Centenary Celebration Open Day

05 June 2013

The open day held at our Ebbw Vale factory on May 16th to celebrate the 100th anniversary of our parent company Schunk was well attended by both customers and suppliers who all enjoyed the day and responded after the event with positive feedback.

As our factory sits at about 1,250 feet at the top of the South Wales valleys, not unusually the day started in typical style with a heavy rain shower, which unfortunately delayed the reception marquee going up but, the sun soon came out and although starting 15 minutes behind schedule the rest of the day went to plan and the lost time recovered.

Following a factory tour for visitors to see the wide variety of products in manufacture, a number of concurrently running presentations were given throughout the day by Weiss Technik but mostly by guest speakers. We would like to express our sincere thanks to Stuart Brown of AVL UK Ltd, Alan Breese of AB Test Ltd and Jim Flanagan of CentrateQ for their support.

 

After a good buffet lunch and some more presentations the day moved into a more fun mode with guests trying their hand at laser clay shooting, a speed and reaction game called Batak and for those with a steady hand a buzz wire. Prizes were awarded for the best score on each game and a special prize for highest total aggregate score went to Martin Borg of MT Cold storage Ltd.

 

Weiss Technik would like to thank all those who attended on the day and also all those invited who expressed an interest but were unable to attend.

Centenary Celebration Open Day, Ebbw Vale Factory, 16th May 2013

22 April 2013

Design Environmental and Weiss Gallenkamp merged together to form Weiss Technik UK at the beginning of this year and is owned by Schunk, a company which was born in Germany one hundred year ago. The Schunk group has an approximate turnover of 850million Euro and employs around 8,000 people within its global operations.

Throughout this celebration day we will be holding a number of presentations given by in house and guest speakers, on a variety of environmental testing topics. These presentations will be interspersed with a factory tour and there will be opportunities to see and operate some large and small test chambers with our staff on hand to answer your questions all day.

It's a celebration so we will try to make your day not only educational but also with some fun thrown in along the way. And you will be well looked after with a selection of good food and a constant supply of refreshments.

If you would like to attend this event please contact us via sales@weiss-uk.com or call +44(0) 1495 305555 for an invitation and program.

100 Years of Schunk

08 December 2012

Weiss Technik UK Ltd is a Schunk Group company and during 2013 Schunk will be celebrating its centenary year with several customer focused events in the planning stage for both Loughborough and South Wales locations.

Merger Announcement

02 December 2012

Following the successful merging of their sales and service organisations in 2011 the two largest suppliers of environmental testing equipment in the UK, Design Environmental and Weiss Gallenkamp are pleased to announce that with effect from 1st Jan 2013, the two companies will merge to form one company called Weiss Technik UK Ltd.

The merged company will continue to provide the high quality product brands of Weiss Technik, Votsch Industrietechink, Design Environmental, Fitotron and Gallenkamp.

The newly formed Weiss Technik UK Ltd will employ some 90 people and operate out of both the existing locations in South Wales and Loughborough. Sales for industrial products will in future be centred on the South Wales office whilst life science product sales will be concentrated in Loughborough. The new company structure will provide clarity and a greater focus, which will enable us to support our UK and overseas customers whilst continuing to grow our business.

Over the first few months of 2013 there will be many changes but all telephone contact details will remain unchanged. A new website www.weiss-uk.com will be constructed but in the meantime the existing websites will remain active. New E mail addresses will be notified shortly but again all existing addresses will also operate.

Design Environmental award for the best final dissertation

12 July 2012

This year's annual Design Environmental award for the best final dissertation was presented to Michele Presacane by Dr Joanne Hudson, head of department at Aberystwyth University's Department of Sport and Exercise Science.

The department, which was successfully included as a 2012 Olympic mountain bike training camp is housed in the Carwyn James building.

The state-of-the-art laboratories include a Design Environmental temperature and humidity controlled training room to help provide specialised facilities for physiological, psychological and biomechanical testing that enables the department to develop bespoke solutions to help achieve training goals and optimal sporting performance.

Courses in Climatic and Environmental Testing a great success

26 April 2012

The two day Climatic Seminar held on 24th and 25th April, in association with NDO Consultants was a great success with 30 delegates attending from a very wide range of industries.

Many topics were covered during the seminar including humidity generation, temperature rates of change, measurement, applicable standards, combining environments and HALT HASS to name a few.

Some presentations were given by Weiss UK staff but special thanks to the guest presenters:

Mr Graham Couser, MSEE, C Eng, CEnv (consultant) , Mr Bryan Tyler (Atomic Weapons Establishment), Mr James Flanagan (CentrateQ), Mr Bob Page, MSc, BSc (Reliability Plus), Claudia Barozzi and Harvey Galvin (The Altitude Centre).

Following on from the good level of interest shown in this seminar we hope to be running another event, possibly in the North of the UK, sometime during autumn of this year.

Anyone interested in attending should either contact Design Environmental, Weiss Gallenkamp or NDO Consultants for further information. We would also be interested to learn of any particular subjects that it would be desirable to cover at any future event so please contact us with your ideas.

Two 1-day courses in Climatic and Environmental Testing

27 February 2012

Introduction to Climatic and Environmental Testing - 24 April 2012

Advanced Climatic and Environmental Testing - 25 April 2012

Loughborough, Leicestershire

Introduced by NDO Consultants Ltd. in association with Weiss UK (Design Environmental Ltd & Weiss Gallenkamp Ltd)

NDO Consultants Ltd are well established in providing training in all aspects of Vibration, Climatic and Environmental testing. This course is being run in association with Weiss UK and introduces a number of industry leading experts who will cover everything from the introductory basics of Climatic testing through to more advanced combined environments and HALT/HASS.

We have configured these 2 days as stand alone one day courses for those delegates that feel only one day suits them, however as a two day course it will provide an great insight to Climatic & Environmental Testing and its applications.

Day 1 - Climatic testing covers a wide range of topics, from temperature and humidity testing through high and low altitude, sand & dust and a range of combined environment testing. This seminar introduces the basics of climatic testing from the terminology, scope, equipment types and measuring equipment, through applications, standards, product testing and practical test considerations. Subjects such as rates of change, compressor cooling, gas cooling, heat load effects will all be explained.

Day 2 - This seminar looks a little deeper into the wider applications of Climatic testing, we will look at combined environment testing with vibration and pressure/vacuum and follow up with an overview of specialist test chambers for Lithium Ion battery testing, ATEX, Hypoxic, VOC's etc.The topic of HALT HASS will be given a good airing in the afternoon with industry and chamber specialists explaining why and how we use these techniques. The day will finish up with a fascinating look at the testing of people and how temperature, humidity and altitude affects human performance.

Download further information and a booking form for Day 1 - Introduction to Climatic & Environmental Testing

Download further information and a booking form for Day 2 - Advanced Climatic & Environmental Testing

The cost for these valuable days training will be £150 per delegate per day including lunch, refreshments and full course notes. The presenters will be on hand throughout the day to answer any questions you may have.

If you would like to book a place at this seminar please send your enquiry to training@ndoconsultants.com or telephone 01945 881291. Alternatively you can download a booking form and book online at www.ndotraining.com/Course_Calendar_Book_online.html

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Continued growth for Design Environmental and Weiss Gallenkamp in 2011

13 January 2012

Despite the economic downturn, 2011 turned out to be a record year in both turnover and profit for the Weiss Group companies in the UK; in fact it was a good year for the entire Schunk Group, which grew by approximately 14% worldwide on the previous year.

During the year the industrial sales and service organisations of Design Environmental and Weiss Gallenkamp were merged together and this enabled us to offer a very comprehensive range of products and an improved after sales service to our wide range of customers.

Several major contracts from large and small customers alike were instrumental in helping us achieve these results and we would like to thank all our customers for their support.

In 2012 we aim to further improve our products and service and look forward, with the help of our customers and suppliers, to another successful year.

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