COMPANY NEWS
SHAPA elects Peter Guttridge as new chairman
Guttridge Ltd is pleased to announce that company chairman Peter Guttridge has been elected as the new chair of the Solids Handling and Process Association (SHAPA). SHAPA is the UK’s leading specialist association for the solids handling and processing industry. Mr Guttridge
takes over the chair from immediate effect and will be in post for a year.
An engineer with more than 30 years experience, Peter Guttridge brings unrivalled knowledge of the UK materials handling industry and the expertise associated with heading up one of the UK’s leading manufacturers in this sector.
“I’m both honoured and delighted to be elected chair of such a highly valued business association,” said Peter Guttridge. “SHAPA fulfils an important role in the bulk materials handling industry, providing numerous opportunities for networking and education that support the efforts of member companies in serving customers and maintaining a
competitive edge. Over the coming year I will be working hard to ensure that the organisation continues to thrive and grow.” SHAPA was formed nearly 30 years ago by a group of specialist materials handling machinery manufacturers. Guttridge Ltd has been involved for many years and has seen the association grow in terms of its strength and reach to its present size of 108 member companies. Quarterly meetings attract an excellent turnout with many members routinely sending representation. In addition the association’s technical committee has produced a number of informative industry guides
www.shapa.co.uk/materials- handling-public.php “SHAPA meetings are characterised by a vibrant and enthusiastic atmosphere and the free exchange of experience and knowledge,” continues Peter Guttridge. “Events planned for 2013 range from a digital marketing workshop to a day specifically designed to support young engineers just starting their careers. I’m looking forward to an interesting and enjoyable year.” To find out more about SHAPA visit
www.shapa.co.uk For details about Guttridge Ltd go to
www.guttridge.co.uk
BDA strengthens position in Europe with Nightexpress acquisition
BDA (Bespoke
Distribution Aviation) has strengthened its position in Europe with the acquisition of both NightExpress GmbH and N.E. NightExpress Limited. The acquisition enables
BDA to further extend its infrastructure and service propositions to provide
customers with unrivalled Air and Road supply chain solutions and delivery services from mainland Europe into the UK and Ireland. BDA has worked with NightExpress since starting operations in 2007, combining the country-specific expertise of NightExpress with BDA’s own dedicated air-bridges and road line haul routes to establish service supply chain gateway offerings from Germany, the Benelux and France to the UK and Ireland. It comes at a time when the international logistics market is evolving. The most recent European Distribution and Warehousing report from Transport Intelligence predicts that logistics providers will move main distribution hubs to key centres across Europe to take advantage of better locations for both production and distribution. With this acquisition, BDA is helping to lead that trend.
Steve Court, Sales and Marketing Director
at BDA said: “This acquisition is a logical progression within our business model that continues to strengthen our infrastructure and service propositions for the benefit of all our
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customers. It is important that we provide all our customers with local management and logistical expertise. This acquisition further strengthens this element of our company within Germany and enhances our business greatly.” NightExpress provides an international full service portfolio of logistics solutions, offering tailor-made and flexible transport of air freight shipments for any type of cargo, all branches of industry and individual customer needs. The company has held a position as a specialist provider for time critical overnight cargo services between Germany and the UK for almost 30 years and operates express cargo flights from Frankfurt to Coventry and back, five nights a week. The company also provides other countries throughout Europe with ad-hoc cargo charter flights and fixed contract operated routes. Yvonne Boag, Managing Director of Nightexpress, said: “Historically we have worked alongside individual members of the BDA senior management team and we are looking forward to developing an even closer relationship within the BDA group of companies. We are excited by the new extended opportunities this relationship provides, especially being able to add further services that BDA already has in its portfolio, to those that we have offered for so many years out of Frankfurt. This will provide all our clients with an even greater number of service options to deliver their time-critical and express consignments from Germany into the UK and Ireland.”
www.bdaviation.co.uk
Analysers and flowmeters help to maximise the AD process
Accurate and reliable online gas composition analysis and flow rate measurements are among the essential requirements for AD (Anaerobic Digestion) plant operators to ensure optimum performance and efficiency. Furthermore, in the current economic climate, it’s important for operators to fully maximise the sustainability benefits of their process plant which means each part of the biogas, AD process is under close scrutiny. To meet this need Allison Engineering offer a comprehensive range of Biogas analysers and ATEX certified flowmeters. The range includes the Awi-Eco, a low cost, compact discontinuous analyser which provides 50 CH4 and CO2 measurements per day, with 4-20mA output and USB connection. For more sophisticated monitoring and analysis requirements the Awi-Flex provides continuous measurement for CH4, CO2, H2S, O2 and H2. This system provides up to 5 measuring points; Ethernet, Profibus, Modbus and USB connection. Most importantly, it can also be used to take flow, temperature and pressure inputs and undertake automated desulphurisation control. All Awite analysers utilise a rugged, touch screen industrial interface which allows easy access to recorded data, sensor parameters and system diagnostics. This ensures that all information is instantly available, remotely. Measurement of dirty, saturated gas at low flow / low pressures makes Biogas a difficult application, so the need for effective and reliable measurement is important. For these applications, Allison Engineering offers it range of FCI ST ATEX certified ‘no-moving’ parts flowmeters which utilise thermal dispersion technology, so they are particularly suited to the challenges of Biogas applications. Ease of installation, negligible pressure drop and mass flow output has proved the ST51 to be an ideal alternative to conventional DP cells and turbine meters. In addition, the sensor can be removed ‘live’ with the optional 1” BSP ball valve. Tel: 01268 526161
Email:
generalsales@allison.co.uk www.allison.co.uk
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