The lifeblood of the water leisure sector, 2012 could be a challenging year for reliable supply routes of chlorine and other core pool and spa chemicals, says leading UK blenders and manufacturers, Water Treatment Products.
Calorex
New Events Ltd., co-organisers of the
Piscine UK 2013 exhibition, will be hosting
an open day at the NEC, Birmingham on
the July 6th in conjunction with partners
GL Events, organisers of Piscine Lyon and
Piscine Abu Dhabi.
The open day which will commence at 10
am and finish at 4 pm is open to media, trade associations,
exhibitors and all those interested to learn
more about the Piscine UK 2013 show.
It was a case of the old guard making way for the new as a number of first-time recipients stood up to accept awards at the recent Swimming Pool and Allied Trade Association presentations. With no less than 16 companies all taking home golds; the celebrations were more evenly spread than in living memory. The SPATA organisation represents 178 pool building and retail companies, the majority based in the UK. It announced this year’s winning projects at a ceremony held at the De Vere Grand Hotel in Brighton, in February. The competition was fierce with 133 projects vying for victory in 21 categories compared with 85 entries in 22 categories last year.
The recent installation of a Heatstar Gemini heat pump, at the prestigious Rottingdean Place luxury residential estate in East Sussex, has demonstrated a year-on-year reduction
in energy use of 70% compared with the previous system, at the same time reducing gas consumption by 83%.
The UK is still seen as a place of innovation and quality manufacturing particularly for the medium to high-end value product, especially ones with a technical twist.
A shining light is Calorex Heat Pumps that employs some 150 people at its manufacturing base in Essex.
After 12 years enjoying their home swimming pool, climatecontrolled via a Calorex Delta heat pump, there was only one choice for an Essex family when they moved house. Their pool consultant opted for the familiar reliability of another Calorex Delta to provide the vital energy-efficient ingredient in the purpose-built pool hall they added to their […]
