Nick Barlow who heads up the Designcraft team has worked in blade design and manufacture since the early eighties

• 1982-86   Worked with Jim Platts  (Gifford Technology) on development of wood epoxy blade technology in the UK .
• Mid 90s MS4 design and manufacture of 20m flexible load shedding  glass fibre blades for WEG.
•  Tip brake development for NEG Micon  designed prototyped new tip brake for 31m  blades ( 1.5 MW) using infused composite enclosures.
• Pioneered electrically heated  moulds for NEG- Micon. System is still in use today  with several variants.
• Developed CNC  machined patterns and infused moulds for NEG Micon and Vestas. Supervised the infusion  of 8 large blade tools upto 59m and manufacture of patterns upto 49m
• Developed infused root carrots for Vestas formally NEG Micon  and other unique blade technology concepts including the infusion of timber blade structures. Co-inventor of unique blade manufacture system in wood and carbon  pultrusion.
• Continues to develop and prototype blade technology for multi – megawatt blades with strong links to Vestas Blades UK.