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Marshall-Tufflex funds new hospital ventilator


Conquest Hospital, Hastings, have a new ventilation machine, thanks to town employer Marshall-Tufflex.


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The cable management manufacturer is a long-time supporter of the hospital, having donated many thousands of pounds to it for medical equipment and items to make patients’ stays more comfortable. The latest donation enabled the hospital to purchase a Hamilton G5


ventilator for the Intensive Care Unit, as Pauline Simes, Critical Care Lead Nurse, explained: “The G5 is a high specification ventilator that will enable us to treat critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation/life support. “It has several features that will be extremely beneficial and is very


versatile – it can be used to help patients of all sizes to breathe, from neonatal babies of less than 5kg to a large adult. We are, once again, incredibly grateful to Marshall-Tufflex for its very generous donation.” Group Personnel Manager, Steve Baldry, said: “We are delighted to be


able to provide the Conquest with funding for this new piece of equipment. The hospital is a really valued facility within our community and it is important for Marshall-Tufflex – through its charitable trust – to support it as best we can.”


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Hager launches 18th Edition focused chatbot


chatbot to support electrical professionals with the revised regulations. As part of Hager’s


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wider ‘Regs Live’ programme, Reg, Hager’s automated chatbot, will provide a source of expert information; answering questions the professional electrician community has to help keep them up-to-speed with all things 18th Edition-related. As part of the business’s commitment to assist the industry and


electricians during a time of change, the chatbot, which can be found on Hager’s Regs Live Facebook page, will provide access to expert knowledge and compliant product guidance. Ian Smith, Marketing Manager for Hager, said: “As our industry enters a


period of significant change, it’s important we, as manufacturers and distributors, are able to help electrical contractors to successfully navigate this change. Our automated chatbot, Reg, will be on hand 24/7 to provide contractors with technical support on the 18th Edition, all of which has been developed alongside our in-house Regs Live team. “Social media is a powerful communication tool, so by combining the


reach of Facebook together with our industry-first automated chat bot, we will be providing ongoing support to contractors to ensure the transition to the 18th Edition is a smooth one.” Hager is also taking its ‘Regs Live’ initiative out on the road during the year


to help ensure the industry has a full working understanding of the changes once the new regulations come into full force on 1st January 2019.


To ask Reg a question, visit www.facebook.com/HagerRegsLive


Scolmore sends clear message to copyists


Scolmore claimed, infringed its intellectual property rights. In a case in the UK, Scolmore discovered that CDS Superstores (which trades in the UK as “The Range”) had been selling domestic lamps which had counterfeit plugs attached. These counterfeits were copies of Scolmore’s genuine products. Scolmore secured an injunction against CDS preventing it from dealing with any counterfeit Scolmore products in future. CDS also paid Scolmore a substantial sum in damages. In a case in Germany (but with consequences across Europe) in 2017, Scolmore sued Daxten GmbH for infringement of one of Scolmore’s European Patents which covers Scolmore’s “IEC Lock” locking IEC connector. The proceedings have now been settled by mutual consent. Daxten and certain affiliates have now taken a licence from Scolmore, under which Daxten will pay Scolmore royalties for selling certain products in Europe. Peter Bridgwater, Purchasing Director for Scolmore said: “When you are an innovator, others will always seek the ‘easy’ option of copying you. These cases show that we will always pursue any infringer, wherever we find them. Our intellectual property is one of our most prized assets.”


S 6 | electrical wholesaler August 2018 www.ewnews.co.uk


colmore has announced the successful conclusion of two legal cases that it brought against businesses which,


ollowing the publication of the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations, Hager has launched an industry-first automated


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