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ENOUGH ENERGY TO POWER A VILLAGE -
ACHIEVING ISO 50001 IN THE PROCESS
» » AFTER A FOUR-DAY
audit, industry-leading systems
supplier VEKA Group was
awarded the International
Standard ISO 50001 Energy
Management Systems. 2018
alone saw enough energy saved to
power 750 average-sized houses
for a full year.
MD Dave Jones explains: “One
of VEKA Group’s biggest energy-
related investments in recent years
was a new substation that enabled
the introduction of 81 sub-meters
across the business.
“We also replaced an existing
transformer with a newer, more
energy-efficient version which
achieved a saving of 30,000kWh /
year, and our Operations Managers
have set energy consumption
parameters for the extrusion lines
which are checked every day.
“An ongoing switch over to LED
lighting across the site has so far
saved 350,000 kWh per year, an
office block refurb allowed the latest
energy-efficient air conditioning
units to be introduced - saving
30% against the originals - and
compressed air plays an important
part in our manufacturing process,
with compressors optimised via
a new computer programme,
reducing their running by 1500
hours per year without affecting
production.”
www.vekauk.com
Seal of approval for Eiffel Tower’s birthday facelift
» » IT’S ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST
famous structures and an instantly
recognisable symbol not just of Paris, but
France itself.
The Eiffel Tower will mark its 130th
birthday, this year and state-of-the-art
Edgetech innovation is helping ensure it’ll still
be delighting visitors for decades to come.
When esteemed architects Moatti &
Rivière produced highly complex designs
for renovating the Tower’s 57.6m viewing
platform, their plans called for glass units that
excelled on all fronts.
They envisaged a 130-square foot glass floor,
offering spectacular views of the Champs
de Mars below, fringed with a 2.5m glass
balustrade, and, most ambitiously of all, a
double-kinked glass façade, 8m high and 20m
wide.
Both concave and convex in parts, the
façade was far too intricate to be manufactured
in one piece and was therefore made from a
mosaic of cylindrically bent rectangular panels,
all incorporating Edgetech’s Super Spacer
Triseal Premium Plus.
With its unique triple-seal design, Triseal
offers extreme durability and the structural
strength to excel in even the most demanding
architectural conditions. It’s been used in some
of the world’s most striking and iconic new
buildings, including Zaha Hadid’s The Opus
tower in Dubai.
www.edgetechig.co.uk
JUMPING AT THE CHANCE TO
RAISE FUNDS FOR AIR AMBULANCE
» » A TEAM FROM EMPLAS WILL BE
put through its paces in a 5K inflatable
charity fun run, to raise funds for the
Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air
Ambulance.
With a fundraising target of £1,500 to
hit, the event on March the 30th combines a
traditional 5K fun run with 15 of the world’s
most demanding inflatable obstacles.
John Leary, Sales and Marketing Director,
said: “The Air Ambulance does an amazing
job and we’re delighted to be able to support
it. 5K doesn’t sound a lot but I’ve been told
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that when you’re scrabbling
up and down inflatable
obstacles it’s a very different
experience. I have also
been stupid enough to
sign myself up for the
10K option. With 19 of
us taking part, we’ve set a
fundraising target of £1,500
but we hope to go beyond this and
raise much more for a charity.”
The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire
Air Ambulance is part of the Air Ambulance
Service, which receives no
government funding, and attends
1,000 missions a year, with each
mission costing approximately £1,700.
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tkhi-emplas
www.emplas.co.uk