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Cabinet minister unveils test facility
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L-r: Liz Truss, Peter Aldous, and Adande Chairman, Nigel Bell. T
he Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon Liz Truss, and the Conservative MP for the local Waveney constituency, Peter Aldous, were among the guests of honour at the official opening of Adande’s new refrigeration test rooms, at Barley Way, Lowestoft, on Friday 8 July 2016.
The £500,000 laboratory is part of a £4.2m investment to help Adande and its consortium partners accelerate the development and commercialisation of its Aircell technology. The development of Aircell is expected to contribute to the growth of the company’s current turnover, of in excess of £5m, to between £20m and £30m by 2018. The investment programme has also led to the recruitment of nine new employees at Adande in technical, engineering, management, sales and administrative roles. Additional employment opportunities will be generated at Adande, its consortium partners, other cabinet manufacturers and sub-contractors, leading to 97 more jobs over the next eight years.
The new facility includes three environmental chambers for testing
to BS EN ISO 23953, which is the accepted industry standard for the testing of refrigerated display cases. They also provide the resources to meet and exceed future test standards.
The energy efficient facility incorporates the latest design features, including a single control system to regulate humidity, temperature and fan speed within the chambers, backed by sophisticated data acquisition and monitoring systems. In addition, Adande has also established a dedicated facility housing CAD resources and a computational fluid dynamics’ suite for the numerical analysis of complex issues, relating to fluid flows and simulation scenarios such as turbulent flows.
Ms Truss – Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at the time – said: “The British food and drink industry is leading global innovation right across the food chain. The energy saving technology on show today and Adande’s investment in research and development are fantastic examples of how the sector can become more competitive through reducing its environmental impact.”
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