TPI July 2012

business & market news

Boeing performance award Engineered joining technology company Norma Group AG has received a 2011 Boeing Performance Excellence Award.

of commercial aircraft platforms. The company has a track record of more than 20 years in delivering engineered joining technology products and solutions to the aerospace industry. Norma manufactures a wide range of engineered joining technology solutions in three product categories – clamp, connect and fluid – and offers more than 35,000 products and solutions to approximately 10,000 customers in 80 countries. Its joining products can be found in vehicles, ships, trains, aircraft, domestic appliances, engines and plumbing systems.

“We are very proud of this achievement, which is result of our excellent partnership. Having received the Boeing Performance Excellence Award demonstrates the high quality of Norma Group’s engineered joining technology products and solutions as well as our focus on client service and customer satisfaction,” said Werner Deggim, CEO of Norma Group. “The award also underlines the great dedication of our employees to high performance standards in order to meet and surpass our customers’ expectations.”

The Boeing Company issues the award annually to recognise suppliers who have achieved superior performance. Norma Group maintained a Silver composite performance rating for each month of the 12-month performance period. In the latest awards, Boeing recognised 529 suppliers who achieved either a Gold or Silver level Boeing Performance Excellence Award.

Norma Group AG – Germany info@normagroup.com www.normagroup.com

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Moscow offices for Danobat Spanish machine tool manufacturer Danobat Group has opened new offices in Moscow. Russia, defending the interests of the company, and assisting in dealing with the performance of contractual obligations to supply equipment.

Danobat Group believes Russia to be a priority market, in view of the active development of the railway, oil and gas, and aircraft industries, where the company is a leading provider of technology solutions.

The offices will become a service centre and also a representative office.

The service centre will provide a local team of engineers, full service of machines installed, and storage of spare parts for faster delivery.

Danobat Group – Spain asegues@danobat.com www.danobat.com

The representative office will aim to promote the company’s equipment and automated production lines in

Institute of Water innovation award Morrison Utility Services has won the Institute of Water’s first Northern Area Innovation Award. A panel of judges selected the ‘water siren’ as the regional winner to go forward to the Institute of Water National Innovation Award 2012, which is sponsored by Northumbrian Water. programme in 2010 highlighted the need to accurately trace the position of hundreds of thousands of ferrule connection points on distribution water mains. The Water Siren has been developed to trace the position of buried water pipes, of all diameters and all material types (especially plastic).

the requirement for any excavation. In addition, since the signal requires the flow of pressurised water in the pipe to enable it to be traced, there is no customer supply interruption, and no discernible discomfort experienced inside the customer property.” The Morrison Utility Services team, together with other regional finalists, will go forward to the Institute of Water National Innovation Awards. Jonson Cox, chair of the water sector innovation leadership group, will head a panel of judges to select a winner who will be offered the opportunity to showcase their winning idea at Water UK’s 2012 Innovation Hub.

Speaking about the award, Richard Warneford, president of northern area and distribution manager of Northumbrian Water, said, “The Water Siren is unique in that it does not rely on the material of the pipe wall to transmit a signal. The signal generated by the Water Siren does not propagate into any other adjacent utility and therefore eliminates any confusion. The Water Siren can be connected to a domestic garden tap or similar fitting on a stand pipe, therefore completely eliminating

This innovative technology offers a change to the way water distribution pipes can be accurately traced, reducing costs, excavations and delivering enhanced levels of customer service and confidence. The competition was open to individuals, teams and organisations working in the water industry in the North of England with an innovation or innovative idea.

Institute of Water – UK info@instituteofwater.org.uk www.instituteofwater.org.uk

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