TPi January 2012

business & market news

New managing director for Flextraction Flextraction Ltd, a supplier and manufacturer of local exhaust ventilation (LEV) products, has announced that Lee Darton has been appointed managing director. Mr Darton has many years’ experience in the fume and dust extraction equipment industry. He has been with Flextraction for over 12 years, as sales manager and most recently as general manager (products). fume extraction products that cover a multitude of industries, which we continually strive to improve and develop. This marketing strategy has led to increased order books both from the UK and from new markets in Europe. “Working with the UKTI (UK Trade and Investment) in order to find defined Flextraction Ltd – UK sales@flextraction.co.uk www.flextraction.co.uk

My appointment as managing director will help us take the company forward as part of our ongoing marketing and investment strategies, both in the long and short term.”

partners in Europe has led to the recent appointment of a distributor in France for our HPD products (hood positioning devices). This in turn has resulted in increased production of HPDs. “We are continuing to drive our export business forward and are currently looking at defined partners in both Germany and Spain.

Lee Darton, Flextraction’s new managing director

Wally Gilder, chairman of Flextraction, commented, “Lee has played a significant role in the development of this company and has created a fully focussed and committed sales and after sales team. Under his guidance we have seen our market share continue to increase and this appointment comes at a time when the company is experiencing improved trading conditions and the introduction of a wider product portfolio. It is just reward for all his commitment and endeavours.”

Mr Darton said, “Flextraction has a comprehensive range of dust and

BP Pipelines adopts software management platform

another significant milestone in the short history of Asset Guardian and will enable us to continue our impressive growth record. “We pride ourselves on being able to deliver solutions to our clients that can deliver real business benefits in driving operational efficiencies and minimising the risks involved in managing software for companies with complex processes operating in high risk production industries.” Established in 2004, Asset Guardian provides solutions to more than 260 users across a range of process and manufacturing industries including oil and gas, power generation, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage. Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd – UK sales@assetguardian.com www.assetguardian.com

Asset Guardian’s most common uses is as a disaster recovery tool. By managing software and business critical information through a central platform, users can help to minimise system downtime incurred by software failure. Asset Guardian has already been rolled out to many parts of BP but this latest contract will ensure that the integrity of BP Pipeline’s process software will be managed on one platform and securely accessible anywhere via the BP network. The company’s three US control centres operate onshore and offshore systems, handling the transport of crude oil, refined products, natural gas liquids and chemicals. Commenting on the contract win, Sam Mackay, chief executive of Asset Guardian, said, “We are delighted to be partnering with such a significant player in the global energy industry. This marks

Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd, a specialist in software asset protection for the process and manufacturing industry, has signed up BP Pipelines to its proprietary software management platform. The Asset Guardian tool set provides process and manufacturing organisations with a software management solution enabling them to minimise the risks associated with process-critical safety software and related functions. The solution also ensures that companies are in compliance with complex ISO and IEC standards, government directives, and industry best practices for the “configuration and change management” of process critical systems. Given that up to 90% of UK companies have no secure back-up of process- critical application software, one of

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