RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Gooding Aluminium, the supplier of aluminium sheets, profiles, and extrusions, has launched a range of aluminium glazing channels known as GA “complete” shuffle and shuffle-less glazing systems, which provide a “one source” system for the framing of 10 mm, 11 mm, and 12 mm thick glass.

Safety footwear and workwear specialist Footsure has won the exclusive distribution rights for Caterpillar in England, Scotland, and Wales –

A “360° virtual booth” which allows site visitors to interact with products, and “an ideas centre” for customer feedback and suggestions for product development, are just two of several new features of Rigel Medical’s dedicated website (www.rigelmedical.com).

Essex-based independent glass processor, toughener, and laminator ESG has secured UK exclusivity to supply ESG Polyvision, which it describes as “the most advanced and largest-sized switchable privacy glass on the market”.

Manufacturer of secure vision panels, Vistamatic, has launched “a design solution” for doors requiring a full-length secure vision panel.

Oldham-based designer and engineer of “clean air” systems Medical Air Technology (MAT), and Ballymenabased designer of, and project manager for, medical facilities MET Healthcare have joined forces to provide “state-of-the art” ultra-clean operating theatres, cleanrooms, aseptic suites, and containment laboratories, across Ireland.

A new thermal enhancement of its “already thermally efficient” AA600TE series of windows and doors has been launched by architectural aluminium systems supplier Kawneer.

Miele Professional has added several new models to its professional laundry range. Features include bigger capacities and slimmer footprints, while Miele’s new heat-pump dryers reportedly deliver up to 60% savings in electricity costs.

With only a few weeks left until the new NHS budgets are available, Develop Training is offering customers the chance to get the most out of this year’s budgets with the training spend they still have available to invest before 1 April.

Upgraded pathology laboratories at Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire have been equipped with Marshall-Tufflex’s all-curved, Odyssey Bio antimicrobial cable containment system to enhance infection control measures within the hospital’s sterile services section.

An innovative steam boiler water treatment technology from Spirax Sarco uses reverse osmosis (RO), in a process the company says enables healthcare steam users to achieve 'a step-change' in energy efficiency.

Building energy management system (BEMS) manufacturer Trend Controls Systems and vocational training provider Apprenticeship Training (ATL) have developed, and are jointly delivering, what they say is the UK’s first ever qualification for building controls technicians.

Water savings of up to 50% are reportedly achievable using the latest extension to Douglas Delabie’s Securitherm range – new thermostatic basin and sink mixers independently BuildCert tested and certified to NHS Model Engineering Specification D08/TMV3.

Portable appliance testing (PAT) specialist Seaward has upgraded its (PAT) data management program for large corporate database and health and safety system use.

Casella Monitor says its new Evolution range of ambient gas analysers “builds on the heritage, reliability, and high quality” of the existing certified ML 9800 series, while offering improved user interface and functionality without compromising on measurement cell performance or quality of data.

Independent medical gas consultancy and training provider MGPS Services (citing HSE data) says over 200 people are killed annually in accidents at work, and over one million injured.

Plumb Center has launched a “take it away today” initiative with Bristan, to enable installers to pick up Bristan products, off-theshelf, and walk away with them that day.

Foremans Relocatable Building Systems, reportedly the UK’s largest supplier of recycled and refurbished modular buildings to the healthcare sector, has published a new brochure outlining the design options and technical advancements now available for its “highly sustainable, fast, and costeffective accommodation solutions”.

SAS International has introduced a new Double Hook system for its System 205 and 600 ranges. The ceiling panels and rafts from these ranges are now demountable from either side, for greater speed of installation and ease of access for essential maintenance.

MK Electric – the wiring device and accessory manufacturer – is replacing its Masterseal range with a collection of enhanced IP-rated products called Masterseal Plus.