Vent-Axia Staff Celebrate 80th Anniversary

Vent-Axia, has continued its 80th anniversary festivities with a staff celebration at its head office, located at Manor Royal in Crawley. At the event staff enjoyed lunch and cake to celebrate Vent-Axia's landmark 80 years and a formal photograph of the staff was taken to mark the occasion. Setting the standard for ventilation since 1936, Vent-Axia now employs 253 staff at its headquarters in Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex. A multi-million pound company, Vent-Axia’s innovations are present in a wide range of landmark projects from buildings in Her Majesty's Royal Estates to the White House. The recent 80th Anniversary staff events follow on from Vent-Axia’s formal celebration ceremony in September at its headquarters in Crawley where guests also toured the Crawley facilities, seeing some of the latest fans manufactured on the production lines. In addition to these celebrations, Vent-Axia is supporting any staff undertaking charity fundraising to mark its 80th anniversary. Vent-Axia’s ‘80 for 80’ initiative is supporting active fundraising efforts, with a donation of £80 to a member of staff’s chosen cause to help them meet their target.  

Third Juice Electrical Branch opens in Chesterfield

Juice Electrical Supplies are proud to announce the opening of its new Chesterfield branch, which joins already established outlets in Pinxton and Mansfield Woodhouse. Situated on the busy Storforth Lane Trading Estate in Hasland, the new branch features a large trade counter and substantial stocks of many leading brands, including Aico, Ansell, BG, Europa, Hager, Manrose, Saxby, Scolmore, Wylex and many others. All branches exhibit high levels of technical expertise and product knowledge, with staff able to match the right products to meet the needs of each individual customer. An e-commerce site complementing the three branches makes Juice Electrical even easier to trade with and all current suppliers whole heartedly support the expansion, with Europa Components, one of Juice Electrical’s key suppliers, mirroring the positive response. For further information visit: www.juiceelectricalsupplies.co.uk

Carbon8 awarded 'Lighting Project of the Year' at Electrical Industry Awards 2016

Carbon8 would like to express its gratitude to the expert judges on the panel of the Electrical Industry 2016 Awards. Carbon8 was awarded ‘Lighting Project of the Year’ for its project with expert wholesale food distributor, Harvest Fine Foods. The project used Carbon8Lighting unique ultra-efficient Discus LED fitting, including the ingenious ‘Discus Zero’, specifically designed to go in freezer storage areas with its remote driver that sits outside the freezer. The judges were impressed with the tremendous energy savings that the Carbon8 Discus and Discus Zero offered. Additionally they noted how impressed they were with the phenomenal light levels achieved with such low consumption fittings, coupled with Carbon8’s unique Premier Care 5 Year Warranty, putting the project firmly at the top when the votes were all counted.

Hamilton appoints commercial and operations directors as it looks to further UK business

As part of Hamilton Litestat’s plan to expand its business within the UK, the company has appointed Paul Walker as commercial director and Paul McCourt as operations director. With vast experience in electrical accessories and the domestic circuit protection industry, Paul Walker has been appointed as commercial director to continue the company’s growth in established areas and spearhead Hamilton’s drive into new product sectors. [caption id="attachment_10111" align="alignleft" width="150"] Paul McCourt - Operations director at Hamilton[/caption] [caption id="attachment_10112" align="alignleft" width="150"] Paul Walker - Commercial director at Hamilton[/caption] Paul has 30 years’ experience in the industry and joined Hamilton in 2014 following roles at Havells, where he successfully established its Switchgear offering and grew its business in the trade division, and 14 successful years at Electrium, a Siemens company. Paul McCourt assumes role as operations director and will be responsible for all aspects of business operations at Hamilton. Paul has been tasked with an extensive change management programme over the next 12 months to provide a robust and comprehensive foundation to support Hamilton’s growth plans for the next five years. Prior to Hamilton, Paul was an independent senior BPM consultant, advising international companies on operational systems and process designs. He also established and ran his own software design company that built workflow system solutions for end users.  

MEF strengthens Irish position with Metsec distribution centre in Dublin

Mechanical Electrical Fixings (MEF) has announced the opening of its 15,000sq ft. distribution centre in Santry, Dublin to meet increasing demand for Metsec products in the Republic of Ireland. MEF has worked with Metsec for the past decade and is one of the largest stock-holders of Metsec cable management products in the UK. Earlier this year, MEF acquired a Belfast base to serve the market in Northern Ireland, but with increasing demand for Metsec's products, decided to open a further distribution centre in Eire. The new demand is a result of major technology investments from Irish government, causing a large number of major players in the data centre industry to build or expand their facilities in Ireland. These data centres require a substantial amount of cable management material, the new distribution centre means Metsec products can be provided to these customers quickly and at a more competitive price than before, a result that has understandably gone down well with the Irish market.

Trade & Calibration day a huge success for BEW Rugby

Some of the industry’s most innovative brands attended BEW Rugby’s Trade & Calibration Day on the 10th November 2016, impressing electricians with their latest problem solving products. Hosted by Chris Davis and the team at BEW Rugby, Nest, Armour Home, Hager, Envirovent, NET LED and Marshall Tufflex drew in the crowds with product demonstrations, exclusive offers and prize give aways.  In addition, the Calibration Centre were on hand to offer onsite test meter calibrations at a discounted rate. The event took place from 7.30am until 2.30pm with free food and drink served throughout. The day was a phenomenal success, attended by over 50 electrical contractors across the Rugby area, who said it was the best trade day they had attended by far. Trade & Calibration days take place at various BEW branches throughout the year. For further information visit: www.BEWdirect.co.uk

Siemens improves energy efficiency of largest museum in Southern Hemisphere

Siemens has been awarded the contract to comprehensively upgrade the lighting, water and cooling systems of Museum Victoria, Australia. The Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) agreement has a value of 4.2 million euros. The investments will be paid back over seven years through the energy savings achieved. Museum Victoria is the largest museum in the Southern Hemisphere, consisting of three large individual museums, including the Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum, a heritage listed exhibition space, and Royal Exhibition Building, as well as two storage facilities. The State Government of Victoria is aiming to make the operation of all its museums, more efficient and environmentally friendly. This includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions and potable water use. The Siemens Building Technologies Division was awarded the contract to implement these efficiency goals. This will include installing the Desigo CC building management system which has the future capability to integrate with the existing lighting, fire and security system at the Museum. All museums will see upgrades that reduce water use and make lighting more energy efficient via implementation of a new lighting design featuring the latest LED technology.