EXECUTIVE NEWS continued
Barrus celebrates centenary
E.P. Barrus celebrated its 100th anniversary last month. The business began trading in September, 1917 when Ernest Prouty Barrus set up a company in the UK to supply
Starrett precision tools. Since then, it has diversified into other markets including Marine, Garden and Industrial. Barrus entered the industrial engine market during the mid-1930s
with the introduction of Johnson Iron Horse industrial engines and Chore Horse generators. The Industrial Division was launched in 1985 with the introduction of the Yanmar L Series engines. The company has extensive research and development facilities for custom-engine building at its headquarters in Bicester (pictured). We will report more fully on this milestone for Barrus in our
next issue. From YTS trainee to Genquip MD
Genquip MD Dennis Hughes has just celebrated 40 years’ service with the company and its related businesses. He originally joined MEJ Welding and Plant Services in Port Talbot as a plant fitter and apprentice engineer on a Youth Training Scheme (YTS) in 1977. This business was owned by Jeff Davies and Josh Llewellyn, who later formed GenSet UK Ltd. Dennis moved over with the team and was made MD in 1997. Throughout
this period, Dennis forged a
strong business relationship with Paul Ratcliffe of static and mobile welfare cabin manufacturer, Groundhog UK. Genquip was founded in 1998 to provide a dedicated sales and marketing arm for Groundhog products.
7 Dust solutions from Husqvarna
Husqvarna Construction Products is now offering a comprehensive range of dust and slurry management solutions to complement the cutting and grinding equipment across its range, following its acquisition of the specialist manufacturer Pullman Ermator earlier this year. As EHN has highlighted in the past, dust created whilst working with
concrete can contain minute respirable crystalline silica (RCS) particles which can be hazardous when inhaled. They should be captured at source to prevent it being airborne, either by using water to bind the dust or connecting tools to a dust extractor with the appropriate airflow and capacity for the application. Husqvarna is introducing the products into its portfolio this month,
branded in the company’s distinctive orange livery. They are designed to cover all construction industry applications and encompass three-phase dust extractors and pre-separators for heavy-duty tasks, wet/slurry vacuums, single-phase dust extractors and portable air scrubbers, and includes products meeting the H13 Hepa standard for separating up to 99.95% of the particles between 0.15 and 0.30 microns in size. The line-up being launched this month includes S-Line lightweight dust extractors and A-Line portable air cleaners.
Events success for Jarvie Plant
Jarvie Plant reports a spate of recent orders from the event hire market. The Grangemouth-based company has met demand for generators, lighting towers, forklifts, telescopic handlers, access platforms, welfare vans and, even, minibuses, from organisers throughout Scotland and the north of England. The hirer has nine hire depots, including a recently opened
facility in Manchester which is its first south of the border, and says this geographic spread is helping attract more customers. It has supplied equipment to the Scottish Open and the Scottish Ladies Open at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, and the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Site accommodation, generators, and lights were also provided for events during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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