news 4 SPN DEC 2011 IndustryNews
As SPATEX heads for its 16th birthday in Brighton in 2012, the organisers of the trade exhibition are determined to pack the event with more innovation than has been seen for a number of years.
These will include a new wellness area, special focus on new products in a dedicated exhibition space and a scheme to make it easier for visitors to take advantage of manufacturers offering discounts at the show.
SPATEX 2012 runs from 4 to 6 February and is heading for a sell out. More than 50 ground-breaking new products were showcased at SPATEX 2011 and there’s confidence the figure will be exceeded for the 2012 event.
SPATEX organiser Michele Bridle said: “If you are on a busy schedule, there is nowhere in the UK where so much can be seen in such a short space of time. For architects, specifiers and designers, SPATEX
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INNOVATION LIFTS BUILD UP TO SPATEX 2012
2012 offers the latest in technological design and innovation for the commercial and domestic wet leisure industry. A full workshop programme, impartial advice from leading experts, and new product launches from both national and international exhibitors guarantees there is something of interest for everyone.”
Supporting the exhibition is ISPE (the Institute of Swimming Pool Engineers) who are organising a series of informative seminars by industry figureheads. The varied seminar content includes technical product application presentations as well as business-orientated papers. For the first time ever, visitors will be able to download vouchers from those exhibitors who are running special show offers. This can be done directly from the SPATEX website in January 2012 so visitors will have prior knowledge of where all the best deals are to be found!
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SCP MAKES ANOTHER EUROPEAN ACQUISITION
Leading international pool and spa products distributor SCP Europe has completed the acquisition of Poolway GmbH, a German distribution company which includes a production unit for above-ground and in-ground pools. It is the latest in a number of acquisitions for the SCP brand and the deal was completed in between the Piscina and Aquanale autumn trade shows.
Sylvia Monfort, Managing Director of SCP Europe said: “The acquisition is in line with the geographical expansion plan of SCP Europe. “Poolway is a sound company and
its management, dealing in the distribution of pool materials and equipment for over 10 years, is very professional and dynamic.” The newly formed business which will be known as SCP Germany GmbH, recently showed a selection of its own manufactured products plus a range of products from Hayward, Pentair and Proflex at Aquanale.
“SCP Germany will be able to build great synergy with SCP Benelux, and is a perfect bridgehead for our expansion in Eastern Europe, given its proximity to the Czech Republic and Poland,” added Monfort.
SCOTTISH POOL CLOSED AFTER CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS SCARE
A popular swimming pool was closed for over two weeks as health bosses waited for the results of tests on the water quality after it was discovered that two people with the cryptosporidiosis bug had used the pool.
Renfrewshire Leisure Ltd, the management trust which runs all local leisure centres , voluntarily shut down the Johnstone baths pool. Tests were being carried out on water samples to determine whether it was the source of the bug and the baths were due to remain closed until the results were known. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s public health consultant, Dr Syed Ahmed, said: “We are continuing to investigate if there are any other sources of infection for these two cases. There have been no new cases of cryptosporidiosis in the Renfrewshire area and the confirmed cases have fully recovered.”
The cases were not being treated as an outbreak but health officials worked with Renfrewshire Council’s environmental services team and Health Protection Scotland to investigate any possible links between them.
A spokesman for Renfrewshire Leisure Ltd said: “Two people have recently become ill with cryptosporidiosis and tests are being carried out to establish if there is any link with Johnstone swimming pool. “As a precautionary measure and in accordance with our procedures, we have taken swift action and temporarily closed the pool while tests are carried out.”
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