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Bełchatów Power Station


Damper companies team up for Polish power plant


After two years of negotiations, Damper Technology Ltd (DTL), together with Polish partner InterApp Polska, has been selected to design and manufacture replacement tandem multi-louvres dampers. The package of 7.5m x 7m dampers will significantly


reduce emissions at the Bełchatów Power Station, Poland, the largest thermal power station in Europe, and second largest fossil-fuel power station in the world. For many years the power plant owners have


invested in modern technologies that relate to environmental protection. As part of this investment DTL will provide new dampers to replace old leaking units currently in operation on the flue gas desulphurisation system. As a result of the leaks through the current dampers


in operation, uncleaned flue gases were found in the chimney, which increased the emissions, mainly SO2, to the atmosphere. In order to reduce these emissions, a decision was made to replace the existing dampers with much tighter sealing dampers manufactured by DTL. The project scope includes the replacement of flue gas ducts in eight blocks within the power plant. In addition, heating of the sealing air was abandoned in order to increase the efficiency of the project. This


‘This is one of the largest contracts for the supply of dampers for Polish power plants in recent years’


upgrade will also significantly reduce operating costs and have a positive impact on the environment. DTL’s dampers will be lined with a material which


has high pitting resistance, protecting the equipment from corrosion and ensuring long-term life. Additionally, these dampers will open within five seconds in emergency situations. DTL’s Group Sales Director, Kim Bovien, said: “This is


one of the largest contracts for the supply of dampers for Polish power plants in recent years. We have been working closely with Managing Director of Interapp Polska, Piotr Bera, and his team over recent months to win this contract and to further promote our extensive range of industrial dampers to the Polish market. “This project has also seen us combine group


technical knowledge regarding bulb seals and electro- magnetic failsafe functions to fulfil project requirements.”


RU Group invests in IT infrastructure


Nottingham-headquartered wealth management firm The RU Group has invested in new IT infrastructure, Intelligent Office, to improve client experience, streamline practice management and bring all its complementary and associated businesses onto a single platform.


Delivering a sophisticated and


fully-compliant back office system, Intelligent Office (iO) is a complete technology ecosystem which integrates with key fund managers, product and tool providers in the UK financial services market. It provides multiple features and capabilities which connect all practice functions into a cloud- based one-stop-shop, helping create efficiencies, manage risk and deliver superior customer service. The investment into Intelligent


Ian Browne


Office is the latest in a series of strategic decisions made by The RU Group. It has strengthened its Nottingham and Sheffield offices with new employees, and undertaken a group- wide rebrand. Ian Browne, Head of Advice at The RU


Group, said: “In this digital age we need to be able to engage with our clients in the way they want to interact with us in order to remain a progressive, modern advice firm. “By implementing Intelligent


Office, we can continue to deliver the kind of unparalleled service our clients have come to expect and offer the flexibility of round the clock access to data for our advisers. “Making this investment brings


the different business units together and gives advisers a single view of client data, to be able to offer an improved, all-round service. The new system also gives clients access to their own Personal Finance web portal where they can view their account, check the performance of their portfolio and receive news and updates from The RU Group.”


Family business still building after 50-year career


Leicestershire construction business Danaher & Walsh Group is celebrating 50 years in business. The Mountsorrel-based


group, which employs over 100 people, operates three subsidiary companies: Civil Engineering, Plant Hire and Advanced Pipeline Solutions. The business is best known


for undertaking several high- profile highway works and civil engineering projects, including the improvements to Belgrave Circle, the highway works on Vaughan Way, the Mill Lane public realm project at De Montfort University and the construction of Charter Street and Birstall footbridges.


‘We continue to embrace the founding family values of integrity, honesty and fairness’


Further afield, the Civil Engineering division has worked across the country for various local authorities, academic institutions and private sector clients. Danaher & Walsh was


established in 1969 by Dan Danaher Senior, his wife Vera and her two brothers, Tom and Mike Walsh. The business initially focused on plant hire and small construction works. Dan Senior passed away in


1980, and Vera took over running the business. Her son, also called Dan, joined in 1990, eventually becoming Managing Director in 1994. He said: “I’m extremely


proud of this achievement, which is testament to the dedication and hard work of everyone involved. The business is only here today because of the vision of my parents and my uncles. We continue to embrace the family values of integrity, honesty and fairness, which underpin how we operate to this day.”


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