Business and Industry Today Issue 373

Sustainability Today

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Stable humidity control

Controlling the humidity levels in commercial and industrial environments will ultimately improve efficiency, productivity, and profits. It has been scientifically proven that stabilised relative humidity levels between 40-60% significantly improve mechanical and human performance. Processes like manufacturing, printing and food production rely on stable humidity to ensure optimal performance.

Unstable conditions where humidity is low can cause moisture absorption in hydroscopic materials such as wood and paper. This leads to static, dust, warping and cracking. When dried out materials pass through machinery at high speeds it results in breakdowns. If humidity levels are too high, it causes mould, corrosion, and rusting of expensive equipment. These problems cause major disruption to businesses and creates a reduction in productivity and profitability. The resolution is investing in the right humidity solution.

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The Business Show 2022

Britain’s biggest Business Show is back for 2022, returning to ExCeL London on the 16th & 17th of November!

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Humidity Solutions is the UK’s leading independent specialist in humidity control, offering a range of humidifiers and dehumidifiers from some of the world’s leading manufacturers. We have a highly experienced and knowledgeable team who can design a bespoke solution for each unique application, and supply, install and maintain the equipment throughout its life. Get in touch with our specialists today.

T 01372 571200 info@humiditysolutions.co.uk www.humiditysolutions.co.uk

And the next train for slate aggregate is stopping at…

Breedon Group extends commitment to sustainable rail infrastructure.

A joint initiative between Breedon Group, Network Rail and the Welsh Government has brought the disused Llandudno Junction freight yard sidings back to life.

The Llandudno Junction freight yard had not been used for several years but extensive work – including vegetation removal, track repairs and refurbishment of the points which allow trains to swap tracks – has brought it back into service.

The yard is near the main Penrhyn Quarry of Breedon Group subsidiary Welsh Slate & up to 260,000 tonnes of materials – ranging from sub-base to decorative aggregate – are expected

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to pass through it each year, with trains expected to run weekly.

Typical freight trains will carry 1,500 tonnes of material, compared to a truck’s 28 tonnes, leading to reductions in CO2 emissions, road traffic and operating costs.

The first freight train left the refurbished railhead carrying the equivalent of 76 truckloads of Welsh Slate Hard Grey Type 1 sub-base aggregates to Luton.

Are you looking to start a business or grow your existing business? Helping small businesses grow and develop, the 44th edition of the show will reveal the secrets of business adaptation, innovation and survival in the business world through finding and purchasing the products and services that your business needs to take you to the next level.

Running alongside The Business Show this year we have Working From Home Live and Retrain Expo, offering everything you or your business needs to successfully adapt to the ever changing industry advances.

Retrain Expo helps you re-skill and retrain for the future, whereas Working From Home Live offers the tools and resources needed to work remotely.

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Breedon already operates several other railheads around the UK, and this latest investment will further improve its distribution network for customers and lower the carbon footprint of its operations.

The project was supported by the Freight Facilities Grant Scheme, which encourages modal shifts to deliver environmental benefits by removing HGVs from roads.

In addition to road and rail, Welsh Slate also ships slate aggregates from Port Penrhyn in Bangor to the UK and Europe.

For video of the railhead in action, go to: https://youtu.be/YngPcNv03I8

www.breedongroup.com

Global, this show provides unparalleled education and information on trade agreements, international strategy, cultural and economic differences, and connects you with an abundance of business owners, under one roof, who are looking to invest abroad.

With over 750 exhibitors, 350 seminars from business experts, speed networking and unmissable masterclasses covering everything from keeping your workplace safe to optimising your website and taking your business online, visitors will leave with all the resources needed to succeed in their industry.

So what are you waiting for?

To register for your free ticket, simply head over to:

www.greatbritishbusinessshow.co.uk

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Are your software solutions stifling business growth?

Are you finding yourself at the crossroads, questioning the real value that your IT investments have delivered over the past years? Is it fit for purpose, or have you adapted your business processes to accommodate your fragmented software solution offerings?

If your answer is yes to the latter, you have most certainly created silos or disconnected systems in your operations, impacting performance, efficiency, and staff productivity. It might be the right time to consider transforming your digital landscape, bringing these systems together, and making them work as one.

The good news is that it is not all lost. These silos can be broken down to deliver software functionality that is truly aligned to how you want to run your business, without discarding your IT investment, but rather by maximising its use and enhancing it. When done correctly, and with the right software solutions partner, you can methodically tackle the problem, and iteratively deliver improvements that will align your systems to your business processes and ensure future growth.

The transformation should be focused on creating data bridges and interfaces between your solutions, enabling business units to work in unison, with full end-to-end visibility, all driving the same goal.

Cleverbit Software understands these challenges and can assist you in joining the dots... Let’s talk.

info@cleverbit.software

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Make better moulds: Mill better, drill faster

Mould making isn’t easy. There are many intricate challenges that include: highly complex geometry with 2D and 3D features, managing a wide range of part sizes, and short lead times on small quantities and new designs with no room for error. Compounding these challenges is the pressure to keep up with the rapid pace of demand and technology.

But there’s a way to overcome those obstacles: Do better work with technology designed specifically for complex mould making.

Our USC-M series Milling and Drilling Centres allow you to drill faster and mill better with a single machine and fewer setups. These Milling and Drilling Centres meet the challenges of milling and gundrilling all types of metals with either a single universal combination spindle or dedicated milling and drilling spindles. Utilising high performance spindles that provide exceptional rigidity and power transmission, these machines deliver high-torque milling capability for aggressive metal removal and shorter cycle times. Additionally, 5-axis positioning enables mould manufacturers to tackle complex geometries with exacting precision in a single setup.

Many manufacturers claim to provide milling and drilling in a single machine, but the truth is those hybrid machines neither mill nor drill well enough to make a significant difference in either operation. In effect, one process is an afterthought of the other. Our USC-M series, however, was designed from the beginning to be a single machine with superior milling and drilling performance and accuracy. State-of-the-art milling technology is embedded into a machine that has the power, thrust, speed and process monitoring competitors thought would be difficult to attain, or simply not possible.

In addition to superior quality and accuracy, the pay-off for single setup milling and drilling is efficiency and an improved bottom line. Mould makers cut delivery times to their customers with faster setups and production along with reduced overall labor costs. Once they move away from mould making operations with two machines, most of our customers find they can’t afford to manufacture without a USC-M-series Milling and Drilling Centre.

The benefits of milling better and drilling faster with USC-M series machines do not stop at the spindle.

There are intangible benefits as well. UNISIG USC-M series Milling and Drilling Centres allow mould manufacturers to approach their work differently and explore different approaches to mould making. With the entire manufacturing process streamlined, customers find their engineers and design teams enjoy

more freedom and flexibility with the expanded capabilities. Finishing and assembly are faster because the design is more efficient, and manufacturers can do things effortlessly that were a struggle previously.

Ultimately, it’s about setting the bar

high and keeping it there. UNISIG sets a standard looked up to by the competition. It’s a state-of-the-art mindset that takes mould finishing to a new level with a machine that allows you to mill better and drill faster.

www.unisig.com

Luxury Lodges Company of the Year

Small enough to care, large enough to deliver

In this issue of Business and Industry Today, we are proud to announce that we have selected Kingston Park and Leisure Homes as our Luxury Lodges Company of the Year.

Based from its location in Kingston-Upon-Hull, Kingston Park and Leisure Homes manufactures high quality mobile park homes and luxury lodges. The company boasts extensive experience from its existing modular building business, in which it has constructed buildings for clients, ranging from multinational businesses to high profile government contracts, such as schools, hospitals and railway stations.

Kingston Park and Leisure Homes started in 2018, with its sister company, Kingston Modular Systems, being established in 2016, and it is owned by Kris Robinson, Carl Galbraith and Jon Bradshaw.

Kingston Park and Leisure Homes sets very high standards for quality and service in the park and leisure homes sector. Using its modular architectural and engineering experience, the company has designed and developed a generation of holiday lodges and park homes that will not be beaten on quality, value for money or service.

The company uses its high profile project management and architectural skills along with personal experience of the leisure industry to deliver a new generation of leisure homes that are making a splash in the market. The focus is solely on creating the best quality park and leisure homes, and Kingston Park and Leisure Homes offers a standard range for both park homes and luxury lodges as well as a bespoke offering, so that clients can choose their own design, giving them an opportunity to really get involved in the design of their home or lodge.

Sales Director, Steve Taylor, commented, “Using our propriety construction methods, we consistently deliver the highest build quality available in the park

and leisure homes market. We focus on doing the simple things to the highest standards, which results in a palpable sense of quality as you walk through the door of a Kingston Lodge or Home.”

The staff at Kingston Park and Leisure Homes prides itself on providing a personal service at every step of the journey. Clients are welcome to visit the factory in order to see how the company uses its unique construction methods to create a new generation of lodges and multi storey modular buildings.

In a crowded marketplace, Kingston Park and Leisure Homes has stayed at the forefront of the industry for a number of reasons. Its background is in the modular buildings industry, working with

a number of blue-chip clients on top projects including delivering multi story buildings in the heart of London. The company has taken its experience in precision engineering, high profile project management and modular architecture to deliver the new benchmark in holiday lodges and park homes in both build quality and service.

Steve continued, “The one main stand out feature of our homes and lodges, which other manufacturers do not offer, is plasterboard interior walls and timber door frames and skirtings. This not only gives a much more house build feel, but also allows the owner to easily re-decorate if they feel like refreshing the look of their home. Our sister company Kingston Modular can also offer a wide range of amenity buildings to enhance both residential and holiday parks, such as sales offices, reception buildings, shower rooms and toilets.”

One of the main advantages for the company, is the use of its own unique customisation framework, which provides clients with the ability to create their own dream lodge. Adding the personal touch to the design process enables clients to choose from classic styling to modern and contemporary looks, and Kingston Park and Leisure Homes’ expert team is equipped with the knowledge, skill and experience, to deliver the lodge that’s designed perfectly for each and every client.

All of the lodges and park homes are built to BS3632:2015 and are suitable for all year occupation, meaning clients can enjoy yearround use and park owners can generate income throughout the year. The company uses the highest quality fixtures and fittings and guarantees all of its work with a 10 year structural warranty.

The way it constructs all of the park and leisure homes ensures the best possible thermal efficiency. This not only saves money on running costs but also ensures that the whole range is better for the environment. The whole of the Kingston range easily

outperforms a traditional leisure lodge or static caravan.

The past 12 months have brought great success for Kingston Park and Leisure Homes, having its best year to date. Production of homes and lodges is up 500% compared to last year, and confirmed orders are up 1,000% with orders out to 2024, so all the hard work put in by every member of the Kingston team has really paid off. The year has been both rewarding and taxing, excellent with regards to orders, but the astonishing rise in cost of materials and shortage of supplies has made procurement very challenging.

As the company looks to the future, it intends to keep building upon recent success. It has increased staffing levels in almost all areas of the business, and is currently looking for a site suitable for a second production facility.

Further regarding future plans, Steve remarked, “Our short-term plan is to ensure that the clients who have orders in with us till 2024 receive the orders on time with the quality in place they have grown to expect from a Kingston product. However in the long term, we are hoping to increase production – but only to a level that allows us to maintain the Kingston level of quality.”

Kingston Park and Leisure Homes is a company which insists upon using the best quality of materials, has unparalleled attention to detail, and is flexible to customer needs. Its ability to listen to clients’ needs and respond accordingly, and the capacity to offer utility buildings as well as homes or lodges, ensures that it is the obvious recipient of our Company of the Year award, and Steve concluded, “It is great to receive this award and be recognised within the industry. We have a couple of new models in the pipeline, so the future continues to look very promising!”

T 01482 835835 sales@kingstonplh.com www.kingstonplh.com

Mitigating arc flash events in process heating applications

An arc flash is an electrical explosion that occurs when there is a short circuit in a system, which can be caused by a build-up of corrosion or conductive dust. If the voltage is high enough, and if there is a path to ground or a lower voltage, the resistance of the air is overcome and results in an arc.

There are three main strategies for minimising the effects of arc flashes, including increasing the distance from the potential source of an event, reducing the available fault current and decreasing the duration of the event. All strategies can be combined to ensure maximum safety, but this is not practical when considering overall project cost. That said, the duration of the event is the most viable influencer to reduce damage and has the largest impact on the total amount of energy released.

There are two key approaches to compare: arc-resistant cabinets and arc mitigation technologies. Arc-resistant cabinets aim to reduce exposure to arc events by encasing the system in a metal-clad cabinet with a venting system. The heated gas and pressure is redirected through a duct, reducing the energy that could potentially explode. However, a drawback lies in the fact that the cabinet must be closed for the arc-resistant cabinet to work, as many arc events occur during maintenance, when the doors are open.

Arc mitigation technologies also reduce damage to equipment, as it can function even when the doors are open and maintenance is being performed. For example, in the Watlow POWERSAFE thermal system, sensors can be placed within the thermal controller, SCR node single contact or node, which are protected by a feeder. When the sensor senses an arc flash event in any compartment, the feeder shuts down the lineup to limit damage caused by the arc.

As medium voltage process heaters become more popular, they must be designed with safety in mind. Arc flash mitigation technologies represent the best approach here, as they decrease the duration of arc flash events and hence the energy released, helping to minimise the risk and damage involved.

www.watlow.com

Interface Force Measurements: Force, torque and pressure measurement

Interface Force Measurements has been supporting UK industry with the highest quality force, torque and pressure sensors for more than 25 years.

You can benefit from our experience whenever you contact us about your next measurement application, experience gained helping designers and engineers across multiple industrial sectors.

We’ll use our experience and product knowledge to help you select the best sensors for your

data collection needs with our

range of amplifiers, displays and software what will work with our and other manufacturers’ sensors.

So, if you have a force, torque or pressure measurement challenge that you’d like our help with, please contact us.

Contact

T 01344 776666 info@interface.uk.com www.interfaceforce.co.uk

BVC: UK manufactured multistage centrifugal blowers, vacuum pumps and industrial vacuum cleaners from Quirepace

BVC, originally the British Vacuum Cleaner Company, and now a brand within the Quirepace portfolio of products, have been manufacturing blowers, vacuum pumps and industrial vacuum cleaners for over 100 years. The range has developed over the years into the equipment we currently manufacture at our factory in Hampshire. We also supply a range of side-channel blowers and vacuum pumps manufactured in Europe to our specifications.

Our ability to manufacture close to our markets means that we are a nimble supplier to both our end-users and our customers where we are an OEM; it means that we have fast access to spare parts and replacement units, and our in-house manufacturing means we can quickly adapt to the ebbs and flows in the ordering cycles of our OEM customers.

Multistage centrifugal blowers and vacuum pumps are ideally suited for those applications where a constant pressure is required and where the power consumption and flow rate varies with demand. Our range of units

broadly covers equipment requiring a 1kW to 15kW motor. Flow rates and pressures will be determined by the demands of the application, and our specialist sales team can guide the customer towards the appropriate unit.

BVC multistage blowers and exhausters manufactured by Quirepace have an advantage over many other solutions in addition to outright performance and availability, and that is reliability and durability.

All BVC units are the result of many years continuous development, and when supplied to end-user applications all come with a 5 year parts warranty (subject to Ts & Cs).

The performance and reliability of BVC multistage vacuum pumps means they are ideally suited to provide the motive power for the range of BVC industrial vacuum cleaners.

Like the blower and vacuum pumps, the range of industrial vacuum cleaners extends from 1kW to 15kW machines, with each machine in the range available with a wide variety of filters, hoses and tools allowing the units to be configured to match the customers’ particular requirements.

The hazards of dust created by many industrial

European Springs & Pressings

We provide a full design and manufacturing service for bespoke & standard Pressings, Wireforms, Coil & Gas Springs, as well as offering Prototyping and full Tool Room support. We understand that no two jobs are the same; often requiring different materials, treatments, variable tolerances or specific heat resistance. Investing in the latest technology and qualified toolmakers ensures that we can design and produce the very best stampings, springs and wire forms. Our bespoke manufacturing process and in-house design

Dyneo+ New synchronous motors

manufactured by Nidec, combining reluctance and permanent magnets

The new range offers high reliability, unrivalled performance and interactive commissioning. Sizes from11kW to 500 kW with speeds up to 6,000 rpm.

Specially designed for variable speed, DYNEO+ is available in aluminium or cast iron versions from 11 to 500kW, 132 to 355mm frame size, with IP55 or IP23 protection. Whether compact or interchangeable IEC type, these motors are easy to integrate into new machines as they are to retrofit existing installations.

GES Group’s 5 Pillars of Expertise

GES Group established in 1972 as Grants Electrical Services (NI) Ltd., the Company has grown and developed into GES Group, a leading Electrical and Mechanical Engineering business, now serving customers throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe.

Currently employing over 80 staff, including many professionally trained and accredited Engineers, we respond quickly to Industry's ever-changing demands and needs, while offering geographic coverage to many of our customers. Traditionally AC/DC motor rewind and re-manufacture specialists, we have developed our portfolio as a market leader to now provide an extensive range of technically advanced products and services.

service – complete with CAD/CAM software and systems –means we can help you realise a range of prototype ideas which can be individually cut using precision lasers for R&D testing or put into full production. Our fully equipped tool room is available to design and build any production tooling needed, assuring you of competitive pricing and consistent quality supply.

Our clients work across the aerospace, automotive, defence, domestic appliance, electronics, hydraulics, lighting, medical, nuclear, pharmaceutical, scientific and

processes are well recognised. These hazards include the harmful nature of the dust directly to the health of workers, and the hazards caused by the potential flammability of some types of dusts.

The different hazards are not mutually exclusive; therefore the industrial vacuum cleaner used for particular cleaning jobs must be carefully selected to ensure maximum mitigation of risks. For example, dusts hazardous to health must be comprehensively filtered to ensure that they do not pass through the vacuum cleaner and back in to the environment. Hence, machines must be fitted with HEPA filtration, and may also be designated as M-Class or H-Class depending on the configuration of the unit.

Similarly, if the potential dusts create an ATEX rated environment, the vacuum cleaners chosen to operate in these areas must be suitably certified for use within the ATEX rated environments. The BVC range of industrial vacuum cleaners from Quirepace, includes machines that meet either or both of these specific requirements.

Not all materials are hazardous but may still require particular consideration. Some materials, for example, require aeration tools for

telecommunication industries, so we’re used to delivering a wide array of products that meet complex, client-specific requirements.

Whether you need a conventional compression, tension, die, disc or torsion spring, or the most obscure spring clip or wire form imaginable, we’re able to produce exactly what you need.

T +44 (0)208 663 1800 info.bec@europeansprings.com

successful pick-up to ensure the material continues to flow in the machine hose.

Quirepace have many years of direct experience matching customers’ requirements to the blower, vacuum pump, or industrial vacuum cleaner suitable for each particular application. Sometimes, an application requires special components or configurations, and again Quirepace are able to manufacture bespoke equipment for these special applications.

BVC – Tough machines, for tough jobs.

BVC Blowers and Exhausters Quirepace Ltd www.bvc.co.uk sales@quirepace.co.uk

Digital Edge Subsea

Digital Edge Subsea supplies the oil and gas industry with its digital video recording system.

The company, established more than 10 years ago, has nurtured strong customer relationships that has allowed for honest customer feedback, and this has been incorporated into the development of the Version 5 Edge DVR.

Conversations continue and now Digital Edge are pleased to be able to offer further software that will help their customers to serve their clients better.

Data Archive App Digital Edge will soon release a data storage and back-up solution that uses an integral app within Edge architecture, to avoid needing a 3rd party app. Edge Archive handles the transfer of data from the internal DVR drives to Client storage, either on a NAS, a Raid, or a phased delivery to multiple external hard drives.

Nidec (Leroy Somer) Electric Motors stocked in Mallusk and Newbridge (IRL)

GES Automation (IRL), based in Newbridge, is the authorised distributor for Nidec (Leroy-Somer) Ireland. This is a very exciting time for both GES Group and Nidec as we have worked together in partnership in Northern Ireland for several years and by expanding the distributorship to Southern Ireland our partnership will create a more comprehensive infrastructure with enhanced experience and expertise and will provide our customers with a first class customer service experience.

Telephone: 02825 656406

Email: info@ges-group.com

www.ges-group.com

Being a Native app, the data transfer ensures that the quality of Live recordings are not impacted by a 3rd party program trying to access the same file that the DVR app is currently using. Ensuring recorded data integrity and quality is of the highest importance.

Archive can act as a Simple data mirror of the correct internal drive data folders, or can be used to create multiple simultaneous backups of Client Deliverables. This can be done in continuous backup or a phased approach, ie. after each dive.

For more information or a demonstration of the system, contact: info@digitaledgesubsea.com or visit: www.digitaledgesubsea.com

Drives & Controls

Why automation is not just for big corporations

In the BC era (Before Collaboration), automation was the sole preserve of industrial giants with massive budgets. The emergence of collaborative robotic solutions, user friendly tools and intuitive software has changed all that. Nowadays, smart solutions are here to benefit businesses of any size.

Fast deployment at an affordable price point

Ready to use out-of-the-box, collaborative application solutions greatly simplify the deployment process, allowing companies to deploy automation with a minimum of costly downtime and at a fraction of the cost of traditional automation deployments.

Discover other OnRobot solutions: https://onrobot.

com/en/products-and-solutions?solutions

Collaborative palletising starts with your unique application needs

These days, workers are in short supply and product demand is high. Get ahead of your competition by automating you palletising processes.

Automating palletising provides fast return on investment even for smaller manufacturers and logistics organisations. It’s cost-effective, quick to

deploy, and offers the flexibility needed for high-mix, low-volume environments and peaks in demand. You get better consistency and higher productivity without overtime or injuries.

Your business needs first

The OnRobot Palletiser is available as a complete or the individual components can be combined for your perfect mix-and-match solution. This gives you the flexibility to define your system around your unique business needs, but with all the benefits of a single vendor:

● Faster deployment and easier changeovers

● Fits into existing layout and workflows

● Lowers total costs and speeds return on investment

● Future-proof for evolving business needs

● Fully tested, certified, and warrantied for reliability

Get in touch with one of our automation experts to find out what palletising configuration is right for your facility: sales@onrobot.com

Learn how to build a palletising application: https://learn.onrobot.com/en/ palletizing-what-expect?area=8

Competitive advantages for your business

The competitive advantage conferred by automation range from increased productivity and throughput to enhanced reliability and improved quality. Collaborative application solutions hit that sweet spot between affordability, no-fuss usability, and flexible functionality that manufacturers demand.

Find out how automation can help you. Get in touch with an automation expert to start the automation journey! – sales@onrobot.com

Discover the OnRobot range of products and solutions, robot arm grippers and EOAT components: https://onrobot.com/en/products-and-solutions

Read more about collaborative automation for your factory: https://onrobot.com/en/blog/ why-you-need-collaborative-automation

Find out how others got started with automation https://onrobot.com/en/case-studies

Remove physical and financial pain out of palletising

Manual palletising is a labor intensive, repetitive and injury prone task which makes it an excellent candidate for collaborative automation. Despite this, many end of line palletising tasks are still performed manually.

And with traditional palletising robotic solutions coming with a high price tag, when the capital outlay is considered alongside long deployment time, the number just don’t add up for many companies.

Discover the cost-effective solution for quickly deploying your first automated palletising cell

The OnRobot Palletiser is here to take the physical and financial pain out of your palletising processes with the combination of unprecedented affordability, performance and fast integration with a small footprint.

OnRobot Palletiser is available as a complete out-ofthe-box system or as individual components to create a mix-and-match solution that will work for your specific application needs.

Get in touch with one of our automation experts to find out how we can help you automate your palletising processes: sales@onrobot.com

Read more about complete OnRobot Palletiser solution: https://onrobot.com/en/solutions/ onrobot-palletizer

SUSTAINABILITY TOD AY

iLOQ opens a new sales office in Poland

iLOQ, a provider of digital access management solutions, will continue to fulfill its growth strategy by expanding to Poland.

Founded in Finland in 2003, iLOQ currently has sales offices in 9 countries throughout Europe, operations in Canada and a partner network around the world. Adding Poland to its portfolio continues to fulfill the company’s growth strategy and allows iLOQ to introduce the benefits of its battery-free digital-locking and mobile-access-sharing technology to a new market.

Grzegorz Korzeniowski has been appointed Country Manager in Poland. He will be

responsible for building a winning team to establish the company’s commercial activities and developing a strong base of partners and

customers.

“iLOQ continues to grow in line with its strategy. We bring to new markets state-ofthe-art digital- and mobile-based locking solutions that are flexible and reduce lifecycle costs. We wish Grzegorz Korzeniowski great success with changing the face of the locking industry in Poland,” states Thomas Thörewik, Chief Sales Officer.

Heikki Hiltunen, President and CEO, email: heikki.hiltunen@iloq.com

Thomas Thörewik, Chief Sales Officer, email: thomas.thorewik@iloq.com www.iloq.com

Plastics

recovery success by Impact Air Systems

The hot topic of plastics recycling is not going away any time soon, and rightly so. It’s everybody’s responsibility to make sure plastics are sorted, collected, recovered, and recycled, but the bulk of the work typically still falls to the waste operator.

Utilising air-based technology to conduct waste sorting tasks is in huge demand due to its cost-effective and efficient technique which is why it is being selected for use in many recycling facilities around the world, saving thousands of tonnes of recyclable plastics, and other materials, ending in landfill.

Air-based material recovery solutions from

industry experts, Impact Air Systems, are leading the way with various options to suit a wide range of plastic applications.

The Impact Film Vacuum System and Airlift solution, removes plastic bags, films from the waste stream, and bales them with a screw compactor system. Zigzag separation provides an efficient and effective solution to remove dust, debris, and fibres from rigid WEEE plastic, granules, and flakes to provide a more valuable product for recycling. Impact’s Pneumatic Conveying System seamlessly transports plastic bottles and containers through the facility via a ductwork system to external storage containers or bunkers.

Impact’s solutions ensure higher quality

material streams along with increased revenue from recovered recyclable materials. They also greatly assist the operator in achieving zero waste targets while encouraging the circularity of plastics aiding the transition towards a circular economy. www.impactairsystems.com

Let’s talk air pollution!

Poor air quality is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK. The health impacts of air pollution are estimated to cost up to £20 billion PA and cause up to 36,000 DEATHS in the UK alone. A major component of urban air pollution is Nitrous Oxides (NOx – NO/NO2).

At IMS we provide state of the art ‘Emissions Reduction Technology’ and ‘Noise Abatement Solutions’ that dramatically reduce NOx Emissions and cuts Noise Pollution from Large Stationary Power Generation Equipment typically used in the Energy, Health, Utility and Manufacturing Market Sectors (Datacentres, Hospitals, Banks, Phone & Water Companies). This aids to improve our quality of life.

The IMSeco ‘Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Technology’ is designed bespoke for each application and can be retrofitted to existing Power Generation Equipment for compliance with the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD). The SCR system will reduce NOx emissions by approximately -95% taking it well below the threshold of 190mg/Nm3 @15% O2 set by DEFRA on Diesel Powered engines within the specified 10-20 minutes from start-up. Any questions or want to know more? Contact us here:

T 01509 506792 sales@silencers.co.uk  www.silencers.co.uk

Waste Recycling Machinery Company of the Month

Helping clients treat waste as a commodity to be conserved and valued

In this issue of Sustainability Today, we are pleased to announce Compact & Bale as our Waste Recycling Machinery Company of the Month.

After selling print finishing equipment, materials handling systems, then balers in the UK for over 12 years, Steve Burnett started Compact & Bale in July 2000 and has never looked back! Based in Tonbridge, Kent, Compact & Bale Ltd are an awardwinning company that supplies 100s of machines and collects 1,000s of tonnes of material for recycling and recovery each year.

Its clients include leading retail, manufacturing, warehouse and distribution businesses together with local authorities, hospitals, shopping centres, garden centres and recyclers, and the company is ISO9001, ISO14001, CHAS, Safe Contractor and Altius accredited. It also offers 24/7 support from its online helpdesk, and with its own team of engineers, can be trusted to deliver on what is promised.

As UK partners for Europe’s leading manufacturers, Compact and Bale provide a comprehensive and full range of innovative compactors, cardboard balers, shredders, wheelie bin compactors and

liquid draining machines to some of Britain’s biggest businesses including Ikea, Peacocks, Monsoon, O2 Centre, Cotton Traders and Bodyshop in addition to numerous hospitals, shopping centres and councils.

Sold in over 53 countries around the world, the company’s compactors and balers are of the highest quality and with their reduced lifetime cost, provide the greatest return on investment. The compactor solutions include a range of market first innovations that do not just provide significant direct environmental and financial benefit, but also save on labour with its ‘Automate to Save’ range.

Compact & Bale’s range of Waste Compactors use 24-38+ tonnes of pressure, achieving up to 10:1 compaction ratio, to consistently compact high payloads on a wide range of waste materials. Steve commented, “These machines help clients to keep their costs down but their payloads high – all of our machines are quality built to CHEM standards and are typically loaded by hand or automatic bin lifter from ground or dock level.”

There is also a wide range of Baling machines, which can help companies deal with waste much more quickly, and to avoid their skips being full of mixed waste, much of which could be recycled if it were kept separate. Baling waste like cardboard,

polythene, film, paper and plastic saves companies paying for disposal, reduces handling on site and, in many cases, enables them to sell waste by the tonne for recycling. It also reduces the number of collections required, cutting site traffic, local environmental impact and overall CO2 emissions. Compact and Bale also have an enviable reputation for the highest quality refurbishments. The workshop and service team really care and produce the finest recycled recycling machinery. For example, the Strautmann Umwelttechnik GmbH PP1207, ‘Battleship Built’ mill size baler users 58t pressure, sits in a compact footprint and can compact cardboard, polythene, pp crates or bags for recycling all day, every day, for 20 plus years!

For waste companies that rent balers and compactors to their customers, and pay monthly rental invoices for years, yet never actually own the machinery, this will add up to a lot of money spent on equipment hire. However, as Steve continued, “We encourage companies to look at things differently. If they buy the highest quality, most reliable, longest lasting machines on the market, they can rent them out themselves,

Specialist Data Logging Company of the Month

get client’s work and their rental will repay the outlay. This means that they firstly get return of investment, then return on investment!”

There are obviously similar companies in the industry offering similar products and services, but thanks to its partnerships with Europe’s leading manufacturers of intelligent compaction equipment, Compact & Bale supply automated waste handling systems that free up staff and cut handling costs, labour and carbon footprint.

Finally Compact & Bale are sole UK partners for:

t Its own Durapac range of balers and compactors: www.compactandbale.com

t The world’s leading round baler wrapper manufacturer: www.flexus.se

t Europe’s leading EPS recycling equipment manufacturer: www.kbm-recycling.com

t Europe’s largest compactor manufacturer: www.ludden.de/en-gb

t The world’s leading mobile roll compactor manufacturer: www.packmat.fr

t Europe’s leading waste automation manufacturer: www.strautmann-umwelt.de/en

T 01732 852244 sales@compactandbale.com www.compact-and-bale.com

Custom data logging solutions

In this issue of Sustainability Today, we are pleased to announce Eltek Data Loggers as our Specialist Data Logging Company of the Month.

With products designed and manufactured in Cambridge, UK, Eltek have over 30 years’ experience in supplying, designing, manufacturing and selling data logging systems, hardware and software for applications such as environmental monitoring, air quality, conservation, building, industrial applications, utility suppliers and many more markets.

These said products include transmitters, receiver/loggers, wired dataloggers, mini dataloggers, software, and sensors.

“We essentially supply targeted and innovative solutions for challenging monitoring projects and applications with lifetime support. We are a group of professional engineers that understand our customers requirements and are there to support them from the beginning to the end in designing the most cost-effective and reliable solution for

their needs,” stated Brian Clarkstone, Managing Director.

Using its global network of distributors, Eltek’s ISO 9001:2015 accredited products are used by a number of industry leading organisations including AECOM, Natural History Museum, English Heritage, NHS, Medical Research Council, and many more.

In partnership with University College London (UCL) who have a long history of collaboration with Eltek, the AQ110 advanced air quality monitor was developed. The integrated unit was designed to capture temperature, humidity, CO2, particulates (PM1, PM2.5, PM10), NO2, CO and TVOCs. Using the remote data capture, researchers were able to mount long term monitoring campaigns including one successful study that allowed researchers to observe the impact of traffic pollution on both external and internal levels, indicating the importance of

NO2 filtration in high pollution sites. Following this research the AQ110 Advanced air quality monitors have been used on a series of research projects, measuring indoor and outdoor air quality in residential apartments, hospitals, offices and schools. In additional progress, the AQ112 has been developed which further adds an Ozone sensor to the original AQ110 design.

Another notable product is Darca Connect which is Browser Based Software for desktop, tablet and mobile that provides powerful but simpleto-use tools for metering sensors and analysing up-to-the-minute data either graphically or statistically. Darca Connect has been specifically designed for environmental monitoring on both large- and small-scale sites. With versions specifically designed for site administrators to enable them to configure the system to give controlled access for departmental managers and secondary users.

Some of these sites could include museums, pharmaceutical and distribution warehouses, schools, offices, research laboratories, and more. Features include a customisable dashboard, SMS and email alarms & notifications, charting,

reports & analysis, zone graphics, metering, user management, and automation.

“We provide lifetime support as well as custom solutions not just standard systems,” said Brian. Eltek prides itself in providing the best service for its customers which is why it has earned the respectable reputation of quality and outstanding customer service within the industry. Ensuring customers feel supported from the beginning to the end, Eltek stands out from the competition as when you are in need, Eltek offer customers the chance to talk directly to the people who actually design and make your loggers. Looking ahead, Eltek will continue to embrace its Browser Based Software and IOT Technology that was launched off the back of COVID-19 to facilitate the many workers needing to work from home.

T 01223 872111

sales@eltekdataloggers.co.uk

www.eltekdataloggers.co.uk/index.php

Industry Excellence

M&J Recycling: With you all the way as your leading expert in waste shredding

In this issue of Sustainability Today, we have selected M&J Recycling as the recipient of our Industry Excellence Award.

M&J Recycling – formerly Metso Waste Recycling – specialises in the design and manufacture of industrial waste shredders to reduce the size of waste materials effectively and reliably. With more than 1,000 installations worldwide and with a continued focus on R&D innovation, it is one of the world’s leading suppliers of industrial waste shredders for the recycling industry.

All M&J Recycling pre-shredders and fineshredders share superior features and an exceptionally robust construction. They can tackle most recycling tasks and can handle a wide range of different waste materials – either in bales, rolls, bricks or just loose.

M&J Recycling has its headquarters in Horsens, Denmark where the manufacturing facility is, with also offices in the UK, Germany, Thailand, China, USA, Sweden, Poland, and South Korea. The original M&J Industries was founded on June 16th in 1857 by Messers Moeller and Jochumsen as an iron foundry, developing and producing its first industrial shredder in 1988.

In 2009 the company became a part of the Metso organisation, a Finnish industrial group, but in late 2021 was divested from the Metso family. It was acquired by Ahlström Capital, a familyowned investment company that focuses its investment activity on industrial companies and real estate, and has reverted to the original name of M&J Denmark A/S trading as M&J Recycling.

It is the same company, the same people, the same great shredders and the same global locations and backup as before. This is great news for the business and has allowed them to become a truly independent business for the first

time in many years, which gives the commercial freedom to forge its own path. The company will have even more scale and coverage to help customers with their operational objectives and future expansions.

M&J Recycling design and manufacture the world-renowned M&J brand of specialist preand secondary size reduction and shredding machinery for the recycling and waste processing industries. This is backed up and supported by a global network of sales, service, parts and maintenance partners, agents and distributors.

The company also services a broad span of industries, but principally serves the global waste and recycling markets. These consist of companies that work in EfW, hazardous waste, incineration, recycling, biomass and composting, along with processing RDF/SRF, MSW, metal, paper, plastic, bulky and wood waste amongst others. This would also include any customer who wants to be able to size reduce a waste material, before onward processing for either further size reduction to produce RDF and SRF or to ease the separation process for onward recycling.

M& J Recycling provides a complete shredding solution for its customers with both pre and secondary shredding requirements. It is a onestop supplier with a single point of contact for the supply of parts, servicing, maintenance and breakdowns. Customers only have to call on one engineer to service their entire shredding operation, and having a commonality of parts across both technologies, helps the company to keep costs down. This makes ongoing maintenance and servicing much easier to plan, carry out and keep a record of.

There are obviously many companies in this industry, but M&J Recycling remain at the forefront. Along with its world-beating shredding technology, the company also has a global network of distribution partners who provide the backup service crucial to any organisation when they invest in an expensive piece of capital equipment. When a client purchases equipment, they want to know that for the next 10-15 years they have access to parts and engineers when needed, wherever they may be. M&J Recycling have machines on every continent in the world and are proud to be able to offer support and back up to every one of those machines. However M&J Recycling refuses to rest on its laurels, and is very much looking to future development. UK & ROI Area Sales Manager, Dan Fairest, commented, “We recently launched the next generation M&J PreShredder. Our skilled engineers have taken a true winner, the M&J PreShred 4000S, and made it even better. Established over 25 years as the absolute elite of pre-shredders for customers who do not compromise on quality, it has been continuously

improved over the years, and we can now introduce a new model to carry on the proud traditions.”

The P250 is also available with the traditional robust hydraulic power pack and now, for the first time, with a direct E drive which is truly revolutionary due to some very clever engineering. The unique M&J E-drive consumes up to 50% less energy during operations compared to the hydraulic drive, but it still delivers the same high throughputs. This enables customers to drive the green transformation in their business in partnership with M&J Recycling. All vital parts of the M&J P250 E-drive can be quickly disassembled, which provides significant time and cost savings when it comes to service and maintenance, in addition to better welding access for Hardfacing on the cutting table. There is no need to disconnect the hydraulic system during maintenance, and high-pressure hoses also do not need to be disconnected. The drive module is easily disconnected via nuts and bolts, meaning that it is easy to adapt the machine to future needs.

Dan continued, “As we look forward, we are constantly expanding globally with new partners, providing both sales and after sales service. It is our ambition to offer the market’s best after sales service to ensure that our customers have the highest possible uptime on their M&J machinery.”

The success with which the aforementioned M&J P250 with E-drive has been introduced onto the market has vindicated the hard work of all staff. Dan concluded, “We are very proud to receive this Industry Excellence Award, as it makes all the hard work we do throughout the year worthwhile. It is always nice to be recognised for your achievements!”

M +44 (0)7341 885553 daniel.fairest@mjrecycling.com www.mjrecycling.com

All-Energy Review – Top Exhibitors

The All-Energy success story

The 21st anniversary edition of All-Energy 2022, the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference and the co-located Dcarbonise 2022, held at Glasgow’s SEC on 11 and 12 May, attracted total attendance of 7,642, more than 250 exhibiting companies from home and overseas, some 575 speakers, and plaudits in plenty.

The First Minister of Scotland, Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP and Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson MSP delivered keynote speeches on consecutive days, and both toured the show. Video messages by COP26 President Alok Sharma MP, and Rt Hon Greg Hands, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth were played in the opening day plenary session chaired by Keith Anderson, CEO of ScottishPower with speakers including Jonathan Brearley, CEO, Ofgem; David Bunch, Country Chair of Shell UK; Steve Scrimshaw, Vice President, Siemens Energy UK & Ireland; and Rachel McEwen, Chief Sustainability Officer, SSE.

“The show certainly got off to a flying start with a packed Lomond Auditorium,” explained Jonathan Heastie, Portfolio Director Energy & Marine, RX Global who own and organise the duo of co-located events. “All-Energy continues to help the UK to decarbonise its power supply; and Dcarbonise supported by the Scottish Government and Energy Saving Trust, ensures that private and public sector energy end-users gain the

Leveraging IoT connectivity to improve renewable energy operations

same access to advice and technology to assist them in their plans to decarbonise their buildings, businesses and transport.”

All-Energy returns to Glasgow’s SEC next year from 10-11 May 2023. This is our pick of the best exhibitors from this year’s show, listed here in alphabetical order: Cambridge Carbon Capture, Clarus, The Electric Motorbike Company Ltd, Flender, Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon, Global Wind Technology, Hydro Genie Systems & ThermaFY. Further details can be found on this page and the next.

Contact www.all-energy.co.uk

How efficient is your home?

With the current energy crisis, it is vital that we ensure that our homes are as energy efficient as possible – around 20% of the UK’s carbon emissions come from homes and yet 80% of heating systems are inefficient.

A ThermaFY survey is an effortless action that can tip the scale in the journey towards a greener future, and the company strongly believes in building and developing longterm relationships, in order to help its customers take meaningful targeted action to reduce their energy costs and carbon emissions at home.

A ThermaFY home efficiency survey can help to understand where and how you can save money. Our bespoke energy survey will provide a thorough and detailed examination of every aspect of the home. The company utilises its unique thermal analysis software to make those invisible inefficiencies visible & ultimately, help customers to identify the best

Hydro Genie Systems

Hydro Genie Systems can dramatically reduce energy consumption on existing heating boilers.

Rising costs and climate concerns are encouraging innovators to develop groundbreaking technologies. Jim Bisset is one such innovator.

In 2018 he was granted a patent for Hydro Genie Systems. They are now in operation in a range of commercial and domestic locations including Crieff Hydro, a North Lanarkshire school, the Science & Technologies Facilities Council at the Edinburgh Royal Observatory and Cartha Queens Rugby Club among others. They are also installed in over 790 homes throughout the UK.

Hydro Genie Systems deliver reductions in fuel consumption of up to 30% to 50%. Fuel

steps for improvement.

As a business, ThermaFY are looking more and more at sustainability, because it is passionate about the fact that the central heating systems in the UK tend to be fairly inefficient and there are limited ways of actually seeing how inefficient they really are.

ThermaFY exhibited at the AllEnergy Expo in Glasgow back in May. All-Energy helps the renewable & low carbon energy industry by uniting the power of expertise, knowledge & innovative technology to better engineer an integrated net zero energy future. The Expo connected suppliers of renewable and low carbon energy solutions and policy makers to developers, investors, buyers and a number of professionals from around the world.

M +44 (0)7894 117291 survey@thermafyeco.com www.thermafy-eco.com

costs are dramatically reduced, and emissions are therefore reduced accordingly.

The technology removes dissolved gases from heating fluid, enabling quicker heat transfer. The fluid dynamics within the Hydro Genie unit then induces a slight compression causing the fluid coming out to rise in temperature by 2 to 3ºC.

This increase is then measured by one of our Energy Genie Controllers which uses that enhanced heat to control the boiler.

Hydro Genie Systems can be retrofitted to all existing wet heating systems. They can even be incorporated into existing heat pumps or renewable thermal systems.

For more information, contact: sales@ hydro-genie.co.uk – Commercial servitised

Two brands, one company

Based on more than 40 years of experience and with first-class mechanical know-how, Flender develops drive components and service offers for the wind power industry. It is one of the world’s leading manufacturers with more than 200 GW of delivered gearbox power and over 50,000 generators for wind turbines.

Although drive technology is combined for many branches of industry under the Flender brand, Winergy supplies gearboxes, generators and services for wind turbines. In 1981 the first Winergy gearbox for wind turbines was built and since then the technical and qualitative concepts have been constantly improved.

In the UK, Flender is in Leeds, from where the company offers inhouse overhauls of wind gear units, as inspection and preventive maintenance need to be carried out regularly, especially on machinery operating continuously in a harsh environment. The uptower inspection service identifies and assesses the actual equipment condition by either visual

Whetheronshore or offshore, advancements in IoT connectivity have enabled significant improvements to many aspects of operations on renewable energy projects. In this article, Clarus explores how great connectivity helps energy providers significantly reduce operational costs, improve uptime, cut their carbon footprint, and improve health and safety for employees on all their sites, no matter how remote.

Wind turbines are complex and expensive to manufacture, meaning the effective, efficient operation and maintenance of turbines is critical. One turbine is equipped with up to 1,000 sensors, monitors, and actuators – managing all of these across an entire site requires the right software, processes, and of course a reliable internet connection.

A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system is central to this, helping energy projects improve uptime, reduce costs, and extend turbine lifetime. This is aligned with the aims of the ROMEO project, an EU-backed initiative to support companies in developing advanced technological solutions to reduce operational costs of offshore wind projects.

Wind power facilities are often located very in remote, challenging environments. Traditionally, deploying ICT infrastructure for such projects was very challenging, with very long lead times and extensive groundworks required.

Fortunately, the advancements of communication technologies have presented high-speed, costeffective, and scalable solutions in the form of private LTE/5G, bonded connectivity, and LEO satellite networks. Combined, these technologies can deliver truly global coverage, even offshore, deployed in just a matter of days, rather than months.

To learn more, please visit: www.clarus-networks.com

Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon

For over 165 years Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon has been producing hydropower equipment for customers in over 80 countries around the world.

Nobody quite understands our equipment like we do and that is why we are utilising all our experience as the designer and manufacturer to move our clients away from a ‘breakdown & fix’ mindset to a strategy whereby we ‘predict & prevent’.

Gilkes will now offer a powerhouse asset management agreement to our clients, starting with a fully detailed condition assessment by our experienced engineers specifically designed to assess the risk of individual component failure and the impact that that failure would have on generation; this allows us

contracts are available with zero upfront cost.

Biskit Controls Ltd are the Manufacturer's of Hydro Genie Systems which are a retrofit carbon and energy reduction solution for existing fossil fuelled boilers.

Contact

T 01786 850375

M 07977 012224 Jim@hydro-genie.co.uk www.hydro-genie.co.uk

inspection or endoscopic inspection.

Flender also offers tailored spare part and repair packages for standard and application specific gear units, preventing expensive machine downtimes.

Winergy exhibited at the All-Energy Expo in Glasgow back in May. All-Energy helps the renewable and low carbon energy industry by uniting the power of expertise, knowledge and innovative technology to better engineer an integrated net zero energy future.

Contact www.flender.com

to then produce detailed OPEX and CAPEX plans to mitigate these risks and predict expenditure over a rolling 5 year period.

Carried out alongside regular service visits, this allows our experienced personnel to regularly assess the risk of break down, mitigate that risk, and maximise generation.

Contact: Julia Chaplin, Marketing Manager M 07557 390708 j.chaplin@gilkes.com

Cambridge Carbon Capture

Climate change is the biggest challenge humankind has ever had to address

Even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gasses today, because of the ‘lag’ in the climatic system, there is already sufficient CO2 in the atmosphere to create over 1.5 degrees of warming, a level generally considered ‘safe’ by the IPCC. (ref: www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-will-globalwarming-stop-as-soon-as-net-zero-emissions-arereached/)

It is therefore going to be necessary to remove CO2 from the atmosphere if we are to keep global temperatures within this ‘safe zone’. Also emissions from sectors such as shipping and aviation are going to be extremely difficult to reduce to zero, so methods of offsetting will be necessary to compensate for these emissions in order to reach net zero emissions.

Cambridge Carbon Capture’s Patented CO2LOC technology greatly accelerates natural processes that have kept the planet stable for millennia by converting CO2 to commercially useful Magnesium Carbonate minerals. It also produces sustainable battery metals and silica. Sale of these by-products more than covering the cost of CO2 capture whilst also displacing carbon intensive metals and silica in the market. CO2LOC technology therefore has the potential to achieve net zero without a carbon price.

CCC have recently won a UK Government contract to develop a pilot plant and are hoping to demonstrate the commercial viability of their process by 2024. info@co2loc.com www.co2loc.com

Electric Motorbike Company

Global Wind Technology

Global Wind Technology (GWT) is a central Scotland based, leading GWO (Global Wind Organisation) training provider. Our training facilities have been developed to give the best realistic scenario training.

Our main training centre is based in Glasgow. We are currently the only training provider in Scotland offering reduced courses via our specially

designed eLearning platform which can be accessed with our App. A 5 day course is now reduced to 3 days. Train and learn in your own time.

We deliver training: All 5 Basic Safety Training courses including Working at Height, Sea Survival, First Aid, Manual Handling & Fire Awareness. We also have a range of specialist courses for Blade Repair (BR), Advanced Rescue

Training (ART) & Slinger Signaller (SLS).

Need training completed at your site?

GWT can also deliver onsite training to clients. We also offer 0% finance for courses to help the payments of courses. Check out our courses online.

T 0141 882 9721 info@gwttraining.com www.globalwindtechnology.com

Recycling & Waste Management

Electric Motorcycles are not just good for the planet, they’re good for your pocket too!

The Electric Motorbike Company Ltd, (THELMOCO), sells clean, sustainable and eco-friendly electric motorcycles, scooters and mopeds to customers all over Britain.

Boasting the latest technology, THELMOCO mopeds and scooters are becoming increasingly popular because at current electricity prices (0.28p per KWh), they cost as little as £0.01p per mile to run, showing a saving of more than £2,000 over an ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicle. They are also exempt from Road Tax, Congestion Charge and ULEZ. Combine this with virtually maintenance free batteries and motors, the long-term running costs are extremely low.

Whether you are a fleet operator or a private owner

THELMOCO is a company that can help your transition to electric. The significantly lower operating costs make switching to an e-scooter or e-moped a game changer both in terms of operating costs but also in terms of environmental credentials.

THELMOCO provides a full range of electric motorcycles from entry level mopeds to scooters suitable for mid-range commutes and motorbikes with class beating range and speed. All can be fully charged from an ordinary domestic socket for just a few pence and can be supplied with a comprehensive range of accessories, making the choice to go electric that much easier.

T 0330 1654 133

www.thelmoco.com

Construction Support Company of the Month

Construction telemarketing and lead generation in one place

In this issue of Sustainability Today, we are pleased to announce Excel TM Group as our Construction Support Company of the Month.

Excel TM Group was established after Managing Director and founder, Mike Dunn, developed experience across the different stages of the construction industry. This began with Lead Generation at Barbour ABI, planning and running Construction Telemarketing campaigns and then finally attending live on-site construction projects. Following a serious illness, Mike was inspired to begin this new venture, and Excel TM Group began life on January 6th 2020. Mike initially had to borrow equipment and at the beginning set up was undertaken in the back room of his own house.

Having this experience and knowledge gave Excel the edge when it came to running construction telemarketing and lead generation campaigns, and the company grew quickly. It is now based in Ellesmere Port, Chester with a team of 16 staff, and an unrivalled level of market-leading intel and expertise has allowed the company to tailor its service and work with partners to create long-lasting and trusting relationships.

Excel TM Group offer construction specific telemarketing and Lead Generation Campaigns ran by experts, and it is the UK’s fastest growing and most efficient, outsource construction specific telemarketing provider. The company has scheduled and physically attended a wide range of meetings which gives it a good, always up to date insight and crucial understanding of the construction sector, and how different stages work.

The reputation of Excel TM Group is built upon results and it focuses on delivering quality so that the client can maximise their return on investment. The company is the partner of choice for multiple organisations across a range of material and service providers within the construction sector and built environment.

This is a crowded marketplace, but Mike commented, “Where we differ from our competitors is that we fully focus on excellent quality, and we value our team. I came from a background in which staff were not fully appreciated, and so we do not micro-manage staff, we allow them to thrive by achieving their potential.”

These experiences are what give Excel TM Group the edge when it comes to running construction telemarketing and lead generation campaigns. This coupled with the capabilities to tailor all services to each customer are the reasons that the company has grown so exponentially in two years and why it received a 96% renewal rate in 2021.

Developed to offer clients a maximum return on investment, Excel TM Group’s services include CPD call campaigns, appointment scheduling, framework and supply chain agreements, product launches, events and seminars, and website audits, all of which guarantee to provide a business with the highest quality leads into the construction and built environment sectors.

Mike continued, “Our target customer base is any company with a product or service that falls into the construction sector or built environment. Our current portfolio includes roofing manufacturers, screening companies, tiling manufacturers, bath fitters and other main contractors.”

One of the most important and crucial points of construction is delivering Continual Professional Development. It does not matter whether your CPD is RIBA approved or not, the fact is they are relevant and deserve to be seen. Construction Telemarketing and Lead Generation is a great way to maximise this, and this is the strength of Excel TM Group, as it can ensure that you will

reach the right people who will specify products on live and upcoming projects.

As the company looks to the future, and following a staff restructure, Excel TM Group plans to be sustainable as a business. Mike concluded, “We have grown more quickly than I expected, and so now the plan is to grow organically. We aim to give opportunities to apprentices and graduates and open up different divisions of the business. We would also like to diversify away from just construction, and move more into built environment and the commercial sector.”

Another crucial telemarketing service offered by Excel TM Group is Appointment Scheduling. When it comes to construction telemarketing there are several different options that need to be established before starting a telemarketing campaign including target audience, data sources

and what would quantify a positive result.

Once these are decided upon the company then help the client to decide what would give them a return on investment as different campaigns mean establishing different appointment targets, including architect or project specific appointments. These are just some of the different appointments that can be set, but clients may want to look at exploring other options also. Excel TM Group tailor all call campaigns, including appointment scheduling. The company had the same struggles during COVID as many other businesses, and Mike commented, “As we set up in the January, when March came around we did not qualify for any grants or loans or furlough schemes. I worked for free for a couple of months to help the business, but clients were loyal and have stayed with Excel to this day.”

Excel TM Group have the following company principles, honesty, quality, consistency, loyalty and efficiency, and it promises to deliver quality straight from the start so that clients can maximise their return on investment. Having the ability to consistently deliver results regardless of how difficult some targets may seem, allows the company to excel on any campaign while maintaining a high level of quality.

T 01244 256920

info@exceltmgroup.com

www.exceltmgroup.com

Company of the Month

Wood waste offers intensive energy users an escape from fossil fuels and delivers savings

In this issue of Sustainability Today, we are pleased to announce Ranheat Engineering Ltd as our Company of the Month.

Ranheat have lived and breathed biomass boilers and heating systems since long before sustainability became topical. The company has been growing steadily over the past three decades as a family-run business, trusted by customers nationwide to reduce costs and increase energy efficiency by designing, manufacturing and installing its UK-made range of industrial woodburning systems.

Based in Northampton, which is where the systems are built and assembled, Ranheat is the successor company to a Danish company that was setup in the 1950s. The UK company was incorporated and became separate in 1991 by Chris & Barbara Franklin, and it currently has 35 staff, including the service * installation teams.

Ranheat manufactures & installs industrial Wood Waste Boilers and industrial Biomass Boilers. Equally importantly, it also services and supports its own systems in the UK as well as providing remote support for the systems outside the UK. The company is unusual in that it is vertically integrated, meaning that it can work directly with customers, manufacture the equipment, and then install and support it afterwards.

It is important to note that as a specialist sustainability company, the company’s work involves far more than just Biomass. Biomass is the burning of audited and processed wood fuel often grown specifically to burn, whereas Ranheat focuses on energy from wood waste, which is wood that is a byproduct of kitchen manufacturing, house building, and furniture. The majority of customers are from the woodworking industry who generate their wood on site which leads to a perfect cycle of waste being produced on the site, then getting

burned on the site and finally being used for energy on the site. Not having to send this waste away for a refining step, saves energy for a client as well as saving them purchasing unnecessary equipment for this task. This is helping Ranheat to develop its growth and even new markets, by focusing on customers that are primarily buying in wood waste.

In addition to industrial wood waste burners, Ranheat also makes systems that may contain a couple of these burners within them – these boilers range from 150kW through to the largest which is currently three megawatts, and current projects include a combination of these working up to eight megawatts.

As the focus on fuel quality for wood chip has increased, so has fuel costs. For many projects we see 5p/kWh for G50 30% chip while closer to 1.5p/ kWh for sawdust, which leads to staggering fuel costs. Over 50 weeks of the year this is a difference in the wood fuel prices of around £350,000 a year. The comparisons to gas and heating oil are huge, potentially £3-4million fuel cost difference.

Ranheat Director, Alexander Franklin, commented, “Gas prices are currently hovering around 12p/kWh, with the potential to increase yet further. However it is possible to get G30 chip for approximately 6p/ kWh with a 20% moisture content, and just 1.5p/ kWh for 10% moisture content. Although there is a larger capital outlay to buy the equipment able to burn industrial wood waste, it makes clear financial sense.”

Many customers have been trapped into buying cheaper machines that require expensive, nearly perfect fuel to burn cleanly. However industrial wood waste boilers require a certain economy of scale, and fuel deliveries need to be made by lorry and ideally in bulk. For fuel to be cheap it needs to be delivered in 40 ton loads, but if a delivery cannot

be made in these amounts, then the cost per kWh is going to increase.

Ranheat are estimating that systems over 150kW can receive fuel with a reasonable cost per kWh, but systems over one megawatt will want to have more than a week’s worth of fuel stored in order for it to have capacity to take fuel deliveries. For a 2.2 megawatt system, switching from gas to industrial wood waste could have a saving of £1.7 million a year.

While much of Ranheat’s work is based in the UK, if clients from further afield approach for help with sustainability, then the company is available. It is currently preparing a project with schools in West Canada, and there are other installations in North America, Singapore and also Lithuania.

Ranheat specialise in giving clients in the sector the ability to burn waste wood. As previously mentioned, this is wood that is a by-product of a manufacturing process and has not been grown and made just for burning. This then allows its systems

to be used as part of the circular economy with short, interlinked supply chains, in which producers of waste wood do not need to send this waste wood to a pellet mill or for further processing in order for it to be used.

Waste wood fire chambers require very different designs and control systems to enable unaudited waste wood to be burnt cleanly. This mean a larger capital outlay but with waste wood costing around 1.5p/kWh compared to 12p/kWh for gas and pellets there is a long-term saving. While prices are rising in so many industries, industrial wood waste is the only fuel in the country to stay at almost the same price as last year.

Alexander concluded, “There are very few companies that make systems that burn industrial wood waste because it is a more involved and inconsistent process to manage. However our systems can burn dust as well as wood waste which can be bought for 1.5p/kWh, whereas other systems can only burn wood chip costing four times this amount.”

As the UK leaders in commercial and industrial biomass boilers for industrial wood waste management, Ranheat has the capabilities to customise its biomass heating systems to be able to use all wood fuel types. This not only helps businesses to save costs but provides a greener carbon neutral energy for businesses and nonprofit organisations nationwide.

Contact T +44 (0)1604 750005 sales@ranheat.com

www.ranheat.com

Recycling & Waste Management BlakerTech

Leaders in waste materials & recycling machine technology

Donasonic provides a comprehensive range of recycling solutions for various waste materials, that require disposal solutions. Utilising cutting edge design, technology, manufacture and installation, Donasonic is able to provide bespoke turnkey solutions to meet specific requirements for waste processing for both large and small project needs.

Our metal recycling solutions reduce waste and increase customers’ profitability

Recovering high volumes of non-ferrous metals from dry recyclables represents a significant amount of money for metal recycling and processing plants. It also saves on rising costs associated with waste disposal, reducing landfill volumes and helping to protect the environment.

At BlakerTech, we manufacture equipment for the metal recycling industry. Designed to be simple and robust, our MagThro eddy current system and SandFlo fluidised bed separator are used by customers worldwide.

MagThro™

Our MagThro™ is a robust eddy current separator designed to meet the rigorous demands of the metal and waste recycling industries.

t Made from high-grade components

t Fitted with 12 pole magnet shafts

t Neodymium rare earth magnets generate a strong magnetic force to efficiently separate non-ferrous metals from other non-ferrous mixed materials

t A fully-adjustable eccentric rotor is set up to maximise the magnetic force and increase recovery rates

t Options of a two or three-way splitter to suit client requirements

t Robust framework allows walkways to be attached and hinged panels enable quick access for routine maintenance

t A range of belt widths include 500, 750, 1,000 and 1,250mm

t Main belt is fully adjustable and can be replaced without disturbing the ECS rotor

t We hold a full stock of accessories: rotors, drums, hoppers, shakers, splitters, conveyors, drum magnets and eddy currents

t An environmentally friendly, dry process with no contaminated effluent to treat.

SandFlo™

Our unique SandFlo™ is a fluidised bed separator that efficiently sorts secondary metals and minerals according to their density. SandFlo is ideal for the recovery of aluminium, zinc, copper, brass fractions from mixed non-ferrous metals in processing plants.

t A cost-effective system with high recovery performance

t An environmentally friendly, dry process with no contaminated effluent to treat

t A proven commercial solution for upgrading nonferrous fragmented scrap

t Highly efficient running costs

t Requires a single operator and can recover 2-2.5 tonnes of material per hour

t The carbon footprint is less than 25% of an optical sorter

t By saving costs on manual pickers, SandFlo typically pays for itself within 12 months.

The MagThro™ and SandFlo™ are handmade in the UK at our manufacturing facility in the South East of England. We are also pleased to provide full installation, training and support.

For further information or to arrange a demonstration call or email our team:

T 01403 783634

info@blakertech.com www.blakertech.com

Donasonic offers waste to energy applications for: E-Waste, Cable Recycling, MSW & RDF (Municipal Solid Waste and Refuse Derived Fuel), Bio-Gas, Oil Filters and Tyre Recycling. The waste materials recycling machines and installations are highly cost-effective and offer a

huge return on investment, while also providing a real solution for waste management and recycling. Donasonic provides a dedicated service, and prides itself on working in collaboration with its customers, to identify their needs and provide the right design solution for their project. Through a combination of using the right technology, expertise and first class manufacturing, the company ensures longevity and a sustained return on investment.

T +44 (0)1302 247295 www.donasonic.com

Rubbish data: Moving from greenwash to transparency

With the UK Competitions and Market Authority (CMA) now investigating a number of brands over their green claims, companies should be on high alert to avoid misleading customers with spurious environmental claims. One area where we have noticed bold, if questionable, claims being made is the ‘zero to landfill’ promises so often emblazoned on waste company vehicles or touted in waste reports. The recent Zero Waste Europe report Incineration Residues in the EU: Quantities and fates should give waste producers pause for thought. The report found that between 11.3 and 16 million tonnes of incineration residues are landfilled annually, of which around 6.4 million tonnes are from municipal waste. Incineration absolutely has its place – there are waste streams that can have no other fate and some unrecyclable waste being

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incinerated for energy production is sensible. But given that regardless of the reason for incineration there are residues and bottom ash that will then require landfilling we should view all claims of ‘zero to landfill’ with extreme scepticism.

It’s easy to understand how these claims have been appealing both to waste management companies wanting to tout their environmental credentials and waste producers wanting to implement ‘zero waste’ policies and targets. And its easy to understand how these claims have gone unchecked and become the norm given the current state of transparency, or lack thereof, in waste supply chains and the almost complete absence of quality data on waste, especially commercial and industrial waste.

We know how hard it is for waste producers to truly understand the fate of their waste currently. Waste management companies are often cagey about sharing information on the onward and end destination of the waste they manage for clients. Some of this is down to worries about sharing ‘commercially sensitive’ information, despite the fact that knowing the end fate of their waste is a waste producer’s legal duty of care. From our experience I would also wage that for a lot of waste management companies they also lack the digital systems to track the waste they manage accurately. This creates a challenge since waste producers are now expecting increasingly detailed waste reporting from their waste contractors and large waste contracts are being won and lost on the basis of the quality of data the customer can access.

Add to this the soon-to-be-introduced mandatory digital waste tracking that Defra consulted on earlier this year and there is a clear necessity for waste management companies to implement digital systems to run their businesses. Once the new system is rolled out regulators will have access to accurate, near real-time data about every waste transaction. Waste producers and waste management companies will be able to see all the transactions in their waste supply chain. When this happens I think we will see a lot of companies having to revise their zero to landfill claims as it will be clear that simply isn’t true in many instances.

Given we can’t define an accurate baseline from the current data available, maybe there should be an ‘amnesty’ on prior waste claims, with businesses being encouraged to start with a fresh slate, using the new data that will be available through waste tracking to set new targets and measure their progress accurately and transparently. Without that, companies can expect to not only be under scrutiny from the environmental regulators but also at risk of investigation from the CMA. Given the enormous challenges ahead of us in the face of the climate emergency we need to be open and transparent about our sustainability efforts and share the learnings that come from both our successes and failures. Better data and digital systems can help with that.

Contact T 0161 327 2755

always@yourdsposal.uk www.dsposal.uk

Sophie Walker, CEO, Dsposal

Recycling Machinery Company of the Month

Make the Wright choice for your recycling machinery

Wrights Recycling Machinery Ltd manufactures the original Super Stripper range of cable/wire stripping equipment, and also produces standard models which have the capability of stripping cables from 1mm to 150mm, and it can also manufacture bespoke cable strippers to strip/ process cables up to 250mm. The company’s range of Cable Strippers is growing with additional models all the time. Current models include the Super Stripper 600, the Super Stripper 300, the Super Stripper 170, the small but mighty Super Stripper 60 and Table Top (TT) cable stripping machines.

In this issue of Sustainability Today, we are pleased to announce that Wrights Recycling Machinery Ltd are the recipients of our Recycling Machinery Company of the Month Award.

Established in the 1970s, Wrights Recycling Machinery Ltd was founded by current owner Russell Ridley’s father. The original, patented ideas for stripping out electrical cable was sufficiently significant to make an appearance on the BBC’s much loved Tomorrow’s World programme. It was this idea which propelled the company into decades of work manufacturing, eventually, a whole range of cable stripping machines.

The latest addition to the company portfolio is SS600 Sub Sea, a double-cut stripper which was designed to meet a particular problem of recycling large diameter umbilical cables and subsea risers up to 360mm OD.

Wrights Recycling Machinery Ltd enjoys working in different ways, and always look for the best way to fulfil customers requirements. It can either provide customers with standard equipment from its ranges of cable strippers, shredders and separation systems among many other products, but also the company works with them to develop bespoke solutions to particular, problem materials. It has access to a great deal of knowledge and experience within the company and all customers can benefit greatly from this, and also now exports approximately half of its production with main markets in Europe and North America, as well as other machines going all over the world.

re-used and recycled. In supplying the equipment for the first and only artificial grass recycling plant in the UK, it has created a competitive, low maintenance and reliable system making artificial grass recycling achievable in the UK and worldwide. Artificial pitches contain about 220 tonnes of mixed plastics, sand and rubber per pitch, and they have a working life of about 10 years before they need uplifting and replacing. Lack of effective recycling facilities for this material has led to illegal dumping not just in the UK but across Europe and the USA. Wrights have developed both the machinery and an effective system for maximising the recyclable potential of not just the rubber and sand, but of the plastics as well.

Based between Leeds and Bradford, Wrights Recycling Machinery Ltd specialises in providing operational solutions to the recycling industry, both for metals and plastics recycling. A major problem for the industry is separating out mixed materials, be it mixed metals, mixed plastics or combinations of these combined with other contaminants and associated dirt.

This type of processing is not carried out by single pieces of equipment but by integrated lines of mixed equipment. To achieve this, the company not only make the separation equipment but, shredders, feeders, conveyors, screw, dryers and bagging equipment also. This helps to achieve the various processes required and move the materials between these separate processes. Furthermore, electronic feedback systems can be incorporated in order to increase or decrease the flows of materials required.

The dedicated and loyal team of engineers have a many years’ experience working with Wrights Recycling Machinery Ltd, creating a knowledgeable team ready to serve you. These experienced staff are here to help and advise customers from the first enquiry for recycling equipment, right through to installation, spares, service and repairs. The company aims to provide customers with the best equipment on the market, to ensure that they get the best return price from all scrap and waste materials.

There are obviously other companies that work in this industry, but Wrights Recycling Machinery Ltd works very hard in developing its product range and services to enable it to stand out from others. The main benefit of choosing a Wrights machine is the peace of mind knowing that you are buying a machine constructed from quality materials and components. The company will also refurbish machines (an SS170 from 2004 was refurbished earlier this year), and take old machines – our own and sometimes even others – in part-exchange.

Wrights Recycling Machinery Ltd is always looking to the future in order to improve both its portfolio and profile. While the company is continuing to develop and manufacture its core range of cable stripping equipment, it has also developed equipment for recycling plastics materials, particularly that of old plastic football pitches. This latest innovation cleans and separates the components of artificial grass so that they can be

The company’s machines can be installed and commissioned by its engineers and full operator training is provided. Wrights Recycling Machinery Ltd also offers after sales service for all equipment supplied and any other equipment that needs servicing.

It has a wide range of parts for Wrights cable strippers and other machinery, and parts for its cable strippers are available from stock and are usually delivered within 24 hours. Parts can be fitted by its experienced engineers or supplied for self-installation.

T +44 (0)1943 875104

sales@wrightsltd.co.uk

www.wrightsltd.co.uk

Industrial Shredding Company of the Month

Shredders you can trust

In this issue of Sustainability Today, we are very pleased to announce Ulster Shredders as our Industrial Shredding Company of the Month.

Based at Cogry Works in Castledawson, Northern Ireland, Ulster Shredders was founded in 1970 by Jack Gowdy, and was initially established to work with the aerospace and textile industry. The company has recently completed a 10,000ft2 expansion, taking its manufacturing Headquarters’ capacity up to 43,000ft2, and the new workspace is a dedicated machine shop housing a state-of-the-art machining centre where the in-house production team produce all machine components for its product range. Building on the rich heritage of over 50 years of engineering excellence, this expansion houses world class machinery, for the tailor-made production of precision machined components used in the manufacture of the company’s product range.

Ulster Shredders deliver bespoke shredding solutions, across the whole of Ireland, the UK, into Europe, and even internationally. All shredders are designed and manufactured in-house at the headquarters, where the company produces a variety of machines, and also manufactures and supplies spare parts to all of its machines, and these are stocked and dispatched globally also.

Ulster Shredders service personnel ensure that it has the ability to provide an extensive range of services when customers require them. Whether one piece of equipment or many, the success of client’s business is important, and the highly skilled engineers are involved from commissioning equipment, inspections, through to regular maintenance to keep all purchased products fully operational. Ulster Shredders also provides a comprehensive training programme for all machine operators, equipping them with the correct skills, knowledge, and methods to operate our machines at the highest level.

With clients coming from across the waste and recycling industry, including processing and manufacturing companies, the machines can shred a wide variety of products including paper and plastics, biomass, hard drives, computers, glass and wood, among many other things. Managing Director, Enda Cushnahan, commented, “Any customer can come to us and have any material tested through our shredders first, this helps us to see the output material post shred. This is why all of our shredders are totally

bespoke as we can change and adjust them all to suit the application needed.”

The success of a shredder depends not only on the horsepower which drives it, but also on how the product to be shredded is fed and discharged from it. Ulster Shredders designs and supplies stand-alone machines as well as complete turnkey recycling systems, tailored to the customer’s specific needs, and the company’s Design and R&D Department have repeatedly implemented cost effective solutions to satisfy customers’ unique requirements.

Ulster Shredders employs up-to-date 2D and 3D CAD systems to support the design and research and development of its products, and it also utilises Autodesk Inventor, a 3D solid modelling and 2D draughting software package. This allows virtual 3D modelling of components, along with the creation of 2D manufacture drawings directly from the model – thus ensuring very high design and manufacturing integrity and reduced product design lead times. In addition, utilising AutoCAD software, the company can readily interface with other third-party software, providing direct engineering information transfer with our customers.

While there are other companies offering similar products to Ulster Shredders, it has remained at the forefront of the industry for a number of reasons. Enda continued, “Our relationship with our customers has been at the heart of our success. We engage with them right from the beginning of the product testing process in our R&D facility, through to design, build and aftersales support.”

Current products include the unique and versatile U5 machine, bespoke for the destruction of electronic media, tapes and hard disc drives, through to the U45 which offers a wide range of options, including Standard, Short Bed and Long Bed chassis configurations. However, recently Ulster Shredders has developed the T-50 Tetra 4-Shaft Shredder, which it launched at the world’s leading IFAT 2022 Trade Fair Messe München. All its other shredders are twin shaft, and this introduction of the 4-Shaft model to the range has been extremely successful with much interest in the UK as it has been produced in Northern Ireland. This means that lead times are shorter, and customers can call to check in and keep up-todate on the whole process.

Designed for maximum performance and high productivity, the T-50 has been efficiently designed as machine operator friendly and engineered to shred in different formats, delivering an economical solution to customers.

Consistent with the well-established low speed high torque design on the twin shaft machines, the T-50 delivers a low noise and dust pollution shredder, with a well-developed direct drive system powered by two electric motors directly driving the four shafts through a series of reduction gears.

The T-50 has been designed to allow versatile feeding from all sides via conveyor belt, forklift, lifting and tipping devices or by hand with a pusher available as an optional extra. Its robust design can fit easily into any customers’

production line as an upstream or downstream shredding solution allowing for flexible material discharge options. It is also suitable for a wide range of challenging materials including, mixed material streams, plastics, piping, & wood focusing on delivering a high throughput to a regulated particle size. Ulster Shredders displayed the T-50 at this year’s RWM & Letsrecycle Live exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC among other trade shows.

Looking to the future, Enda said, “We have a number of plans in the pipeline, mainly to grow our product range and to continue to grow our profile including expansion into more countries, and our 4-shaft has been an excellent start to these plans.” With over 50 years of experience, Ulster Shredders is the market leader in the shredding industry.

Contact

T 028 7965 0050 info@ulstershredders.com www.ulstershredders.com

Highlights from LAMMA 2022

The line-up at LAMMA this year promised many ‘unmissable’ features and new products for farmers and contractors across all sectors.

With more than 600 agricultural businesses under one roof at the NEC from 4-5 May 2022, LAMMA was the perfect place to research machinery or technology purchases. Numerous new products were on show, many being seen in the UK for the first time.

Those looking to update their tractor fleet could peruse new offerings which included: Kubota’s M6-001 and M6002 series (plus updates to M7003); Basak’s new 5000 Red Power series tractors; and Massey Ferguson’s MF7S.210 Exclusive spec Dyna-VT transmission and MF6S.155 Exclusive spec Dyna-6 transmission which could be seen on Chandlers’ stand.

New or updated handling equipment on show included Lynx Engineering’s Stoll Profiline, Hauer’s XB Bionic front loader and Bobcat’s R- Series of telehandlers.

Those of particular interest to the arable sector included the UK debut of FarmDroid, a fully autonomous, solar-powered robot offering precision drilling and weeding which has joined the Opico line up. Originally developed by two Danish farmers the FarmDroid has had a successful introduction in northern Europe where organic growers have reported increases in beet yields

Alpha is a one stop shop for the agricultural machinery industry

of 40-60% over tractor-hoed crops. The manufacturers say this is down to the combination of precise seed placement and intra-row weed control making for uniform crop development.

LAMMA 2023 returns next year to Birmingham’s NEC from 10-11 January 2023. This is our pick of the best exhibitors from this year’s event, listed here in alphabetical order: Alpha-Decal, Alt-Group, ATVTrac, Cornerstone Systems & David Harrison Handling Solutions Limited. Further details can be found on this page.

Contact www.lammashow.com

David Harrison Handling Solutions

Established in Cambridgeshire in 1975, David Harrison Handling Solutions Limited have possibly the largest stock of used and refurbished potato and vegetable handling equipment in the UK, including elevators and conveyors, graders and inspection tables, hoppers and box handlers, David Harrison can also supply new, as well as used and rebuilt/ refurbished from stock.

Alongside their agricultural business the company has become a major manufacturer and supplier of industrial machinery. They devise and build bespoke equipment specifically designed to meet their customer’s requirements, not just in Agriculture but also in Waste Management, Recycling Schemes, and in the Port and Industrial sectors.

From small static conveyors and large 30m mobile ship-loaders to complete turn-key big bag fertiliser plants.

Harrison’s also build handling solutions for waste processing and recycling. Supplying machinery for materials such as Plastics, Oils, Bricks, Ash handling, Metals and Cans. Wood Chip Screening Plants and Compost Bagging Lines are a specialty.

Whatever the sector, the company offers an impartial planning and advisory service for plant operators. This includes site visits, discussions, scale drawings and costings. Systems can incorporate new, rebuilt or specially designed and engineered machines.

Exhibiting at LAMMA 2023, the team look forward to welcoming you to the stand to discuss your requirements.

T 01353 740666

sales@davidharrisons.com

www.davidharrisons.com

Our capabilities include: Anodic Printing, Fiber and CO2 Laser cutting and engraving, Chemical Etching, Label Kitting, Screen and wide format Digital printing and much more. We have 30+ years’ experience working with many market leaders in the agri-machinery industry.

Alpha-Decal values a customer focused approach, fast turnaround times, and outstanding quality are what make us extremely easy to work with!

Your needs are as varied as the markets we serve single item prototypes to large quantity runs of 1,000s... Alpha can handle it.

Whether you need tags or nameplates, complex graphics, tool/part marking, custom cut and engraved panels/signs, electrical plates, data matrix codes, safety labels, label kitting or foreign language plates, our highly-trained staff

will help you navigate what processes and materials will best meet the needs of your project.

Be sure to visit us on the web at: www.alpha-decal.ie or call our experienced Sales Team.

ATVTrac to attend LAMMA 2023

Renowned asset tracking specialists ATVTrac will attend the 2023 edition of the LAMMA Show once again, showcasing its proven tracking system for agricultural applications.

An established leader in vehicle tracking solutions, ATVTrac's technology offers real peace of mind, alerting owners as soon as a machine is unlawfully moved. With almost instant notifications via text, phone call and email, along with a 24/7 Secure Operating Centre, ATVTrac is a proven and effective partner of law enforcement authorities across the UK.

On top of its proven security attributes, ATVTrac keeps tabs on battery voltage too, notifies owners via text or email if the voltage drops below a certain level, as well as its unique ‘ATV Over’ function, notifying a colleague or loved-one if a machine tips over an 80 degree angle with the ignition switched on.

Also useful is the system’s unique ‘Service function’, allowing users to keep tabs on usage of machines, with handy reminder functions for operators also.

With endorsement now from most major ATV and side-by-side manufacturers, ATVTrac is officially recognised by Can-Am, CFMoto, Kawasaki, Polaris, Suzuki, and TGB with considerable insurance discounts and advantages available for equipped machinery.

To understand the full benefits of ATVTrac, the team welcomes customers and dealers to drop by the stand during LAMMA 2023 for a full demonstration. Visit: www.atvtrac.co.uk for more information.

Alt-Group: We know how to capture energy

One of the challenges facing us all at present is working towards becoming net zero by 2050 – and now is the unique time to consider how to do this while achieving energy efficiencies that provide immediate benefits – especially with pressure of ever-increasing energy prices. The challenge may seem vast when thinking about fitting solutions, but the opportunity when considering alternatives such as Solar PV and Battery Storage is great. The sustainable and profitable returns on investments come with a low level of risk and installed with no down-time.

Renewables are a proven technology Solar PV and battery storage systems are excellent solutions, with many benefits. Easy to install, Solar PV connects to your own electrical system and converts all the energy generated

to be utilised on site. In turn, any excess power can be fed back into the National Grid, providing an additional income stream. Alternatively, further harness the power from Solar PV

Would you like to save money on your electricity bills?

With a CROP*SENSE system, automated, intelligent, environmental control of your crop stores can save you money. What’s more, if you generate your own electricity on-site, a CROP*SENSE system can help to maximise the power you produce, reducing your requirement from drawing power from ‘the grid’.

Cornerstone Systems presents our latest CROP*SENSE system with a full colour, HD Touchscreen and all-new user interface. The CROP*SENSE system has been completely redesigned with user interaction, remote accessibility and intelligent power efficiency at

with battery storage by intelligently deciding how electricity onsite should be generated, stored, and consumed for maximum return on investment.

Phil Mole, Managing Director at Alt-Group, explains, “Installing renewables is a great step towards optimising onsite energy use, lowering carbon emissions, and reducing energy bills. Systems allow for independency from grid supply electricity reducing ever-increasing energy bills, and in turn, the operational costs that are continuously enduring. As an installer, energy efficiency, control and auditing are of primary focus when providing future-proof solutions.”

T 0330 174 2702

The PA Show Review – Top Exhibitors

The PA Show is coming to the heart of London’s Business District!

Following popular demand from the PA Community, we are excited to launch a new boutique edition of the popular PA Show on the 2 November at the East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf.

We look forward to welcoming London’s most elite PAs, EAs, VAs, Secretaries alongside business administrative professionals. This niche event will be enriched with great content and networking opportunities, with an impressive and carefully selected collection of exhibitors, including venues and corporate gifting. This is the perfect environment to network and source products and services just before Christmas.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Where is it?

East Wintergarden, 43 Bank Street, London E14 5NX

When is it?

2 November 2022 – 10.00-20.00 (10:00-18:00) with networking drinks (18:00-20:00)

Why is the event different than the flagship PA Show at ExCeL?

The PA Show Canary Wharf is designed to feel more intimate and boutique than our main show held at

Corporate team building, away days and training

Welcome to Darwin Lake Corporate Events Village –the home of corporate event specialists. Set among an exclusive 20 acre woodland and lake in the Peak District, there are 17 beautiful stone-built cottages –rated 4 Star by VisitEngland, that accommodate up to 116 guests.

ExCeL. The two theatres (rather than five) will continue to host some great content. A large focus for our visitors will be sourcing the perfect suppliers, with corporate gifting being a large part of this pre-Christmas show. The PA Community (Visitors and Exhibitors) will have opportunities to network during and after the show.

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The main PA Show returns next year to London’s ExCeL from 1-2 March 2023. This is our pick of the best exhibitors from this year’s event at ExCeL from 8-9 March 2022, listed here in alphabetical order:

Darwin Lake, Eat My Logo, Global PA Association, Hay Hampers, ISON Travel, Oliver Myles Events & The Piano Works. Further details can be found on this page and the next.

www.thepashow.com

Oliver Myles Events

Oliver Myles Events were delighted to exhibit at the PA Show 2022, giving us the chance to reach out to more of our core clients.

Established in 2011 the team at Oliver Myles has a combined 50 years of experience in delivering events for corporate clients ranging from board meetings for 20 guests to team activities for 1,500 guests.

In addition, the range of experiences offer unique invitations for clients to invite their clients to. At the show one lucky person won an invitation for two guests to ‘Shooting on the Thames’, where guests shoot clays off the back of a sailing barge, before sailing through Tower Bridge, opened just for them, to Tower Pier.

In their busy roles PAs and EAs are pleased to have a company on hand that can take the pressure off them when tasked with finding venues, tickets for sporting or musical events or ideas for team engagement and client hosting is invaluable. Oliver Myles offers all this and more.

Hay Hampers

Hay Hampers was pleased to exhibit again at The PA Show for the first time in two years.

A successful two day event saw the Hay Hampers team exhibit their range of luxury hampers for the corporate gifting market, focusing on employee wellbeing and events.

“This was my first PA Show, it was a busy two days, and we made some great connections which we will be following up over the next few weeks,” commented Alan Potter, Corporate Sales Channel Manager. “We have a hamper for everyone, and all dietary needs are catered for including Vegan, Gluten-Free, Halal, Vegetarian, and Kosher. We can deliver to multiple addresses or pallet deliveries for bulk orders.”

Alan added, “We’ve been providing companies with our corporate gifting service for over 35 years and have gained a wealth of knowledge to pass on to clients. With a curated collection of over 350 hampers, there is a gift for every budget, preference, and occasion.

“We look forward to attending future PA Shows to continue our succession and meet more potential customers."

Contact the team on 01476 550420 or email: corporatesales@hampers.co.uk to find out about our latest offers and incentives.

The mission of Oliver Myles is to offer a fast, friendly and efficient service supporting our clients with their needs. No request is too small or too large for the team.

T 01442 768110

www.olivermyles.co.uk

From evening entertainment of DJs and bands, to magicians, quizzes and game shows, Darwin Lake really does offer the future of team building. And, if that wasn’t exciting enough, for those who love an adventure a little further afield, Darwin Lake can organise rock climbing, caving, cycling, hiking and guided walks in the local Peak District National Park, and visits to nearby attractions such as Alton Towers, Chatsworth and other stately homes.

Other great ways to develop relationships are with team building exercises. Activities available at Darwin Lake include canoeing on its very own private lake or local rivers, raft building and bush craft, indoor and outdoor games such as Crystal Maze and It’s a Knockout.

For those looking for less strenuous activities there are cocktail making classes, murder mystery nights or the choice to relax on one of the beauty treatment or hot

tub retreat days available on request.

From fine dining to hog roasts and street food, the catering services at Darwin Lake can be made specific to all requirements. Having recently worked with large corporations including Nando’s, Specsavers and Siemens, Darwin Lake Corporate Events Village have the best facilitators, programming and training to ensure you get the best from your teams and all have an exciting time!

Get in touch today to book your free complimentary stay to sample our service and plan your escape!

T 01629 735859 enquiries@darwinlake.co.uk www.darwinlake.co.uk

Working with office professionals from around the world

Global PA Association is an International Professional Membership Association & Training Academy best suited to those looking to fast track their career into business management.

As global leaders in academic research, Global PA Association partnered with Kingston University Business School in 2009 & 2012 for research in employments, skills and society that resulted in a world’s first, ground-breaking study on the Secretarial/PA role. Since the research was published in Academic Journals in 2012 as ‘Ghetto Occupation in the 21st Century’ with ‘bleak career prospects’, the company has gone on to develop more educational partnerships with Birkbeck, University of London, to not only engage, enhance and position office professional talent, but to develop an entire Management Qualification for the Profession.

Global PA Association is the only EA & PA Training company in the world to offer Digital Credentials with the ILM, City & Guilds, which is the No.1 Awarding

Body in the UK for qualifications. Just some of its services include Workshops, In House Programmes, Training Courses & Webinars, ILM Accredited E-Courses, Workshops, Masterclasses, Webinars. The company also delivers networking events designed for you to meet other EAs and PAs and have the opportunity to do business with its Trusted Supplier Partners.

Join Global PA Association today and develop as a world class office professional. www.globalpa-association.com

Hay Hampers are expert creators and suppliers of luxury wine and food gifts. We provide the personal touch. Our Corporate gifting team will work closely with you to achieve perfect bespoke and tailor-made hampers. From personalised branding to dietary and lifestyle choices, we offer a professional personal service, from start to finish, delivering the finest gifting experience.

Treat, reward & celebrate with Eat My Logo

Business travel. Personal service.

ISON Travel are dedicated corporate travel consultants who take great pride in what they do and are totally committed to delivering an exceptional service.

Every one of their consultants are seasoned travel experts with a minimum of 10 years industry experience. They are pro-active, pay great attention to detail and have a wealth of invaluable personal contacts. If your business is dynamic, agile and professional, you need a business travel service to match. That means working with a travel partner that you can trust, who offers solutions that are designed to meet both the immediate and long-term priorities of your organisation.

ISON Travel’s insight covers numerous industries and their specialists each have at least a decade of experience in their area of travel expertise. These include marine, chartered jets, leisure, manufacturing and sports among others. By working closely with industry partners, and combining its expertise and insight, ISON Travel negotiates the best rates on behalf of clients. From exclusive air fares and hotel rates with added complimentary benefits, ISON Travel will deliver a programme that gives exceptional value to your business. Find how the company can help you to look after your people, manage your risk and save you money in the process. Call, email or contact ISON Travel to discuss your requirements and ask for a quote.

Warehouse & Logistics

Eat My Logo is a family run bakery that specialises in making brands tasty!

More and more businesses are now choosing our ‘Surprise & Delight’ range to help promote their brand so if you are looking for a product that will always generate a positive reaction from the recipient, whether a customer, a prospect or a staff member, then the Eat My Logo range is the perfect choice.

Celebrating business milestones and achievements is a great way for an organisation to engage both internally with its own employees or externally with customers and prospects.

There are various ways for an organisation to do this and as everybody loves receiving something tasty to eat, linking this in with something tasty can be a great way to promote your brand when you need to treat, reward or celebrate.

Eat My Logo is the UK’s leading supplier of edible logo products and we deal with some of the UK’s largest and most respected brands. Whether the celebration is at a single location, across multiple sites and even including home based staff, we have a range of options to suit every scenario.

Please contact our friendly and helpful sales team on 01772 472580 or email: emlsales@eatmylogo.co.uk

London’s only non-stop live music venues!

The Piano Works have venues right at the heart of London’s West End and Farringdon.

Open Tuesday to Saturday in Farringdon, and Wednesday to Saturday in the West End, The Piano Works has amazing live musicians and vocalists who take the stage from 5pm onwards. Their setlist? They play songs which are only requested by the audience!

The concept is to get together with your friends, and book a table for dinner, drinks or just walk in. On every table is a request slip for clients to simply write a song request on, then watch the 6 piece band of talented musicians bring it to life. You can request your favourite songs all night long, and sing and dance along with the best group of people London has to offer. The Piano Works exhibited at the recent PA Show in March. This was the largest gathering of Executive Support Professionals in the UK, The PA Show had a firm focus on learning and development for PAs with its 5 theatres of CPD accredited content, and it welcomed London’s most elite PAs, EAs, VAs, Secretaries along with business administrative professionals. This niche event was enriched with great content and networking opportunities, with an impressive and carefully selected collection of exhibitors, including venues and corporate gifting.

For The Piano Works, this was an excellent opportunity to showcase their amazing venues and entertainment and they will be exhibiting at the next PA Show in November.

T 0207 278 1966

hello@pianoworks.bar

www.pianoworks.bar

Creating a safer and healthier world with renewable energy

In this issue of Business and Industry Today, we are pleased to announce Renewable Energy Network as our Energy Solutions Company of the Month.

Founded in 2019 by a team of industry experts, Chris Blakelock, Martin McCormack George Rae, and Chris Tague, Renewable Energy Network designs, installs and maintains renewable energy systems from its offices in Durham and Stafford. Such systems include ground source heat pumps, air source heat pumps, solar photovoltaic systems, battery storage systems, underfloor heating and MVHR systems.

Whether building a new home, working on a commercial project or simply exploring the possibility of adopting a green strategy, the company is here to help. Renewable Energy Network is a supplier and installer of renewable energy technologies, and is committed to reducing and replacing carbon intensive energy sources by providing inexhaustible, clean energy to its clients.

Renewable Energy Network has recently been developing its work in the mechanical and electrical aspects of building work, including the heat

distribution systems, radiator fit outs and controls. However, while it covers a large range of the industry, the company expertise is in renewable energy.

With its staff of 10 professionals, plus around 20 sub-contractors, Renewable Energy Network works with a wide spectrum of customers. The company’s work covers high-end private houses, through to working with commercial factories, schools and social housing projects, and its client base covers the whole of the UK.

Chris Blakelock commented, “Our experience in the industry means that customers can rely on our expertise. As renewable energy has grown over the last few years, many companies are new to the industry, but Martin and I have 35 years of experience between us.”

While many competitors can often only install smaller systems, Renewable Energy Network can deliver large ground source or renewable projects as the company has expertise and experience in most areas of the industry. Chris continued, “This all-round knowledge, plus sound financial backing means that customers know that they can rely upon our work.”

Health & Wellness Company of the Month

Renewable Energy Network is also producing Net Carbon Zero design strategy plans by working from initial survey stage, through to production of a comprehensive Net Zero plan. The company can help customers decide on the most suitable solution to help measure and report on carbon footprints and highlight where they need to make improvements on the journey.

Renewable Energy Network also works in strategic partnerships with organisations such as Durham University Renewable Energy Institute, utilising some of the brightest and most innovative minds

across the UK to formulate and deliver Net Zero and carbon reduction strategies. As the company looks to the future, providing this full range of solutions to clients will be at the forefront of its services. Renewable Energy Network has the expertise to provide comprehensive solutions to clients looking at Renewable Energy systems and solutions across all technologies.

The company works with clients that demand the highest levels of service such as Kier Construction, the Church of England and the aforementioned Durham University. Renewable Energy Network recently worked with a privately owned, national care home group who were looking to renew and update their heating systems with the goal of reducing their carbon footprint and protecting themselves from utility price rises. Renewable Energy Network designed and supplied ground source systems to replace ageing gas boilers that were expensive and unreliable. The bespoke commercial ground source heat pump systems that we designed and installed met the exacting requirements that the client was looking for.

Chris concluded, “In providing cleaner, safer forms of energy to our clients, we aim to improve environmental, financial and operational outcomes for them. Renewable energy has an often-overlooked public health as well as economic benefit, and we aim to contribute to creating a world which is safer, cleaner and more sustainable than the one we live in today.”

T 01785 290987

www.renewableenergynetwork.co.uk

CBD products for alternative ways of living

In this issue of Business and Industry Today, we are pleased to announce Susieshemp as our Health & Wellness Company of the Month.

“My own knowledge, with both cannabis and living with autism all my life, it would transpire in my latter years preludes strength in all I do.

Living with a disability I faced discrimination daily, in heights of extremities and cruelness. Add the maudlin delights of mental health to the fickle mix and there you have somebody who, with an overload of experiences and sees the impact of CBD on others was enough to make me shout out about it. So I did!” stated Susie Bee.

Susieshemp started as a project in 2020 as a way

of educating people about CBD for autism. By using thorough research to discover the vast benefits of cannabinoids, Susie now provides CBD products that can be used as alternatives for pharmaceuticals for individuals who struggle with ASD, ADHD and many other neurological issues.

“We aim to deliver, as a service, a directory of finest CBD products so others can easily find out if CBD works for them. Not only that, CBD patches deliver the highest rate of cannabinoid delivery, over a 24 hour period as well as less liver impact, which is only a win-win all round and helps many to access CBD easily,” said Susie Bee.

Current products available in the Susieshemp range include CBD Bath Bombs, CBD Pain Relief Cream and CBD Patches. The CBD Patches are non-intrusive, easy to use and negate the need to carry bottled CBD with you. Many have said the CBD Patches allow them to sleep better at night as the transdermal delivery of cannabinoids releases the highest rate of delivery absorption through the skin.

The Patches are particularly good for those with oral

difficulties and find it hard to swallow. “CBD patches is that alternative, in retrospect of the natural golden oil of CBD propelling Susieshemp forward, particularly in areas of neurological health, autism included and for those living with mental health issues,” added Susie Bee.

The company also stocks a large range of CBD oils, tinctures and other products from the industry leading Maxx4, whose products are produced from high quality sativa hemp and organically grown in the EU. The range includes CBD topicals, CBD Vape Juice, CBD edibles and sweets, and a number of Wellbeing Supplements designed to support the endocannabinoid system, nervous system, digestive system and immune system.

“Autism plays close to my heart. Recent activity using a SMART approach has allowed for positive, conclusive results with small but profitable margin from customer growth, as positive activity from interesting partners. In addition to this, Susieshemp continues to grow, securing deals for editorial work within areas of natural parenting, which is another area to branch out into effectively,” stated Susie Bee.

In the future, Susieshemp will be exhibiting at the

White Label Show in London as well as participating in The CBD Show Awards with Maxx4 CBD products. Even though business is growing for Susieshemp and its products are becoming increasingly more popular with many cannabis advocates, Susie’s heart will always stay true to the research and education of using CBD for autism.

If you’re unsure of what CBD product is for you, Susieshemp has a blog situated on the website which explores the world of neurodiversity and shares topics on ADHD, neurological health, the virtues of cannabinoids, as well as important information regarding the benefits of CBD and how to choose the right one for you.

contact@susieshemp.co.uk

www.susieshemp.co.uk