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Hornbill Industrial opens its new training facility
The Hornbill Industrial Training Centre opened in Llandarcy at the end of April. Simon King headed to the facility, near Neath, to meet high voltage director Gavin Murray
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ornbill was established in 1989, by Russell Scaplehorn and David Williams. Over the years the company has grown into a full turnkey solution for electrical, instrumentation and training services. Today the company is owned by Russell together with three members of the management team, Gavin Murray, Jon Brookes and Darren Edwards. Welsh rugby legend, Shane Williams MBE, cut the ribbon to officially open the new training centre. Mr Scaplehorn said: “As one of the most successful Welsh rugby players of all time, Shane Williams is a true inspiration to many, and we are honoured to have him join us for our opening ceremony.”
Hornbill offers systems integration solutions in process control and automation and its expertise spans a diversity of market sectors, most notably the utilities, oil, petrochemicals, cryogenics and metal industries.
Speaking at the new facility, high voltage director Gavin Murray said: “Our services include low voltage, high voltage, instrumentation, panel manufacture, systems design engineering, calibration, procurement, personnel hire and training.
“Individually, each service is provided by highly skilled and experienced engineers and tailored to specific needs.”
The company believes that the training it offers is key to unlocking success in this industry and the Hornbill Industrial Training Centre has been built to the highest standards and designed to provide world class training opportunities right in Wales. “With cutting-edge technology, top-of-the-line equipment, and a brand-new IT suite, learners will be able to experience the very best in training excellence, with this new facility being ready to make a positive impact on the training scene,” Mr Murray said.
Shane Williams MBE and Russell Scaplehorn
Hornbill Industrial Training will be extending the courses it offer, to become the only training facility within Wales to offer high voltage training courses. Mr Murray joined Hornbill Engineering 16 years ago and he said the new high voltage centre had been on my horizon for at least the last decade. “This addition will have a huge effect on electricians, electrical engineers, and mechanical engineers, who currently must travel out of the country to attend this training,” he said. Hornbill Industrial Training’s courses cater to individuals on all levels of understanding, from
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