Ramshorn Group acquires Waste
Equipment Rentals
Ramshorn
Group, the UK’s largest independent supplier of waste containers and
compactors, has completed
the acquisition of Stockport-based Waste Equipment Rentals, specialists in
compactor hire.
Alister
Muirhead, Managing Director of the Ramshorn Group, commented: “This is a very
positive development for both companies and all our customers.
For several years, since our acquisition of Randalls Fabrications, we
have been able to offer our customers a comprehensive portfolio of waste
containers, compactors and services. Through
Waste Equipment Rentals, we now have a significant presence in the hire sector
with an expanded choice of compactors and with such prestigious customers as
Biffa, Marley, (Glaxo) Glaxo Smith Kline and SITA.
We will now use the full resources of the group to expand the rental
business on a nationwide basis.”
“Waste Equipment Rentals has an
excellent reputation in the market place, good products and a tradition of
serving the needs of the waste industry. I am particularly pleased that Dr. Tom
Gibson has agreed to continue with us in a consultancy role. His knowledge of
the market place and engineering
background, backed by the additional resources of the Ramshorn group, will make
a winning combination”.
This view was backed by Tom Gibson:
"With the strength of the Ramshorn Group behind WER Ltd., the company is
now in a strong position to expand nationwide and build on its reputationfor
best value and customer service. I am delighted with the development and am
looking forward to working with Alister and his team"
Randalls Simpak PP10H
The new Simpak PP10H portable compactor is now available from Randalls
Fabrications. It is a robust, high-efficiency compactor with a capacity of 10
cu. metres and can process approx. 1.5 cu.m. of waste per minute
Simpak all at Sea
Stena Line have installed a Simpak 1500 waste compactor from
Randalls on board the M.V. Stena Europe car/freight ferry operating between
Fishguard and Rosslare in the Irish Republic. The M.V. Stena Europe took over
the Fishguard to Rosslare route following a £4 million refurbishment at The
City Shipyard in Gothenburg.
Randalls engineers co-operated with Stena Line to design a
compaction system appropriate to conditions on board the ship and at the
discharge port. This required containers with a maximum weight length of three
and a half metres and a maximum weight of 5 tonnes. The two specially designed
containers are alternated on board and changed two or three times a week
depending on how busy the service is. The waste compactor is used to dispose of
the ship's domestic and galley waste
The Simpak 1500 is one of a comprehensive range of
Randalls compactors and is specifically designed for use in restricted spaces.
New Paint Shop For Castle
The new paint shop at Castle is now fully operational. New
Equipment includes a "state of the art" environmentally-friendly paint
plant. This incorporates a Hodge Clemco "Enviraclean" extraction
system with three 3.5 metre dry filter extraction chambers using CPA polyester
filter media, which has an average removal efficiency of 99.5%. The facility
provides a safe working environment for employees, while offering customers a
most durable , high quality finish
Skip Units Quality - now ISO9001:2000
Skip Units received approval to the new ISO 9000:2000 quality standard on the
31st October 2003. During the process of upgrading to the new standard the
company upgraded their systems from ISO9002 (Manufacture) to ISO9001 (Design
& Manufacture).
Alister Muirhead the managing director of the Ramshorn Group said:-
"The decision to seek
approval to the highest of the ISO standards was taken as it more correctly
reflects the company's position with respect to its customers. We felt that the
trust they placed in us to provide them with novel solutions to waste
transportation and disposal problems should be reflected in the the standards
which we apply within the company.
The new
ISO900:2000 standard is not just simply an updating of the old standard, it is
totally new and emphasizes requirements for continuous improvement, not only in
manufacturing but throughout the business structure.
The staff at Skip
Units worked extremely hard to ensure the re-approval procedure was completed
smoothly and successfully and it is to them that all credit should be
given."
