Industry News
Colormaker Industries passes solar milestone saving 500 tonnes of greenhouse gas
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n Tuesday, January 17, Colormaker Industries, the manufacturer of Permaset Inks, passed the milestone of 500 tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) saved through the electricity produced from its 100kW solar array. That was a day short of 40 months since the array was first powered up on September 18, 2019, during Australia’s Black Summer bushfires. Since then, despite first the smoke of the bushfires and then three successive years of La Niña rainfall, the solar array has pushed out clean electricity every single day, culminating in this achievement. The installation of the solar array proved to be a starting point for the Colormaker business, which has now followed up with three EVs for deliveries and staff transport, an electric forklift (no more LPG on site), a more energy efficient air compressor, a small battery to soak up some of the surplus electricity, and even more in the wings.
The solar array was originally designed to produce around twice
The solar panels on the roof of Colormaker Industries’ premises in Sydney, Australia
as much electricity as the business needed. However, being a producer made Colormaker a lot more conscious of its own use. The new compressor was the biggest factor in getting overall electricity usage down 20%.
David Stuart, managing director, said: “Having such a huge energy surplus has been a great enabler for Colormaker. “Notwithstanding the very real effects of La Niña, we now produce 2.2 times as much electricity as we use. If the sun comes out and stays out, we might get that up to 2.4. Even so, for every single kWh that we’ve purchased over the past 12 months, we put 4.44kWh into the grid. Since the battery went in, we’ve also been
Glenmuir and Sunderland of Scotland strengthen North East sales team
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lenmuir has strengthened its sales team in the North East and Yorkshire with the
appointment of Alan Cuthbertson to the UK sales team.
Mr Cuthbertson will look after customers in Northumberland, Tyneside, Durham, Teesside, Yorkshire, Humberside and North Lincolnshire. Matthew Eagle, global sales director of Glenmuir and Sunderland of Scotland, said: “Alan has a wealth of experience within the golf industry and has built a very good reputation for being reliable and efficient in all aspects of his work. Combined with great products and high levels of customer service already on offer from Glenmuir and Sunderland of Scotland, we are sure that our customers
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based in the North East and Yorkshire will continue to see great success with our brands.”
Mr Cuthbertson added: “I’m absolutely delighted to be
appointed as the North
East/ Yorkshire sales agent representing two outstanding brands in the golf industry. Looking forward to working with the in-house team and taking the brands from strength to strength.” Mr Cuthbertson is looking forward to presenting the new Autumn Winter 2023 Collection to golf professionals and retailers in the North East and Yorkshire.
able to bring our demand down to 1/7 of what it was when we first installed solar, taking further strain off the grid. “Our current projects on-site are working towards eliminating buying any electricity during the evening peak and to improving self-sufficiency; the first battery is moving us rapidly in that direction. Against an historical self-sufficiency average of 65% (we could still only supply 65% of our electricity needs), for November/ December we achieved a record 83.5% and expect that to be bettered in January. Once we install our big battery, we’re confident that we’ll get above 90%, possibly even 95%. “Looking beyond our own site, the use of one electric vehicle looks set to have saved four to five tonnes of GHGs p.a. from vehicle emissions vs a traditional ICE vehicle. To close out 2022, we acquired two more EVs but are really looking forward to the delivery of our Australian made big battery and Aussie made prototype delivery van – with a much bigger range and payload capacity, we see this vehicle as being a game changer.”
Mi Hub launches annual International Uniform Week
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he very first International Uniform Week took place from Monday, February 13 to Friday, February 17. The week was launched by global uniform supplier Mi Hub to recognise the uniform-wearing public who feel proud to represent their job and celebrate all who proudly wear a uniform.
Uniform wearers were and are encouraged to tell their stories and share what wearing a uniform means to them on social media using #LoveYourUniform.
Submissions can also be made online at
www.uniformweek.com. Entrants are encouraged to get as creative as possible, whether that’s through written text, an image, a video, or even a poem. Submissions will close on Friday, March 31.
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
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