Sadly, after 60 years of manufacturing industrial light fittings in Brighton, Horsell Electrics Ltd ceased trading at the end of April with the loss of 12 jobs. Fortunately, following an introduction by South East Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS South East) the business assets have been acquired and trading has restarted as “Horsell Electrics – A part of the Industrial Division of Drallim Industries Ltd”

Drallim is an award winning and long established Sussex Company; they are an Engineering, Equipment and Systems Manufacturer based in St Leonards on Sea. The company has seen steady growth through the recession and Managing Director Dave Mooney said:

“We are delighted to be able to step in and save the Horsell name within the Drallim Group. We are an employee centred company, committed to championing manufacture in the UK and Sussex in particular. Our ethos closely matches the family atmosphere at Horsell and we will continue their strong customer focus whilst bringing new investment and more jobs to Brighton in the future. Richard Ainsworth grandson of the founder of the company will continue working with us as a consultant and we will also continue to work closely with MAS South East and the University of Brighton - Product Development Centre who have both helped us grow our business.”

Initially they will be employing 10 people as well as using other group resources. In the coming months there are plans to relocate within the Brighton area to a modern factory unit and to invest in significant new plant and equipment. This will give a great base to propel the business forward with new products, improved quality and expanded capability”

Calibration Services

Drallim Industries have comprehensive facilities to accurately calibrate a wide variety of capacitance and Tan δ bridges. Alternatively, Drallim can provide engineers to calibrate your equipment at your site - Click here

Manufacturing Insites Visit

We hosted our first Manufacturing Insites visit during April, when a group of interested visitors toured our facilities. In the feedback from the organisers we achived an overall visit score of 85% and a visitor satisfaction score of 100%.

All of the comments received were very positive, here are a few examples:

"Very good modern company ideas and structure"

"Seems to be a good company to work for"

"Well thought out and presented. Very open"

"Excellent visit, interesting how people involvement is important, you can feel the pride in how things have turned around and how change has worked"

Why not contact Manufacturing Insites http://www.manufacturinginsights.co.uk and visit us or another of the companies on show.

Drallim Industries Ltd., is pleased to announce that its Aerospace division, currently trading as Cargo Aids has been awarded certification to AS 9100-B, the quality management standard specifically developed for the aviation, space and defence industries.

AS 9100 is a single, common Quality Management System for the whole aerospace industry, satisfying many of the leading aerospace organisations quality requirements. It totally encompasses ISO 9001, combining it with additional requirements designed specifically to address regulatory compliance and other aerospace sector specific issues.

 “I am particularly proud that our team were able to implement the system and achieve 100% first time compliance in less than a year,” said Dave Mooney, Managing Director. “We have always sought to achieve the highest standards of quality. AS 9100 certification demonstrates this commitment throughout the entire organisation.”

The Company has been a supplier to the aerospace industry for over 50 years and already holds EASA Production & Maintenance approvals from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and other prestigious approvals from organisations such as Westland and the MoD.

Cargo Aids achieved the AS9100 approval through ISOQAR Ltd. These new credentials automatically upgrade the Company’s existing ISO 9001:2008 approval for Cargo Aids, and with its other two divisions, Industrial & Utilities covered by Drallim Controls & Drallim Telecom continuing to be approved to 9001:2008, this ensures that Drallim Industries Ltd. is able to enhance customer satisfaction by applying rigorous quality systems in an environment that promotes continual improvement.

We are delighted to announce that our ongoing success story continues with our Managing Director Dave Mooney having been selected as a finalist in the IoD London and South East Director of the Year Awards, in the category of companies £5m - £24.99m turnover. With a record number of nominations and entries received, reaching the finals is a proud moment for Drallim. The results will be announced at a Gala Dinner in London on 23rd March 2010 in the Grand Ballroom of the prestigious Landmark Hotel, Marylebone, London. http://www.iod.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/en/pdfs/dotya2010.pdf

Don't forget to see us at the Defence Research Conference & Exhibition 2010 on stand 22 from 23rd to 24th March 2010. Venue; the Birmingham International Conference Centre. We offer a wide range of custom engineering services from special lashings and release mechanisms to electronic monitoring systems. We are happpy to assist at any stage in the design, prototype and manufacture cycle to help you bring your products to market.

National Grid Gas has awarded Drallim Industries the contract for the manufacture of 966 Slamshut Cabinets for their countrywide replacement program. The duration of the contract is seven years with a value of three million GBP.

The cabinets, of which there are eighteen variations, in conjunction with Slamshut Valves monitor the gas pressure and rapidly cut the flow of gas when the pressure in the system exceeds the set point and avoids overpressure conditions.

At the Southern Manufacturing show held at Farnborough, Drallim launched our latest acquisition Likeprod Engineers. This brings a wide variety of Aero Ground Support and Custom Engineering capability to add to the already extensive product ranges in our Aerospace Division. If you are interested in any kind of custom tooling, jigs, fixtures, lifting equipment or special engineering services, contact us to see if we can help. We hold EASA Part 145 approval and can assist in many ways to overcome difficult problems, small runs and obsolescence issues. contact Martyn Turner on 01424 205140

Iris Power is the world leader in partial discharge monitoring for HV rotating machines and generators.

We are excited that Greg Stone will be visiting the UK, 2nd – 4th March as the course instructor; Greg has over 30 years of experience in the application and testing of large motor and generator windings. The course will be of benefit to anyone involved in O&M, design and monitoring of HV machine stators. This is the full 3-day course and will prove to be very useful for power professionals.

Prior to joining Iris in 1990, Greg worked at Ontario Hydro for 15 years, where he specialised in testing the machine windings of the company’s 200 generators, and hundreds of motors in nuclear, fossil and hydro-generating plants. He has authored or co-authored approximately 100 technical papers on motor and generator windings and testing. He has also contributed to the writing of the “Handbook to Assess the Insulation Condition of Large Rotating Machines,” which is an EPRI publication. Greg’s most recent work is a book entitled, "Electrical Insulation for Rotating Machines-Design, Evaluation, Aging, Testing and Repair," which was co-written with Ian Culbert, Al Boulter (formerly of GE) and Hussein Dhirani (formerly of Ontario Power Generation). He is active on many IEEE and IEC working groups developing standards and guides, and is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Uptake is high, so book early to avoid disappointment, it will be on a first come first served basis.

ONSITE INSIGHTS is a national company visit programme that exists to encourage the sharing and adoption of best practice between UK companies.  We achieve this by organising visits to companies recognised for their best practice and success.
The programme:
• Enables organisations to meet others and share how they have met challenges and achieved results.
• Improves productivity and performance in participating businesses.
• Encourages innovation.  How does it work? 
• Companies recognised for their achievements and results are invited to host 
  a series of workshops at their place of work (onsite).
• Managers and owners of organisations are invited to attend the workshops
  to share, discuss and debate specific best practice topics.
• Visitors and host companies discover new opportunities and ideas and implement them within their own organisation.

Benchmarking and the sharing of best practice between companies: 
• Improves productivity and performance.
• Changes behaviours within organisations.
• Generates ideas and solutions.
• Accelerates the innovation process.

MANUFACTURING INSIGHTS is a programme of company visits organised by Onsite Insights specifically for manufacturing companies in the South East of England. The programme is subsidised and delivered on behalf of the Manufacturing Advisory Services South East.

Visit Dates for Drallim are: April 27th 2010, and July 27th 2010. Click here to see more. For more information on the programmes Visit:  www.manufacturinginsights.co.uk or Telephone: 023-9246-8978   Email: info@uk-oi.co.uk

Drallim Telecom appoints new distributor in Malaysia

In December 2008 Drallim Industries made the acquisition of Automotive Cable Products and began manufacturing Mechanical Cables and Control Rods from their factory in East Sussex. Supplying the automotive, plant, marine and aero ground equipment industries the business has continued to grow and can report a successful first year. Always looking for new areas to further develop the business the plan for 2010 is to manufacture Control Cables for the aircraft industry.

Please come and visit us on stand 22 from 23rd to 24th March 2010. Venue; the Birmingham International Conference Centre.

Drallim has portable VLF Test Sets available for hire, providing testing companies with an alternative to DC field testing, thereby eliminating the possible cable damage that DC testing can cause. Click here for more information: Click here

This years Manufacturer Awards were presented at The Tower Hotel in London on 12th November.  Hosted by iconic racing legend, Sir Jackie Stewart and held in association with RBS, the event was attended by companies across all sectors of industry and highlighted the diversity and strength of UK manufacturing. The judging panel was made up of high profile individuals from trade, industry and academic backgrounds.

Shortlisted in no less than four categories, local company Drallim were the winners of the Leadership and Strategy Award, for the second year running.  Managing Director, Dave Mooney said “We were delighted to win this award again, it reflects the superb team spirit we have here at Drallim and is an accolade to all who work here”

The company has grown strongly through the recession and this year has continued to consolidate its success, keeping to its mission:

Innovative people; delivering quality niche products and contract services

Our approach has been successful. We have moved the company from a loss making position with steady improvement over 4 years. Our financial year 07/08 ended with record sales growth of 30% and profits more than doubled. For the period 08/09 sales increased again by 15.5% and profits were maintained despite the deep recession. We were also able to increase our headcount by 12 to 65 and raise our investment activities in preparation for the next period of growth.

We have continued to use local support groups to help us improve our performance and have struck an especially close relationship with the University of Brighton.
 
Our strong commitment to a Continuous Improvement policy has embedded our “no blame” culture enabling us to become very agile in response to these changing times. This was especially evident during our recent acquisition of ACP where excellent teamwork was achieved as we faced the challenge of moving the whole company from South Wales to St Leonards on Sea; we set up production in record time.  We have come out of the learning curve with good skills in cable technology and we have already begun to win new customers and to grow the business.

We have a very strong focus on developing products to meet customer needs. BT is our largest customer; we have already delivered some excellent development work for them.  We continue to deliver further innovative products to solve their ongoing problems with copper cable monitoring.

We have a very strong focus on developing products to meet customer needs. BT is our largest customer; we have already delivered some excellent development work for them.  We continue to deliver further innovative products to solve their ongoing problems with copper cable monitoring.

We remain a small engineering company with a confident vision of ourselves growing into the future, through the strength of our workforce.

NAPIT -  National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers.

40 Years Service to Drallim and Cargo Aids.

Richard Bradford recently achieved the remarkable feat of 40 years continuous service with Drallim. Richard joined the company in October 1969 and has worked mainly for the Cargo Aids division. Richard is only the second person to have achieved this length of service at Drallim although there are many that have completed in excess of 25 years. So Drallim must be doing something right!

Having entered 5 categories earlier this year, it was recently announced that Drallim have once again been successful in their entry. We have been shortlisted as potential winners of 4 Awards; The "SME Manufacturer of the Year", "Leadership & Strategy", "People Skills & Productivity" and "IT in Manufacturing" categories.

Above average scores for their Health & Safety (75.3%) Environment (83.7%) and Quality (93.6%) Management Systems were awarded during a two-day company and site visit resulting in the issue of the UVDB Verify Certificate of Assessment

The UVDB verify scheme enables the major players within the Utilities environment to access all the Drallim Industries Ltd pre-qualification documentation, reports and results by computer, thus eliminating the lengthy pre-qualification period before any tender process can begin.

Telecoms recently received an order for 24 Waveguide Dehydrators from Jamaica’s national telecom provider ‘LIME’ (Cable and Wireless). Types ordered were the Drallim model 12437/L5, the 12255 and the 12269. The final consignment was shipped to Kingston middle of November.

Another welcome export order was received from Radio Frequency Services (Germany). RFS is a major global player in the Broadcast sector and Drallim is extremely pleased to be the selected supplier for their prestigious projects. Drallim Telecom understands this initial order is destined for the EU where further opportunities are reported to exist.

The ‘AIRMON’ BT cable monitoring contract is proceeding well, with customer acceptance  - recognised as ‘business as usual’ - awarded in July. As it stands to-date, 37,000 transducers, and more than 700 control units have been delivered. The present contract is expected to run for at least the next three years, with further add-ons anticipated beyond this point. Having achieved this national milestone, Telecom is now aiming AIRMON as an upgrade to its existing global telecommunication customers.

ISO 9001 is the standard for quality assurance management, which ensures that businesses are operating to the highest levels in order to meet customers’ requirements. It is based on a set of procedures covering all key processes within a business and ensures that these processes are efficient, effective and are monitored consistently allowing the company to continuously improve on its performance.

David Mooney, Managing Director of Drallim Industries Ltd. Commented. We have held the ISO 9001:2000 previously and this accreditation to the latest version demonstrates our continuous improvement policy and our commitment to our mission statement. “Innovative people engineering quality niche products and services”

Drallim are the UK Agent for IRIS, and were exhibiting a range of IRIS products, including “Partial Discharge computer modelled simulation”, as well as attending various seminars.

Delegates for the conference, 119 in total, came from 21 countries worldwide; from as far afield as Japan and New Zealand. Twenty one of these delegates were academics from universities

In the running for another National Award
2009 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED SOUTH OF ENGLAND

National Business Awards Regional Programme           

Sponsored by Orange, the awards are made up of nine categories, Drallim are among more than 60 organisations to reach the final stage, and have already made their presentation in person before an independent, expert judging panel. So it’s now out of our hands, and we have to wait along with the other organizations for the Winners to be unveiled at a glittering gala dinner and awards ceremony in London at the Hilton Park Lane hotel 14th July.

In the Regional program Drallim Industries were entered into two of the nine categories: ‘The Health, Work & well-being Award for Small Business - FINALISTS

‘The Small to Medium Sized Business Award ”

The Drallim entry for this category missed out on a finals place by just 2 points, they were however singled out by the judges for special praise, and awarded the coveted “Highly commended status” for which they will attend a presentation in July, also at the London Hilton.

Paul Tollet, Vice President of Business, Orange UK said: “We wish the best of luck to all finalists of The National Business Awards South of England regional programme. Nobody can doubt that this is an extremely difficult period for commerce; however, The National Business Awards provides the opportunity to revive some confidence in UK business through the recognition of our most talented organisations and individuals. This year's finalists clearly demonstrate the resilience, adaptability and success needed to drive the economy forward."

 “The entry level for this year’s programme of The National Business Awards Regional Programme is very encouraging. Entrants have shown both the resilience and optimism that are the hallmarks of UK enterprise. Without exception all had forecast a level of growth for the coming year which appears to indicate that even in the prevailing market conditions, well run, professionally operated organisations are able to develop and implement effective success strategies”, said Philip Forrest, Chairman of Judges, The National Business Awards.

Dave Mooney, Managing director of Drallim, said:

“Overall Drallim is a very employee-centred and agile enterprise. Our people have been the enabler of our growth. The secret of our ongoing success is that we do our job well with a team of people that want to succeed. Entering these awards will help us to recognise that team.”

The Winner of the TomTom Satellite Navigation system was:

Mr. Alan Bevan, Business Development Manager for MacTaggart Scott & Co.
Congratulations Alan, may you never get lost again!!

Our updated literature which also includes our "Fact Sheet" and "Spec Sheet" describes these new enhancements and features in greater detail.

Automotive Cable Products acquired by Drallim Industries Limited

Drallim are delighted to announce that the business of Automotive Cable Products has been transferred to Drallim Industries Limited where it will operate as an integral part of the Controls Division.

The Automotive Cable Products business is a well-established specialist manufacturer of mechanical control cables. Currently based in Llanelli, South Wales, the business will be relocated to Drallim’s headquarters in East Sussex.

With the transfer and setup of a comprehensive manufacturing and design capability, we can offer 1 off custom cables to batch manufacture covering a wide sector of industries which include marine, automotive, rail, plant and transport.

The awards recognise world class achievement in British manufacturing and this particular award goes to the manufacturing company that, in the opinion of the judges, best demonstrated the value of inspirational leadership and a properly constituted and communicated corporate strategy. The judges felt that the managing director of the winning company demonstrated exceptional and inspirational leadership that resulted in a dramatic turnaround, converting a significant trading loss into a substantial profit in less than four years. A well documented and clearly communicated company strategy provided a solid framework for the transformation which included a ‘no blame’ culture to promote continuous improvement at all levels, the implementation of lean manufacturing, company wide training and the search for new technologies and techniques.

On receiving the award Dave Mooney Managing Director said

“The accolade was a great reward for the company’s hard work and that his team were delighted to win. “Everyone’s contributed to this and now, (with the country) going into recession, we actually see ourselves growing,” he said. “We really believe in British engineering and manufacturing and want to see it back to full strength here in the UK. It’s down to everyone being part of the same successful culture inside companies and this award proves we’ve done that already.

In March 2008 a seminar was held in Liverpool promoting the Iris range of monitoring equipment. More than 40 engineers from different power stations attended the one-day seminar, leading to several new sales as a direct result.

We are delighted to announce that the business of MW Test Equipment has been transferred to Drallim Industries Limited where it will operate as an integral part of their Monitoring Division.

The MW Test business is a well established specialist distributor of power electrical testing and monitoring equipment with an excellent record of working closely with major UK utilities within the electricity supply industry. They are also suppliers to power generators, transmission and distribution utilities, industrial network operators, large contractors and electrical plant manufacturers.

Iris Power Canada: World leaders in on-line diagnostic monitoring of large rotating machines. Partial discharge, rotor flux, current signature analysis. Off line testing of transmission & Distribution equipment.

High Voltage Inc: VLF 0.1Hz test sets 40-200kV for XLPE cable testing. Cable fault location equipment, Oil dielectric test sets. Portable High Voltage AC & DC test sets. High voltage test sets, AC, DC and VLF up to 200kV.

Eltel Industries: High precision dielectric measuring instruments and instrument transformer testing systems. Precision dielectric measuring bridges and CT/VT test. Cable Trend® Continuous discharge monitors for cables and switchgear.

Drallim will be working closely with customers to ensure a smooth transition and to provide on going technical/sales advice and support by their enhanced team of specialist engineers and sales staff.

Drallim has a global presence, and a 50 year pedigree in pneumatic control. Our products include the popular PIV (Pneumatic Interlok Valve), on which the company was founded by the late Angus Millard. Our experience spans the automation, petrochemical, and military industries, amongst others. Our customer base comprises major blue chip international corporations.

The Drallim Air product range comprises solenoid valves, a comprehensive range of cylinders, fittings, FRLs, and tubing. Our extensive stock ensures same-day despatch of most products.

Whether you have requirements for pneumatic components, or complete pneumatic assemblies, please give our experienced, friendly sales team a call to discuss your requirements.

Tel: +44(0)1424 205155

Web: www.drallimair.com