Ocea UK recently opened its doors with an Open Day for pool trade visitors – a chance to show off its new Oxfordshire facility. Guest were welcomed with hot drinks and breakfast before a short presentation from Ocea UK’s Alan Thorne. The existing manufacturing base for Ocea Automatic Covers is a stone’s throw from the […]
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Keith Osborne dives into swimming pools for the second of our two-part special investigation into the wet leisure industry’s skills crisis… With its need for trained people specialising in a variety of technical fields, the wet leisure industry is currently experiencing a significant skills shortage. A lack of foresight, together with time and budget limitations, […]
Still scope to upsell on heat pumps, say the pool industry… The wraps are well and truly off an estimated 20,000 heat pumps already operating across the water leisure industry. This is no short-term sales spike. Predictions are that this vital market sector will continue to grow up to and beyond 2030. Despite the eye-watering […]
British pool market lags behind on salt chlorination… An impressive 70 per cent of pools in the US, Germany and Canada and a whopping 90% of pools in Australia fly the salt chlorination flag as their preferred swimming pool water treatment system of choice. Languishing in single figures, the UK market remains reluctant to take […]
Hot Tub retailers eye all-in-one pool potential… The hot tub market’s loss is the pool market’s gain as we see increasingly more home spa retailers dip a toe into swimming pool provision through an ever-evolving selection of top drawer, one-piece pool offerings. Switched-on businesses are increasingly seeing the booming sector of one-piece pools, with their […]
The Ocea UK team has been overwhelmed with the response to the opening of its new Trade, Learning and Distribution centre on the Windrush Business Park in Witney, Oxfordshire. Boasting a compact product display area, the building also includes a trade counter, dedicated training and presentation areas and office space. There is also warehousing that […]
With a plethora of new products available to add to its already market-leading portfolio, OCEA UK is taking a three- pronged approach to its 2024 product offering as it opens the door to its new Oxfordshire trade centre. First and foremost, the Ocea X range is packed with Ocea’s stable of six exclusive and marketing-leading […]
Ocea UK has been handed the keys to an additional new warehouse and office facility that is double the size of its existing Witney space. The move will enable the company to double its stock capacity with a designated team to support the sustained growth of its leading brands and its X range family of […]
Quality covers for energy-efficient pools… With the continued increase in global energy prices, alongside growing environmental concerns, maintaining an energy-efficient swimming pool has become more vital than ever. So perfect timing for some new and exciting product launches, all backed by research and superior technical know-how. Stepping into the main spotlight, Ocea UK has introduced […]
New to the market, in time for the 2023 peak season, the Inver X Warrior is a cordless robotic cleaner, from Ocea UK, only available through an approved network of trade re-sellers, so sales will be protected from Internet price-cutting wars. Now available from stock, the Inver X Warrior outperforms in all environments in both […]