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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010<br />
BUOYANT BARBECUE<br />
TRADE EXPECTED<br />
A round up of <strong>barbecue</strong> trends for 2011.<br />
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: TELEMETRY AUTOGAS<br />
CHALLENGE<br />
SCOPE END WALK
CONTENTS<br />
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010<br />
4 NEWS<br />
8 OUTDOOR LEISURE<br />
16 TELEMETRY<br />
18 PRODUCTS<br />
20 AUTOGAS<br />
22 UK<strong>LP</strong>G NEWS<br />
24 UK<strong>LP</strong>G<br />
25 SPECIALIST SERVICES<br />
26 TRAINING<br />
THE VOICE OF THE INDUSTRY<br />
RISING TO THE CHALLENGE<br />
Faye Spiers<br />
Editor<br />
The Autogas Challenge in September, organised by UK<strong>LP</strong>G autogas<br />
management team member Steve Fricker of <strong>Gas</strong> Power UK, was a<br />
resounding success. Fourteen cars drove as economically as<br />
possible from Land’s End to John O’Groats and winner Stephanie<br />
Brown (yes, a woman!) managed a very respectable -5.7 per cent lpg<br />
consumption compared to petrol in her BRC converted Range Rover.<br />
The challenge succeeded in raising awareness with motorists, with<br />
articles appearing in local press along the route and motoring<br />
magazines. Chris Hope of Kelsey Publishing, which publishes over a<br />
dozen motoring magazines, accompanied the drivers on the challenge<br />
and will be syndicating his article across the company’s titles.<br />
The challenge also showed what the industry can achieve when it<br />
pulls together. Installers involved their staff and customers as drivers,<br />
and companies, including BP <strong>Gas</strong>, Countrywide, F1 Automotive,<br />
Gleaner Oils and Lima Autogas contributed the fuel to make the<br />
challenge happen.<br />
Steve was surprised by the camaraderie and competitive spirit<br />
between the teams this year. Since completing the challenge, most<br />
of the drivers, even self-professed lead foot Steve, have changed<br />
their driving styles to become more fuel-efficient as it was a<br />
necessity during the challenge. Winner Stephanie Brown is<br />
American and used to driving on long, straight roads between<br />
states, which she is sure was a contributing factor to her success.<br />
Surprisingly, the challenge turned into a spectator sport, with over<br />
600 people watching the drivers’ progress up the country on<br />
Btrack’s website. Steve’s wife got several calls telling her Steve was<br />
going the wrong way when he deviated from the direct route looking<br />
for a shortcut!<br />
Steve has already had interest from both drivers and suppliers for<br />
next year’s challenge. He’s hoping to do a tour of the UK’s capitals<br />
and Dublin, as feedback from participants indicated that they would<br />
like the challenge to be longer next year, with extended stops to<br />
admire the scenery.<br />
With that much more to organise though he’s going to need some<br />
help, so if you would like to be involved as a driver or autogas<br />
supplier, or just want to help get it off the ground, contact Stephen<br />
on 01392 879290 steve@gaspoweruk.co.uk<br />
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FRONT COVER PICTURE<br />
Buoyant <strong>barbecue</strong> <strong>trade</strong> <strong>expected</strong><br />
See page 8<br />
<strong>LP</strong> GAS MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010 3
NEWS<br />
Calor Report Urges RHI Rethink<br />
A report commissioned by<br />
Calor <strong>Gas</strong> Ltd urges a<br />
government rethink on what the<br />
authors Dr John Constable and<br />
Dr Lee Moroney describe as the<br />
“irresponsible” plan for a<br />
Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).<br />
The RHI is designed to<br />
incentivise domestic, commercial<br />
and industrial customers to<br />
switch from fossil-fuelled heating<br />
to a specific set of renewable<br />
technologies, including ground<br />
and air source heat pumps and<br />
solar water heating.<br />
The Renewable Heat<br />
Incentive: Risks And Remedies<br />
report, released by the<br />
environmental consultancy<br />
Renewable Energy Forum,<br />
assesses the cost-effectiveness<br />
and impact of the RHI on<br />
consumers using the<br />
Department of Energy & Climate<br />
Change’s (DECC) own charts<br />
and figures.<br />
The report claims that the RHI<br />
is an expensive leap into the<br />
4<br />
dark, relying on the major<br />
deployment of renewable heat<br />
technologies that are new in the<br />
UK, and that the Government’s<br />
own estimates show that its<br />
costs exceed the energy benefits<br />
by £1.2bn to £13.4bn and<br />
resulting carbon savings in 2020<br />
are estimated to be only three<br />
per cent of current emissions.<br />
The report also says that the<br />
RHI would increase the average<br />
domestic gas bill by 14 per cent<br />
(£94) per annum, and the<br />
average medium sized<br />
commercial gas bill by 19 per<br />
cent (£86,000) by 2020, and<br />
could, in practice, consume<br />
around two per cent of the<br />
annual income of the poorest<br />
households, with the funds<br />
going to the richest households,<br />
which will be able to benefit from<br />
the RHI subsidies.<br />
The report states: “The funding<br />
mechanism for the RHI is as yet<br />
undetermined. The options are<br />
either a levy on fossil fuel sold for<br />
All Rise for Rose<br />
East Sussex based<br />
independent lpg supplier<br />
George Rose supplied the lp<br />
Twenty-four balloons took to the skies.<br />
gas for the Wisborough<br />
Green Charity Hot Air Balloon<br />
Festival in September.<br />
heat, or a direct draw from<br />
general taxation. A levy on fossil<br />
fuel would fall on all users of fossil<br />
fuels for heat, including off-grid<br />
gas and oil consumers.<br />
“This would almost certainly<br />
mean that a significant proportion<br />
of poorer members of society<br />
would bear a disproportionate<br />
share of the costs, and is very<br />
likely to increase fuel poverty in<br />
certain sectors, particularly rural<br />
areas. DECC’s own analysis<br />
suggests that government is<br />
aware of this.”<br />
The report concludes that the<br />
actual costs and outcomes of<br />
the proposed RHI are so<br />
uncertain that it would be<br />
irresponsible to proceed in the<br />
current form, since it will expose<br />
consumers subsidising the<br />
scheme to the risk of high costs<br />
without adequate assurances of<br />
any compensating benefits.<br />
Contact Calor <strong>Gas</strong> Ltd on<br />
01926 330088<br />
www.calor.co.uk<br />
Twenty-four balloons took to<br />
the skies with 34 passengers,<br />
and over £7,000 was raised<br />
for CHASE, a local charity<br />
supporting life limited<br />
children.<br />
Organiser Brian Smith<br />
said: “We’d like to thank<br />
George Rose for the<br />
excellent service they<br />
provided for our balloon<br />
festival. Several of the pilots<br />
and crew remarked on the<br />
professional and friendly<br />
refuelling service.”<br />
Contact George Rose on<br />
01825 732655<br />
www.georgerose.co.uk<br />
Lpg Fleet Reaches Highest Level<br />
On July 1, the number of ships in<br />
the world lpg carrier fleet<br />
reached its highest level so far,<br />
totalling 1,092 ships with a<br />
further 166 vessels on order,<br />
according to the list in <strong>LP</strong>G<br />
World Shipping compiled jointly<br />
with BRL Shipping Consultants.<br />
BRL Shipping Consultants<br />
maintains a large shipping<br />
database containing information<br />
on 80,000 ships.<br />
Mike Corkhill, editor of <strong>LP</strong>G<br />
World Shipping, said: “Although<br />
the lpg fleet, like all sectors of<br />
shipping, has been impacted by<br />
the economic recession,<br />
contracts for new gas carriers<br />
have begun to percolate through<br />
once again in recent months to<br />
replenish the order book.”<br />
The fleet list in <strong>LP</strong>G World<br />
Shipping is broken down by<br />
generic types of carrier and<br />
includes information on each<br />
ship, its capacity, delivery date,<br />
shipyard and owner, and the<br />
fleet in which the vessel is<br />
currently serving.<br />
Contact <strong>LP</strong>G World Shipping<br />
on 0208 364 1551<br />
www.lpgworldshipping.com<br />
<strong>LP</strong> GAS MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010<br />
Call for<br />
Rushlight Entries<br />
The fourth annual Rushlight<br />
Awards will be held on<br />
January 27 2011 and entries<br />
are invited for the 24<br />
categories covering<br />
renewable energy, clean<br />
fuels, energy efficiency,<br />
power generation, green<br />
products and services, water,<br />
waste and environmental<br />
monitoring and<br />
management. The Rushlight<br />
Awards promote energy,<br />
resource and environmental<br />
technologies and innovations<br />
by organisations throughout<br />
the UK and Ireland. Entries<br />
must be received by October<br />
31 2010.<br />
Clive Hall, chief executive<br />
of Eventure Media Ltd, which<br />
organises the awards, said:<br />
“The Rushlight Awards have<br />
become an established event<br />
recognising the clean<br />
technology stars of<br />
today. These awards will<br />
highlight the technologies<br />
and innovations that are<br />
shaping the energy,<br />
transport, environment and<br />
industry sectors in the future.<br />
“We have reorganised<br />
some of the categories this<br />
year and introduced one new<br />
one to cover environmental<br />
monitoring and analysis. If<br />
you have developed a<br />
technology or innovation that<br />
is pertinent to one of these<br />
categories, then do not<br />
hesitate to enter as you have<br />
so much to gain. As an RSA<br />
accredited event, all group<br />
category winners will<br />
automatically be nominated<br />
for the UK entries of the<br />
European Business Awards<br />
for the Environment.”<br />
Lisa Thomson,<br />
communications manager at<br />
UK<strong>LP</strong>G, said: “UK<strong>LP</strong>G is<br />
once again a supporting<br />
partner of the Rushlight<br />
Awards. The awards seem to<br />
have built momentum year<br />
on year and it would be nice<br />
to have an lpg nomination.”<br />
Contact the Rushlight Awards<br />
on 0208 870 9345<br />
www.rushlightawards.co.uk
NEWS<br />
Lpg Forklifts Outperform Diesel<br />
Retail delivery statistics from the<br />
British Industrial Truck<br />
Association (BITA) revealed that<br />
lpg is increasing in popularity in<br />
the forklift market. In June and<br />
July, sales of lpg counterbalance<br />
forklift trucks outsold those<br />
powered by diesel and, in June,<br />
sales of lpg trucks took a<br />
massive 188 per cent increase<br />
over the previous month’s sales.<br />
The statistics also showed<br />
that lpg forklifts accounted for<br />
30.2 per cent of counterbalance<br />
forklift trucks sold.<br />
Jim Moyes, Calor <strong>Gas</strong>’ forklift<br />
truck specialist, said the figures<br />
came as no surprise.<br />
He said: “The benefits of lpg in<br />
the forklift market have been<br />
widely recognised over recent<br />
years, with all of the major<br />
equipment manufacturers now<br />
offering lpg models in their<br />
product ranges. “<strong>LP</strong>G avoids the<br />
6<br />
lengthy charging periods<br />
associated with electric trucks<br />
and, as a cleaner burning fuel<br />
than diesel, <strong>LP</strong>G results in less<br />
potential for oil contamination<br />
and reduced overall engine<br />
wear. What’s more, lower<br />
carbon emissions from engines<br />
means that they can be used<br />
inside in sensitive environments,<br />
as well as outside on more<br />
difficult terrains.”<br />
Contact Calor <strong>Gas</strong> Ltd on<br />
08001 217841<br />
www.calor.co.uk<br />
Shell Renews Wincanton Contract<br />
Supply chain solutions provider<br />
Wincanton has secured a £13<br />
million two-year renewal of its<br />
UK bulk tanker distribution of<br />
lpg and aerosol propellants for<br />
Shell <strong>Gas</strong>. Shell’s bulk tanker<br />
fleet predominantly loads from<br />
terminals at Stanlow in<br />
Cheshire and Mossmorran<br />
in Fife and has a nationwide<br />
distribution network<br />
managed from eight strategic<br />
operating centres.<br />
Shell <strong>Gas</strong> managing<br />
The World <strong>LP</strong> <strong>Gas</strong> Association<br />
(W<strong>LP</strong>GA) HAS created a new<br />
website<br />
www.exceptionalenergy.com to<br />
showcase its <strong>LP</strong>G Exceptional<br />
Energy brand, which aims to<br />
raise awareness of the features<br />
of lpg among policymakers,<br />
industry and consumers and<br />
promote the use of consistent<br />
messages within the global lpg<br />
industry.<br />
The website showcases the<br />
features of lpg, a series of cases<br />
studies from around the world,<br />
interactive maps and graphs<br />
featuring the fuel’s benefits,<br />
Lpg is increasing in popularity in the forklift market.<br />
director Phil Turley said: “The<br />
signing of the contract<br />
extension between Shell <strong>Gas</strong><br />
and Wincanton is testament<br />
to what we have already<br />
achieved together in health<br />
and safety – value generation<br />
and cost effective growth.<br />
These achievements are only<br />
possible through teamwork,<br />
determination and<br />
professional excellence at all<br />
levels of both organisations,<br />
and I am looking forward to<br />
continuing this partnership<br />
over the coming years.”<br />
Chris Kingshott, managing<br />
director for manufacturing at<br />
Wincanton added: “We work<br />
very closely with our<br />
customers to ensure they<br />
experience a seamless<br />
service, and we’re delighted<br />
to be continuing with the<br />
contract for Shell <strong>Gas</strong>.”<br />
Contact Wincanton on<br />
01249 710000<br />
www.wincanton.co.uk<br />
New Website Promotes Exceptional Energy<br />
factsheets, Q&As, a resource<br />
centre with reports and studies<br />
and a media room for journalists.<br />
The next phase will be to<br />
translate the website into<br />
different languages.<br />
The website also includes an<br />
industry toolkit for W<strong>LP</strong>GA<br />
members containing branded<br />
communication materials and<br />
readymade artwork, such as the<br />
Exceptional Times Require<br />
Exceptional Energy advertising<br />
campaign, to promote the use of<br />
common and consistent<br />
messages industrywide.<br />
James Rockall, managing<br />
director of the W<strong>LP</strong>GA, said:<br />
“The advertising campaign aims<br />
to inject a refreshing, human<br />
approach to the lpg industry that<br />
everyone can relate to. The<br />
brand is supplier neutral, which<br />
means the entire industry can<br />
use it. We are encouraging all of<br />
our regional and national<br />
associations to use it, so we are<br />
speaking with one voice and<br />
help spread the word that lpg is<br />
an exceptional energy.”<br />
Contact the World <strong>LP</strong> <strong>Gas</strong><br />
Association on<br />
+33 1 58 052800<br />
www.worldlpgas.com<br />
<strong>LP</strong> GAS MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010<br />
<strong>Gas</strong> Safety<br />
Trust Appoints<br />
New Trustees<br />
Four new trustees have been<br />
appointed by gas<br />
safety charity the <strong>Gas</strong> Safety<br />
Trust. The CORGI Trust<br />
changed its name to The <strong>Gas</strong><br />
Safety Trust in April and<br />
relocated its office away<br />
from the main CORGI office<br />
at Chineham Park,<br />
Basingstoke, to a new<br />
location two miles away.<br />
Nigel Dumbrell, trust<br />
manager, said: “The <strong>Gas</strong><br />
Safety Trust has developed<br />
into the UK’s leading gas<br />
safety charity and as such the<br />
Trustees decided it was time<br />
to reflect its independence<br />
from CORGI, for which<br />
everyone appreciates and<br />
respects all the financial and<br />
marketing support it provided.<br />
However, this is a new and<br />
exciting era for the <strong>Gas</strong> Safety<br />
Trust and our new strategy will<br />
reflect our vision and aims for<br />
the next two years.”<br />
The new trustees are Phil<br />
Brown, president of the<br />
Institution of <strong>Gas</strong> Engineers<br />
& Managers (IGEM) and gas<br />
systems manager for<br />
National Grid; Bob Kerr, head<br />
of business integrity at<br />
British <strong>Gas</strong>; Roger Webb,<br />
deputy chief executive of the<br />
Society of British <strong>Gas</strong><br />
Industries (SBGI) and<br />
director of the Heating &<br />
Hotwater Industry Council<br />
(HHIC), and Bill Wright, the<br />
Electrical Safety Council<br />
independent energy<br />
consultant and chair of the<br />
Electrical Safety Council.<br />
Mary Benwell, <strong>Gas</strong> Safety<br />
Trust chair, said: “To have the<br />
expert level of support from<br />
all the <strong>Gas</strong> Safety Trust<br />
trustees in this exciting<br />
period of our development is<br />
crucial and I look forward to<br />
the additional contribution of<br />
our new trustees in enabling<br />
the trust to meet the<br />
challenges and opportunities<br />
of the future.”<br />
Contact the <strong>Gas</strong> Safety Trust on<br />
01256 548020<br />
www.gas-safety-trust.org.uk
OUTDOOR LEISURE<br />
BUOYANT<br />
BARBECUE TRADE<br />
EXPECTED<br />
Richard Plowman, secretary of the Leisure &<br />
Outdoor Furniture Association, gives a round up<br />
of <strong>barbecue</strong> trends for 2011 following the<br />
association’s Summer Outdoor Leisure Exhibition.<br />
The talk of the Summer Outdoor<br />
Leisure Exhibition (SOLEX) in<br />
July, organised by the Leisure &<br />
Outdoor Furniture Association<br />
(LOFA), was the great early<br />
summer weather and how<br />
stocks in the <strong>trade</strong> were selling<br />
fast. These early season sales<br />
inevitably created big interest<br />
and demand from retailers at the<br />
show who needed to replenish<br />
stocks of <strong>barbecue</strong>s and<br />
outdoor furniture for 2011.<br />
Barbecues have come a long<br />
way from the original charcoal<br />
burners, and lpg cooking is now<br />
the number one choice fuel for<br />
camping equipment and the<br />
larger multi-burner wheel around<br />
trolleys. Sixteen different<br />
exhibitors, including Landmann,<br />
Lifestyle Appliances, Outback<br />
and Mountrose, were displaying<br />
attractive gas <strong>barbecue</strong>s and<br />
cooking stations at SOLEX and<br />
all reported good business in the<br />
run up to 2011.<br />
The trend towards<br />
‘staycation’ holidays in 2010<br />
8<br />
Sales manager Charles Condor with Cadac's Braai Maxx.<br />
created big demand for new gas<br />
fired cooking equipment, as 54<br />
per cent of Britons questioned in<br />
spring planned to take their main<br />
holiday in the UK. Perhaps the<br />
resulting wet August dampened<br />
enthusiasm for holidaying under<br />
canvas, but not the demand for<br />
using <strong>barbecue</strong>s whenever a<br />
warm day offered the<br />
opportunity for alfresco dining.<br />
Big name chefs are now being<br />
used to drive extra endorsement<br />
to some offerings. HeavenChef,<br />
powered by Flogas, launched an<br />
exciting new range of Marco<br />
Pierre White gas <strong>barbecue</strong>s and<br />
grills. With distinctive point of<br />
sale material featuring the<br />
somewhat scary visage of the<br />
famous cook glaring at<br />
passersby, no one could miss<br />
the link or the extra appeal that<br />
this may give to the now large<br />
range of innovative gas<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s and portable range<br />
of MarcO-Grills. The colourful<br />
easy carry MarcO-Grill is fuelled<br />
with a disposable canister of<br />
branded ‘O-<strong>Gas</strong>’ (propane) that<br />
can be directly and easily<br />
inserted into the grill to provide a<br />
truly portable package.<br />
Cadac were showing for the<br />
first time the award-winning Braai<br />
Maxx kitchen station that won<br />
Gold at Spoga 2009 for <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
innovation. Two high performance<br />
burners designed for a wide<br />
range of temperatures from 900<br />
C to 3000C provide<br />
interchangeable cooking surfaces<br />
that allow consumers to grill, stir<br />
fry, bake or oven cook pizzas.<br />
These surfaces include the Cadac<br />
Skottel, wok, reversible ribbed<br />
and flat grill plate, baking stone<br />
and paella pan.<br />
Britain’s number one<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> brand Weber seemed<br />
to attract more customers than<br />
anyone else at the show. With<br />
50 years’ experience and a<br />
unique appeal to professional<br />
and novice <strong>barbecue</strong>rs around<br />
the world, its kettle grills are<br />
world famous.<br />
Following a major overhaul of<br />
its charcoal line up for 2010, this<br />
year many of Weber’s gas and<br />
electric models are getting a<br />
revamp. New vibrant colours will<br />
be making a big splash for 2011<br />
on the redesigned Q range.<br />
Light and versatile Weber Qs are<br />
ideal for those people who want<br />
to take their <strong>barbecue</strong> on the go.<br />
Flare-ups and the burnt food<br />
that results from fat dropping<br />
onto burner surfaces are<br />
obviously a fresh focus to some<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> manufacturers. All<br />
OutdoorChef’s gas <strong>barbecue</strong>s<br />
now feature a factoryassembled<br />
burner protected by<br />
a patented porcelain enamelled<br />
funnel system that protects the<br />
burner from dripping fat. The<br />
<strong>LP</strong> GAS MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010<br />
Grillstream inventor Peter Neath explains to Dragon's Den cameras the launch by<br />
Leisuregrow of their no-flare improvement to lp gas <strong>barbecue</strong>s.<br />
kettle shape allows for direct<br />
and all round indirect cooking<br />
and the funnel system means no<br />
more flare-ups because it guides<br />
any liquids safely into the drip<br />
pan below. It does this while<br />
maintaining an authentic<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> flavour.<br />
The 2011 Outdoor Chef range<br />
includes ten premium gas kettle<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s, all of which<br />
incorporate the unique funnelsystem<br />
technology. Top of the<br />
range is the Venezia with two<br />
separate ring burners and<br />
gourmet design trolley complete<br />
with granite work surface to the<br />
smaller futuristic trolley of the<br />
Delta 480.<br />
On the Leisuregrow stand, the<br />
inventors of the GrillStream<br />
patented double grill bar system,<br />
which makes flare-ups a thing of<br />
the past, were on hand to explain<br />
their moment of fame on last<br />
year’s Dragon’s Den. Developing<br />
the invention into a unique range<br />
of traditional and gas fired<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s has been the privilege<br />
of Richard Grimmer, managing<br />
director of distributor Leisuregrow,<br />
who was proud to welcome a<br />
BBC crew onto the stand so they<br />
could film the next stage in getting<br />
the invention to market.<br />
With the patented Grillstream<br />
system fitted to traditional and<br />
gas fired <strong>barbecue</strong>s, anyone can<br />
cook with confidence. Videos<br />
showed how the system still<br />
allows direct grilling through the<br />
bars yet, because of their V<br />
shape, fat and drain liquids away<br />
from the burners or coals to<br />
prevent flare-ups.<br />
Contact the Leisure &<br />
Outdoor Furniture<br />
Association on 01243 839593<br />
www.lofa.com
OUTDOOR LEISURE<br />
BARBECUING<br />
PLEASURE<br />
WHATEVER THE<br />
WEATHER<br />
OMC brand Broil King reports major sales growth<br />
of its lpg <strong>barbecue</strong>s this year as UK consumers<br />
enjoy outdoor entertaining. Mike Francis, OMC’s<br />
UK general sales manager, tells us why.<br />
Broil King is the major <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
brand of the Onward<br />
Manufacturing Company Ltd<br />
(OMC), a Canadian family<br />
owned company established in<br />
1906. As a leading manufacturer<br />
and distributor of quality lpg<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> products in over 30<br />
countries, OMC has built an<br />
enviable reputation for quality,<br />
durability and cooking<br />
performance. It’s UK operation,<br />
based in Neston, Cheshire, has<br />
been running for over 10 years,<br />
distributing through Calor <strong>Gas</strong><br />
showrooms and a network of<br />
outdoor leisure independents.<br />
In 2010, OMC has seen a<br />
significant rise even on the record<br />
sales of 2009. Our sales<br />
performance this year was<br />
boosted by the great weather<br />
before the May Bank Holidays,<br />
which is traditionally the start of<br />
the <strong>barbecue</strong> season. The<br />
football World Cup also<br />
contributed but, overall, UK<br />
consumers are discovering how<br />
easy it is to cook with lpg models,<br />
particularly Broil King, as they are<br />
so versatile, offering direct or<br />
convection oven cooking.<br />
We find our independent<br />
retailers take the time to explain<br />
all the features of our models so<br />
customers understand the full<br />
range of possibilities beyond<br />
flipping sausages and burgers –<br />
that you can roast a chicken,<br />
cook a pizza or even bake a<br />
cake with one of our models.<br />
They are also assured of our<br />
great quality, being built in North<br />
America and not China, and our<br />
10<br />
Imperial XL.<br />
warranties range from two to five<br />
years on our stainless steel<br />
burners and limited lifetime on<br />
our die-cast aluminium ovens.<br />
We also back this up with<br />
excellent after sales service and<br />
we’re committed to ensuring the<br />
availability of genuine<br />
replacement parts for many<br />
years to come. Overall, Broil<br />
King gas <strong>barbecue</strong>s deliver<br />
great results, making<br />
barbecuing a pleasure whatever<br />
the weather.<br />
Broil King lpg models range<br />
from under £200 to £2,000. On<br />
the larger models, the cabinets<br />
provide ample room to store a<br />
13kg propane cylinder and their<br />
<strong>trade</strong>mark Sure-Lite ignition<br />
system offers peace of mind for<br />
lighting the <strong>barbecue</strong> regardless<br />
of weather conditions.<br />
Broil King’s flagship model is<br />
the impressive Imperial XL,<br />
which features six stainless<br />
Dual-Tube steel burners and a<br />
massive cooking surface. This<br />
provides the flexibility of precise<br />
heat control, with two separate<br />
ovens allowing cooking at<br />
different temperatures at the<br />
same time. This model has it all,<br />
whether entertaining two people<br />
or twenty-two.<br />
Slightly smaller in size but<br />
equally impressive are the Regal,<br />
Sovereign and Signet models.<br />
With the Monarch, the<br />
exceptional quality remains the<br />
same, which is what sets this<br />
series apart from its rival brands.<br />
It features a rustproof cast<br />
aluminium oven, the unbeatable<br />
11.4kW Super 8 Infinity Dual<br />
Burner and durable stainless<br />
steel components, making this a<br />
dependable <strong>barbecue</strong> with great<br />
value for all to enjoy.<br />
Two of Broil King’s best sellers,<br />
the Gem and Gem Super,<br />
although smaller, are built to the<br />
same rigorous standards. They’re<br />
loaded with quality features not<br />
normally found with other entrylevel<br />
models. The Gems are<br />
perfect for smaller families and<br />
tight spaces without sacrificing<br />
cooking efficiency. Features<br />
include an 8.8kW stainless steel<br />
dual burner and a trivet side<br />
burner on the Gem Super.<br />
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OMC has seen a significant rise even on the record sales of 2009.<br />
Porta-Chef.<br />
There are two portable<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s in the range – the<br />
Porta-Chef and the newly<br />
launched Porta-Chef Pro. Cooking<br />
on the go has never been more<br />
convenient than with these two<br />
models, which are probably the<br />
most powerful portable <strong>barbecue</strong>s<br />
available. The sturdy legs quickly<br />
snap into place, providing a stable<br />
standalone <strong>barbecue</strong> with enough<br />
cooking surface to cater for the<br />
whole family. Features include a<br />
stainless steel 4.7kW burner, the<br />
Flav-R-Wave cooking system,<br />
porcelain-coated cast iron cooking<br />
grid on the Porta-Chef Pro and a<br />
retractable warming rack.<br />
OMC undertook a UK public<br />
relations campaign this year that<br />
included sponsorship of the<br />
Rugby Sevens Tournament at<br />
Twickenham in May and a<br />
broadcast campaign featuring<br />
England player Nick Easter. A<br />
barbecuing enthusiast himself,<br />
Nick was amused by results of a<br />
consumer survey by Broil King<br />
highlighting men’s fascination<br />
with outdoor cooking and their<br />
overall confidence when<br />
equipped with a high quality lpg<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>. Outdoor cooking<br />
becomes a pleasure not a chore,<br />
particularly when linked to sports<br />
events and entertaining friends,<br />
and perhaps this, combined with<br />
some sunshine and a Broil King<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>, is the key to further<br />
growth in the UK.<br />
Contact OMC Barbecues Ltd<br />
on 0151 336 6464<br />
www.omcbbq.com
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OUTDOOR LEISURE<br />
Cadac Bringing Real Innovation<br />
Cadac first launched in Europe in<br />
Holland in 1992 and, in January,<br />
Cadac UK was set up with<br />
offices, warehousing and<br />
manufacturing in Sheffield. Cadac<br />
is a 60-year-old South African<br />
company that has been the<br />
market leader for <strong>barbecue</strong>s in its<br />
home country for many decades.<br />
Charles Conder, general<br />
manager at Cadac UK, said:<br />
“Cadac Corner is as familiar at<br />
South African sporting events as<br />
the Guinness tent at<br />
Twickenham or the Foster’s tent<br />
at The Oval. The original Cadac<br />
Skottel <strong>barbecue</strong> was based on<br />
a curved plough head used by<br />
farmers to cook meat and was<br />
principally designed as a<br />
camping/day trip <strong>barbecue</strong>.<br />
“The company’s strength has<br />
always been product innovation<br />
and improvement, with a large<br />
team of designers based in<br />
Europe, here in the UK and in<br />
South Africa. It still leads the<br />
world in camping <strong>barbecue</strong>s,<br />
but has now turned its design<br />
and innovation skills to patio<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s as well.”<br />
Cadac intends to broaden its<br />
distribution of both camping and<br />
patio <strong>barbecue</strong>s, particularly at<br />
independent distributors, such<br />
as garden centres.<br />
Charles said: “Our build and<br />
design quality is second to none,<br />
we have outstanding point of<br />
sale and our pricing is<br />
competitive. We have the<br />
opportunity to bring real<br />
innovation to a market where<br />
successful new ideas are a rarity.<br />
“Our products have featured in<br />
Good Housekeeping magazine,<br />
on Channel 5’s The Gadget<br />
Show, ITV’s Good Morning –<br />
Phillip Schofield was particularly<br />
enthusiastic about the Skottel for<br />
stir-frying – and we also expect to<br />
appear on another terrestrial TV<br />
programme within the next few<br />
months. This exposure is likely to<br />
increase throughout the next 12<br />
to 18 months and filming has just<br />
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been completed for inclusion on<br />
a major terrestrial programme<br />
due out in spring 2010, featuring<br />
the Meridian <strong>barbecue</strong>.”<br />
Cadac will launch two new<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s for 2011. Meridian is<br />
a range of European designed<br />
hooded and flattop <strong>barbecue</strong>s<br />
with three or four burners. The<br />
Braai Maxx has interchangeable<br />
cooking surfaces and<br />
independently heat controlled<br />
dual hooded burner boxes that<br />
allow consumers to grill, stir-fry,<br />
bake or oven cook. It includes<br />
two five-jet burners that<br />
allow temperatures from<br />
90 to 350 degrees<br />
Celsius.<br />
Charles said: “The current<br />
state of the economy, combined<br />
with the poor exchange rate,<br />
means that the so called<br />
‘staycation’ is a reality – 54 per<br />
cent of Britons plan to take their<br />
main holiday in the UK according<br />
to a survey by YouGov for The<br />
Sunday Times, and campsite<br />
bookings have seen double digit<br />
growth for the past two years.<br />
The number of <strong>barbecue</strong>s sold<br />
for festivals – at least half a million<br />
people attended festivals in 2009<br />
– and day trip use has also<br />
increased significantly over the<br />
past few years, and this is a real<br />
opportunity for garden centres to<br />
extend their <strong>barbecue</strong> category.”<br />
Contact Cadac UK on<br />
0114 230 0091<br />
www.cadaceurope.com<br />
Cadac Braai Maxx.<br />
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OUTDOOR LEISURE<br />
PERSONALISING<br />
THE ALFRESCO<br />
EXPERIENCE<br />
Despite the changeable weather often<br />
associated with the typical British summer,<br />
outdoor leisure is a growing industry in the UK.<br />
Henry Cubbon, managing director of Flogas and<br />
its specialist <strong>barbecue</strong> division HeavenChef,<br />
explains why the market is expanding and how<br />
this provides opportunities for the lpg industry.<br />
From <strong>barbecue</strong>s and alfresco<br />
dining to lazy summer evenings<br />
in the garden, outdoor leisure<br />
activities are becoming<br />
increasingly popular in the<br />
UK. As a result, we are<br />
seeing growing numbers of<br />
consumers investing heavily<br />
in creating the right<br />
environment for their outdoor<br />
space and the products that<br />
they select to do this. In turn,<br />
this has created a stronger<br />
marketplace for lpg fuelled<br />
leisure products.<br />
Whether it’s <strong>barbecue</strong>s, patio<br />
heaters or lighting, dull, one-sizefits-all<br />
designs no longer cut it<br />
with consumers. Instead, we are<br />
seeing homeowners demand<br />
products that offer a careful<br />
balance of stylish aesthetics and<br />
performance, and can be<br />
tailored to meet their personal<br />
needs, and lpg designed goods<br />
provide the perfect route to<br />
accomplishing this.<br />
For example, when it comes<br />
to <strong>barbecue</strong>s, consumers don’t<br />
automatically opt for a simple<br />
charcoal box as they may have<br />
done a few years ago. Instead,<br />
they are looking for<br />
technologically advanced<br />
products that not only help them<br />
to show off their outdoor<br />
cooking prowess, but are also<br />
versatile enough to meet their<br />
requirements.<br />
This is just one of the reasons<br />
why we have seen a significant<br />
increase in purchases of lpg<br />
powered <strong>barbecue</strong>s in recent<br />
12<br />
MarcO-Grill 1000.<br />
years. Portable, lightweight lpg<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s, such as HeavenChef’s<br />
MarcO-Grill 1000 endorsed by<br />
Marco Pierre White, are proving<br />
increasingly popular with<br />
homeowners, camping<br />
enthusiasts, caravanners and<br />
festivalgoers alike. The reason<br />
being that technological<br />
advancements, such as built in<br />
regulators, which allow the<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> to be instantly<br />
connected to portable gas<br />
canisters or full-sized leisure<br />
cylinders, mean it can be used<br />
with ease both at home and away.<br />
For others, however, the<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> is seen as an<br />
extension of the kitchen and a<br />
tool for flaunting their<br />
barbecuing expertise. The<br />
increasing popularity of<br />
television cookery shows has<br />
seen more and more people<br />
striving to hone their culinary<br />
skills, and an lpg <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
provides them with the perfect<br />
tool to showcase their talents<br />
HeavenChef Olympic.<br />
thanks to the level of fuel control<br />
some products offer. This has<br />
opened up the market for<br />
grander <strong>barbecue</strong>s, such as<br />
HeavenChef’s Olympic or<br />
Titan models, which<br />
incorporate everything the<br />
keen <strong>barbecue</strong>r requires,<br />
from moisture bays that<br />
prevent food from drying out<br />
to glass viewing panels built<br />
into the hood.<br />
This quest by consumers<br />
to find personalised products<br />
to suit their needs does not end<br />
with <strong>barbecue</strong>s. Lpg powered<br />
patio heaters have also<br />
experienced a similar trend.<br />
Again, today’s energy and cost<br />
conscious consumer will look for<br />
a product that has been tailored<br />
to suit their needs. For example,<br />
we are seeing a rising popularity<br />
of eco-friendly patio heaters, such<br />
HeavenChef Titan.<br />
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as the Enders Eco heater, which<br />
provides 83 per cent less CO2<br />
emissions than some other<br />
standard heaters, as consumers<br />
strive to go green and spend less.<br />
With a wider selection of<br />
outdoor leisure products to<br />
choose from and the launch of an<br />
extensive range of price points,<br />
the concept of outdoor living has<br />
become accessible and, more<br />
significantly, appealing to the<br />
mass market. As major DIY<br />
retailers offer a whole host of gas<br />
appliances as standard,<br />
increasing numbers of people are<br />
being introduced to the outdoor<br />
leisure market, and there can be<br />
no doubt that this marketplace<br />
will continue to grow.<br />
Contact Flogas UK Ltd on<br />
0116 264 9089<br />
www.flogas.co.uk
LIFESTYLE<br />
SEEING LEISURE<br />
SECTOR GROWTH<br />
By Steve Goldsworthy, area sales<br />
manager, Lifestyle Appliances Ltd<br />
Lifestyle Appliances has seen a lot of changes<br />
in the outdoor leisure industry over a short<br />
period of time.<br />
After a difficult trading period in<br />
the last two years, this year has<br />
seen a growth in all Lifestyle<br />
Appliances’ business sector sales<br />
for outdoor leisure, including lp<br />
gas <strong>barbecue</strong>s and patio and<br />
greenhouse heaters, and<br />
industrial products, where we are<br />
going from strength to strength.<br />
Our top of the range Lifestyle<br />
stainless steel Connoisseur Pro<br />
gas <strong>barbecue</strong>s, available in four,<br />
five and seven burner models<br />
and with the option of additional<br />
stainless steel freestanding units<br />
to create a complete outdoor<br />
theatre, are creating a great<br />
amount of interest, as is the<br />
Lifestyle range of Aurora Deluxe<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s, available with two,<br />
three or four burners in either<br />
flatbed lid or full hooded versions.<br />
The current market for budget<br />
gas <strong>barbecue</strong>s is seeing low<br />
prices that have never been<br />
seen before in the marketplace.<br />
Lifestyle greenhouse heater.<br />
However, we believe this will<br />
benefit the quality end of the<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> market, opening it up<br />
for consumers wanting to <strong>trade</strong><br />
up to the mid and top quality<br />
gas grills.<br />
There is still a lot of general<br />
interest in our gas patio heaters<br />
and we are continuing to receive<br />
enquires from the commercial<br />
and general leisure sectors.<br />
Lifestyle has the ideal lpg patio<br />
heater range to extend the<br />
outdoor leisure period into the<br />
autumn evenings.<br />
Also, with the push for more<br />
‘grow your own’ requirements,<br />
our lpg greenhouse heater has<br />
generated a large amount of<br />
interest and sales. The heater is<br />
designed for glass greenhouses,<br />
supplying 1.9kW heat output,<br />
and is fully thermostatically<br />
controlled and supplied with<br />
hose and gas regulator.<br />
Having launched our lpg<br />
Lifestyle connoisseur Pro outdoor theatre.<br />
industrial equipment catalogue<br />
12 months ago, Lifestyle<br />
Appliances’ market share has<br />
gained great recognition within<br />
the industry. We still continue to<br />
receive positive feedback as one<br />
of the most comprehensive lpg<br />
industrial catalogues produced.<br />
We are also continuing our<br />
process of fully updating our<br />
website, which will shortly be<br />
listing our full range in detail. This<br />
will enable our customers to view<br />
our catalogue online at any time.<br />
As a direct result of this, our<br />
industrial lpg product sales have<br />
continued to show good growth,<br />
and products, such as our<br />
cabinet heaters, site heaters and<br />
gas accessories, have produced<br />
a steady increase in the general<br />
market share for Lifestyle.<br />
Aurora. Lifestyle commercial patio heater.<br />
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OUTDOOR LEISURE<br />
A great deal of hard work has<br />
taken place in the last 12<br />
months from all the team at<br />
Lifestyle Appliances to ensure<br />
our customers are given the<br />
best products and service. At<br />
Lifestyle, we take great pride in<br />
our high service levels. We offer<br />
a full, professional operational<br />
service to meet all customer<br />
requirements from our head<br />
office, based in Redditch,<br />
Worcestershire.<br />
All enquires, orders, stock<br />
distribution and technical<br />
information is handled directly by<br />
our colleagues, who are always<br />
happy to help and assist in all<br />
matters. Stock orders can be<br />
dispatched on a next day<br />
service, with pallet quantity<br />
orders offered on a standard two<br />
to three-day service.<br />
This is recognised by our<br />
customers, and we would like to<br />
take this opportunity to thank<br />
them for their continued support.<br />
Due to continued market<br />
growth by Lifestyle Appliances in<br />
the lpg and general outdoor<br />
leisure market, we are pleased<br />
to announce a new appointment<br />
to the company. Craig Broome<br />
as joined our growing team as<br />
national accounts and marketing<br />
manager. Craig has a vast<br />
amount of experience, having<br />
worked for over 25 years in the<br />
outdoor leisure market in the UK<br />
and Ireland.<br />
Contact Lifestyle Appliances<br />
Ltd on 01527 65126<br />
www.lifestyleappliances.co.uk<br />
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OUTDOOR LEISURE<br />
Barbecue Style Revolution<br />
John Brunner and Jeremy<br />
Taylor, co-founders of British<br />
design house and manufacturer<br />
Designer Holdings, have<br />
partnered with a Danish furniture<br />
design team to launch the new<br />
Grilltech C-BBQ range.<br />
John Brunner said: “This year,<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s get a much needed<br />
style makeover with our awardwinning<br />
brand Grilltech releasing<br />
the new contemporary C-BBQ<br />
range. ’Cool’, ‘minimalist’ or<br />
‘chic’ were not adjectives used<br />
to describe <strong>barbecue</strong>s until we<br />
set about a style evolution,<br />
transforming the humble grill into<br />
an object of desire.<br />
Incorporating cutting edge<br />
design, with durability and<br />
exceptional quality, the range<br />
comprises three sleek stainless<br />
steel models offering luxurious<br />
grilling experiences that look and<br />
perform like no other.”<br />
The C-BBQ 1 is a professional<br />
grade gas <strong>barbecue</strong> and, with a<br />
3,123cm2 cooking area, it’s the<br />
Leisuregrow Products Ltd<br />
has launched new <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
ranges incorporating<br />
Grillstream, a new grilling<br />
technology that was seen on<br />
the BBC television show<br />
Dragon’s Den. A follow up<br />
show was filmed on the<br />
Leisuregrow stand at the<br />
Solex exhibition in July and<br />
will air in early 2011.<br />
Leisuregrow’s 200,<br />
14<br />
largest grill in the range. The<br />
rectangular stainless steel model<br />
features a patented roll away<br />
roasting lid operated by a side<br />
handle, multi-functional wooden<br />
shelving that can be turned<br />
down to house cooking utensils<br />
or opened out to extend the<br />
cooking space, cast iron grills<br />
and two high power extra long<br />
burners, eliminating cold spots.<br />
The C-BBQ 2 and C-BBQ 3<br />
models are designed for smaller<br />
terraces and balconies. Like the<br />
C-BBQ 1, they are equipped<br />
with cast iron grills and patented<br />
space saving features, including<br />
300 and 600 Series models all<br />
incorporate its Grillstream<br />
technology. Specially shaped<br />
double grills channel<br />
dripping fats generated<br />
during cooking away from<br />
the heat source, which<br />
allows the food to grill safely<br />
and more healthily whilst<br />
maintaining the <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
taste. The Grillstream grills<br />
heat food to the optimum<br />
temperature for juices to turn<br />
into smoke, which then<br />
infuses the food with the<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> flavour.<br />
Lauren<br />
Woodgate at<br />
Leisuregrow said:<br />
“Leisuregrow <strong>barbecue</strong>s,<br />
which incorporate<br />
Grillstream technology, are<br />
the first real innovation<br />
since the invention of the<br />
gas <strong>barbecue</strong>. This<br />
revolutionary technology<br />
ensures food is cooked in a<br />
more controlled way, so that<br />
food is succulent and<br />
an integral fold down roasting lid<br />
that rotates 180 degrees and is<br />
concealed under the 1,600cm2<br />
cooking area, plus a slide out<br />
drip tray for easy cleaning.<br />
John said: “Grilltech set out<br />
with the mission to create a<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> that didn’t look like a<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>. Barbecues tend to<br />
have very little design input and<br />
they can be a bit of an eyesore<br />
on a beautiful rooftop or balcony.<br />
This product was crying out for a<br />
redesign.”<br />
Buoyed with the simple<br />
mission of redesigning the un-<br />
maintains that authentic<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> flavour. It also<br />
eliminates flare-ups, which<br />
are the cause of so many<br />
burnt sausages and chicken<br />
pieces.”<br />
Leisuregrow says the<br />
Grillstream system is the first<br />
to completely eradicate flareups<br />
and fat fires as the<br />
cooking grease is channelled<br />
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designed, John and Jeremy<br />
have created a portfolio of<br />
everyday household items that<br />
have been transformed from<br />
mundane devices into slick<br />
must-have designer pieces.<br />
Home brands under the Direct<br />
Designs banner include the<br />
Grilltech and Hotspot<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>s, the Heatstrip<br />
indoor/outdoor heater and the<br />
Urban Flame indoor fireplace.<br />
Contact Designer Holdings<br />
on 08444 630267<br />
www.designerholdings.co.uk<br />
Leisuregrow Adopts Dragon’s Den Grillstream<br />
Leisuregrow 645.<br />
C-BBQ1.<br />
C-BBQ3.<br />
Leisuregrow 666.<br />
away into a catch system,<br />
and also has improved heat<br />
distribution plates that are<br />
more efficient and use 30 per<br />
cent less lpg.<br />
The Leisuregrow 2011<br />
range also includes <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
accessories and covers.<br />
Contact Leisuregrow Products<br />
Ltd on 01462 744654<br />
www.leisuregrow.com
WEBER TRANSFORMS<br />
FOR 2011<br />
By John Cooper, managing director,<br />
Weber UK<br />
As British <strong>barbecue</strong> experts, Weber is excited<br />
to be launching a series of new innovations for<br />
2011 that are set to take the outdoor leisure<br />
industry by storm.<br />
Weber is the UK’s number one<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> brand, with over 50<br />
years’ expertise in producing<br />
outdoor gas grills of exceptional<br />
quality and style. Following a<br />
major overhaul of our charcoal<br />
line up in 2010, this year, many of<br />
Weber’s gas models are getting<br />
a revamp, with a number of new<br />
features that should appeal to<br />
retailers and consumers alike.<br />
GENESIS<br />
Weber has radically transformed<br />
its classic Genesis range,<br />
bringing a whole new dimension<br />
to the UK’s gas <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
offering. Featuring design and<br />
technology elements inspired by<br />
its ‘big brother’ – the top of the<br />
range Weber Summit – the new<br />
Genesis models are an evolution<br />
of design and functionality.<br />
Consumer studies indicate that<br />
Weber Genesis consumers want<br />
additional workspace, so<br />
significant enhancements have<br />
been made in this area. Advances<br />
in valve ignition systems have<br />
allowed the control knobs to be<br />
moved to the front, providing the<br />
additional workspace. The front<br />
control panel also allows for<br />
migration of Summit technologies.<br />
The new entry level Genesis<br />
E310 is set to be a bestseller<br />
with its stunning good looks.<br />
The model features two locking<br />
casters, two fixed casters, a<br />
porcelain-enamelled shroud and<br />
a centre-mounted thermometer.<br />
There are two stainless steel<br />
work surfaces and three<br />
stainless steel burners, plus<br />
porcelain-enamelled cooking<br />
grates, porcelain-enamelled<br />
Flavorizer bars, a total cooking<br />
area of 637 sq in and a warming<br />
rack area of 130 sq in.<br />
The Genesis E310 also has<br />
a 42,000 BTU/hour input, a<br />
limited 25-year warranty and is<br />
available in the S-310 stainless<br />
steel version.<br />
SEAR<br />
The inventive new Genesis E-<br />
330 Grill Centre is a real<br />
standout product with a high in<br />
store impact. The ‘outdoor<br />
kitchen’ offers more workspace<br />
and storage, with a number of<br />
enriched features, such as a<br />
front mounted control panel with<br />
style kettle knobs, advanced<br />
valve ignition system, a porcelain<br />
enamelled shroud with centre<br />
thermometer and the new<br />
10,000 BTU/hour input sear<br />
burner Sear Station.<br />
The all-new high-powered<br />
Weber Sear Station boost<br />
burner creates a temporary high<br />
heat zone, which flash sears<br />
steaks to perfection, creating<br />
beautiful caramelised grill<br />
marks and sealing in juices.<br />
After searing, slide the meat to<br />
a cooler zone of the grill to<br />
finish cooking – the ‘sear and<br />
slide’ technique.<br />
The Genesis E-330 Grill<br />
Centre also features cabinets<br />
that include wire shelving for<br />
storage and two stainless steel<br />
worktops. The E-330 is available<br />
in the S-330 stainless steel<br />
version and an accessory cover<br />
is available separately for both<br />
models. The E-330 and S-330<br />
models are also available<br />
without the Grill Centre, whilst<br />
keeping all other features and<br />
style of the updated version.<br />
For 2011, Weber has enhanced<br />
its increasingly popular Q range,<br />
adding a whole host of new<br />
features. Light, versatile and<br />
durable, Weber Qs are ideal for<br />
those wanting to take their<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> ‘on the go’, or for<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>rs that are looking for<br />
something a little bit different<br />
when it comes to design.<br />
Weber has created a new<br />
stylish Q stand, which will be<br />
included in the box with all<br />
Q120s, Q200s and Q220s. It<br />
features three tool holders and a<br />
screen to hide the lp gas bottle.<br />
The sleek screen can attach in<br />
two ways, offering consumers<br />
the choice to decide which way<br />
they prefer it to face. Next year,<br />
the Q120, Q220 and Q200 will<br />
also be packaged with this new<br />
stand all in one box, meaning no<br />
more logistical problems of two<br />
boxes and two barcodes.<br />
The Q120 has a new look and<br />
now has a higher lid profile and<br />
an integrated thermometer,<br />
which gives the <strong>barbecue</strong> added<br />
appeal. The Q range all boast<br />
five-year warranties for<br />
customer peace of mind and are<br />
designed to be used all year<br />
round, whatever the weather.<br />
SUMMIT<br />
Weber’s new Summit S670 is set<br />
to be the most sought after luxury<br />
grill on the market for 2011. The<br />
model builds on the current top<br />
of the line Weber Summit S650<br />
and will feature a 480° Celsius<br />
Sear Station, lighted control<br />
knobs, a new side table and<br />
control panel with castings, trim<br />
on stainless steel doors and a<br />
Tuck Away Rotisserie.<br />
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OUTDOOR LEISURE<br />
Weber’s Grill Academy teaches how to get the best out of a <strong>barbecue</strong>.<br />
Weber is also adding a<br />
Summit E670, E470 and S470 to<br />
the much celebrated <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
range. The Summit E670 has the<br />
same features as the S670 but in<br />
black enamel and the Summit<br />
E470 has four burners. The<br />
S470 has a stainless steel finish<br />
with all the new features of the<br />
S670, but with four burners. All<br />
the new Weber Summits have a<br />
limited 25-year warranty.<br />
ACADEMY<br />
Earlier this year, Weber launched<br />
the UK’s first dedicated <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
cookery school, which is located<br />
just outside of Oxford. The Grill<br />
Academy offers British <strong>barbecue</strong><br />
fans the unique opportunity to be<br />
trained by Weber’s highly skilled<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong> tutors on the very latest<br />
Weber models.<br />
Classes cover everything<br />
<strong>barbecue</strong>rs need to know about<br />
the different cookery techniques<br />
and how to get the best out of<br />
their <strong>barbecue</strong>. A year round<br />
venue, guests to the academy<br />
can cook on gas <strong>barbecue</strong>s in<br />
the specially adapted kitchen, or<br />
outdoors on charcoal or<br />
smoker-style <strong>barbecue</strong>s.<br />
Contact Weber UK on<br />
01756 692600<br />
www.weberbbq.co.uk<br />
Weber Q120.<br />
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TELEMETRY<br />
IMPROVING SUPPLY<br />
EFFICIENCY<br />
By Dave Oakes, sales director,<br />
Powelectrics Ltd<br />
New generation telemetry benefits you, your<br />
customers and the environment.<br />
There’s no disputing that last<br />
winter was a harsh one that<br />
provided lpg suppliers with some<br />
additional challenges – road<br />
closures, harsh conditions and<br />
the restrictions of the working<br />
time directive made it increasingly<br />
difficult to deliver product where it<br />
was needed most.<br />
The challenges facing any<br />
form of logistics are continually<br />
increasing, with the cost of fuel<br />
always on the rise and ever more<br />
congestion on the roads, so it’s<br />
therefore no great surprise that<br />
the European Chemical Industry<br />
Council (CEFIC) is encouraging<br />
the extended use of Enterprise<br />
Resource Planning (ERP) tools to<br />
improve supply chain efficiency.<br />
According to the Department<br />
for Transport, by 2015, total<br />
traffic on the roads will have<br />
grown by over 30 per cent in the<br />
UK compared to 2000 levels, and<br />
the CBI has estimated that road<br />
congestion costs the UK up to<br />
£20 billion per year. Since 2000,<br />
the price of fuel has increased 42<br />
per cent, so it’s certainly not<br />
going to get cheaper to distribute<br />
The price of fuel has increased by<br />
42% since 2000.<br />
16<br />
86% of deliveries could be made more efficiently.<br />
lpg in the future.<br />
Help is at hand in the form of<br />
the Metron series from<br />
Powelectrics, which leads the<br />
way in next generation telemetry<br />
devices, bringing down solution<br />
costs and opening up<br />
applications that were previously<br />
hard to justify. Wire-free, low<br />
cost flexible communications<br />
from an internal battery leads to<br />
a quick and easy installation.<br />
The use of Metron telemetry<br />
devices for tank level monitoring<br />
has seen an increase in drop size<br />
of 34 per cent, leading to<br />
significant cost savings and a<br />
dramatic reduction in CO2<br />
emissions. But the benefits don’t<br />
stop there. There are operational<br />
benefits, with fewer emergency<br />
shipments, reduced customer<br />
service requirements and<br />
reduced sales resources needed.<br />
The balance sheet can look<br />
healthier, as inventory visibility<br />
downstream can reduce the<br />
inventory requirement upstream.<br />
Sales can be increased as you<br />
have a saleable service to your<br />
customer, there’s increased<br />
customer retention, and you can<br />
even improve your margins by<br />
serving more customers with the<br />
same number of vehicles in your<br />
fleet. There are some intangible<br />
benefits too, such as a better<br />
use of sales force time and the<br />
establishment of an integrated<br />
link with your customers.<br />
A successful programme<br />
makes a supplier more<br />
competitive while also increasing<br />
the success of the customer,<br />
resulting in long term supply<br />
relationships and wins for both<br />
parties. Analysis in the lpg sector<br />
has shown that 86 per cent of<br />
deliveries could be made more<br />
efficient and that, once telemetry<br />
has been fitted, 24 per cent fewer<br />
deliveries are needed in order to<br />
supply the same volume to the<br />
same number of customers.<br />
Wire-free solutions make<br />
installation very quick, and<br />
multichannel devices significantly<br />
lower the total solution cost.<br />
Telemetry has never been as<br />
affordable. Low cost<br />
communications, coupled with<br />
cost effective hardware and data<br />
delivery solutions, means that<br />
Powelectrics can offer a 62 per<br />
cent saving on a project when<br />
compared to alternative vendors.<br />
UK based Powelectrics<br />
develops and manufactures<br />
technologically advanced<br />
products that have already<br />
helped secure contracts from<br />
global giants Air Products and<br />
Shell, and the company is<br />
forecasting significant growth in<br />
the next few years, bringing new<br />
jobs to the region.<br />
The philosophy is simple –<br />
wire-free devices that are easy<br />
to install, easy to use and<br />
affordable. The range includes<br />
devices with ATEX approval for<br />
use in potentially explosive<br />
environments.<br />
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Improve margins by serving more customers with the same number of vehicles.<br />
Metron has seen a 34% drop size increase.<br />
Flexibility is important and<br />
Powelectrics devices can<br />
interface to a wide range of<br />
sensor types, as well as<br />
supporting a number of<br />
protocols for onward<br />
communications. Customers<br />
want to be in control and able to<br />
use their own sim cards and<br />
servers to collect the data. Data<br />
can be delivered into your IT<br />
infrastructure, ensuring benefits<br />
are maximised.<br />
Powelectrics was successful<br />
at the 2009 British Engineering<br />
Excellence Awards and the<br />
achievements in the design of<br />
the award-winning Metron2<br />
were twofold.<br />
Traditionally, industrial<br />
products requiring installation<br />
have a poor level of user<br />
feedback, which means that the<br />
installer is working almost blind.<br />
The LCD graphical display on<br />
the Metron2 makes the<br />
commissioning process clear<br />
and simple, using a logical menu<br />
system. The display also offers<br />
local access to measurements if<br />
required.<br />
At the same time, the Metron2<br />
is designed to compete at the<br />
price sensitive end of the<br />
GSM/GPRS telemetry market. It<br />
proves that a compact, reliable<br />
and functional telemetry system<br />
offering a great user experience<br />
can now be realised at low cost.<br />
Powelectrics consulted<br />
extensively with users at all<br />
levels on the final design of the<br />
menu system and the layout of<br />
information on the display, a<br />
point that particularly impressed<br />
the BEEA judges.<br />
Contact Powelectrics Ltd on<br />
01827 310666<br />
www.powelectrics.co.uk
ComBINED gAS SYStEmS<br />
Engineering Excellence through Cost Effective Design<br />
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TELEMETRY<br />
WIRELESS MONITORING AT HEART<br />
By Steve Fitzgerald, Vectec Ltd<br />
Wireless telemetry and lpg are at<br />
the very heart of Vectec Ltd, and<br />
have been for over 10 years.<br />
We at Vectec pride ourselves<br />
on being at the leading edge of<br />
wireless technology for lpg. All<br />
our products are developed inhouse<br />
and manufactured in<br />
Europe, and this close physical<br />
relationship between design and<br />
manufacture yields tremendous<br />
benefits for all parties.<br />
The heart of our system is a<br />
GSM GPRS unit, which can be<br />
either battery or mains operated.<br />
It has an onboard local radio<br />
frequency communications link<br />
and can interface with a range of<br />
different sensors, providing near<br />
real-time data to our clients. For<br />
lpg, we use the industry leading<br />
Hall Effect dials from Rochester.<br />
When the GPRS unit is battery<br />
enabled, the unit has a life<br />
expectancy of 10 years, making<br />
it almost maintenance free and<br />
Combined <strong>Gas</strong> Systems Ltd<br />
is pleased to extend its range of pumps,<br />
compressors, vaporisers and air/gas<br />
mixers to complement its already<br />
extensive range of bulk tank equipment.<br />
New to its range are:<br />
• Corken pumps and compressors<br />
• Algas-SDI range of <strong>LP</strong>G vaporisers and<br />
gas/air mixers<br />
All equipment supplied by Combined <strong>Gas</strong> Systems is<br />
supported by field based qualified/factory trained<br />
engineers and technicians.<br />
We are able to offer a full design, installation,<br />
commissioning, service and maintenance for this range<br />
of equipment.<br />
Combined <strong>Gas</strong> Systems is a leading supplier and<br />
installer of autogas dispensing equipment and supports<br />
these installations with its 24 hour, 365 days a year<br />
maintenance support contracts.<br />
ideal for remote locations. With<br />
over 40,000 telemetry units<br />
deployed throughout Europe for<br />
clients, such as Butagaz,<br />
Primagaz, Shell and Total, we<br />
have built up an enviable<br />
position within our industry for<br />
reliable, cost effective wireless<br />
telemetry solutions.<br />
The tank installation takes<br />
around a couple of hours. The<br />
Hall Effect device, which is<br />
hardwired into an ATEX<br />
approved radio frequency<br />
transmitter, communicates the<br />
tank’s residual volume of lpg to<br />
our GPRS unit. We offer a bulk<br />
inventory monitoring solution<br />
based on telemetry that is<br />
certified as ATEX zone 1.<br />
Low cost Hall Effect sensors<br />
from Rochester are installed on<br />
the lpg tanks and connected to<br />
a GSM transmitter. Radio<br />
frequency is used for both above<br />
and belowground tanks to<br />
ensure the GSM transmitter is<br />
placed outside with a good<br />
We are also main distributors for the below<br />
listed brands:<br />
• Corken pumps and compressors<br />
• Fisher Controls <strong>LP</strong> <strong>Gas</strong> regulators and valves<br />
• Chemet <strong>LP</strong>G tanks<br />
• Algas-SDI vaporisers and gas/air mixers<br />
• FAS equipment<br />
• Gilbarco Veeder Root equipment<br />
• Yenen dispensers<br />
• Red Jacket submersible pumps<br />
• Ninnelt cylinder filling equipment<br />
• Rochester storage tank and road tanker<br />
level gauges<br />
To extend the life of your assets, we also offer a full<br />
reconditioning service using manufacturer certified<br />
parts.<br />
For any enquiries please contact us on:<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1925 767217<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 1925 762670<br />
Email: sales@combinedgas.com<br />
www.combinedgas.com<br />
network connection. The<br />
frequency of the measurements<br />
and the transmission of the data<br />
are determined by our clients.<br />
The captured data is<br />
transmitted via GPRS to a<br />
central database for M2M<br />
processing. Clients are provided<br />
with visibility on lpg volume<br />
levels and alarms by SMS and<br />
email when the emergency level<br />
is reached. The use of our<br />
technology provides lpg<br />
suppliers with remote monitoring<br />
and alarms to reduce their costs<br />
and keep their customers happy.<br />
No longer do customers have<br />
to worry about their lpg tanks<br />
running dry as we can also<br />
patch the alarms into a preferred<br />
lpg supplier so that they can also<br />
monitor the lpg levels and advise<br />
when a top up is necessary.<br />
Lpg consumption can be<br />
monitored on a monthly, weekly or<br />
daily level and the data accessed<br />
via our unique web interface and<br />
imported into an Excel<br />
spreadsheet. Customers can then<br />
see usage levels plotted over time<br />
and compare consumption, which<br />
is especially useful when doing<br />
any forward budget planning.<br />
Lpg distributors use our<br />
technology as a bulk inventory<br />
monitoring solution to manage<br />
their customers’ stocks,<br />
optimise deliveries and<br />
significantly reduce logistics<br />
costs. Waiting for customers’<br />
requests for deliveries leads to<br />
urgent shipments, inefficient<br />
tanker routing and inaccurate<br />
planning. This increases costs,<br />
which are passed onto clients<br />
unnecessarily.<br />
All in all, we have a highly<br />
reliable technical solution for<br />
monitoring lpg in the field and,<br />
with years of experience under our<br />
belt, you can now take the worry<br />
out of maintaining and monitoring<br />
lpg in your organisation.<br />
Contact Vectec Ltd on<br />
08452 604244<br />
www.vectec.co.uk<br />
Doncaster Office: Unit 1b, Plumtree Farm Industrial Estate,<br />
Harworth, Doncaster, South Yorks DN11 8EW<br />
Registered Office: 13 Brookfield Road, Culcheth,<br />
Warrington, Cheshire WA3 4PB<br />
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PRODUCTS<br />
Rewriting the Rulebook<br />
Richard Smith, technical<br />
regulators manager at Clesse<br />
(UK) Ltd, says the company has<br />
decided to rewrite the rulebook<br />
on domestic tank regulators to<br />
produce equipment tailored for<br />
the requirements of the UK<br />
market.<br />
He said: “The brief was to<br />
design a range of tank<br />
equipment in modular form that<br />
could combine the best of<br />
Clesse’s current range and<br />
develop new, and ensure it was<br />
not only interchangeable with<br />
current equipment in the field,<br />
but also reliable and cost<br />
effective, and would embrace<br />
both two and three stage<br />
regulating pressures.”<br />
Using his experience as an lpg<br />
engineer, managing director Kaz<br />
Dziamarski thought it was<br />
evident that what the lpg<br />
industry needed was a new tank<br />
regulator.<br />
He said: “It was evident that it<br />
had to be a ‘clean piece of<br />
paper’ approach to design –<br />
take the best of the rest and<br />
improve on it, use the best<br />
quality materials and, finally and<br />
most importantly, listen to the<br />
people who will ultimately buy<br />
and use it.”<br />
Design work began three<br />
years ago at Clesse’s Italian<br />
Novacomet factory with initial<br />
drafts and concepts.<br />
Kaz said: “Claudio Peli and his<br />
team revelled in the opportunity<br />
as, not only was this a new<br />
BP2203.<br />
18<br />
APZ400.<br />
project, but it would be a major<br />
part of the new Novacomet, now<br />
specialising in bulk tank<br />
regulation for Clesse.<br />
“Careful consideration was<br />
taken with regard to reliability<br />
and ease of use. UPSO resets<br />
followed standard industry reset<br />
procedures to make it simple to<br />
talk the customer through any<br />
reset. The OPSO was designed<br />
to have a clear cover so an<br />
‘armed’ indicator could be seen.<br />
The clear cap was also captive<br />
to the reset spindle, enabling<br />
easy resetting upon trip off,<br />
engaging when the seal is<br />
broken and cap is unscrewed.”<br />
Kaz says size and<br />
configuration were also<br />
considerations – it had to be<br />
small enough to fit under the<br />
hood and big enough to give the<br />
performance required. The<br />
design route called for a nominal<br />
10.5kg/h of lpg to be passed by<br />
the regulator with a low inlet<br />
pressure of 0.45bar, whilst<br />
maintaining a constant outlet<br />
pressure of 37mbar. In most<br />
situations, the regulator delivers<br />
37mb pressure to cover most<br />
typical 70kW installations down<br />
to 0.2bar inlet pressure, giving<br />
stability and additional capacity.<br />
Richard said: “Not only does<br />
this new regulator, known as the<br />
BP2203, work admirably at<br />
37mbar, it will also perform the<br />
same at an outlet pressure of<br />
75mbar; with the 75mbar<br />
version, UPSO is not required.<br />
This gives the choice to ‘where<br />
practicable’ provide a lowpressure<br />
intermediate solution<br />
for three stage systems.<br />
“Trials of the BP2203 proved<br />
so successful that the regulator<br />
very quickly went into production<br />
after two seasons of trials. It’s<br />
now been over a year since full<br />
production started and reliability<br />
has been second to none. The<br />
ease of installation and use is so<br />
user friendly that it’s becoming<br />
the standard in domestic bulk<br />
regulation in the UK.”<br />
The BP2203’s new OPSO has<br />
been fitted to all Clesse’s range<br />
of domestic and medium<br />
capacity tank regulators. In<br />
addition, high and low-pressure<br />
variants are available as<br />
standalone units.<br />
Clesse UK has a range of<br />
standard regulators in a modular<br />
form that can be assembled to<br />
supply any two-stage installation<br />
up to 75kg/h of lpg using three<br />
regulators, and three stage<br />
pressure systems currently up to<br />
25kg/h.<br />
Richard Smith said: “It doesn’t<br />
stop there; we stock commercial<br />
sizes from 120kg/h to 1,200kg/h<br />
so, since joining Clesse in<br />
March, I have had an extensive<br />
palette to work from and look<br />
forward to giving our customers<br />
the service and solutions they<br />
are looking for.<br />
“Kaz’s initial brief stated that<br />
there was one other thing,<br />
based on his experience, he<br />
wanted to achieve, one limiting<br />
factor that should be considered<br />
– the capacity of our engineers’<br />
vans! We think that, with the<br />
advent of the Clesse modular<br />
format, van stocks can be<br />
significantly reduced by holding<br />
stocks of individual regulators<br />
and kits flexible enough when<br />
correctly coupled together to<br />
supply up to 90 per cent of<br />
installations in one hit. All in all, it<br />
looks like job done!”<br />
Contact Clesse (UK) Ltd on<br />
01902 383233<br />
www.clesse.co.uk<br />
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Rinnai water heaters have been fitted in<br />
AMS decontamination units.<br />
AMS<br />
Decontaminates<br />
with Rinnai<br />
Air Management Systems<br />
(AMS), which manufactures<br />
mobile decontamination<br />
units for the asbestos and<br />
demolition industries, has<br />
fitted its decontamination<br />
units with Rinnai continuous<br />
flow water heaters.<br />
AMS’ decontamination<br />
units are purpose built to<br />
allow workers to shower and<br />
change clothes prior to<br />
taking meal breaks and<br />
leaving the site. The<br />
decontamination units have<br />
three separate rooms – a<br />
'dirty' room for the safe<br />
disposal of contaminated<br />
clothing; a washing and<br />
showering room, and a<br />
‘clean’ room with a negative<br />
air pressure environment and<br />
special air filtration.<br />
Wastewater from the<br />
showers is also multistage<br />
filtered to capture the<br />
asbestos fibres before being<br />
discharged to waste.<br />
The washing and<br />
showering facilities are<br />
provided with hot water by<br />
Rinnai wall mounted lpg<br />
water heaters that only heat<br />
the water when there is a<br />
demand, eliminating<br />
reheating and standing<br />
losses typically associated<br />
with storage systems and<br />
freeing up space in the<br />
decontamination unit.<br />
Contact Rinnai UK on<br />
01928 531870<br />
www.rinnaiuk.com
Team Effort Reduces SHV’s Costs<br />
TouchStar Technologies has<br />
teamed with ORTEC and<br />
Silicon Controls to deliver<br />
SHV <strong>Gas</strong>’ Digital Logistics<br />
Initiative and help it reduce<br />
distribution costs by 10 per<br />
cent. SHV <strong>Gas</strong>, Calor <strong>Gas</strong>’<br />
parent company, operates in<br />
27 countries worldwide and<br />
its 2,000 trucks deliver lpg in<br />
bulk and cylinders from<br />
around 100 warehouses<br />
across Europe.<br />
The solution will integrate<br />
TouchStar’s TouchPC<br />
technology with ORTEC’s<br />
vehicle routing and dispatch<br />
software and Silicon<br />
Controls’ remote tank<br />
monitoring system <strong>Gas</strong>log.<br />
Jim Austin, sales director<br />
at TouchStar, said: “We are<br />
delighted to be collaborating<br />
with established companies<br />
like ORTEC and Silicon<br />
Controls for the SHV <strong>Gas</strong><br />
Digital Logistics initiative.<br />
SHV <strong>Gas</strong> has spent<br />
considerable time choosing<br />
the best of breed suppliers in<br />
their fields to fulfil its specific<br />
goals. This brings<br />
considerable mutual benefits<br />
to all parties. Together we are<br />
able to offer a truly first class<br />
solution that will provide real<br />
benefits to SHV <strong>Gas</strong>’<br />
operations.”<br />
Contact TouchStar Technologies<br />
Ltd on 0161 874 5050<br />
www.touchstar.co.uk<br />
Refreshing Lift for Britvic<br />
Britvic Soft Drinks, one of the UK’s<br />
leading soft drinks businesses,<br />
uses Barloworld Handling to<br />
manage its materials handling<br />
fleet, which has helped Britvic to<br />
reduce costs and optimise<br />
efficiency, helping to keep the<br />
nation refreshed.<br />
As the UK’s exclusive distributor<br />
of Hyster equipment since 1956,<br />
Barloworld maintains nearly<br />
30,000 lift trucks in all types of UK<br />
industry. Britvic Soft Drinks sells<br />
approximately 1.4 billion litres of<br />
soft drinks per year and operates<br />
six UK production facilities and a<br />
national distribution centre (NDC)<br />
based in Lutterworth,<br />
Leicestershire.<br />
Chris Jackson, regional drive<br />
site manager responsible for<br />
Britvic’s materials handling fleet,<br />
said: “All drinks are palletised and<br />
handled by the materials handling<br />
fleet, critical to every Britvic<br />
operation. Barloworld is a national<br />
partner that provides dedicated<br />
local support. The team has<br />
helped us improve our<br />
understanding of how we use the<br />
equipment and how we can<br />
manage it more effectively to<br />
improve performance and reduce<br />
downtime.”<br />
Barloworld manages more than<br />
200 Hyster units for Britvic, ranging<br />
from counterbalance forklift trucks<br />
to order pickers and pallet trucks.<br />
Britvic has eight Hyster H4.0FT Advance+ lpg forklifts.<br />
“Truck utilisation is now properly<br />
managed so that we balance the<br />
hours used across the fleet and<br />
centrally manage lifetime costs.<br />
This has had a significant positive<br />
impact and our contracts with<br />
Barloworld are now tuned<br />
accordingly,” Chris said.<br />
Britvic’s 275,000sqft NDC in<br />
Lutterworth receives<br />
approximately 60 per cent of all<br />
Britvic’s finished products,<br />
handling 470 vehicles a day in<br />
peak periods. Pallets are received<br />
by lorry and unloaded by eight<br />
Hyster H4.0FT Advance+ lpg<br />
forklifts with a double pallet<br />
handling attachment.<br />
Steve Martin, facilities manager<br />
at Lutterworth, said: “The Fortens<br />
trucks should work 70-80 hours a<br />
week in an intense, short run,<br />
stop-start operation, but we were<br />
finding that the hours were<br />
incredibly high for some trucks but<br />
not others, with associated<br />
penalties. We now direct drivers to<br />
use specific trucks for each shift,<br />
saving money and optimising the<br />
management of scheduled<br />
maintenance.”<br />
Barloworld introduced its new<br />
fleet management system to<br />
Britvic in 2009, which uses a<br />
telemetry device (BTD) to transmit<br />
data from all Britvic’s trucks directly<br />
to Barloworld’s secure back office<br />
management system. The system<br />
collects, analyses and reports<br />
truck performance data, such as<br />
hour meter readings, impacts,<br />
maintenance completion and cost<br />
of ownership information. Data for<br />
all sites is then accessible through<br />
a secure online portal, also<br />
providing an instant audit trail.<br />
Goods received at Lutterworth<br />
are transferred from the lorries to<br />
an automated pallet handling<br />
system by the Hyster H4.0FT<br />
trucks and then stored in high bay<br />
warehousing with over 50,000<br />
pallet locations. More than 300<br />
pallets are then typically picked per<br />
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loaded onto curtain sided trailers<br />
by the Hyster trucks with double<br />
pallet handlers or loaded into<br />
containers by Hyster Fortens<br />
H2.5FT Advance on a ramp. The<br />
Fortens trucks feature the<br />
Duramatch transmission, helping<br />
to reduce tyre wear, and low<br />
maintenance wet brakes.<br />
Steve said: “The drivers like the<br />
Hyster trucks. It’s their office and<br />
so they have to be comfortable,<br />
with fingertip hydraulics and<br />
various other features helping<br />
them to continually perform well<br />
whilst maintaining a safe working<br />
environment.”<br />
Pallets are also transferred to<br />
the case picking area where 12<br />
Hyster LO2.0M low-level order<br />
pickers and two Hyster<br />
J1.80XMTs are used for picking<br />
around 30,000 cases in 24 hours.<br />
Barloworld also maintains the<br />
floor cleaning equipment onsite<br />
and provides other services, such<br />
as driver training and short-term<br />
hire equipment.<br />
Chris said: “Barloworld operates<br />
as Britvic’s partner, providing a<br />
dynamic and flexible service<br />
across the UK. The team<br />
understands our business, drives<br />
down costs and continually<br />
improves efficiency as our<br />
business grows.”<br />
Contact Barloworld Handling<br />
on 0800 137449<br />
www.barloworld.co.uk<br />
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AUTOGAS<br />
Autogas Challenge Showcases Developments<br />
The first Autogas Challenge was<br />
held on September 10–12, with<br />
the drivers of 14 lpg vehicles<br />
competing to achieve the<br />
smallest difference between the<br />
mileage their cars could<br />
accomplish on petrol and lpg.<br />
Vehicles competing in the<br />
challenge included Audi, Land<br />
Rover, Rover and Volvo, and<br />
conversion systems included<br />
BRC, Fema, Landi Renzo,<br />
OMVL and Romano. A tri-fuel<br />
Toyota Prius, which can run on<br />
petrol, lpg and electricity, was<br />
also entered.<br />
<strong>Gas</strong> Power UK customer<br />
Stephanie Brown was the<br />
winner in her BRC converted<br />
Range Rover with a -5.7 per<br />
cent difference from petrol using<br />
the What Car? used vehicle<br />
guide figure for petrol<br />
consumption. In second was<br />
Karl Lowe of Worsley Autogas,<br />
also in a Range Rover with a<br />
20<br />
L–R: Cllr John Turner, Stephen Fricker and Cllr Carolyn Rule MP.<br />
Elaflex HIBY Tanktechnik<br />
GmbH & Co, based in<br />
Hamburg, Germany, has<br />
acquired a stake in lpg<br />
nozzle manufacturer L G<br />
Equipment Pty Ltd (LGE),<br />
based in Sydney, Australia.<br />
LGE designs, manufactures<br />
and distributes the <strong>Gas</strong>Guard<br />
lpg nozzle for vehicle and<br />
industrial filling applications.<br />
Philip Treloar, managing<br />
director of L G Equipment,<br />
said: “This deal is a perfect<br />
synergy. We are the market<br />
leader for lpg nozzles in the<br />
Asia Pacific and other<br />
BRC system, with -6.9 per cent,<br />
and in third was Kathryn Fricker<br />
of <strong>Gas</strong> Power UK in a BRC Fly<br />
system Rover 75 with - 16 per<br />
cent.<br />
Cllr Carolyn Rule, Cabinet<br />
Member for Economy and<br />
Regeneration, started the<br />
challenge on September 10 at<br />
Lima Autogas in Lands End,<br />
Cornwall, and the vehicles drove<br />
on to an overnight stay in<br />
Preston via filling stops at<br />
Countrywide in Gloucester and<br />
F1 Automotive in Bolton. They<br />
then continued on to Inverness<br />
the next day via BP <strong>Gas</strong> in<br />
Livingstone, and arrived at John<br />
O’Groats via Gleaner Oils in<br />
Evanton on September 12.<br />
Organiser Stephen Fricker of<br />
<strong>Gas</strong> Power UK Ltd said: “One of<br />
our aims is to highlight the<br />
benefits of new and existing<br />
technology, which reduce<br />
carbon emissions thus causing<br />
international regions. LGE's<br />
customer base will benefit<br />
greatly from the additional<br />
high quality product lines<br />
offered by Elaflex.<br />
“The extensive lp gas<br />
nozzle, hose and breakaway<br />
coupling product<br />
programme, along with the<br />
imminent introduction of a<br />
new High Flow <strong>Gas</strong>Guard<br />
nozzle, will extend the<br />
opportunities for the<br />
distribution network."<br />
Both LGE and Elaflex will<br />
maintain their current<br />
distribution structures.<br />
less damage to the environment.<br />
Given the number of vehicles on<br />
the road, it has the potential to<br />
make a huge impact on the<br />
carbon footprint across the<br />
world. In addition, the potential<br />
financial savings for drivers using<br />
autogas technology are<br />
considerable.<br />
“This is the beginning of a<br />
motor sport than anybody can<br />
compete in, as it’s not solely<br />
down to the equipment or car,<br />
it’s down to driving styles and<br />
planning a route that the vehicle<br />
is the most economical on. This<br />
is a motor sport that an ecowarrior<br />
can easily be part of as it<br />
is developing new systems that<br />
use fuel more efficiently, and<br />
therefore helping the<br />
environment.<br />
“In the last five years, the<br />
autogas <strong>trade</strong> has made many<br />
leaps forward from the old single<br />
point mixer system with its<br />
inherent problems, through the<br />
multipoint IGS systems to the<br />
The Autogas Challenge competitors.<br />
Stefan Kunter, managing<br />
director of Elaflex, said: “We<br />
are very pleased to have a new<br />
partner within our group in an<br />
effort to further expand our lpg<br />
product range. LGE's wellearned<br />
reputation as a leading<br />
manufacturer of quality lpg<br />
nozzles fits perfectly with the<br />
Elaflex philosophy.<br />
“We have many<br />
complementing products,<br />
and therefore we will start to<br />
reciprocally market these.<br />
For example, we are<br />
interested in marketing<br />
special versions of the<br />
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modern phased sequential<br />
injection systems, which can have<br />
a higher brake horsepower on lpg<br />
than the same engine on petrol.<br />
This has all developed to make<br />
more reliable autogas systems<br />
that we call ‘fit and forget’.<br />
“The autogas industry has<br />
now come of age and we are<br />
showing the public what we<br />
have been working on, from<br />
clearing up the problems left by<br />
the sub-professionals to<br />
showcasing the new<br />
developments within the<br />
autogas industry – and having<br />
fun to boot!<br />
“I would like to say a big thank<br />
you to all the people who<br />
sponsored us, especially Gleaner<br />
Oils, who stepped in at the last<br />
minute to save the event. There<br />
are plans to organise a capital<br />
tour of London, Edinburgh,<br />
Belfast, Dublin and Cardiff next<br />
year, although we might reduce<br />
that to three capitals, depending<br />
on cost.”<br />
Elaflex Acquires <strong>Gas</strong>Guard<br />
<strong>Gas</strong>Guard nozzle range,<br />
while LGE might start to<br />
supplement their basket with<br />
our ARK 19 safety break and<br />
plasticiser free lpg 16 hose.<br />
"There will be few<br />
changes, and those will be to<br />
the benefit of our customers.<br />
LGE will continue to design,<br />
produce and distribute lpg<br />
nozzles at their present<br />
location, with unchanged<br />
staff and with Philip Treloar<br />
as LGE's managing director."<br />
Contact Elaflex Ltd on<br />
01992 452950<br />
www.elaflex.co.uk
AUTOGAS<br />
JLM Takes University Challenge<br />
JLM Lubricants, owned by GMS<br />
in Holland, has tested its new<br />
Valve Saver Fluid and Valve<br />
Saver Kit at HTW Automotive<br />
Powertrain University in<br />
Saarland, Germany.<br />
“We use a higher dose of<br />
active ingredients to deliver<br />
superior valve and valve seat<br />
protection, with more powerful,<br />
newer technology additives,”<br />
said Ian Humphreys from JLM.<br />
“GMS are the industry leaders in<br />
this field, having developed this<br />
Stringent carbon dioxide<br />
emission limits, government<br />
regulations and ecological<br />
standards will be the key<br />
drivers for the growth of lpg<br />
vehicles in developed<br />
countries, particularly in the<br />
European Union, says a<br />
report by Frost & Sullivan.<br />
The report Executive<br />
Analysis of the Global<br />
<strong>LP</strong>G/CNG Vehicles Market<br />
expects lpg vehicles to<br />
continue to be a competitive<br />
option due to EU incentives<br />
resulting from lobbying by oil<br />
companies. It also found that<br />
India, Italy and Russia were<br />
market for over 11 years, so we<br />
have many years of experience<br />
and the knowledge to improve<br />
product quality and<br />
performance, using the latest<br />
technology additives to deliver a<br />
the largest markets for lpgpowered<br />
cars.<br />
"The Turkish and Polish<br />
markets will be significant for<br />
lpg growth in the coming<br />
years," said Frost & Sullivan<br />
research analyst Hariher<br />
Balasubramanian. "Italy is<br />
set to remain the largest<br />
market for lpg and cng car<br />
sales, followed by Iran and<br />
India by 2016."<br />
Cost savings of an average<br />
of 50 per cent compared to<br />
petrol and diesel vehicles will<br />
further drive growth in the<br />
global lpg vehicle market.<br />
India is poised to be the<br />
Valve Saver Fluid superior to any<br />
other on the market.”<br />
Test results from the university<br />
show that JLM Valve Saver Fluid<br />
proved successful in stopping<br />
valve seat recession, with no wear<br />
found on the inlet or exhaust<br />
valves after a 10,000km road test<br />
on a Peugeot 107 with a Toyota<br />
1.0L engine running on lpg using<br />
a liquid phase injection system.<br />
Professor Thomas Heinze of<br />
HTW University said: “The test<br />
results left the testing staff in<br />
Report Reveals Lpg Drivers<br />
undisputed leader in growth<br />
for lpg car sales, encouraged<br />
by strong governmental<br />
regulations.<br />
"A major challenge for this<br />
market is insufficient cng and<br />
lpg service stations<br />
infrastructure and a poor<br />
refuelling station network,"<br />
said Hariher. "Fuel<br />
companies will be the key<br />
participants in the lpg/cng<br />
market value chain and their<br />
response to reducing GHG<br />
emissions will be important."<br />
International government<br />
bodies, original equipment<br />
manufacturers, suppliers in<br />
disbelief.”<br />
Ian said: “This testing is the<br />
first of its type on a valve saver<br />
fluid brand, and clearly shows<br />
JLM Valve Saver Fluid’s ability to<br />
have a dramatic and immediate<br />
impact on the reduction of valve<br />
and valve seat wear. JLM is now<br />
looking for distributors in all<br />
countries offering a<br />
comprehensive distributor<br />
support programme.”<br />
+31 72 561 6464<br />
www.jlmlubricants.com<br />
the market and fuel<br />
companies should work<br />
together to develop the<br />
refuelling infrastructure,<br />
facilitating lpg/cng vehicle<br />
sales, he said.<br />
"There is a lack of<br />
understanding of the benefits<br />
of lpg/cng by the global<br />
population," said industry<br />
manager Krishanasami<br />
Rajagopalan. "Lpg and cng<br />
will greatly help in reducing<br />
fleet emissions."<br />
Contact on Frost & Sullivan on<br />
0207 343 8383<br />
www.frost.com<br />
Flashlube Opens European Warehouse<br />
Flashlube has opened a<br />
warehouse in Europe in order to<br />
sell its products directly into the<br />
European market.<br />
Managing director Frank<br />
Hutchinson said: “Europe is<br />
many countries and we can help<br />
our customers grow in every one<br />
Flashlube Valve<br />
Saver Fluid and<br />
Electronic<br />
Valve Kit.<br />
Tests show JLM Valve Saver Fluid<br />
stopped valve seat recession.<br />
of them. We see a lot of<br />
opportunities in Europe for our<br />
range of products and we think<br />
it is going to be very exciting.”<br />
Flashlube was invented in<br />
1980 by German scientist<br />
Wolfgang Kluenner, who<br />
devoted his life to his invention.<br />
Patents and worldwide<br />
<strong>trade</strong>marks have ensured that<br />
his formula has remained a<br />
tightly guarded secret.<br />
Flashlube Valve Saver Fluid<br />
contains synthetic additives that<br />
protect the valves and valve<br />
seats of a vehicle, as well as<br />
lubricating the upper cylinder<br />
area and cleaning the<br />
combustion chambers, leading<br />
to a longer engine life and<br />
smoother running of the engine<br />
when using lpg.<br />
Flashlube ha also announced<br />
the launch of its Electronic Valve<br />
Saver Kit, which provides valve<br />
seat protection and is<br />
compatible with all lpg<br />
sequentially fuel injected<br />
vehicles. The kit automatically<br />
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injects a metered dosage of<br />
Flashlube Valve Saver Fluid<br />
directly into the vehicle’s engine.<br />
Frank said: “The new<br />
Flashlube Electronic Valve Saver<br />
Kit is the first of its type in the<br />
world to offer true set and forget<br />
fluid delivery to the engine. It<br />
comes with a low fluid level<br />
sensor and an in-dash low fluid<br />
level LED red warning light and<br />
can easily be fitted in less than<br />
an hour.”<br />
Manufactured in Melbourne,<br />
Australia, Flashlube is now<br />
exported to more than 40<br />
countries.<br />
Contact Flashlube on<br />
+33 442 210354<br />
www.flashlube.eu<br />
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The spectacular view.<br />
A GENTLE, UNDULATING PATH<br />
By Peter Roberts, ReManufacturing Services Ltd<br />
Having championed the return of the regional meetings, I was asked to do a presentation<br />
as they were short of speakers. Then I was asked to join the walk up Scope End…<br />
My reluctance to do the walk to<br />
Scope End, organised during<br />
UK<strong>LP</strong>G’s Northern Regional<br />
Meeting in September, went<br />
back to similar assault on Scafell<br />
Pike in the Lake District. Not<br />
being a hill walker did not deter<br />
me, or the fact I was relatively<br />
unfit. If my wife can do<br />
Kilimanjaro, what’s 3,000ft?<br />
The fact that I carried half the<br />
mountain back down from<br />
Scafell, which someone secretly<br />
concealed in my rucksack, was<br />
not the reason I was reluctant to<br />
join this latest safari. It was simply<br />
that, for two weeks after, my legs<br />
didn’t work properly. Just in case<br />
I was persuaded to join them, I<br />
slipped out and bought the<br />
smallest rucksack I could find!<br />
That evening, our leader put<br />
his case – it’s only a nine-mile<br />
walk and 2,000ft, it’s a gentle,<br />
undulating path across a ridge<br />
surrounded by heather and it’s<br />
an easy climb. Some say he has<br />
a secret lpg powered jet pack to<br />
assist him on ascents, and that<br />
in a previous life he was the<br />
grand old Duke of York who had<br />
10,000 men. All I know is, he’s<br />
called Rob ‘It’s Not As Steep As<br />
It Looks’ Shuttleworth, and this<br />
time he could only muster seven<br />
men to march up the hill.<br />
From the car park, we walked<br />
about half a mile to Scope End.<br />
Where’s the path, Rob? Hang<br />
on, I’ll look at the map. Map?<br />
We’ve only been going 10<br />
24<br />
minutes and we’re lost already!<br />
Don’t panic, he said, its right in<br />
front of us. No, Rob, that’s a<br />
shear cliff. Yes, he quipped,<br />
same thing.<br />
Lungs bursting and many<br />
stops later, we reached the<br />
ridge. There was heather, but<br />
Rob’s “undulating path” veered<br />
up another 500ft to Hindscarth.<br />
Looking down over the edge<br />
caused me to emit enough bio<br />
methane to keep Keswick alight<br />
for a week. Just as well the wind<br />
had gotten up to force 5.<br />
After climbing to Hindscarth,<br />
the group were well spread out<br />
so there was ample time for<br />
lunch. Chris Obe had been<br />
taking orders from members for<br />
souvenirs from High Spy. I<br />
wasn’t going to get caught again<br />
and, having packed my lunch<br />
into my tiny rucksack, I had<br />
secretly superglued the zip.<br />
I mentioned it seemed<br />
sensible that people dress in<br />
bright clothes when walking. Not<br />
a bit of it, said Rob, the only<br />
The intrepid walkers.<br />
bright thing I carry is the big<br />
orange cross to guide in the<br />
rescue helicopter. My bio<br />
methane output was then<br />
sufficient to replace the<br />
national grid.<br />
After lunch – well, for some –<br />
the traverse was uneventful and,<br />
believe it or not, almost<br />
undulating. Then we hit the edge<br />
of High Spy.<br />
Where’s the path, Rob? Don’t<br />
know. Just walk down there, he<br />
advised, pointing at what looked<br />
like a dry ski jump, and see what<br />
you can find. Everyone gingerly<br />
edged down the steep slope<br />
through slippery grass, except<br />
Rob, who waited at the top,<br />
saying he’d organise a rescue if<br />
anyone fell.<br />
Suddenly there was a shriek.<br />
Robert Cato had found a<br />
sheep’s skull. I clutched my<br />
rucksack closer to my body,<br />
crushing my lunch. He wasn’t<br />
putting that in my bag for<br />
another photo opportunity!<br />
Reaching the bottom of the<br />
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ravine, there was a path back to<br />
the car park. But Mr Its Not As<br />
Steep As It Looks had other<br />
plans. We were now going up<br />
Maiden Moor. Why?! But my<br />
protests were shouted down.<br />
Reaching the top of Maiden<br />
Moor first, I looked back at the<br />
group spread out below.<br />
Climbing Maiden Moor may not<br />
have seemed an attractive idea<br />
at the bottom but, at the top, it<br />
did give a spectacular view of<br />
the lake below. Maybe there was<br />
something to this hill walking<br />
after all.<br />
Back at the hotel, it was<br />
obvious that UK<strong>LP</strong>G is underresourced<br />
– no crampons, no<br />
ropes or ladders, not even a<br />
parachute to help us. They must<br />
do better!<br />
It was also obvious that hill<br />
walking or, as I would describe<br />
it, mountaineering is a practiced<br />
art. Chris Holton and Tony<br />
Murphy were not only properly<br />
equipped and dressed, they just<br />
plodded on quietly as if they did<br />
this every day. I, on the other<br />
hand, cannot go losing the use<br />
of my sparrow-like legs every<br />
year after a foray up some<br />
miserable mountain.<br />
But, after a seven-hour<br />
nonstop drive home, I got out of<br />
the car and my legs still worked.<br />
Three big climbs and I wasn’t a<br />
cripple. Regional meetings next<br />
year? Yes, please. Organising a<br />
walk, Rob? Count me in.
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Full name:<br />
Job title:<br />
Company:<br />
Address:<br />
Telephone: Fax:<br />
n Wholesale supplier of lpg<br />
n Dealer of lpg<br />
For which supplier?<br />
n Distributor of lpg<br />
For which supplier?<br />
Please tick which market sectors:<br />
n Residential<br />
n Manufacturing<br />
n Camping<br />
n Caravanning<br />
n Agricultural<br />
n Commercial<br />
n Industrial<br />
n Other<br />
Post Code:<br />
Email: Website:<br />
PLEASE TICK THOSE BOXES WHICH APPLY TO YOUR COMPANY AND SIGN AND DATE BELOW<br />
n Manufacturer of lpg-fired equipment<br />
What type of equipment (e.g. fires, lighting)?<br />
n Distributor of lpg-fired equipment<br />
What type of equipment (e.g. fires, lighting)?<br />
n Manufacturer of lpg equipment<br />
What type of equipment<br />
(e.g. meters, storage)?<br />
n Distributor of lpg equipment<br />
What type of equipment<br />
(e.g. meters, storage)?<br />
n Builders merchant/retailer<br />
n Maintenance contractor<br />
n End user<br />
n Transporter<br />
n Training<br />
n Supplier of autogas products/services<br />
n Engineering services<br />
n Installer<br />
Other:<br />
SIGNATURE: DATE:<br />
Please tick how many employees:<br />
n 1–10<br />
n 11–50<br />
n 51–100<br />
n Over 100