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new Southampton regional hub as part of multi-million-pound infrastructure improvements program in the UK. ERIKS has ploughed funding into purpose-built hub on
S the 1,800m2
Adanac Drive, designed to support the company’s strong customer base across manufacturing sectors in the South and South West of England. The regional hub replaces two smaller
outdated facilities in Southampton and brings together core areas of engineering expertise in a central location, as well as a local stockholding of critical parts, allowing ERIKS to further improve the speed, flexibility and scope of its customer services. A wide range of services will be offered
including standard repairs and upgrades for pumps, motors and gearboxes. The work is part of a £21m infrastructure
investment by ERIKS split between Maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) product supply headlined by a state-of-the- art fulfilment centre in Oldbury, West Midlands, and the technical engineering side of the business supported by product business units and engineering workshops across the country such as Southampton. Mike Golds, ERIKS engineering services
director, said: “We are delighted to have completed this significant investment in our Southampton regional hub as part of our overall programme of improvements across the country. “It has been built and designed specially for
the needs of our customers in the area, particularly for critical applications in the water,
food, oil and gas and petrochemical sectors. “The building incorporates an extensive
workshop space, allowing us to enhance our offering and focus on servicing, standard repairs and upgrades of pump, motor and geared drive equipment, as well as providing a base for ERIKS site services teams. “It also offers a more practical, brighter
environment for our colleagues while there are also meetings rooms that are available for use by customers for off-site conferences and training workshops.” Golds said having a central location for
engineering, reliability and product distribution teams would improve knowledge sharing and skills development, especially for younger or newer members of the team. “Crucially, for our customers it means
we’re able to bring the same exceptional levels of skill and experience to each contract, while equipping our teams with greater resources and back-up,” he said. “This will allow us to take on a much wider
range of work and to complete standard repair tasks even faster and more efficiently, ultimately leading to business growth in the area and new job opportunities.”
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“Following on from changing our name from
Electrocomponents to RS Group, this is the latest step on the journey to rebranding all the RS operations,” said Pete Malpas, president EMEA at RS. “By uniting these two growth businesses under RS Safety Solutions, we can now deliver a fantastic offering in PPE, safety and hygiene products for new and existing customers in industrial and food processing markets, all backed by the RS Group.” “The launch of RS Safety Solutions is a hugely
exciting moment for us,” commented Mark Day, managing director at RS Safety Solutions. “Our existing customers will recognise that our combined operations are now clearly part of one extremely well-known brand, which will help to strengthen our product range and give us a truly global reach.”
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pecialised industrial service provider ERIKS has invested £500,000 in a
alling from a height is already well established as industry’s biggest cause of fatal accidents for workers. In the UK alone,
there were 35 such deaths in 2020/21, accounting for a quarter of all fatalities at work. Falling within a confined space adds extra dimensions to that hazard. So when an employee enters a confined space to carry out works or inspections, how can you be sure they will come out alive and well? In this issue, fall protection specialist Alfonso Fernandez of MSA stresses that positive outcomes for workers inside that space depend on organisations thinking outside the box. Find out more on page 16. If you have a comment, opinon or story that you’d like to
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ERIKS InvEStS £500,000 In EngInEERIng hub
RS gROup annOunCES fORMatIOn Of RS SafEty SOlutIOnS
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S Group has announced the launch of RS Safety Solutions as a new brand within the RS Group. RS Safety Solutions
brings together the existing RS personal protection equipment (PPE) capabilities with the operations of Needlers and Liscombe, both of which are based in the UK. RS Group acquired Needlers and Liscombe
in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Both businesses are leaders in their fields with Needlers largely serving the food processing industry with its PPE and hygiene products and Liscombe primarily operating in industrial sectors, where safety and personal protection is critical. This union offers a deep technical experience whilst combining over 300 years of expertise in this field. The combination of the two businesses
within RS Safety Solutions will enable the leveraging of their respective strengths to serve customers in industrial and food processing markets and address their requirements for PPE and safety and hygiene equipment. The unification also bolsters the huge potential for each of the forerunner operations and strengthens RS’ position as a major player in the PPE market.
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