Swimming Pool Scene BUSINESS NEWS
New Research Facility Is A World First
Plastipack, a world-leading manufacturer of specialist covering materials for swimming pools, has invested in a new state-of- the-art research facility at its East Sussex headquarters. A world first, the unique test facility comprises five outdoor 8m x 4m x 1.2m swimming pools located side by side. This allows Plastipack to accurately measure and compare the performance of different types of cover materials, while monitoring real-time water temperature and environmental conditions.
“Our new outdoor laboratory will be invaluable in the development, analysis and comparison of high performance cover materials for pools,” comments Peter Adlington, Managing Director of Plastipack.
“It increases our understanding of how products perform on real pools and will help Plastipack maintain market leadership through technical expertise. It adds credibility to product claims with publishable results and greater environmental monitoring which sets us and our products apart from other manufacturers. It also helps raise the importance and industry awareness of credible performance data,” he adds. The test area represents an investment of £100k at Plastipack’s St Leonards site, which currently employs 34 core
ABOVE: The Plastipack test facility comprises five outdoor 8m x 4m x 1.2m swimming pools located side by side.
staff. It was officially opened by Rt. Hon. Amber Rudd MP, Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye, and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Plastipack Tel. 01424 851659
www.plastipack.co.uk
Brands That Are Instantly Recognisable
When you look at a Range Rover you know immediately from its shape and design it’s a Range Rover – it is instantly recognisable. It’s just the same with a Heatstar unit. No other environmental control unit looks like it or performs like it. However, this distinctive look is not just cosmetic. Heatstar units look distinctive and different because of the way they are made to provide strength, stability and durability.
Heatstar units are constructed from a 50 mm thick anodized aluminium skeleton frame giving the unit unrivalled levels of stability. In addition, all access panels are formed from galvanised steel with a tough PVC coating to prevent corrosion as well as providing excellent thermal and sound insulation, then fixed via high quality chrome latches. Heatstar’s Joe Venables says: “We believe that over the years we have succeeded in developing a system that is not only extremely flexible in its configuration but also incredibly robust, reliable and able to exceed the performance of other comparable products on the market today”.
ABOVE: Heatstar units look distinctive and different because of the way they are made to provide strength, stability and durability.
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It is worth remembering that every Heatstar unit is designed and constructed to the highest possible standard and all components have been specially selected for use within corrosive swimming pool environments. Heatstar Tel. 01983 521465
www.heatstar.com
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