IMTEX Staff Henry Downes, Mario Stevens and Ian M. Turner at OE2011
IMTEX participated as part of the UK Group Pavilion organized by the Energy Industries Council (EIC) at Offshore Europe 2011 conference and exhibition in Aberdeen from 6-8 September.
OE 2011 brought together a worldwide audience of engineers, technical specialists, industry leaders and experts to Aberdeen where they conversed and discussed the finer details of the upstream industry.
Energy Industries Council is the leading trade association for UK companies supplying goods and services to the energy industries worldwide.
The EIC currently has around 600 member companies and provides them with the capability to understand, identify and pursue global business opportunities.
IMTEX Controls are celebrating six years as members having joined in September 2005.
The EIC membership comprises contractors and suppliers from all areas of the energy sector who make a significant contribution to the UK economy, employing in aggregate around 1 million and generating £100 billion in revenues from their UK operations.
The EIC was established in 1943, and is a not-for-profit organisation independent of government.
For more information visit www.the-eic.com
In August 2011, IMTEX Controls became a member of First Point Assessment Ltd (FPAL). FPAL works to identify, qualify, evaluate, and monitor suppliers on behalf of its purchasing members. Their purpose is to build and support buyer-supplier communities in the oil & gas industry, creating an effective Supply Chain network.
FPAL, the direct route to business in the Oil & Gas Industry, aims to find the perfect supplier for every buyer. FPAL works to identify, qualify, evaluate and monitor suppliers on behalf of its Purchasing members.
FPAL was established in 1996 and is governed by an industry-based steering committee.
Any current or prospective supplier to the UK, Dutch and Irish Oil and Gas Industry is invited to register by completing an on-line questionnaire which allows them to describe their full range of products, services, capabilities and supply history. Supplier profiles are then made available, on-line, to over 80 purchasing members who interrogate this list of suppliers in order to produce a short list, in accordance with the EU Utilities Procurement Directives.
FPAL is one of a range of supplier management services provided by the Achilles Group, with individual schemes for buyer and supplier communities across a diverse range of industry sectors throughout the world.
Our Supplier Number is 10049072.
For more information visit: www.fpal.com
IMTEX participated at the Oil & Gas Asia Exhibition OGA held in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia 1-3 June as part of the Valser Engineering stand.
OGA is South East Asia’s largest oil and gas event and has been held biannually since 1987.
On Sunday 8th May, the Company’s Engineering Manager, Paul Turner, along with 1,400 other fool-hardy individuals took on the Fred Whitton Challenge in the Lake District for charity.
Billed as Britain’s toughest ‘Sportive’ bike event, the Fred Whitton involves cycling a 112 mile (180 Km) route around the lakes, that takes in 5 of the toughest passes in the area including the notorious Hardknott Pass, Britain’s steepest road with its 1 in 3 gradient.
The route requires the cyclist to climb 14,000 feet (4,267 metres) during the course of the day and then descend on often steep, twisty and uneven roads making the event a constant test of both the physical and mental fitness of the participant.
Paul was entered in the event with just 3 weeks notice as a replacement for another rider who felt he wasn’t up to the challenge. Having done no cycling since completing the Race Around Ireland, Paul was grateful that he agreed to do the event before he had been made fully aware of what was involved!
By the time the morning of the event came round, he was a little more fearful, having checked out the nature of the challenge but still not having had the opportunity to get any cycling done prior to starting the route. The added challenge of driving rain, sporadic hail storms, wind and freezing temperatures that greeted the riders on the morning of the event made completing it all the tougher.
Paul did, however, complete the challenge, managing a creditable time for the event of 9 hours 9 minutes.
ATEX certification is the accepted standard within Europe for hazardous area applications. Outside of Europe there is inconsistency in the acceptance of ATEX certified products, particularly in countries which have their own national Standards and often require imported products to comply with these Standards.
To increase the acceptance of our hazardous area products around the globe IMTEX Types AQ, IQ and SRX valve monitoring systems are now Ex d and Ex ia certified to both ATEX and IECEx schemes.
The IECEx System is a certification system which verifies compliance with IEC international standards relating to safety in hazardous areas. It covers equipment, service facilities and the competency of personnel. IECEx is a voluntary system which provides an internationally accepted means of proving compliance with IEC standards. It also means that the products can be supplied to the market without the need for additional tests.
In the case of equipment, IECEx certification confirms that products have the appropriate protection for use in explosive atmospheres and that they have been manufactured under systems subject to ongoing surveillance by IECEx Certification Bodies (ExCBs). It is recognised in many countries around the world, including all the countries participating in the IECEx System, with the United Nations formally endorsing IECEx in November 2009.
By having products certified according to the IECEx scheme, IMTEX products are gaining wider acceptance status in the countries signed up to the IECEx scheme as they have had in Europe for many years working with the ATEX scheme. In some cases there may still be a requirement for coverage of national certification, however in these instances the certification can be fast tracked at minimal cost using the IEC Ex test report issued by Sira.
British Ambassador visits IMTEX standIn 2010 the British Ambassador visited our stand. The ADIPEC event was attended by 45,597 industry executives. Exhibiting companies included manufacturers, technology and service providers showcasing their capabilities in exploration & production, processing, refining, storage and transportation.
IMTEX Engineering Manager, Paul Turner, Support Manager, Matthew Turner and two friends (Rick Anderson and Matt Neame) entered a four-man team to cycle in the 1350 mile, non-stop 2010 Race around Ireland which they completed in 79 hours 49 minutes.
Over 4 nights & 3 days, the team battled sleep deprivation, extreme weather conditions including 60 to 70 mph head winds and some of the biggest hills in Ireland, however, despite this, the team successfully gained a 3rd place podium finish in what proved to be Europe’s toughest cycling race!
Paul, Matthew & friends plus their very dedicated support crew along the way raised in excess of £2,500 for the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign (MCAC); a fantastic effort by ALL!
If you want to know more about the Challenge, please visit the team website www.team-rpms.com.
IMTEX Controls is an international Company and a leading specialist manufacturer / supplier of valve automation, monitoring, communication and control systems.
