Paladon Systems News - January 2018
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January 2018, Issue 29 | |
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Our traditional end of year festivities are well and truly over and we can now concentrate on the New Year and the challenges that it presents.
With the oil price continuing its upward movement we anticipate significantly more business in 2018 and, to accommodate it, we have started moving our Italian manufacturing operations to a new, much larger facility. I will update you in the next Newsletter, but we expect to start production in the new facility before the end of next month.
The restructuring of the Company will mean that orders for standard actuator products and controls will be handled out of Italy, whilst the UK facility will concentrate on more sophisticated control solutions such as on/off and positioning electro-hydraulic systems, HIPPS and HPU systems.
We are nearing the completion of the West Nile Delta Project for BP which involved more than 400 pneumatic and hydraulic valve actuators and control systems, and HIPPS systems being supplied via four valve companies to the Project site in Egypt. To support our on-going commitment to this Project we welcome on-board our new Egyptian Agent MTC Ltd who are part of the Target Group based in Cairo.
As always, thank you for your continued support and I will be in touch again in April.
Brian Ennever
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Increased Manufacturing Capacity
Paladon Systems is delighted to announce that they will be moving to a new Italian manufacturing facility located in Località Ca ‘Verde, Borgonovo Val Tidone PC. Built in 2011, the 3,600m2 facility is nearly three times the size of Paladon Italia’s current facility. The move to the new facility will be completed in February with no disruption to customer orders.
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 Statoil Project Win
Following Paladon Americas' successful supply late in 2017 of 200 ball valve, pneumatic spring-return scotch-yoke actuator and control system packages for Statoil’s Bakken Shale Play Project, they have just been awarded another large order for the same project. This latest order comprises of an additional 200 identical pneumatically operated ball valve packages, as well as 40 bespoke self-contained electro-hydraulic systems operating on dual voltage supplies.
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Kuwait Re-approval
Having held Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) approval since 2004, Paladon Systems is delighted to announce that they have been awarded re-approval until 2022. Established in 1960 and becoming government owned in 1975, KNPC is Kuwait’s only refining company and operates both the Mina Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries. Download the approval certificate.
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New General Manager for UK Facility
Holding the position of Finance Director since 2004, Paladon Systems is delighted to announce that Laurence Goode has been promoted to the position of General Manager at their UK facility. In his new role, Laurence will be responsible for managing the Engineering, Contracts, Production, Finance and Service teams. The UK’s Sales and Marketing teams will continue to report to Managing Director, Brian Ennever.
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Quality System Upgrades
In addition to their UK facility successfully transitioning to the latest ISO quality system in July last year, Paladon Systems is delighted to announce that their Italian and Malaysian facilities have recently upgraded their quality systems to ISO 9001:2015. UK Quality Systems Management Administrator, Julia Haworth, “Ultimately the enhanced quality systems for the three facilities will support Paladon Systems’ continued growth through improved project management and levels of customer service.” Download the ISO certificates for the UK, Italian and Malaysian facilities.
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Two Decades of Workshop & Site Support
We interview Workshop Team Leader, Richard Webb as he celebrates his recent milestone of 20 years’ service at Paladon Systems. Find out why Richard joined Paladon Systems, read about some of his more 'interesting' service trips and how he has seen the industry change over the last 20 years. Read the interview.
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 New Training Video
Learn how to set the end stops on a spring-return fail-close scotch-yoke actuator to achieve full valve opening and closing. The principles shown in the video are also applicable to spring-return fail-open and double-acting scotch-yoke actuators; however, whichever type of scotch-yoke actuator is being used, its open end stop needs to be set first as its position will be needed after to set the actuator’s close end stop position. Watch the video.
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| ►Quarter-Turn (Scotch-Yoke) | ►Self-Contained Electro-Hydraulic | ►PST Controllers |
| ►Linear (Piston) | ►Positioning | ►TVC Positioners |
| ►Gas-Over-Oil | ►Hydraulic Power Units | ►Gas Odourisers |
| ►Direct Gas | ►Turbine Bypass | |
| ►Subsea | ►HIPPS | |
| ►Electric | ►Autonomous Shutdown Valves | |
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