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ichael Keenan-Dilks is celebrating an impressive four decades working for one of the UK’s largest fluid power solutions providers.
What started out as a summer job in the 1970’s helping out the original owners of what was then called
Automatic Valve Systems (AVS), in their small Market Bosworth based sales operation, has led to a forty-year career for Michael with The Fluid Power Centre Group of companies.
Currently running the Nuneaton based sales office
for encapsulated coils and industrial connections supplier ATAM (UK) Ltd, Michael has seen considerable change during his time with the group.
He comments: “When I started helping out at
AVS I still had ambitions to become a chef, but I quickly became involved in sales, before moving into marketing and running the firm’s quality assurance system. I was also responsible for creating and developing the very first catalogues for the company using the ‘Publisher’ programme which was quite futuristic in its day!”
He adds: “In the forty years
I’ve been here I’ve had the privilege of working with a great team of people and for a very progressive and supportive company, which goes a long way to explaining why so many of my colleagues have been here for decades too.”
ATAM (UK) Ltd
www.atam.uk.com
SICK’s Opens Doors of its
ICK is inviting PPMA Total Show visitors to gain an exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into its pioneering new Industry 4.0 smart sensor production facility in Freiburg, Southern Germany. It is the first time the doors of SICK’s 4.0 Now factory
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have been opened to UK industry, since full-scale, high- volume production of SICK smart sensors became fully operational there last year. Using interactive links, show visitors will have a rare and fascinating opportunity to learn about SICK’s real-world experiences of establishing a facility from scratch according to classic Industry 4.0 principles. “The Freiburg facility demonstrates how companies of
any size can achieve the benefits of a factory of the future, today,” says David Hannaby, SICK’s UK product manager for presence inspection. “Industry 4.0 technologies accelerate production, streamline material flow, optimise capacity utilisation, and respond more flexibly to customer priorities. They enable proactive maintenance and intelligent data exchange on demand.” The factory’s fully-automated technology cells support a modular production process for SICK’s smart photoelectric sensor families. Instead of a conventional
38 SEPTEMBER 2019 | DESIGN SOLUTIONS Industry 4.0 Smart Factory to PPMA Visitors
linear sequence, the workflow progresses flexibly for each customer order and a high level of product variety is achieved. Material is supplied by means of automated guided
carts (AGCs) and robots and employees work side by side. Production is driven by SICK smart sensors, laser scanners and vision cameras, and the entire facility is managed transparently with the BOSCH Product Performance Management (PPM) control software, enabling analysis of production data for processes and sensors.
Smart Theme
Just as highly-distributed processing has dispensed with conventional automation control hierarchies at the Freiburg facility, so the Industry 4.0 theme will continue on the SICK’s stand D64 with products showcasing the company’s latest Smart Sensor advances including an expanding number of Smart Tasks and edge processes that can communicate directly with the Cloud.
SICK
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quality in efforts within the international supply chain and custom controls procedures. AEO status is an internationally recognised status from
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HMRC which shows a business role in the supply chain is secure and that their customs controls and procedures comply with EU standards. AEO status enables quicker access through custom procedures and the right to fast track shipments through custom safety and security measures. In the event of a hard Brexit come October 31st, AEO
status will provide reassurance to Lenze’s customers and help to reduce any potential border delays. Simon Cherry Lenze UK financial controller says, “No one
really knows what is going to happen over the coming months and years as the government prepares for a no- deal Brexit. As a global business, it is vital that we put in as many measures as possible to ensure we minimise potential disruption in delivering our products and services.”
Lenze UK
www.lenze.co.uk CONNECTINGINDUSTRY.COM/DESIGNSOLUTIONS
LENZE UK gains Authorised Economic Operator status
enze UK has gained Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status, the internationally recognised mark of
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