November 2024

“Gaskets….thousands of em!”

I’ve spent some time at our group manufacturing headquarters in Chesterfield this week – here’s a small selection of our Phoenix Technology Group ASME B16.20 spiral wound gaskets, some of which will be soon coming to our south Wales Centre of Excellence to supply our clients along the M4 corridor; from Pembroke to Bristol. And […]

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Catagen

Today our Jodi Annette is delivering industry approved mechanical joint integrity training to our new friends at CATAGEN LIMITED – a Net Zero Technologies company in Belfast, Northern Ireland. And it’s no co-incidence!! Close to Jodi’s heart is the fact that his Father Terry started his working life as an apprentice at the Harland &

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Busy Monday

We’re all set up ready to welcome learners from Vale (Clydach Nickel Refinery) and Evero. Both companies are committed to ensuring their personnel have the necessary skills, knowledge and demonstration of competency when making bolted flange connections and our ongoing joint integrity training programme for both organisations continues today with delivery of industry approved training

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Hand up!!

Anyone else out there suffering from Chronic Unease? If you are, then that’s a GOOD thing. I’ve been suffering for years.. Chronic unease is a powerful concept in process safety, especially in COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) registered industries. It refers to a state of continuous vigilance and skepticism about the effectiveness of safety

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White Elephant In The Room

We’re all familiar with the phrase “white elephant in the room” – well how about the white elephant on site? The phrase isn’t about an actual elephant, of course. It’s a metaphor for something huge and obvious that’s being ignored or avoided—often because it’s too uncomfortable or inconvenient to confront. In essence, it’s about that glaringly

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