…….SETTING UP IN GREAT YARMOUTH on 1st MAY 2012……..

And to mark the opening of our new premises in Vanguard Road on the Gapton Hall Industrial Estate, we are announcing a 1 month Hand Pump Amnesty throughout our first month of operation. So now is the time to get rid of your old hand pump (which ever brand) and replace it with a new Power Team hand pump at half price, plus £149 of extras.

There are seven different Power Team hand pumps available under the amnesty including  one-speed and two-speed models. And for each old hand pump you bring to us together with your order for one new hand pump at half list price, we will also supply a gauge, tee-adaptor, 1.8m hose and male half-coupler absolutely free of charge.

The seven hand pump models are as follows (with list price in brackets); P12 (£223.91), P19 (£248.85), P19L (£290.76), P55 (£248.85), P59 (£324.45), P59L (£327.86) and P159 (£446.51). The extras consist Gauge 9040E (£56.70), Tee-Adaptor 9670 (18.11), 1.8m Hose 9767E (£56.44) and Male Half-Coupler 9798 (£18.11).

Call us for more details.

We will also be carrying a wide range of demo equipment for the Equalizer International range of flange alignment and spreading equipment.

To mark our arrival right at the heart of the East of England’s all-energy supply chain we will be holding a “Hydraulic Hand Pump Amnesty” – more details to follow shortly.

This compact pump is one of a new family of fast-flow pumps from SPX Bolting Systems. Gee-Force Northern Limited will have this new compact pump on working display on its Stand no. 248 at RenewableUK 2011 Annual Conference and Exhibition at Manchester Central Convention Complex on 25 – 27 October 2011.

If you would like more information about this compact pump, or indeed any other of our products, then please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail at graeme@gee-forcenorthern.co.uk or by telephone (mob.) 07949 633604.

We hope to have full details of these new tools ahead of the RenewableUK 2011 Annual Conference and Exhibition in October where we will be exhibiting. In the meantime, these steel-bodied wrenches look pretty sleek to us. Pictured are the 3/4″ and 1 1/2″ square drive tools – available soon from Gee-Force Northern Limited.

The new units will supersede the existing TECSkills units from the ECITB and are due for launch on the 1^st of October 2011.

Such is the importance of this change that the “Step Change for Safety” group has given its support to the scheme and some parties are already suggesting that the new units should become a code of practice for the industries involved where regular bolting work takes place.

In addition to the scope of the TECSkills units, the MJI units will include the preparation and reinstatement of work areas, isolations, the interpretation of technical drawings and dealing with risk assessment and method statements.

Attached to the MJI units are endorsed certificates which allow the trainee to engage in Work Based Task Assignments to prove competence through real work on the job. When this has been achieved the trainee can take a technical test in each discipline to prove competence and thereby gain a certificate from the ECITB proving industrial competence for each unit taken. These certificates are valid for a period of three years and are transferable should the worker change jobs or work sites. The qualification is internationally recognised and, as such, workers travelling overseas will be able to demonstrate competence to employers anywhere in the world.

From our own experience here at Gee-Force Northern Limited we believe that these new developments will go a long way towards ensuring that bolting activities in the UK and elsewhere are safer and more efficient with fewer leaks and other fugitive emissions and with more of a “right – first time” outcome.

Full details of the equipment range will be appearing shortly on this website although, in the meantime, we will be pleased to respond to telephone and e-mail enquiries for further information.

Gee-Force MD Graeme Cook was recently interviewed as part of the Renewable Energy programme which was shown on Sky Channel 166 last weekend. Also featuring in the programme were Gee-Force employees Nick Thomson (the guy with no head! ) and Danny Benson (the guy with half a head!). Nick and Danny were receiving training on the day of filming from bolting competence assurance provider Peak Performance whose MD John Horn also features in the picture. Needless to say, we still have some work to do on our photo editing skills!

The first broadcast of the Renewable Energy programme will be on;

SUNDAY 12^th JUNE (11:30 a.m.) – SKY Digital 166 and BBC/ITV Freesat 402.

Celebrity status may not be beckoning me just yet. But our hydraulic torque wrench equipment is very definitely “A” List. If you do get chance to check out the programme on Sunday then that would be great. And of course, if we can be of assistance to you either now or in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards,

Graeme Cook

Managing Director

Our South East representative Nick Thomson will now base his own activities from this new address and will be pleased to discuss hydraulic tooling requirements with prospective clients.

The full address of the new office is Gee-Force Northern Limited, Orbis Energy, Wilde Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1XH. Telephone 01502 509320.