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The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with three organisations for joint training, research and collaboration at separate ceremonies at the university in Kumasi. The organisations are Bopp & Reuther Messtechnik of Germany, PHI Century Limited of USA and Process and Plant Automation Limited of Ghana. Bopp & Reuther Messtechnik is a German leading manufacturer that intends to support engineering education and industry, including oil and gas in Ghana, and supply equipment to the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University to train mechanical engineers. The PHI Century Limited is also willing to supply equipment to the Department of Mechanical Engineering to assist it to train Aerospace Engineers, while Process and Plant Automation Limited will equip industries in the country and provide free training for lecturers of the Mechanical Department of the university. Dr Jean Philippe Herzog, the Managing Director of Bopp & Reuther Messtechnik; Mr Robert Mason, the Business Development Manager of Process and Plant Automation Limited, and Mrs Essie Anno Sackey, the Director of PHI Century, signed for their respective organisations, while Prof. W. O. Ellis, the Vice Chancellor of KNUST, signed for the university. Prof. Ellis said the university was committed to networking with industries to provide practical and skills training to students of the university to meet the demands of industrial establishments in the country. He lauded the efforts of the three companies for partnering with the university to offer quality training to students from the university and was optimistic that the move would support industrial development. In separate remarks, representatives of the organisations stressed their commitment and readiness to work to make the pact beneficial to the university and the country in general.