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Dantherm Filtration gets new owner

Fume and dust extraction specialist Dantherm Filtration has been acquired by the Swedish group Nederman Holding AB.

28 Apr 2010

New managing director at Altecnic

Plumbing equipment manufacturer Altecnic has appointed Alan Sherwin as its new managing director following the retirement of firm's founders from the board in March.

28 Apr 2010

Contractors' orders rise but late payment prevails

A rise in orders and expected workload shows the specialist sector may be stabilising, but it's far from out of the woods according to a survey by the National Specialist Contractors' Council (NSCC).

27 Apr 2010

Polypipe named Manufacturer of the Year

Polypipe Terrain has been named Manufacturer of the Year at the 2010 Building Awards in recognition of successes achieved in recent months.

27 Apr 2010

Airtech man fights for funds for Haiti victims

Fan manufacturer Airtech is sending its marketing director into the boxing ring to raise cash for Haiti's earthquake victims.

27 Apr 2010

Man jailed again for illegal gas work

An illegal gas fitter has been jailed for a second time for carrying out gas work after ignoring a prohibition notice issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

23 Apr 2010

Alistair Darling talks controls at Schneider Electric

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling's election plans led him to visit the manufacturing plant of controls firm Schneider Electric.

23 Apr 2010

Brown, Cameron and Clegg get SEC advice

Don't give us new initiatives, implement procurement best practice - that's the message sent to Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg in a letter from the chairman of the Specialist Engineering Contractors' (SEC) group.

23 Apr 2010

Firm resilience- a hot topic at CIBSE conference

How to Secure the Future of Building Services is the burning issue of the CIBSE National Conference 2010 on April 27-28 at London's British Museum.

22 Apr 2010

Kershaw achieves high score of school contracts

Kershaw Mechanical Services has been awarded a £1.3 million school contract to design and build the mechanical services for a new extension at Chase High School in Southend-on-Sea.

22 Apr 2010

ICOM's iconic past president Tony Ellis dies

Tony Ellis, a former president of the ICOM Energy Association, who at the age of 77 ran the same commercial heating firm he founded in 1972, has died.

22 Apr 2010

Construction starts on Stiebel Eltron's MCS training centre

A new training centre for microgeneration technologies part-funded by German heating manufacturer Stiebel Eltron, is to open at the firm's premises this July.

22 Apr 2010

Government must stop air conditioning non-compliance

Non-compliance with air conditioning inspections and F-Gas Regulations is costing both business and the environment warns CIBSE which this week launched a campaign calling on government to take action.

21 Apr 2010

Scotland's boiler scrappage launches in May

From May 24, Scottish households can apply for a £400 boiler scrappage voucher to help fund the replacement of a G-rated boiler with a more efficient model.

21 Apr 2010

Brown fires up election with Worcester Bosch visit

Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited boiler manufacturer Worcester Bosch on Monday (April 20), to turn the election focus back onto Labour, which is keen to win the cross-party struggle for the town of Worcester.

21 Apr 2010

HVCA takes lead to back HVR Awards 2010

The Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association (HVCA) has thrown its full support behind the newly-launched HVR Awards 2010, which will take place for the first time on September 22.

21 Apr 2010