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German approval for KPS conductive pipes<br />
as mentioned in last month’s featured<br />
article on KPS, the company has now officially<br />
announced the approval it received<br />
from the German authorities to install its<br />
polyethylene piping systems. Germany has<br />
the most restrictive rules in Europe regarding<br />
approval for petrol pipes and a special<br />
rule on permeation which is different to<br />
the European standard. Only pipes with<br />
zero permeation are allowed to be used. In<br />
practice, this has meant that only steel pipes<br />
have been approved until now, but now the<br />
break-through has come for plastic pipes.<br />
after several extensive tests of Swedish supplier<br />
KPS’s conductive pipes, the company’s<br />
pipes have been approved for the German<br />
market. an important factor in the approval<br />
process have been the involvement of laWa<br />
(Bund / länder- arbeitsgemeinschaft Wasser),<br />
U-Cont Oy strike a major contract with Uno-X<br />
Design and installation specialist U-Cont<br />
closed a deal to supply new self service<br />
filling station equipment to Norwegian<br />
petroleum retailer Uno-X.<br />
By the agreement U-Cont will deliver all<br />
the chain’s Uno-X ‘light type’ filling station<br />
prefab elements including structural units,<br />
tanks, piping, electricity and the design of<br />
all. The deal is the biggest single contract<br />
in the company’s 44 year history and one<br />
of the biggest filling station deliveries ever<br />
made in Northern Europe. The total number<br />
of filling stations will reach one hundred,<br />
depending on local approvals. U-Cont ltd<br />
has delivered different types of systems that<br />
are put together in factory for not only filling<br />
stations but also for waste to bio-ethanol<br />
production plants, asphalt factory units,<br />
power plants and other different needs of the<br />
industry. Jari Sistonen, Managing Director<br />
of U-Cont comments, “We have developed<br />
our operations systematically towards new<br />
Topaz scores best workplace<br />
Topaz, Irelands largest fuels and convenience<br />
retailer, has been recognized as one<br />
of the Best Workplaces in the country for<br />
the third year in a row.<br />
This year Topaz secured its highest ever<br />
position, making the top ten in a list of the<br />
best large workplaces in Ireland. Topaz is<br />
the only Irish owned company in the top 10,<br />
which includes companies like Microsoft,<br />
Pepsico Ireland and Diagio. Once again the<br />
fully Irish owned and managed company<br />
is the only fuels and convenience retailer<br />
to be recognized as one of the best places<br />
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a federal body working with protection of<br />
ground water, and which, after consideration<br />
of the tests and results has given their<br />
support for an approval.<br />
“The test institute has announced that the<br />
tests of our pipes gave a permeation result so<br />
low that it is to be considered equal to zero”,<br />
says Mr lars Selling, CEO of KPS. “We are<br />
very proud that our pipes are the first of their<br />
kind to pass the tough German demands<br />
on safety and environmental protection. It<br />
is the result of research, development and<br />
advanced manufacturing technology. We<br />
now look forward to be able to offer the<br />
German market a competitive alternative<br />
which is corrosion-free, conductive and very<br />
quick and easy to install. Today, Germany<br />
has the most petrol stations in Europe and is<br />
thereby the largest market for petrol pipes.”<br />
services that also include the planning and<br />
development of our customer’s business.<br />
This contract is a great example of the significance<br />
of wide service in making a deal<br />
in today’s difficult competitive situation.<br />
Our Norwegian customer bases trust on us<br />
after ten years of acquaintanceship. Uno-X<br />
directors understood the great potential for<br />
cost reduction and quality improvement that<br />
can be achieved by relying on a genuine<br />
systematically designed, industrial model<br />
of prefabricated operations, instead of the<br />
traditional model of construction. The deal<br />
gives us a good take-off board, away from the<br />
recession. The manufacturing of the filling<br />
stations will employ over nearly one third<br />
of our factory’s capacity, so there will be<br />
enough capacity left for other needs when<br />
the amount of investment will rise again.<br />
The right volume will also give volume<br />
effectiveness advantage for our customers<br />
who’s needs aren’t this big.”<br />
to work. The Best Companies study sets<br />
out to recognize the finest employers and<br />
therefore the most satisfied workforces<br />
in Ireland.<br />
Frank Gleeson, Retail Director at Topaz<br />
said; “We are delighted to be recognized<br />
as one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland<br />
for the third year in a row. This is a great<br />
achievement for a young Irish company like<br />
Topaz. The passion, drive and commitment<br />
shown by all our 1 420 staff is the key to<br />
our success, making Topaz the vibrant can<br />
do organization it is.”
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