SPARROWS GROUP SECURES ONSHORE INSPECTION CONTRACT FOR CERTAINTEEd’S uS GyPSuM PLANTS


PIPETECH SET TO DIVERSIFY AND GROW WITH NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM


Pipetech, the independent pipe and process cleaning solutions specialist, has set out ambitious plans to expand its services to industrial markets and introduce subsea and wells to its offshore portfolio following recent contract wins and the appointment of a new leadership team.


CALDER LIMITED IDENTIFIED IN LONDON STOCk ExCHANGE GROuP’S ‘1000 COMPANIES TO INSPIRE BRITAIN’ REPORT


Calder has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange Group’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. The report is a celebration of the uk’s fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses across the UK.


To be included in the list, companies needed to show consistent revenue growth over a minimum of three years, significantly outperforming their industry peers. More detail on the methodology can be found in the report online at www.1000companies.com.


Ian Calder-Potts, Director and Founder, Calder Ltd: “What a privilege, not only to be included in the 2017 edition of ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ for the third time, but additionally to be invited to visit the great London Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world. As we move forward in this period of political uncertainty our team will endeavour to continue our solid growth with the innovative attitude, experience, and product quality which has proved so successful for us over the last 35 years.”


A full searchable database of all of the companies along with a downloadable pdf of the publication can be found online at:


www.1000companies.com


Sparrows Group has secured its largest ever contract outside the energy industry to provide inspection services across all 17 of CertainTeed’s uS Gypsum plants in a move hailed as ‘a major step forward in the company’s diversification’.


Through the agreement, Sparrows will inspect all lifting equipment at the gypsum facilities of the firm, one of North America’s leading manufacturers of construction products. This includes overhead cranes, crawler cranes, hoists and loose lifting equipment.


Stewart Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer at Sparrows, said: “This is a major step forward in our diversification strategy, transferring the extensive knowledge we have in lifting and inspection services into new markets and regions.


“Sparrows has an extremely experienced inspection team that will optimise the reliability and safety of all lifting equipment at CertainTeed’s plants. By engaging us to work across all of their plants we can provide them with confidence in the consistency of quality throughout their operations. Knowledge and skills built up over many years in oil and gas and the high standards the industry demands are bringing benefits to other sectors.”


As part of the contract Sparrows have been engaged to provide an identification system to control equipment and records which will be accessible through their online client portal. The use of this software dramatically increases efficiency and ensures transparency while minimising the risk of non-compliances.


CertainTeed is a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building product companies. They specialise in exterior and interior building products including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, insulation, gypsum and ceilings.


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Eric Doyle has been appointed Managing Director following management positions at several energy companies including most r ecently regional director at Aquaterra Energy. Alan Brunnen, former Executive Vice President at Aker Solutions has joined the company as Non- Executive Director. Both bring a wealth of industry experience which they are applying as Pipetech enhances its technology and solutions targeting costly flow and blockage challenges at oil and gas assets and industrial power plants and refineries.


The Aberdeen headquartered company has developed a novel Deep Water Cleaning System which has been deployed in a £1.2 million campaign by a major operator to successfully clear a blockage in a subsea manifold in a Norwegian North Sea campaign and plans to further expand its subsea capabilities in the coming months. The team is also developing a new wells downhole cleaning tool.


Pipetech has also recently won industrial services contracts including process cleaning at a gas terminal in Scotland as well as the company’s first contract in Sweden for a major oil refinery. The organisation plans to continue its expansion into new international markets, particularly in Denmark, Sweden and Holland.


Eric Doyle, Managing Director of Pipetech said: “Pipetech has a new business strategy which will see us focus on solutions designed to tackle the inefficiencies faced both offshore and at industrial power plants and refineries by scale, flow and blockage problems. Alan’s advice and influence is going to be invaluable as we invest in expanding our subsea and wells offerings and continue to invest in new technologies to solve the challenges being faced by industry.”


Pipetech launched in 2001 and has bases in Aberdeen, UK and Stavanger, Norway.


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