Category: Company in Focus

Published: 01 September 2006

Manufacturer of Composite Resins, Gelcoats and Adhesives

Scott Bader is a company with over 80 years of history in the research, development and manufacture of a wide range of high performance specialist materials for the composites industry. Since the very beginning of unsaturated polyester resins, the company has been at the forefront of the industry, developing innovative products with outstanding performance, proven in a wide range of demanding applications. Scott Bader’s traditional markets have included fibreglass leisure craft, both power boats and yachts, sports cars, vans, buses, trains and other land transport vehicles, pipe and pipe relining, sanitary ware, exterior building parts and cladding, as well as chemical plant and storage facilities. More recently, the company has made major advances in the wind energy market, in which it now offers technologically advanced composite products that can provide significant benefits to the wind energy industry, specifically for rotor blade manufacture. Scott Bader now supplies market-leading turbine and blade manufacturers across the world with approved gelcoat products, and a reliable delivery service with technical support wherever they are based.

By Sarah Carter, European Market Development Manager, Scott Bader Company Limited, UK

Category: Company in Focus

Published: 07 July 2006

Macom Technologies is a Scottish electronics engineering company established in September 1999 following a requirement by its owners, who were involved in the oil and gas industry, for a device to detect and measure wear debris on-line. After searching and finding nothing suitable, the company came across a new technology being developed by Edinburgh University. The sensor being developed had a unique patented screening technique which eliminates the false detection of air and water bubbles as metallic particles, thus giving a far more accurate trend of the machinery condition. Having identified the need for on-line wear debris sensors to compliment the ‘norm’, which was vibration analysis, along with off-line lab testing of oil samples, Macom was formed and was assigned the patented technology.

Category: Company in Focus

Published: 01 June 2006

Valmont Industries, Inc. is a large international company specialising in engineered structures and coatings. The company, which has its headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, started in 1947, pioneering the irrigation business with its introduction of the centre-pivot irrigation equipment in 1954. Since then, Valmont has diversified into manufacturing poles, towers and structures for lighting, utility and communication applications, and provides custom coating and fabricated products for various industrial uses. The company operates 45 manufacturing facilities worldwide and is represented in over 100 countries.

By Peder M. Hansen, Global Sales Manager, Valmont Wind Energy, USA

Category: Company in Focus

Published: 03 April 2006

BGB Innovation is a supplier and developer of electrical slip ring systems for rotary applications, underwater lighting and camera solutions, and wireless Ethernet bridge systems. The company is divided into three industry brands – BGB Engineering, BGB Marine and BGB Digilinc.

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Category: Company in Focus

Published: 27 February 2006

LUST is a young, innovative company that has been active in the development of the wind energy market from the outset. The first leading manufacturers of wind turbines were already relying on LUST’s expertise in 1996. In the years since then, the individual drive elements have been continually further developed, with the component supplier becoming a system supplier for pitch systems. As early as 1998, LUST supplied drives with synchronous motors for wind turbines up to 600kW. In February 2000, what was at the time the world’s largest series wind turbine (2.5MW) was equipped by LUST. And both of the world’s largest series wind turbines (5MW), which came on-line during 2005, are fitted with LUST pitch systems.

By Dr. Wolfgang Lust, Lust DriveTronics, Germany

Category: Company in Focus

Published: 17 January 2006

The Gardline Renewables Group offers a range of multi-disciplined survey services for onshore/offshore wind developments and wave/tidal power projects. The Gardline Renewables Group comprises Gardline Geosciences, Gardline Environmental, Gardline Hydro, SEtech, Lankelma and Titan Environmental Surveys. The Group has worldwide capability that includes site investigation, environmental impact assessment and geotechnical engineering. In this article, the company describes its services.

By Melanie Davey, Gardline Renewables Group, UK