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Toni Hankins, Rowe Hankins' founder, has taken a step back from the driving seat earlier this month when he became executive chairman. In a busy career, Toni has taken his circuit breaker and safety systems business from a back bedroom to a £5 million turnover, 60 employee business, with world wide connections.
In 1984 Toni launched into the UK the Heinemann range of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers from Switzerland. These high integrity breakers are designed for precise protection without... [more]
Kenda Electronic Systems has upgraded the metering system at the RWE npower oil-fired power station at Fawley in Hampshire. Kenda was awarded the contract for the Fawley upgrade following the success of a similar project at RWE npower’s 140MW open-cycle gas-turbine power station at Cowes.
As part of the process of bringing a previously mothballed 500MW generator and two 17.5MW open-cycle gas turbines back into service, Kenda was awarded a contract to build, install and commission a complete C... [more]
Design Lighting, Wilts Electrical Wholesaler’s independent lighting business, has produced a lighting system for new Welsh Ambulance’s South Wales Headquarters. The project included lighting for all areas of the centre but the control room required the latest in modern direct-indirect lighting. The lighting system ensures that people working night shifts have an environment that feels like daylight to help avoid fatigue.
For the control room, a bio dynamic suspended direct-indirect lighting... [more]
Following last year’s acquisition of most of Hagemeyer NV’s European assets by the French based Rexel Group S.A., the Hagemeyer (UK) Ltd name has been changed to Rexel UK Ltd.
Newey & Eyre, WF Electrical and Parker Merchanting, trade alongside Senate Electrical and Denmans, as Rexel’s key trading brands within the UK, each retaining their distinctive position in the wholesaling marketplace.
Rexel Group, with global 2008 pro forma sales of 13.7 billion Euros from 2,400 outlets in 34 countri... [more]
Riello UPS has expanded its Master Switch range of Static Transfer Switches (STS) to include models up to 400A. This is partly because it forecasts a surge in UPS and STS installation as UK organisations prepare for the 2012 Olympics.
The switches can be used in isolation or with a combination of uninterruptible power supplies and generating systems to provide resilience against mains power interruptions.
“Installing Master Switch removes single points of failure” commented Robin Koffle... [more]
Oldfield Lighting in Skipton, North Yorkshire, has set-up national online sister company Ray as the first to combine high-quality, bespoke designs from the world's leading manufacturers while helping to protect the environment.
Ray combines high-quality and bespoke designs from the world's leading manufacturers such as Foscarini, Artemide, Flos and Vibia while helping to protect the environment through reduced power consumption. The Pipe range by Artemide was designed by Herzog and de Meuron ... [more]
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