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Salvtech celebrates 20 years in business


n December 2019 Salvtech Limited will celebrate 20 years in business. Originally founded in 1999 by Peter and Sandra Christmas, in the early days the company’s focus was on research & development for paper industry waste. Operating in Kent, Salvtech won a number of awards for its innovations in recycled materials. In 2012 Martin Christmas took over the day to day running of the business and evolved it to become a key supplier of products for the paper industry, acting as the sole distributor and exclusive agent for several machinery manufacturers. Shortly after this the company moved its base to Sandycroft in North Wales, not far from Chester, where it still operates from today. Henry Bohun, Marketing & Events Manager for Salvtech said, “It’s a big achievement for Peter, Sandra and Martin to have established,


I BPMSA group during the palace tour


Salvtech celebrates 20 years in business this December


grown and developed Salvtech over the last 20 years into what it is today. It’s not easy for an SME to have weathered the storm of the financial crisis, the dwindling size of the paper industry in the UK and yet still be able to provide a combination of new industry innovation and high-quality products and services. They should be very proud.”


Salvtech Ltd Martin Christmas


+44(0)1244 638900 +44(0)1244 638900 info@salvtech.com www.salvtech.com


Picon annual dinner E


xecutives from several BPMSA member companies joined Picon members for the annual dinner held this year on 5 July at the prestigious Blenheim Palace.


Around 170 attendees enjoyed the black tie event which began with a Champagne


cocktail reception and hors d’oeuvres in the main entrance to the palace. Guests were then treated to a tour of the palace with many of its historical features being


World's first safe radar system for protection zone monitoring


ew to the Pilz safe sensor technology portfolio is the world's first safe complete radar solution for protection zone monitoring. It comprises the safe radar system ‘LBK System’ from Inxpect S.p.A. and the configurable small controller PNOZmulti 2. As radar technology is fundamentally insensitive to external influences such as dust, rain, light, sparks or


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even shock, the solution provides safe, economical monitoring even in the most rugged environments where optoelectronic sensors and technologies cannot guarantee availability.


Comprising up to six radar sensors ... depending on the application ... and one control unit, with the PNOZmulti2 compact configurable safe controller


Cont@ct the BPMSA T: +44 (0)1438 832742


responsible for safety in the system, the solution can be used up to SIL 2, PL d, Category 2. Each sensor protection zone is flexible and varies depending on installation height and sensor inclination. It can be set up as wide (110°/30°) or narrow (50°/15°) with a maximum depth of 4 metres. The layout of the total protection zone and system is also


F: +44 (0)1438 833812


highlighted along the way. Afterwards everyone made their way to the orangery where a gourmet dinner was served following a welcome speech by the newly appointed chairman of Picon, Mark Bristow, Managing Director of Friedheim International, print finishing equipment specialists.


Mark Bristow, Picon chairman welcomes guests to the dinner


Entertainment after the meal was provided by a ‘Trio of Singers’ enjoyed and participated in by all. The event concluded around 11.00pm when transport was on hand to take everyone back to the Oxford Spires hotel for an overnight stay.


The world's first safe radar system solution for protection zone monitoring expands the safe sensor technology range PSEN from Pilz. For more information visit the website and enter webcode 199914.


flexible and can be configured up to a maximum of 15 x 4 metres using six sensors in series to create a linear barrier.


Pilz Automation Ltd David Collier


+44(0)1536 460766 +44(0)1536 460866 d.collier@pilz.co.uk www.pilz.co.uk


E: info@bpmsa.co.uk W: www.picon.com/bpmsa


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