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A&P announced Fit For Nuclear
A&P Falmouth has been granted Fit For Nuclear (F4N) status by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), as part of its diversification into the civil new build nuclear market.
The Fit For Nuclear (F4N) award is granted to companies which have benchmarked their performance against the standards demanded by the nuclear industry’s top tiers, and driven business improvements through a tailored action plan.
As part of the F4N process, A&P Falmouth worked with the supply chain team at Hinkley Point C, the country’s first new build nuclear project in 20 years, to understand how the business can best add value to tier one contractors working on the project.
F4N has been developed by the Nuclear AMRC with the support of its top tier partners, including nuclear new build developers and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. These industry leaders are using F4N to identify potential companies for their own supply chains.
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www.ap-group.co.uk
Aggreko: New research highlights alternative fuel disconnect
Maintenance and supply are impeding greater uptake of alternative fuels despite industry appearing to fully embrace environmental targets according to a new report, Bridging the Gap to Net Zero: Solutions towards the net zero challenge, from Aggreko.
In a bid to help industry reach net zero targets effectively, Aggreko continues to question energy professionals about their use of onsite equipment. The latest insights come from 200 energy professionals across industry. Specifically, Bridging the Gap to Net Zero aims to gauge corporate appetite for change and uptake of alternative fuels.
Unsurprisingly, a resounding 96% of respondents said their company’s environmental impact was a ‘medium to high priority’.
However, while 82% of respondents confirmed their use of alternative fuels as a way of reducing corporate impact, 85% still identified diesel as their fuel of choice for powering onsite equipment, casting any notion of progress into doubt. The report advises on the immediate changes that businesses can make in order to inch closer to net zero. Solutions explored include hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), gas-to-liquid (GTL), combined heat and power (CHP), battery and raising the efficiency of existing technologies.
Achieving net zero is far from simple and pragmatism will be central to success. This report does not attempt to define one path but instead discusses the different options businesses can use to instigate change.
Chris Rason, Managing Director, Aggreko
As Aggreko continues to invest in new greener technologies, the report also reveals early results of emissions testing of HVO and GTL in its Stage IIIA generator fleet. The analysis was carried out by an independent engineering and environmental consultancy in compliance with ISO 8178 D2. Both fuels were tested and compared to EN590 diesel.
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www.aggreko.com
Blue Water enters Trinidad
International transport and logistics company Blue Water Shipping has serviced the global oil and energy industries for decades. The focus is to provide solutions of high quality and efficiency – and to be present at the key locations of the industry. The growing development of oil and gas in the Caribbean and the north-eastern region of South America has resulted in Blue Water opening an office in Trinidad & Tobago.
Last month Blue Water announced the opening of another office in the region – in Guyana. Blue Water has thereby put extra efforts into gaining a solid position in this emerging market, which the company has already been servicing for a few years.
From the offices in Guyana and in Trinidad, Blue Water’s staff will focus on maintaining and increasing the current client base. This will be done in close collaboration with other Blue Water offices specialised in project transport.
Blue Water will also co-operate with Peterson Logistics in Guyana and Trinidad. Petersen has a strong presence in the Caribbean, supporting its customers with integrated logistics from offices in Trinidad, Guyana and Surinam, with a local staff of over 150.
Blue Water’s global network of more than 60 offices works closely together to provide services to its customers, and the company has an extensive range of special in-house competences; engineers, experienced project freight forwarders, IT developers as well as quality, safety and environmental experts. These inhouse competences will increase according to the need and demands in the market.
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www.bws.net
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Two units of the world’s most powerful four-stroke engine – the MAN 20V45/60 – are being installed in a newly built power plant in Chandpur, Bangladesh
HTL Australasia: NATA accreditation
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HTL Australasia, controlled bolting specialists, is delighted to announce that it has received accreditation from the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA). The national accreditation body for Australia has approved HTL Group in Western Australia for the calibration of torque equipment.
Having the NATA accreditation confirms HTL Australasia’s competency in providing a highquality service. The scope covers two classifications of testing, ISO 6789-2 2017 and ASME B 107.300.
HTL Australasia offers a comprehensive range of controlled bolting, flange working and portable machine equipment. Dedicated to provide a customer-centric approach, the controlled bolting specialists offers the sale, hire, service and training for all onshore and offshore installation and maintenance projects across all industry sectors.
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For more information:
www.htlgroup.com
MAN Energy Solutions to install more than 400MW of power in Bangladesh
MAN Energy Solutions is supplying generation technology for a newly built power plant in Chandpur, Bangladesh, and has successfully handed over another three power plants in the cities of Bogra and Chittagong.
MAN Energy Solutions is supplying its customer, Chandpur Power Generation with a combination of four 18V51/60TS and two 20V45/60 engines for the new plant in Chandpur, which will feed a total of 125MW into the national grid. Chandpur Power Generation is a subsidiary of Doreen Power.
The world’s most powerful fourstroke engine – the MAN 20V45/60 – is being installed in Chandpur. With an output of around 26MW per engine, not only is the 20V45/60 especially powerful, it also achieves outstanding efficiency values with a fuel utilisation of over 50%. The customer in Chandpur is also relying on another special feature: four 18V51/60TS engines are for the first time combined with twostage turbocharging – a premier for this engine type. Such units come with a low-pressure compressor and a high-pressure compressor, which work connected in series and therefore achieve improved power density and efficiency.
MAN Energy Solutions has already gone one step further in Bogra and Chittagong. The three power plants constructed there have now been successfully handed over to the customer, Confidence Power. The power plants use fifteen 18V48/60 units in total. The two plants in Bogra will generate 113MW each to supply base-load electricity to the city, while the third power plant in Chittagong will feed 56MW into the grid of the port of Bangladesh’s second-largest city.
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For more information:
www.man-es.com
Expansion and acquisition at Nylacast
Nylacast has completed the acquisition of Viva Nylons as part of its expansion plans. Viva is a renowned manufacturer of cast nylon semi-finished products and delivers a wide stock range of plates, rods and tubes to distributors and machining centres across the globe.
The recent acquisition forms part of Nylacast’s wider growth strategy and commitment to offering value-adding engineered solutions to its customer base of leading manufacturers.
The acquisition was agreed at an undisclosed sum and will see Viva Nylons become a wholly owned subsidiary of Nylacast, preserving its brand for the foreseeable future.
Nylacast currently has three manufacturing plants in Leicester along with its world headquarters. The engineering firm has additional plants in China, South Africa and the USA. Employing 530 members of staff, Nylacast services a worldwide market place with its custom engineered, low weight, low friction components used in safety-critical applications to maximise production and minimise downtime.
Oliver Valves wins record breaking £10m order
In February, the globally successful valve manufacturing company beat some stiff competition from many competitors to win an incredible order in excess of £10m for a major international EPC company based in the Middle East. The order was for an excess of 1,200 double block and bleed valves which are to be stationed in the Arabian Gulf.
This historic order will run for approximately one year, with deliveries being gradually sent to the Middle East, until completion in February 2021.
Colm Kane, Managing Director of the Oliver family of companies, was quick to credit the team at Oliver’s as one of the main reasons for its success. The motto at Oliver’s of ‘it can be done’, Colm says “runs true within every department in the organisation,” and an order that big shows that ‘it can be done’. With over 350 employees, 100 of whom have each given over 10 years’ service to the company and three of them reaching 35 years this year, shows how loyal and committed the Oliver team is to making their business a success.
This order is supporting the company’s growth strategy as it is heading for an impressive 40% increase in business from last year’s financial figures.
Oliver Valves is growing at a rapid rate and with their continued hard work and commitment will hopefully see many more orders like this one for the company.
Quanta celebrates new move
Quanta, a leading engineering services company, specialising in the provision of engineering, procurement and construction services to the energy industry, was pleased to welcome the new MP for Blyth Valley, Mr Ian Levy, to open its new headquarters in Northumberland Business Park. The new facilities will provide additional workspace and support Quanta’s vision for business growth.
Quanta is a leading provider of engineering, procurement and construction services to the energy industry. It works in partnership with clients to provide integrated end to end solutions, ensuring efficiency, quality and value. Mr Nick Oates, Quanta CEO, recently won a North East Times Impact Award for his achievements in improving stability and returning the business to profitability, following a management buyout in 2018.
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www.quanta-epc.co.uk
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