Ascott distributor for Scandinavia and the Baltic States, Cromocol, recently exhibited at the Scandinavian Coating Show in Copenhagen, the premier meeting place and exhibition for the entire surface treatment industry in Scandinavia.
Exhibiting at the Show for the 5th time, Andreas Hagberg from Cromocol indicated that the Show has once again generated some very interesting enquiries relating to new salt spray and cyclic corrosion projects.
Ascott recently exhibited at the European Coating Show 2019 in Germany. One of the biggest exhibitions Globally for the paint, coatings, sealants and adhesive industries.
Exhibiting in partnership with MM&Q, one of our German distributors, we exhibited one of our cyclic chambers, a CC450iP.
At a busy show with many International attendees, we met a wide range of visitors from Internationally known coatings manufacturing companies and small independent manufacturers alike.
During the Show Ascott met visitors from all over the Globe, and received enquiries from 25 different countries.
Early in May Ascott exhibited at the Auto Test Expo, at the Kintex Exhibition Centre, in Seoul, South Korea, in conjunction with South Korean representatives Lee Su Trade.
The Show was very well attended and Ascott got to meet representatives from many local companies, and also many International automotive manufacturing organisations including; LG, Hanon, Kia, Hyundai and Mando.
The chamber exhibited at the Show was an Atmosfär 1300 Litre, with additional accessories to test to Renault ECC-1, the highly specified chamber drew a great deal of interest from passing guests at the exhibition.
Also at the Show, as a guest of an Austrian company, was the current Miss Slovenia, pictured below with owner of Lee Su Trade, Mr Lee.
Ascott distributor, Seneco, recently attended the A&T Show, in Turin, Italy.
Focused on automation and test equipment and technologies, the show is now in its 10th year and has expanded year by year to become one of the most important exhibitions in the sector in Italy.
At the show which was well attended, the company displayed and demonstrated an Ascott S450iP chamber, many visitors were attracted to the chambers eye catching design and a number of good enquiries were generated at the Show.
Original Ascott chamber returns to HQ 30 years after it was made – and it’s still in perfect working order
A corrosion test chamber manufactured 30 years ago by Ascott Analytical Ltd has arrived back at headquarters – in perfect working order.
One of the manufacturer’s long-standing customers, a US-based aerospace and power generation company, wanted to upgrade its old salt spray chamber, used to test the climate resistance of its products.
Ascott sold the company a new model and brought the original back to its factory, 30 years on, the chamber – complete with PATT testing stickers and service records – was still in perfect working order.
It was due to be re-calibrated this April, for another year of daily use.
Ascott Analytical was recently visited by Tamworth MP, Christopher Pincher.
A boardroom discussion on Brexit, the skills shortage in the engineering sector, the importance of innovation and R&D and Ascott’s global export success took place before Mr Pincher toured the factory and met key staff.
He was shown Ascott’s latest walk-in corrosion test rooms – used by the automotive and aerospace industry to test to stringent European standards the durability of car and aircraft components.
He was impressed with the company’s recently-patented Mag-Drive technology, which turns an oscillating spray bar inside each of the chambers without the need to breach the chamber wall, containing the corrosive salt spray.
And he trialled the multi-lingual communication capabilities of the chambers, developed for Ascott’s key markets in India, China, Japan, and Europe.
The group discussed the recent leadership vote at Westminster and the Brexit deal being tabled.
Mr Pincher revealed his constituency office had been overwhelmed by emails and phone calls from constituents, urging him to back Theresa May and support her deal.
He said it would be “corrosive” to stage a second referendum and heralded Tamworth as a “community-focused” area with excellent transport links, making it an attractive base for manufacturers like Ascott.
As he toured the factory, he met long-standing staff and discussed the benefits of apprenticeships, praising the firm for its track record in innovation and impressive staff retention rates.
And he asked what Ascott was doing, in a shrinking manufacturing climate, to attract new blood.
Chris Gates, a “passionate advocate” of apprenticeships and contributor to the 2018 Manufacturing Parliamentary Review, said: “There’s a responsibility on firms to address the problem.
“The manufacturing base has shrunk, but it’s from the big smokestack industries to companies like us, smaller, high-tech manufacturing firms employing 30 or 40 people.
“We’ve got really talented designers here and excellent staff on the floor and we, and others like us, need to shout about it.”
Mr Pincher added: “Ascott really is a hugely impressive company.
“It’s fascinating to see the work you’re doing in so many diverse markets right across the world. I wish you every success.”
Ascott recently exhibited at the Auto Test Exp in Novi, Michigan.
At the Show, which Ascott attended with US distributor Comtel, an Ascott cyclic chamber was displayed along with the new ACC125 accessory package for testing to advanced automotive standards.
During the Show Ascott and Comtel had the opportunity to discuss corrosion test requirements with many International companies including; DuPont, Valeo, Dana, General Motors, Pontiac, FCA, Continental, Ford, Nissan and Cummins.
Ascott, officially opened its new facility this week in the presence of Tamworth Mayor, Councillor Peter Thurgood.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by a small gathering of Ascott distributors from Japan, China, the US, India and Spain.
Chairman Chris Gates said: “We’ve been determined to build a world-class facility to not only manufacture our exceptional corrosion test chambers but to entertain our world-class distributors.
“We’re proud of the fact that we’re manufacturing here in Tamworth and that we’re employing Tamworth people, creating quality jobs and exporting to the world.”
Cllr Thurgood talked about the Midlands’ rich automotive heritage and paid tribute to Ascott’s contribution to the manufacturing economy.
He added: “I’m very pleased to be able to congratulate such a successful business here in Tamworth and open what is undoubtedly a world-class factory. I’m confident that further success will come Ascott’s way.”
A reception at Westminster celebrated the launch of the 2018 Parliamentary Report, in which the UK’s leading manufacturers share best practice and routes to business success.
Adrian Wain, Ascott’s Managing Director, said: “It was a huge honour to be asked to contribute to the 2018 Parliamentary Report alongside such illustrious British manufacturers.
“To be able to share our 29 years of expertise in business and our export strategy with other companies is testament to Ascott’s continued success in what is a difficult market.
“The expansion of our Tamworth factory means we can increase our output to meet the needs of our automotive and aerospace customers across the UK and abroad.
“We’re proud to be a truly British manufacturer. We make everything here on site for our award-winning test chambers which we supply to some of the biggest manufacturers in the world, and we continue to fly the flag for British manufacturing on the world stage.”
We’re delighted to announce we’ve been asked to share Ascott’s manufacturing and export knowledge and leadership success in the 2018 Parliamentary Review.
The 2018 Manufacturing & Services Review, which promotes best practice as a learning tool to raise standards in industry and as a template for reform, has recently been published and can be viewed on the link below;
http://www.theparliamentaryreview.co.uk/organisations/ascott-analytical
The paper includes insights from our Chairman Chris Gates and Managing Director Adrian Wain alongside some of the most successful British manufacturers, entrepreneurs and senior politicians.
Chris and Adrian worked on Ascott’s 1,000-word contribution alongside an interview with The Rt Hon David Curry, former Cabinet minster and ex-World Trade Editor of the Financial Times.
Past editions have included insights from Prime Minister Theresa May, former PM David Cameron, the Rt Hon Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Terry Scuoler, CEO at the EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation.
Each year, the Parliamentary Review includes separate editions based on key policy areas including education, technology, finance and manufacturing.
Alongside pieces from manufacturers, Government minsters and industry leaders, the 2018 Manufacturing & Services Review will contain impartial summaries of the year in British industry and at Westminster.
More than 35,000 leading policymakers, including Peers, CEOs, Vice-Presidents, Chief Information Officers, factory directors and leading lights in the engineering and construction industry will be sent the document.
The main aims of the Review are to demonstrate how organisations or individuals have become outstanding leaders in their field and how they have responded to challenges within the industry, sharing best practice as a template for reform.
In order to improve chamber performance Ascott is changing the design of the ACC112 Midi Dehumidification Unit.
The design change impacts the size, the type of piping used for air inlet and outlets, the design of the interface, and some new features have been added.
The new design utilises rigid piping instead of flexible hoses for air inlet and outlet, this will reduce the potential for water collection in the pipe, and also stops the pipes from sagging.
This change improves the on-going performance of the unit, ensures more consistent results, and will improve lifetime reliability of the system. The interface has also been improved as part of this design change.
The new ACC112 also has a longer body, which has been lengthened to improve aesthetics / alignment with the chamber (the front panel sits in line with the front of the chamber), this has a significant extra benefit in that if a system is ordered with a psychrometric humidity measurement system this will now be installed inside the Midi Unit instead of being installed as a side mounted module on the chamber.
The Midi Unit has been upgraded with the addition of side mounted refrigeration gauges, making it much easier to monitor refrigeration pressures and control the humidity generation atomiser.