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TRACTO open day to celebrate 40 years in the UK
Trenchless Technology supremo, TRACTO UK, recently celebrated a four-decademilestone in business with a two-day Open Day at the company’s demonstration site in the heart of Bedford. On a swelteringWednesday inmid-June customers, suppliers and prospects were invited to peruse a display of equipment, including live demonstrations of compactmachines frompits dug in the ground which replicated real applications. Pete Atkins, Chief Demonstrator, first showcased GRUNDOSTEER technology to the assembled crowds. Ideal for short under crossings – such as roads and rivers – Pete demonstrated the ‘steerablemole’ rod pusher concept for quick and easy trenchless connections.
The GRUNDOPIT PS40, designed to facilitate trenchless house connections froma tiny pit of just 100 x 125cm, was demonstrated to show the possibility of bores above existing infrastructures. Ideal for Fibre to the Property (FTTP) connections, for example, but with the additional benefit ofminimal upheaval and damage to the surroundings.
Three large surface-launch HDDmachines were also on display at the picturesque site with Pete jumping in the cab to showcase the simple, automatic changeover of rods including the easy cleaning systemon eachmodel; including remote operation of the GRUNDODRILL ACS130 by tablet PC. The popular 15XP, with its powerful pulling and pushing forces and the JCS130 – which can power through hundreds ofmetres per day in easy ground conditions – completed the line up.
Of course, as the original inventor of themoling concept, there had to be a range of GRUNDOMATmoles on display as well as the popular GRUNDOWINCH range.
On Thursday 15th June key customers were bussed in to the site and joined by TRACTO’s Chief Executive fromthe company’s German HQ, TimHofmeister, along with Elmar Koch, TRACTO ProductManager. The pair joined customers and staff for an afternoon of activities and a celebratorymeal and overnight stay.
RogerWahl, TRACTO UK’sManaging Director, was delighted by 50 | July 2023 |
www.draintraderltd.com the attendance across both days;
“We had a fantastic turnout fromexisting customers, as well as prospects interested in some of our innovative trenchless technologies. They took the opportunity to come and learn about the benefits directly fromour teamand the reaction was really positive.We followed up the two-day event with ameal for the whole company which was a great culmination to our 40th celebrations.We are looking forward to the next 40 years of innovating the trenchless sector.”
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