ISSUE SPOTLIGHT: MANUFACTURING


ISSUESPOTLIGHT EXPANDING GREEN CREDENTIALS


The latest news on all the successes and developments within Northamptonshire’s growing MANUFACTURING sector


A leading manufacturer of flexible foam components has received another boost to its green credentials. Foam Techniques Ltd, based In Wellingborough,


became a zero to landfill business in 2014 as it sends none of its waste to landfill and works with its partners to ensure best practice to minimise all waste. It has since undergone a


review of its systems and business practices by an independent auditor and as a result it has received the most important standard in a series of environmental management standards known as ISO 14001. Operations Director Stephen Thomas


compounds) emissions by around 25% during a period of significant growth. He said: “Our customers can benefit from


‘THIS


ACCREDITATION ENHANCES OUR OFFERING AND FURTHER SETS US APART FROM OTHERS IN THE SECTOR’


said the company had achieved the standard by reducing its energy usage, minimising waste of all types and reducing its VOC (volatile organic


dealing with a business that is managing its own environmental impact and use this to strengthen their own environmental credentials. “This accreditation enhances our


offering and further sets us apart from others in the sector.” The company aims to achieve the international health and safety


standard ISO18001 in 2017. Foam Techniques has also


appointed Hayden Perry to its sales team after he completed the firm’s


apprenticeship scheme training programme. He said: “Everyone supported me and I quickly


realised that it is the people at Foam Techniques that make the difference.”


David Proctor and Hayden Perry


AWMS picked up the award for Best Product Launch at the CMAs


SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE PRODUCT WINS BIG


Alumasc Water Management Systems (AWMS) won the Best Product Launch award with Filcoten at the Construction Marketing Awards. Alumasc’s award-winning


campaign focuses on Filcoten as the first lightweight high performance concrete channel drainage system that is redefining the market for advanced concrete-based products. The judges were impressed by the “simple, but effective integrated campaign, with strong objectives that were clearly exceeded.


“Good ROI, good SMART


objectives, and a truly innovative product.” AWMS’ campaign emphasises


Filcoten’s unique benefits - 70% lighter than conventional concrete; double flexural strength; more durable; and more environmentally friendly than polymer and fibre reinforced concretes. Alumasc’s strategic and


integrated marketing campaign raises awareness of Filcoten and its benefits to builders’ merchants, contractors and specifiers.


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