CFS expands national presence
Industrial and valve safety
Contract Fire Security (CFS), the national provider of fire, safety and security has increased its national presence with the opening of its first Scottish base in East Kilbride and taken on a further 50 engineers across the UK.
Dutch interlocking and valve safety system provider Netherlocks has now expanded with the founding of a new subsidiary: Netherlocks Safety Systems GmbH, based in Stockstadt, Germany. The company is a world leading provider of industrial and valve safety interlocking systems, servicing many industries including petrochemical, oil and gas, and many other processing operations. All staff, stock and ongoing projects from the valve interlocking division of GST-Systeme GmbH will now be transferred seamlessly into the new Netherlocks Safety Systems GmbH business. Existing customers will experience no disruption to their service, and will now benefit from the added availability of the full range of Netherlocks products, spare parts and support services.
Stephen Sadowski, who will be heading up the new enterprise, said: “This is an exciting opportunity, and it’s great to be bringing Netherlocks’ proven technology and expertise to an even broader market.”
Netherlocks is a leading name in interlocking and valve control technology including valve position indicators and partial stroke systems, with major projects around the world in the oil and gas, petrochemical, and process industries. In addition to the Netherlands and Germany, the company also has offices in the USA, China and the Middle East. Further information can be found at
www.netherlocks.com.
expert opens new Regional Office in Germany
The expansion completes a successful year, which saw CFS reach its twenty five year milestone and win a string of new customers requiring nationwide presence. Steve and Gary Quirke, the brothers who formed CFS in 1985 and are joint managing directors, have taken CFS from a £12 million turnover in 2008 to a £20 million company in the last year. They attribute their growth to offering an exceptional personal service that is tailored to meet the fire and safety requirements of all customers, small and large.
As Steve Quirke explains, “Our focus is on providing our customers with the total solution for safety and security and as the requirements have become more complex we have added additional services, which has led to further business opportunities. Our passion to move the business forward has led to ten acquisitions in recent years
that has provided us with wider choice and increased our presence across the UK.” CFS now looks after fire and security systems for 32,000 sites in the UK, 250 sites in Europe, employs 259 employees and has developed its own directly employed and trained engineers to 180 to offer the geographical coverage required to service clients.
The opening of the Scottish base is to service existing clients, such as Scottish Heritage and grow CFS in Scotland. In recent years, the company has opened offices in London and Bagshot to increase profile in the South.
Joint Managing Director Gary Quirke believes CFS will increase its turnover to £25 million in the next financial year. He said: “We have worked hard to be at the leading edge of our sector and have focused on the environmental impact of fire and safety in line with our ISO14001 environmental accreditation.
“We will continue to expand our service to customers and increase the intensity of engineers across the UK.”
www.cfs-group.co.uk
OCS announces sports grant for British Champion
British swimming champion, 19 year old Ellen (Ellie) Gandy recently had her success in the British Gas Swimming Championships in Manchester – 2 podium first places in the 100m and 200m butterfly – capped by being awarded an OCS Sports Grant to support her two year campaign and schedule leading up to the 2012 Olympics.
At the Championships, Ellen not only retained her titles but recorded a time of just 0.02 outside the current fastest world time. Her preparations for London 2012 will require her to continue her training in Melbourne with global travel to compete and represent Britain on the senior international swimming circuit. OCS aims to support outstanding young athletes and contribute to the overall vision for the future of British sport. John Clark of OCS commented: “Ellie’s training campaign presents funding difficulties which fit into the OCS Young Sports Person grant scheme for exceptional performance and we are delighted to be able to support her total commitment.” On receiving her medals and news of
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the OCS grant at the Manchester Championships, Ellie said: “I’ve been so lucky with the support I’ve received from my family and from heroes of mine like my training partner Michael Klim who is the Butterfly Olympic Champion and world record holder. I’m grateful for all the help I’ve had from the people who have provided the facilities for me to train – and now to OCS for their grant. It just means that I can invest in the best training and attend the right camps to help me maintain my focus for the Worlds and 2012.
www.ocs.co.uk
Email:
jackie.bennettshaw@
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