Based in Tokyo, Kate has had experience of working practice’s at 16 World Class Manufacturing companies and this is seen by Gate 7 as an essential contribution to the company's advanced Lean Manufacturing procedures.  Kate has been working ‘on site’ with the Ingersoll Rand company in Belgium for 3 months prior to this visit, and greatly values the experience.  She commented ‘ I believe that my experience this year can help with our objectives to totally satisfy the demands of our world  wide customer base’ Kate can be contacted directly on  katewickham@gate7.co.uk.