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Delabie, the water control and sanitaryware specialist, has opened a new showroom at its UK headquarters in Wallingford where it can showcase its range of taps, sinks, showers, other sanitaryware, and accessories, to its customers. The impressive facility was created via ‘the re-purposing’ of 150 m2


of former first


floor office space, and will also be used as a training centre. The showroom provides an attractive exhibition space for the Group’s core ranges of water controls, sanitaryware, and accessories for public and commercial washrooms. Individual product groups are shown in typical installation situations, or on ‘theme-based’ presentation walls, demonstrating a cross- section of the Group’s ‘3000+’ ‘innovative product solutions’ for non-domestic settings. The showroom is designed so that visitors ‘gain an insight into the design, functionality, quality, expertise, and brand identity’ that Delabie says are contributing to its success in public locations such as schools, hospitals, offices, hotels, and sports facilities. Speaking at the launch, UK sales director, Ben Boyce, said the showroom represented ‘a significant investment’ in the UK market for the Delabie Group,


which was founded in 1928 by Georges Delabie, a sanitaryware wholesale merchant in Paris, who acquired a foundry in Friville in the Somme, originally established in 1863. There he began producing mainly taps and floor traps for bathrooms and kitchens. Today his three grandchildren, Jean-Claude, Gérard, and Luc, are the business’s primary directors. “For us,” Ben Boyce said, “one of the big benefits of having owners that run the business is that they understand the market. Our CEO, Luc Delabie, is, for instance, the product range director for Healthcare. The directors all have really close involvement both in the products we manufacture, and in the business side.” Delabie was also unusual, he explained, in being one of the few large water control and sanitaryware manufacturers to focus


Reuse platform proves major success The Royal Free London NHS Foundation


Trust has ‘smashed targets’, saving £242,681 in 19 months, and triumphed in the ‘Reuse’ category of the NHS Sustainability Awards, with the help of the Warp It system that helps staff to reuse and recycle.


. In the Trust’s Procurement Department, a fall in the need for purchase orders is freeing up staff to provide support elsewhere, while porters have gained more time – and fewer injuries – as they no longer need to dismantle furniture for recycling. The initiative started when Support Services manager, Sumal Karunaratne, became concerned about the scale of waste that saw surplus assets disposed of in skips. He assembled a cross- departmental ‘action team’, and engaged senior management to drive the case for reuse. The resulting Warp It system is available from the home screen of


14 Health Estate Journal October 2019


Unwanted items have been donated to other Trust departments, and assets worth almost £5,000 claimed from other organisations on the network. The system’s use has also diverted over 50 tonnes of waste from landfill, and led to a reduction of over 100 tonnes of CO2


computers, and takes just minutes to register. Items such as furniture and stationery are placed onto the online platform, and are then available for others. Warp It explained: “The network reaches beyond the individual Trust, council, or business, to other organisations in the area. Procurement staff directed staff requesting new items to the platform, and reuse was incentivised – transport for reuse was free, while staff seeking to dispose of reusable assets were charged. Communications played a strong role too, with the production of an informative video.”


exclusively on the ‘non-domestic’ market. One of its latest innovations is the Tempomatic Dual Control direct flush valve – with a user-activated ‘conventional’ push-button flush, and an automatic sensor that detects a user’s presence and flushes the valve automatically if the individual forgets. An ‘intelligent rinsing system’ identifies the duration of use and flushes accordingly. The three programme options include an ‘ecological setting’ with a reduced flush length equating to a lower flush volume. Delabie added: “Electronic flush systems have the additional benefit of requiring no manual contact, so the toilet is accessible to any user, regardless of age or level of independence. An automatic duty flush can also be programmed to flush the pipework every 12 or 24 hours when not in use.”


Contrac Lighting appoints new MD Contrac Lighting, one of the UK’s


leading manufacturers of lighting solutions for the industrial, retail, public, and commercial sectors, has announced the appointment of Richard Hunt as managing director. He brings a wealth of commercial and sector experience, having previously held senior roles with Clugston Construction, Hobson & Porter, Willmott Dixon, and Wates Group, where he operated in many of Contrac Lighting’s core markets. Along with fellow directors and the team, he will continue ‘to nurture the company’s growth’ through the promotion and development of its ‘innovative and energy-efficient range of UK-manufactured LED lighting products’.


Founded in 1986, Contrac Lighting has over 30 years’ experience designing and manufacturing lighting products, using ‘first-brand components and top-grade materials’.


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Wallingford showroom with innovation on tap


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