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Customer Experience Centre opens in Telford
Schneider Electric, the global energy management specialist, has opened a new Customer Experience Centre in Telford to showcase its ‘market-leading, digitised, and connected technology, systems, and equipment’. As part of the investment, the new site
will become a key European facility for showcasing Schneider Electric’s Partner offering, and ‘provide a place for prospective customers to engage with some of the top engineering minds in the industry’. The Centre will feature the company’s latest range of products, including wiring devices, Smart Panel energy and asset monitoring technology, Masterpact MTZ circuit breakers, and Spacial SFM floor-
standing steel enclosures. The new facility’s location, next to the Schneider Electric manufacturing warehouse, will also give visiting customers a real-time view of their products being built on-site. The centre’s three ‘core areas’ will be: an
Innovation Centre ‘for showcasing world- class products’ made in the UK, a Training Centre dedicated to training graduates, customers, and to hosting meetings, and a Customer Reception area, with areas for visitors to relax, unwind, and socialise, and ‘connectivity stations for visitors to catch up on work’. Schneider Electric says one of the new
Centre’s goals will be ‘to help close the UK’s widening engineering skills gap’.
Inspiring interest
in engineering C-TEC, which claims to be UK’s largest independent manufacturer of quality life safety electronic equipment – with a product portfolio ranging from conventional and addressable fire alarm systems, to call systems and audio- frequency induction loop equipment – has teamed up with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in a bid to stimulate interest in engineering. A joint C-TEC/IET ‘Celebration of
Engineering’ day at C-TEC’s Wigan headquarters attracted a host of delegates keen to know more about UK manufacturing. The CPD-certified event gave guests an insight into C-TEC’s 35- year history, and an overview of the IET’s mission ‘to inspire, inform, and influence the global engineering community’. Presentations included ‘Virtual 3D design
backed up by physical testing and tooling – a timeline of the design, development, and certification of a visual alarm device’, and ‘Fire alarms: a brief history and the current state of the industry’. During a tour of C-TEC’s manufacturing
facility, delegates saw demonstrations of JUKI surface mount machines placing components at a rate of 60,000/hour, and visited the training facilities where the company trains over 1,000 engineers annually. Marketing manager, Andy Green, said:
“We are very proud of our world-class manufacturing and training facility, and welcomed the opportunity to showcase it to potential clients, industry partners, and future employees.”
Making for a grand entrance
Slamming doors, damage to walls and furniture, and trapped fingers, could be in the past with the introduction of GEZE’s ActiveStop – a new control mechanism for internal swing doors. The sleek, recessed door control – just
28 mm wide – incorporates a draw-in damper, which can be ‘seamlessly integrated’ into swing doors, ‘making them quiet, smooth, and easy to operate’. GEZE ActiveStop has a gentle stopping action which breaks the swing of the door and stops it in a desired position. GEZE explained: “The mechanism itself is acoustically dampened, and stops doors from being thrown open by careless users,
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preventing loud banging and unnecessary damage to the door, walls, and furniture. It is ideal for use in commercial settings in doors without fire protection with leaf weights up to 45 kg.” The ActiveStop allows the door to stay
open if desired, while preventing slamming, reducing the risk of trapped fingers, and eliminating the need to install separate doorstoppers. The holding position can be set using the adjustable opening angle to between 80 and 140 degrees. The product won the German Design
Award 2016 in the ‘Building and Elements’ category.
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