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Fluke, the specialist in portable electronic test and measurement technology, has announced an agreement with test equipment sourcing specialist, Livingston, adding new territories. This will see rental support in the UK and Ireland complementing the Fluke support services Livingston already offers across Germany and Benelux. It will cover Fluke’s entire industrial portfolio, including power quality and energy monitoring, vibration testing and thermal imaging.
www.fluke.co.uk
Parker Hannifin has released the latest version of its ParkerStore catalogue. Updated and improved, the new catalogue provides infor- mation and access to 1,000s of Parker’s hydraulic and pneumatic products, enabling users to find the products they need quickly and easily, ensuring plant and machin- ery can be kept maintained and running efficiently. Catalogues are available from your local ParkerStore.
www.parker.com
LMK Thermosafe has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade 2012. The awards honour outstanding UK companies and encourage the development of British business. Across the UK, this award has been won by 151 companies. LMK Thermosafe manufactures industri- al drum and container heaters for use in potentially explosive atmos- pheres, and exports the majority of production from its Haverhill head- quarters to over 60 countries, with export earnings having increased by 85 per cent over three years.
www.drumheating.co.uk
Industrial nameplate and logo spe- cialist, Diametric, believes there is increased demand for UK manu- factured product branding and badging in Europe and other parts of the world. As a result, it will attend the Global Automotive Components and Suppliers Expo in Stuttgart in June. Graham Steele, sales and marketing direc- tor, said: “We have seen an increase in product designers and manufacturers from Europe and further afield coming to us with specific needs for intricate work. Britain is leading the way in this detailed form of product badging and branding.”
www.diametric.gb.com
Factory Equipment MAY 2012 Resounding success for welding village
The AWD (Association of Welding Distribution) Welding World Village held at MACH 2012 recently was described a resounding success. Toby Gourley, AWD conference and exhibition chairman said: “MACH 2012 was a huge success with the AWD Welding World Village attracting 27 welding products businesses showcasing their product lines. I would like to thank them for their support and for being part of the only dedicated Welding Zone at MACH 2012. The village, the largest zone within the exhibi- tion, was visited by Stephen McPartland MP who talked with many of our exhibitors about the importance of manufacturing and skills in the UK. “With over 20,000 visitors overall and the Thursday atten- dance 23 per cent up on 2010, the AWD members told me me about the quality of enquiries being received. I also talked to visitors, who told me how useful it was to have all aspects of welding repre- sented in one zone.
“MACH 2012 proved extremely Council trustee
Stephen McPartland MP with Adrian Hawkins, AWD (centre) and Phil Roe 3M welding specialist
successful for all our exhibitors and I hope to see them again in 2014 where we aim to produce an even bigger and better Welding World Village. The AWD looks forward to welcoming them all back to the Welding World Village at MACH 2014.”
Marianne Edwards, business manager at Rapid Welding & Industrial Supplies, Cosham, Hampshire said: “We were exhibiting for the first time and chose MACH 2012 for our inau- gural exhibition. Our aim was to raise the ‘Rapid’ profile and pro- mote the CK range of torches for which we are the UK importer. The positive response we received was beyond expecta- tion and we will be returning.”
www.awd.org.uk
The chairman and chief executive of the British Safety Council, Lynda Armstrong OBE and Alex Botha, have announced Lawrence Waterman, Head of Health and Safety at the London Legacy Development Corporation, has been appointed to serve as a member of the board of trustees. Armstrong said: “We are delighted Lawrence has agreed to take on the role of trustee. Lawrence will bring to this role a wealth of knowledge and experi- ence built up over many years in health and safety management. He has been an inspirational leader and an influential player in promoting health and wellbe- ing across all sectors.
“In the many roles he has car- ried out, including past president of IOSH, head of health and safety at the Olympic Delivery Authority, Lawrence has demon- strated a passion and commit- ment for keeping workers healthy and safe and has inspired many to take on the important role of health and safety practitioner and to make a real difference.”
www.britsafe.org
Apprenticeship scheme helps fill the skills gap
Atlas Copco Compressors is training compressor engineers of the future and, in the process, helping to address the UK’s engi- neering skills gap through its comprehensive apprenticeship scheme. The scheme, which pro- vides apprentices with the practi- cal engineering skills and commercial experience required for a career in the compressed air sector, is also helping Atlas Copco to maintain a high stan- dards of compressor engineering excellence.
Donald Draffan, a first year apprentice based at Atlas Copco’s Cumbernauld Service Centre commented: “My training has already given me real hands-on experience with the latest com- pressor technology which is great, but it is also giving me an insight into the commercial side of the industry and how an organisation such as Atlas Copco operates. I really believe this combination will enable me to develop all of the necessary tech- nical and business skills and
expertise needed for a career as a compressor engineer.”
The apprenticeship scheme, which Atlas Copco operates in partnership with local colleges, provides apprentices with real- time experience and training within Atlas Copco’s engineering environment, based at any of its regional service centres or the Systems Engineering facilities located at the company’s UK headquarters in Hemel Hempstead.
www.atlascopco.co.uk Ground-breaking year expected for machine manufacturer
This year is set to be a ground- breaking year for the Scarborough- based builder of tube bending machines, Unison. In the first quarter alone, the company has tripled the size of its order book
and the rate it is building machines compared to the same period last year.
Over 10 of the machines cur- rently on order are also destined for export, with some going to manufacturers in the company's traditional international markets of the USA, Western Europe and Scandinavia and the rest to manu- facturers in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Last year was already a record year for Unison, with the company
building the highest quantity of machines it has ever made, increasing its headcount by almost 20 per cent, and leasing 8000ft2 of additional space next to its Scarborough factory which has been converted into a second machine building and testing area. The latest order surge is prompting Unison to expand again, and the company is recruit- ing new staff, and looking to invest in a new factory during 2013.
www.unisonltd.com
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