Leading peristaltic pump manufacturer Watson-Marlow Bredel, has announced a £7.3 million expansion programme at its site in Falmouth, Cornwall. The company secured £1 million of investment from UK government bodies, Convergence Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and the South West Regional Development Agency to support the expansion.
With annual sales of £25 million, Watson-Marlow Bredel is set to commence the building of a new silicone tubing plant in October 2008, to support its core pump business and a growing global market for biopharm and food and beverage tubing. Due to be completed in 2009, the new plant will more than treble tube production, cementing the company’s position as a leading producer of platinum-cured silicone tubing, much of it destined for the bio-pharmaceutical market across Europe and North America. Sales of silicone tubing increased by 25% last year alone.
The new high-tech plant will include a manufacturing ISO14644-1 class 7 ‘cleanroom’, with 25 air changes an hour, and temperature and humidity controls to create the optimum conditions for silicone tubing extrusion; two floors of offices and 550m of pallet racking. It has been designed as a low carbon building with an ‘Excellent’ environmental rating.
Christopher Gadsden, managing director of Watson-Marlow Bredel, said: “This investment will see a major expansion of our tubing businesses which now accounts for 28% of sales and will underpin our core pumps business which is also seeing double digit growth. We will be recruiting new staff including design engineers and product managers and continue to invest in research and development to maintain our position as Europe’s number one positive displacement pump brand.”
Having now expanded its site in Falmouth, Watson-Marlow Bredel is keen to retain its green credentials. The company’s environmental team ensures objectives are set, met and reviewed, continually assessing waste and energy use.
The new tubing extrusion facility being built as part of the Falmouth site expansion will incorporate renewable energy features such as solar power, heat reclamation and grey-water use. Waste management initiatives run across the entire Watson-Marlow Bredel site; while all employees are engaged in recycling a variety of materials and are encouraged to reduce the waste they produce, as a business, Watson-Marlow Bredel has launched a project to reduce packaging where possible and source recyclable materials.
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions
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About us
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) peristaltic tube and hose pumps meet requirements including: value for money; low cost of ownership; reliability and ease of maintenance to the food and beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical, mining and many other industries.
We demonstrate how pumps deliver significant process efficiencies over the lifetime of the equipment. Whether performing flavouring addition in food processing, chemical metering in water treatment or mineral recovery, we have a solution which can cut pump downtime and reduce costs through higher accuracy metering and transfer. WMFTG has dedicated application engineers available to help customers make the right pump and tubing choice from a range providing microlitres per minute to 80 cubic metres per hour flow rates.
The only part of the pump to come into contact with the product is the tube or hose. This means there are no seals or valves that can wear or fail. Replacing the tube or hose can be performed quickly and safely. Peristaltic pump benefits include:
Total fluid containment with no seals No ancillaries Handle viscous and abrasive slurries and sludge Self-priming capability Dry running without damage to the pump In addition to their range of positive displacement pumps, Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group has added PTFE-lined chemical and industrial hoses to their range. Aflex hoses are reinforced to withstand the most severe conditions and use.
Where we supply to
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America
Industries we supply to
Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater
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