Issue 06.2013
Blue Spares Cycle for Cancer Research Blue Fuchs Awarded Terex Triple Crown The Perfect Partner - Crush Ltd Tayside Contracts Weir Waste Open Day Tudor Griffiths Britain’s Brightest Business Talents Connect Waste Link Up with Doppstadt News in Brief
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Blue Spares cycle for Cancer Research Leading crushing, screening and shredding spare parts suppliers Blue Spares have recently signed up to do a gruelling charity cycle ride for Cancer Research UK.
beginning on August 3rd. All money raised will be donated to Cancer Research UK which is the chosen charity of the staff at Blue Spares.
Based in Warrington, Cheshire, Blue Spares are part of the Blue Group of companies who are the UK distributors of Powerscreen crushers and screens, Doppstadt shredders and trommels, and Kiverco waste systems amongst other leading OEM’s for the recycling and quarrying sectors. Blue Spares provide a first class after sales service of genuine OEM spare parts for the entire range marketed by the Blue Group. With a £1.5million stock holding and a 24/7 service, Blue Spares pride themselves on their customer focus and determination to help ensure minimum downtime.
Commenting on the charity cycle ride, Sean Warburton said “For a long time we have been thinking of doing something to raise money for charity and give something back to our community. With a few of the staff here being keen cyclists, we thought this was the perfect opportunity. It’s a huge challenge for the team but we are training hard and are determined to complete this challenge for such a fantastic cause.” On the chosen charity, Sean added, “The choice of charity was quite simple for us because cancer is a terrible illness which sadly touches everyone of us in some capacity during our lifetime.”
The team of 3 staff members which includes managing director Sean Warburton, Lee Holman and Chris Thomas, will complete a 280 mile challenge which will see them go from the Blue Spares head office in Warrington to the Blue London offices in Guildford via both Blue Central and Blue Southern. The challenging ride will take place over 2 days
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Please feel free to support the Blue Spares team by donating at www.justgiving.com/bluespares
Blue Fuchs awarded prestigious TEREX Triple Crown Status Blue Machinery (Fuchs) Ltd is proud to announce that it has recently been awarded ‘TEREX Three Crown Dealer Status®’ in recognition of the business’ all round performance in a very successful first year as the exclusive TEREX Fuchs distributor for the UK and Ireland. Awarded only to selected high performing dealerships worldwide, Three Crown Status®, recognises not only outstanding sales performances on behalf of TEREX, but also more importantly the dealership’s ability to properly serve and back-up the ever growing customer base with a first class aftersales and parts service via an experienced and fully factory trained team of service and parts engineers. Commenting on the achievement of this award, Terry Hughes, Managing Director of Blue Machinery (Fuchs) Ltd said, “To be awarded Three Crown Status after just twelve months trading as the TEREX Fuchs distributor represents a significant milestone at a very early stage in the development of our business and one of which we are justifiably very proud. It’s fantastic that all the hard work and best efforts of the entire team at Blue Fuchs last year has been formally recognised by the manufacturer but it’s fair to say that the support TEREX Fuchs offered us in our early months has also helped us enormously so it would be wrong not to thank them also at this stage. We are also, of course, very grateful
to all the owners and operators of TEREX Fuchs Material Handlers in the UK and Ireland who have seen fit to put their trust and faith in us since we took on the dealership. Without their support this would not have been possible and we’re delighted to be able to move into the second half of 2013 and beyond, supporting them as an accredited Three Crown Dealer.” The last twelve months have proved to be a very busy and interesting period for Blue Machinery (Fuchs) Ltd in the UK & Ireland with record numbers of the TEREX Fuchs product being sold into the marketplace and significant milestones along the way, such as the sale of the first in the latest generation of Tier IV Engine Material Handlers, the MHL350E, and large scale investments in site development, staff recruitment and business infrastructure. Blue Fuchs is part of the industry leading Blue Group, equipment suppliers to the material handling, material processing, waste processing, scrap handling and aggregate processing sectors in the UK & Ireland. Representing world leading brands such as Powerscreen and Doppstadt, The Blue Group now supplies almost £2 million of new equipment per week into these industry sectors, employs in excess of 100 people nationwide and gained entry into the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 List earlier this year.
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Perfect Partner Tarmac West’s pioneering Contractor Safety Partnership encourages contractors to work more closely together to reduce workplace injuries and the incidence of ill health, as part of the drive towards Zero Harm. For specialist crushing and screening contractor Crush Ltd, joining the Tarmac Contractor Safety Partnership was a key decision that Jon Lewis, Managing Director, has not looked back ever since. “Being on the programme has given us a fresh incentive to health and safety” he explained. “Prior to the partnership, our safety management procedures were simply based on being reactive to an incident rather than the proactive monitoring methods on site, which the Contractor Safety Partnership encourages and promotes rigorously. Working with Tarmac and the other regular contractors, however, has helped us gain a better understanding of the current safety issues and identify the required training and audits to improve our overall health and safety performance.” Ben Sherratt, Operations Director with Crush, also echoes the message that collaborative working is the way forward.
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“Through partnering, the health and safety process can be made to work for the benefit of all” he added. “At the end of the day, we all have a common goal of delivering Zero Harm in the workplace. The trust developed, combined with wealth of knowledge and experience, will significantly help us reduce near hit incidents and contractor injuries in quarries.” Since joining the Tarmac Contractor Safety Partnership, Crush have been particularly impressed with the safety improvement tools available. These ‘toolkit’ measures include: task audits; skill assessments; safety audits, risk assessments; key performance indicators (KPIs); and alert reports (e.g. employee logbook), where the objective is to obtain performance feedback, allowing corrective action to be taken prior to any failure in the management system.
Crush’s strong commitment to training and staff development has also given the business a real competitive edge over it’s rivals. “Employees on site will respond to a strong safety culture. This unique Tarmac/contractor partnership has set a prime example of creating a transparent, interdependent culture where the emphasis is placed on teamwork rather than individuals” said Mr Lewis. “Being on Tarmac’s safety partnership scheme has really highlighted the growing need to have a highly skilled and competent workforce in place” explained Mr Sherratt. “With health and safety improvements high on the company agenda, we have invested heavily in training, mentoring and continued professional development of our staff. But more importantly, our long-term commitment to training and raising employees’ skill levels means that we can achieve the necessary competence and safety management and performance required on site.” Crush’s strong commitment to training and staff development has also given the business a real competitive edge over it’s rivals. Along with this H&S objective, there is also an increasing focus for firms to operate in a more eco-friendly manner. This has been brought on largely by key legislation, such as EU Stage IIIB and Tier 4 Interim emissions standards, to ensure processing equipment and materials meet the constantly changing environmental requirements.
“We currently employ a modern fleet of 32 machines, mainly Powerscreen equipment, including jaws, cones, impactors and various screens” said Mr Sherratt. ‘With a strong environmental agenda, we choose new mobile products carefully to ensure the company’s fleet helps reduce our customers’ carbon footprint while delivering efficiency savings in both fuel consumption and operational costs.” Mr Lewis added: “All our mobile plant is supplied by Blue Machinery and we’ve recently added another Powerscreen 1000 Maxtrak cone crusher to strengthen our crushing and screening capabilities. As more quarry firms recognize the environmental benefits and substantial cost savings gained from sustainable production, it is important that we have the right machines and fully trained plant operators to ensure operations are being run as efficiently and cost effectively as possible.” Clearly the bar is being raised and contractors now need to take a fresh approach similar to that of Crush. The focus now is very much improved H&S procedures and ever increasingly towards an eco friendly production.
This need has now created a growing trend among aggregate producers and equipment manufacturers such as Powerscreen, to be forward-thinking and innovative in their approach to sustainability and environmental care. As specialist contractors, Crush work very closely with customers to help develop sustainable solutions that can help them meet their green agendas and improve their environmental performance.
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Tayside Contracts go for versatile Powerscreen XH320X20 Long standing Blue Scotland customer Tayside Contracts is the commercial trading arm of Angus, Dundee City and Perth & Kinross Councils who provide a range of services throughout the area. With over 2500 employees, Tayside Contracts look after a range of facilities from catering and cleaning to roads and recycling. The services provided by Tayside Contracts are for both private and public sector clients. The new Powerscreen XH320X has been purchased for the Construction facet of the business for use in their quarry at Collace and throughout their various recycling sites to crush both virgin and recycled aggregates. This versatility was hugely important for Tayside Contracts, to enable the crusher to process different materials on their different sites. From crushing basalt in the quarry to road planings and C&D waste at the various recycling centres throughout the region. These products are then used within their own civil works and sold to the private sector. The XH320X crusher has been developed to incorporate a fully independent hydraulically driven pre-screen, removing the fines and reducing chamber wear costs as a result. The fines are predetermined by the mesh size in the pre-screen with the fines stockpiled by the hydraulically folding extended side conveyor with a stockpile height of 3.7 metres. The new XH320X is fitted with a new eco friendly Tier4 Scania DC9 83A 257kW(350hp) engine which future proofs the investment for upcoming legislations regarding fuel emissions. The Powerscreen impact crusher is ideally suited to reducing medium-hard, mildly abrasive materials down to a cubical, well graded product size in a single pass. The Hydraulic Apron Adjustment system allows quick adjustments to be made to determine the output material, enabling the production of a variety of high quality cubically shaped finished products to be made at the touch of a button. The additional optional grinding path, for further reduction, allows the XH320X to produce even smaller consistent product gradation when
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required. The hopper capacity has also been increased by the addition of hopper extensions which can also be hydraulically folded for transport. The new hopper design incorporates hydraulic locking pins for rapid setup time and removes the need for manual wedges. The XH320X crusher has a full length product conveyor which is fitted with an overband magnet for ferrous removal. Greg Campopiano, Recycling Manager at Tayside Contracts commented, “After in depth analysis of all like for like machines on the market and a couple of demonstrations, we are delighted that we ultimately decided to go with the Powerscreen XH320X. We have been blown away with the throughput of this new machine and the incredible fuel consumption that we are witnessing.” Greg went on to add, “From experience, the beauty of working with Blue is that you not only get a fantastic product at the outset, but they really know how to look after the machine long after the initial sale. The spares backup and service department are unrivalled in our industry, and this first class service gives you the confidence needed for the longevity of your investment.”
Weir Waste Open Day UK’s first C&I processing plant to handle 25tph Places are filling up fast, so don’t miss the opportunity to see the UK’s first C&I processing plant to handle 25tph at Weir Waste Services, Oldbury, West Midlands. The state of the art MRF which is part funded by EDRF and managed by WRAP, consists of a Doppstadt DW 306 Ceron pre-shredder, a range of Kiverco equipment from a large 850 trommel to a series of link conveyor, ballistic separators and 8 new Titech auto sort 4 machines which use near-infrared (NIR) technology. The Open day event will consist of a series of designated tours of the plant which all visitors must register for in advance.
Only pre-registered visitors will be permitted on to site for health and safety reasons. Weir Waste Services Managing Director Daniel Weir commented, “We are really looking forward to this two day event which will give us the ideal platform to showcase our new state of the art MRF system to our existing and prospective clients.” Daniel added, “We are expecting over 300 visitors across the two days and we have been blown away with the early uptake from Blue and Weir Waste customers alike. To avoid disappointment, I would encourage all those looking to attend to register ASAP.”
Weir Waste and Blue Group hope you can join us for what will prove to be a fantastic event. Be sure to register ASAP on the website.
28th – 29th August | 10.30am - 2.30pm To book your place, go to www.bluegroup.co/blue2013 Stafford
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Tudor Griffiths Clean Up with Blue Central Blue Central has recently installed both a new Powerscreen Warrior 1400 and Mobile Picking Station to Tudor Griffiths Group for the clean up of its construction and demolition waste. Tudor Griffiths Group is a family owned and managed organisation based in Ellesmere, Shropshire. From its inception in 1874, Tudor Griffiths has grown exponentially by placing a huge emphasis on establishing long-lasting relationships with its customers through exceeding expectations and securing trust through exceptional performance from every member of its team. Over the years, Tudor Griffiths has strived consistently to improve the quality of the products and services provided through innovation, foresight and constant hard work. As a multifaceted business which specialises in aggregate processing, sand & gravel, waste management, skip hire and wood processing to name a few, Tudor Griffiths set exemplary standards when it comes to recycling efficiency.
The Powerscreen Warrior 1400 is an ideal plant for recycling applications – especially screening and separating commingled C&D waste and oversize materials. Primarily purchased for the clean-up of C&D material, the new Powerscreen Warrior 1400 and Mobile Picking Station (MPS) needed to provide a robust and versatile setup which could withstand the demanding application whilst being able to be utilised elsewhere within the business when required. The screening aspect of the plant needed to be heavy duty, durable and capable of accepting piece sizes circa 500mm without impeding the process. The Powerscreen Warrior 1400 is an ideal unit for recycling applications – especially screening and separating bulky C&D waste and oversize materials.
The Warrior 1400 is capable of screening, three-way splitting and stockpiling a wide variety of materials in the most difficult and demanding applications, including construction and demolition debris, as well as face blasted material and crushed stone, muck-away, coal, compost and topsoil. The Warrior 1400 has a highly aggressive screenbox with hydraulically adjustable screen angles. The Warrior 1400 feeds directly into the hopper of the MPS which has a blower for the light fraction to be removed prior to the manual sort station. The MPS, complete with an onboard diesel genset, can also be run via electricity and offers flexibility in that it is a semi-permanent fixture but can easily be relocated or repositioned if required further down the line. As a forward thinking organisation, Health & Safety was paramount in Tudor Griffiths’ thoughts when looking to replace the previous picking line. As a result, the new Mobile Picking Station is fully enclosed with operative safety paramount. The spacious cabin is fitted out with lighting, heaters and windows for optimal comfort, with multi-point emergency stops fitted throughout. With all recyclables recovered via the picking station, the remaining hard core passes a twin pole magnet for final ferrous removal before being stockpiled on an adjoining conveyor for further processing.
Commenting on the new system, Tony Williams, General Manager within Tudor Griffiths commented, “We are delighted with the new system installed by Blue Central as it has significantly increased our operational efficiency whilst greatly improving the working environment for our operatives. The new plant fits in with our company ethos which is to purchase the very best equipment to improve our operational efficiency whilst keeping our staff’s wellbeing at the forefront of any buying decision.”
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Blue Group nominated as one of Britain’s Brightest Business Talents Pat McGeary of Blue Machinery (Group) PLC has been invited to join the ACCELERATE 250, a new business community championed by Sir Terry Leahy and Lord Young and made up of the fastest growing companies in the UK. Blue Group, the UK’s leading supplier of material processing equipment for the quarrying and waste recycling industries, compliment their nationwide distribution of capital machinery with a specialized focus on spare parts and service to ensure minimum downtime and optimum profitability for their customers. The after sales area of the business has proved to be extremely successful during the recent economic downturn as some companies choose to repair rather than replace their existing machinery. With exclusive distribution rights for Terex Powerscreen, Terex Fuchs, Doppstadt and other leading brands, Blue Group pride themselves in being at the forefront of the industry with cutting edge technologies. Lord Young and Sir Terry Leahy have identified representatives from the UK’s fastest growing small and medium businesses, the “vital six per cent” of companies that are creating more than half of the nation’s new jobs, calling on them to work together in identifying solutions to mutual obstacles. Members of the ACCELERATE 250 come from across the UK and represent industries from food and fashion, to pharmaceuticals and finance.
Sir Terry Leahy, former Tesco CEO, said: “It’s our belief that Britain’s prosperity in the 21st century global economy is going to be built on the success of high-potential, fast-growth businesses. That is why, this coming June, we will be assembling a new group of Britain’s brightest and best businesses to put them at the heart of Britain’s economic renaissance. It is our ambition that the 27th June will just be the start of the journey that sees the ACCELERATE 250 become the nucleus of Britain’s future high-growth economic success.” Pat McGeary, Chairman of Blue Machinery (Group) PLC said: “We are thrilled that Blue Group has been identified as one of the UK’s high-potential small businesses – we can’t wait to join up with the other ACCELERATE 250 members in Liverpool for what promises to be the start of a fantastic partnership. The programme has been designed to help small businesses grow successfully – it’s not every day you get the chance to receive business coaching from the likes of former All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick and Martha Lane Fox. Having our hard work recognised by the likes of Sir Terry Leahy and Lord Young is a huge achievement for us. More than anything, however, we’re excited by the prospect of joining up with the very best that Britain’s businesses have to offer.”
ACCELERATE 2013 will see more than 1,000 delegates descend on Liverpool for a festival like no other, with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox, former All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick and Tech City UK CEO Joanna Shields among the confirmed speakers.
Fast Track to success with Blue Group Blue Directors collecting the prestigious Fast Track 100 award at Richard Branson’s home in Oxfordshire.
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Connect Waste link up with another Doppstadt Dagenham based waste management specialists Connect Waste have recently taken delivery of a new Doppstadt AK 435 Kette from Blue London. Having worked Doppstadt shredders for a number of years, with a DZ 750 and AK 630 the most recent models, owner Phil Mitchell had no qualms in choosing Doppstadt and Blue London when it came to purchasing a new machine. Commenting on the purchase of the new shredder, Phil Mitchell said “I have a terrific relationship with Eugene, Paul and Aaron at Blue and when we decided to upgrade our equipment to something newer and more reliable, there was nowhere else I was going to go. The guys are always on hand to give advice and the Blue service team give us a first class after sales back up.” With various long term wood contracts on the go at the moment, Connect Waste were looking for a newer model which offered high volume production as well as exceptional reliability. The Doppstadt AK 435 K is a powerful high speed shredder suitable for almost all kinds of fine shredding applications.
For maximum versatility and maneuverability, the machine is on a tracked chassis. Thanks to its compact design, the AK 435 K is a very flexible and multi-purpose machine, with its flail drum with 1000 rpm and the baffle plate provided with Hardox teeth, this high speed shredder is unrivalled. The final product can be changed in a few minutes by changing the grinding baskets. The AK 435 K is ideally suited to fine shredding of wood but is equally at home on green waste for biomass, animal bedding and composting applications. On the performance of the new AK 435 K, Phil added “The AK 435 K is the best shredder we have ever had, it is a fantastic shredder. With a pre-shred of our input material through a Doppstadt slow speed, we are seeing tonnages upwards of 40 tonne per hour which is incredible.”
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News in brief 5k Fun Run At the recent Waste Expo in New Orleans, Blue London were joined by long standing customers The Short Group. Part of the EXPO involved the Future Industry Leaders Alliance (FILA) inaugural 5K Fun Run which Eugene Donnelly, Paul Donnelly, Gary Short (Shorts Group), Mike Banham (Shorts Group) and Gary Brooks of Marathon all completed. The event raised $10,000 for charity, well done guys! Pictured LtoR – Mike, Eugene, Gary Brooks, Gary Short, Paul
Congratulations to Binn Waste on winning the prestigious Innovation in Design of a Waste Management Facility at the recent Awards for Excellence event. Win a Blue Goodie Bag Just answer this question:
Can anyone spot our latest customer?! All correct answers will be entered into a prize draw to win a Blue goodie bag. Answers to sales@bluegroup.co.uk
Blue exhibiting at Demo Expo Blue will be exhibiting along with Powerscreen at the upcoming Demo Expo event at Armac’s Arden Brickwork site near Solihull, Birmingham, on the 28th and 29th of June, 2013. We will be showcasing the Powerscreen XH320X impact crusher and the Warrior 1400X.
Contact Us For further information on Blue and the range of products and services we provide, please contact your regional office or email sales@bluegroup.co.uk Blue Southern Office Newton, Thornbury, Bristol BS35 1LG T: 01454 412425 F: 01454 419402 Blue Spares Warrington Office Appleton Thorn Trading Estate, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4SN T: 0845 1300 669 (Stirling: 01786 469444)
Blue Fuchs Office Harbour Road Trading Estate Portishead, Bristol BS20 7BL T: 0845 230 1432 F: 0845 230 1422 Spares: 01275 399501
Blue Central Office New Cheshire Business Park, Wincham Lane, Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 6GG T: 0845 230 4460 F: 0845 658 2314
Blue Scotland Office 9 Broadleys Road, Springkerse Ind Est Stirling FK7 7ST T: 01786 469444 F: 01786 469222
Blue London Office Unit 16 Westfield Road, Slyfield Ind Est, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1RR T: 0870 898 8920 F: 0870 898 8930
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