality control and meet industrial needs, include registered files in HF 3

• Ministry of Technology, Electrical and Chemical Plant and Materials Division, 1966-1967
• Ministry of Technology, Engineering Materials Group, 1965-1966
• Ministry of Technology, External Research and Materials Division, 1967-1968
• Ministry of Technology, Materials Division, 1968-1970

The Engineering Materials Group (c1965-1966) of the Ministry of Technology was succeeded by an Electrical and Chemical Plant and Materials Division (c1966-1967), an External Research and Materials Division (c1967), and a Materials Division (c1968-1970).

The division as a whole was responsible for identifying the needs of industry for new or improved materials and techniques for the manufacture, fabrication and quality control of materials; and it assisted in technical problems associated with the choice of materials, design, fabrication techniques and protective treatments. The division also arranged programmes to assist industry to achieve required developments and to support Mintech in the furtherance of its commitments to Ministry of Defence and to Civil Aviation.

Additionally, It was responsible for co-ordinating intra-mural work on materials and exercised financial and technical control of extra-mural contracts.