Hidden gems of Arco’s Big Book


Through its branch network, website and famous Big Book, Arco offers over 22,000 quality assured, branded and own brand products to keep people safe at work including an extensive range of factory equipment safety solutions for all industries.


These are the hidden gems in Arco’s crown that enables Arco to provide customers with a total solution for all their needs. Buffalo Tools Range – Brand new for 2010, this extensive and complete range of tough, professional hand tools designed for construction and ideal for all trade users has been


manufactured in accordance with BS and DIN standards. From hammers to hand saws, spanners, screwdrivers and


measuring equipment, the Buffalo tools range offers quality, value and reliability. Industrial Lockers and Cabinets – For storing personal belongings and PPE, Arco supplies a selection of industrial security lockers and cabinets for all applications, available in single to six-tier sizes. With safety paramount to Arco’s ethos, it also offers a collection of hazardous substance storage cabinets which conform to the HSG1 and DSEAR 2002 standards. Packaging Consumables – Arco offers a wide range of branded packaging products including safety knives and cutters, tackers and staplers to assist with the safe handling and packaging of goods. Tapes, wraps and strapping systems ranging from polypropylene packing tape and dispensers to protective bubble film, shrink wrap and a range of strapping protect products during transit and from the elements.


Line Marking Spray – Arcos’ best selling quality own brand products, Arco Line Marker and Survey Spray, remain two of the most trusted on the market and available in a range of colours; red, yellow, green, blue, black, white and orange. Applicators are also on offer in the form of handheld and wheel-operated devices. Alternatively, the Flexiline Thermoplastic Line Marking is a simple low cost, safe solution to road marking without the need for specialist equipment to be brought on site.


Material Handling – Heavy goods and material handling can be a hazardous undertaking without the proper equipment. Arco is able to assist industry workers by offering a wide range of sack trucks, pallet trucks and trolleys to suit all warehouse and delivery requirements. With sack trucks and trolleys supporting weights up to 500Kg, and pallet trucks and scissor lifts up to 2500kg, Arco has solutions for all parcel and palletised goods transactions. www.arco.co.uk


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Stormsaver goes the extra 5,000 miles


Five hundred children from one of the driest countries in the world will have the opportunity to learn about sustainable living, thanks to the UK’s leading provider of rainwater harvesting solutions. Stormsaver has pledged to raise £5,000 to support an extensive education programme for children in the Katutura township, located in the capital city of Namibia, Windhoek.


The project, directed by local conservation specialists, Biosphere Expeditions, will teach Katutura children about the importance of sustainable living and the impact on the planet’s biosphere. It will also help them to understand the significance of living in a safe, clean and hygienic way.


“We are delighted to be involved with this project,” said Michael Farnsworth, managing director of Stormsaver. “We believe that young people are our future and so need to educate them about the most efficient and sustainable ways of living, in order to make a real and positive difference to the world’s biosphere. “The Katutura township is situated at the edge of the one the biggest


conservation areas in Namibia. It currently has a


population of over 200,000, high levels of unemployment and poor living conditions. Families live in corrugated steel huts and have little access to electricity and basic sanitation and can be without water for days at a time.


“As the township is based on the edge of the conservation area, habitants can easily enter the area and poach for bush meat, cut down trees for fire wood and even deposit waste – often causing damage to the flora and the local wildlife. This needs to stop. We need to help them understand that there are other, more sustainable, ways to live without damaging the local environment.


“As this is one the world’s driest places, which is continually threatened by severe perennial droughts, water shortages and water stress, we also need to help children and families learn about water collection and effective usage,” added Michael. www.stormsaver.com


Serving up more – for less


As budgets get increasingly squeezed, one commercial kitchen company is proving it is possible to get 25% more for less...


CHR Equipment, based in Lancashire, is proving its ethos of ‘delivering profitable solutions to the UK food service industry’ is a practical truth: as a result, its clients have already achieved savings of at least 25% on the original budget – significant enough to enable further development plans to become reality, with the added benefits of reducing costs sustainably and delivering ‘best value’.


A new CHR kitchen designed and installed at Old Trafford Cricket Ground’ Gold marquee, for example, ‘recycled’ equipment from three kitchens in the club’s old building, saving over £100,000 and eliminating the need to rent a unit;


likewise at St Helen’s College, incorporation by CHR of some £¼m worth of existing equipment into new demonstration kitchens enabled the project management team to secure funding for a second phase of development.


Paul Neville, CHR Equipment Sales Director, elaborates, “It is logical, if equipment is perfectly serviceable, fulfills a role in the new kitchen and meets current hygiene standards, to re-use it. It enables the client to achieve his objective, and attain ‘best value’ practice, and gives the additional benefit of surely being one of the ultimate recycling techniques!” Founded almost 20 years ago, CHR Equipment has grown to become one of the leading commercial kitchen companies, delivering solutions for venues as diverse as local pub’s through Michelin starred restaurants to stadia. It offers a complete package, from design to installation and maintenance, and unlike many similar companies, is independent in all its areas of operation, enabling it to deliver the most practicable, profitable solution, within budget, for each individual project. Tel 01772 499774


Email: paul@chrequipment.co.uk www.chrequipment.co.uk


Building & Facilities Management – December 2010/January 2011


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