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8 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times,’Thursday, November 6th, 2008;


www.ciitheroeadvertiser.co.uk . , iismess i h by Vivien Meath'


ULTRAFRAME is one of th e first three companies in the UK and Ireland to be challenging for the prestigious Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. ■ , The prize was established in 1988


in the USA to promote world-class performance in quality, cost and delivery through the application of lean principles and techniques and recognise companies that achieve manufacturing excellence. The Shingo Prize is named in hon­


our of the late Dr Shigeo Shingo, an engineering genius who was able to understand why products were man­ ufactured in the way that they were, and then translate his learnings into systems which enabled companies to implement low cost, high quality


production. The Shingo Prize has recognised operational excellence in companies across North America for 20 years, and now for the first time in 2008, is being rolled out to the rest , of the world. . • Mike Price, the new chief execu­ tive at Ultraframe, (see the article


: below), was the founder of the North jWest Manufacturing Advisory Ser­ vice at the Manufacturing Institute and "has undertaken- numerous process improvement activities at Ultraframe since joining in 2005, cul­ minating with an award for Ultra­ frame for Best Engineering Plant at the 2007 Best Factory Awards. . • He has been named as a member


of the UK Board of Examiners for the Shingo Prize, along with other practitioners and academics who have a sound understanding and


• application of lean improvement concepts, systems and techniques.


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C i i t h e r o e Advertiser &Times, Thursday, November 6th , 2008 9 Members’ fascinating research ■ # TF VOU hw’C 3 8®®*^ BCWS StOFy, COfl^*' on^01200 422324 or c:ma'*l''*vien.mcath@eastjancsn^^ Ultraframe challenge for top prize


Shingn Prize model, criteria and scoring method and Mr Price also attended the .prestigious launch


event for the Award at the House of Coinmons in late October. He said: “For Ultraframe to be


one of the first three UK companies to be challenging for the .Shingo Prize is a great achievement and one- that the team at our head office in Ciitheroe is rightly proud of. “■pr Shingo is renowned for, his


implicit understanding of manufac­ turing and to be challenging for an award, established with the princi- ., pies of his work in mind is testament to the hard work that is going on day in day out at Ultraframe.” ‘ The rigorous benchmarking


process involves Ultraframe submit­ ting a 100-page achievement report, the key points of which will then be evaluated by the judging panel dur­ ing a two-three day site visit.


Wrap up early for w


CELARITY fund-raisers are being invit­ ed to have Christmas all wrapped up early this year. Their invitation comes from the Daw­ son family - mum Judith, daughter


. Mandy and brothers Simon and Stephen - who own Clitheroe’s Dawson’s Depart­ ment Store in King Street. They are opening up the store, plus its adjoining Maxwells cafe bar, for an


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ULTRAFRAME has this week announced the appointment of Mike Price as chief executive of Ultraframe (UK) Limited. Mr Price has been with.Ultra:- frame since 2005, firstly as opera­ tions director, and more recently as managing director of opera- • tions. -.


. ■ . Mike will now assume overall.


responsibility for the future strat­ egy of the Ribble Valley-based


New boss is named


: company, which has recently cel- ■ ebrated 25 years in business and is the market leader in the design and manufacture of conservato-


. ry roofing systems. ' ■ He told us: “Soon after my appointment at Ultraframe back in 2005,1 spent much of my time - leading our operational teams to


:' improve processes, allowing us to ; provide better levels of quality; - and service to our customers. ■ Since taking , on leadership responability for the business,-1.


■


"; ly (for. the better according to our -. customers) over the l^ t three


" jyears. Ultraframe’s heritage Has ■


’. alwa}^ been embedded in innova­ tion and pushing the boundaries


of technology and I believe that


. continuing to ensure that we have. the most advanced products on the market is key to our contin­ ued future success.” : Mr Price brings a wealth of


experience to his role, and is ’a- recognised authority on the topic of -lean manufacturing, having


. established the North West Man­ ufacturing Advisory Service at


•The Manufacturing Institute and guiding Ultraframe to suc-


• cess in the 2007 Best-Factory Awards. He was also pre’viously managing director of award-win-


' ning electronics manufacturer PAG International Ltd. - ;


.


- He concluded: “Having an : operational bias, I am always ,';~looking for ways to improve •:;processes. I have applied lean


. am now spending more time with ■ .customers and finding that the . business has changed significant-


, i principles in a number of compa- i- nies in different sectors over the -years, with some impressive results. Our renowned R and D Team continues to develop innor


• ■


' ■ ■rative solutions to add light and space to a home which I believe


■


: give our customers a supeVior : ■


advantage in the marketplace.’ I


; look forward to guiding Ultra- ; frame and'.- our ^-customers ■ towards further success.” •'


. evening of hassle-free festive shopping with the.option of a two-course supper on Monday, November 10th, exclusively for members of Ribble Valley and White Rose Ladies’- Club, who since the club’s foundation a decade ago have raised more than £520,000 for Cancer Research UK. As well as being able to peruse Daw­ son’s cookshop, linen department, Chiist-


There’s a new team in town


• LAST month saw the launch of a brand ^ new business based in Peel Street, Ciitheroe.


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- Service United Ltd brings together four long-established companies united with one goal in mind - service with value. James Alpe Ltd, E. Jackson Trans-


■ port, Barrie Sykes Hydraulics and Abex Power have many years’ experience in both the industrial and commercial sec- - tors of business and understand that “know-how” makes the difference. They


- realised that their combined industry knowledge, expertise and. machining - capabilities could fill a gap in the mar-


.. ket and decided to combine their skills . and set up this exciting new and unique; - business. Their extensive product range and


service capabilities covers hydraulics, electric motors and gearboxes, inverter


, drives and controls, in-house machining' ■ and repairs, plus a whole host of predic- tive inaintenance tools and sendees. -


in n in g combination which is based on'- f^ow-how. They offer; - -


• Product “know-how”-b y carrying


. Ihe right stocks for immediate supply. and delivery at the-right price - saving- machinery downtime. ■


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■ • Application “know-how” by understanding the correct products for i-he current application - saving- machinery running costs.


; Predictive Maintenance “know-


■ how’.’; - by-providing services that can' ■ determine the condition of machinery.


The team is confident that this is a ' - - :


mas shop, the brand new gifts area and handbag and travel shop without the Christmas crowds, club members will be


able to enjoy various festive and fashion demonstrations, including mini “how to”


■


sessions on tree and table dressing. A gift "'lapping service will also be available.


It is planned for the store to open at 6-


30 p.m. when shoppers will be greeted with a glass of wine and mince pie. For. those wishing to have supper, it,will be' served in Maxwells at 7-30 p.m. with the store and Maxwells’ bar remaining open until the last shoppers go home! •Anyone can join the Ribble Valley and


White Rose Ladies’ Club, which is jointly chaired by Ciitheroe solicitors Irene Chenery and Carol-Maher and its secre­ tary is former proprietor of Gisburn’s


-Treasurer is Dorothy Cosgrove, of the I Cosgroves ladies’ and men’s fashion store chain. To join, contact Mrs Wea'ving on 01756700100.


Stirk House Hotel, Karen Weaving. ■ . Members are being asked to buy tick­


ets for the Dawson’s shopping night, which are £10 to include arrival refresh­ ments arid.£ 2 5 to include arrival! refreshments and supper with coffee to I finish. ;' ■ V -


for Cancer Research UK as usual by I asking for donations when children pay I a ■visit to Father Christmas, who will be j arriving at the store’s Christmas shop grotto on Saturday, December 13th. He I will also be there on Saturday, Decern-1


. Dawson’s will also be raising money -V her 20th.


PICTURED ■ arc Mr


kS.'. Wa t; Richard


. Willett and Mr Paul


’iRingham,


'.waiting to offer


Service United (s)


NATIONAL Poetry Day was


-celebrated.at. Pendle Primary School with spe- ; cial assemblies for


■infants and jun­ iors.


■ which in turn predicts when mainte­ nance should be performed - reducing the risk and co sts associated with unforeseen breakdqwns. _


; Children and .'staff.recited ■ 'pieces by. their ■favourite poets or ■poems which they I had written . ; . ■themselves. ■


,


. Service United is for buanesses, who need immediate response with


advice. Their, aim is keep it movingJ^' you 24-hours-a-yay seven-days-a-week.


The new showroom on Peel Street is open froiri 7430 a.m.'to5-30 P.m. Mon­


day .to Friday and from 8 a.m. to 12-30 p;m. on Saturday. They also offer a 24/7 emergency service. Service Uuit--


• ed can be contacted on 01200 444400 ■^ Timothy Huckin ( K The poetry


theme continued throughout the day -with further sessions of poetry writing. Literacy Co­


ordinator Richard Waterhouse said;


“It is great to focus on poetry


like this. “Next month


the poet Terry . Caffery.will


' • A SLAIDBURN man has pleaded not c g u ilty - to a speeding charge on the


ds that the speed camera van was ly* parked at the time.


of Church,


■ street, told magistrates in Blackburn sthat he will argue the evidence provided


» b y the camera is inadmissible because the : van was illegally parked on zigzags put- .


.side a school. " ’His case'was adjourned until Decem-


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Interesting and unusual pieces v of Victorian and .; Edwardian pine.; furniture restored and polished on ;


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the premises including: • Pine Wardrobes • Welsh Dressers........ • Drawers • Bookcases • Tables • Chairs e t c ; ; in hew or reclaimed timber made to measure.


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spend a whole : day in school as ,a part of the Mid- Pennine Arts Pro­


ject.” ’ ; The Poetry Day followed a , very successful . -


Book'Week and Book Fair at the Princess Avenue school with £750 being raised to help fund com- ■ puterization of the school library.


Next to Tescos. Far beyond comparison. I m PENDLE


pupils who celebrated National Poetry Day(s) ^


The Shingo Prize is administered! by the John M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University in


.association with'the Manufacturing! Institute and the UK Prize recipi-l ents.will be honoured at a ceremony! in Manchester in June 2009.


Mike Price concluded: “We look!


forward to the judging and assess-! ment process. Spending time with! the panel of experts is a great oppor-|


: tunity for shared learning and dis-l cussion on best practice in lean prin-| ciples. “Lean begins ■with understanding!


your customers and what they ■value! and it ’s amazing how much you can! improve.a business by focusing on! improving ‘value’ and reducing! ‘waste’. “We hope that our customers feel I


. proud too of our challenge, as they! are instrumental in our continued | success.” ■


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I


J R i e meeting of the Ribble Valley Branch of the Lancashire Family History: and Heraldry Society five


. members gave short talks on -various aspects of their research, which proved to be interesting, informative and amusing. . The subjects -were: Starting but and how a lot of useful information can be


found on gravestones which helps to allow you to move forward -with your research’; having a saint in the family; this information came from an inter­ net search in France; interesting names found during research and how some of these names came about; cus­ toms and their origins dating back to the 1500-and 1600; coincidences from


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MOST people consider running one marathon during their life­ time an achievement - mother- - of-two Liona Riding (pictured) has just completed two in just over a week! The 42-year-old, who lives at


Pasturelands Drive, Billington, ran the Amsterdam marathon


. on Sunday, October 19th, before travelling to Dublin to compete in the Irish city’s marathon on Monday, October 27th. Liona, who works as an


adm in is tra tiv e a s s is tan t for Lancashire County Council Engineering Services at Whal-


' ley, completed the Amsterdam marathon in three hours 51 min­ utes, while the Dublin marathon took her just five minutes longer. Her 52-mile ta l ly has so far


raised £300 for Cancer Research •


UK. An experienced runner, Liona, -.


who trains with Blackburn Road Runners, said: “I ’ve run . marathons before, but never two so close together.


• “I ’ve done it because I.know


four people with cancer, th e • youngest who is just 20 years


old.’ “I just thought th ey ’re all


going through so muchi so w h a t ’s running a couple a


marathons!” People are still able to sponsor


Liona by sending a cheque, made payable to Cancer


. Research UK, to 99 Pasture- lands Drive, Billington,.BB7-


9LJ. (B081008/7a) Youngsters celebrate the joys of poetry


Hospice lottery winners "WINNERS of the East Lancashire Hospice Lottery for the draw held on October.31st were: £1,000 Mrs Eagan, of Blackburn; £250 Ms Ashurst, of Accrington; £100 Mr Jefferson, of Blackburn. If you would like to join the hospice lottery, please call Gill on 01254 342847.


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one generation to another, this one concerning marriages, two genera­ tions apart ha-ving to cope with a sim­ ilar set of circumstances and this.was only discovered when an old photo­ graph was remembered and looked at


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about the programme "Who Do you


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■ was a very watchable programme. . Thanks were given to those who


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