VSD tips on video (1st March 2012)

Brammer has launched a new 'Quick Tips' Video about the energysaving benefits of Variable Speed Drives (VSDs). It's the latest in the company's 'Quick Tips' Video series; short, sharp visual aids presented by product gr

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  Equipped to tour (1st March 2012)

Brammer, supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul products and services, has launched its Mobile Centre of Excellence, designed to showcase its product and service offering. The Centre will visit many key customer f

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  Top tip videos (1st January 2012)

Distributor of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, Brammer, has launched a series of advice-led videos to share its expertise and engage with customers online.

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  Delivering efficiencies (1st January 2012)

Brammer has joined forces with other electrical devices.

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  Fan solution for cement plant (1st January 2012)

Adesign fault on the bearing assembly of a large centrifugal fan that could have potentially caused a cement plant to reduce, or even stop production due to a failure to comply with dangerous emission regulations, has

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  Forum plus Awards lunch (1st November 2011)

Brammer recently hosted its 2011 Manufacturing Forum and Awards Lunch. Held at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the awards were presented by Lord Digby Jones, former trade minister and ex-director gener

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  VSDs:Quick guide to specification (1st November 2011)

The benefits of variable speed drives (VSDs) are proven in a wide range of manufacturing applications.Here Jeremy Salisbury, head of marketing at Brammer UK, offers advice on specification

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  Specialist fluid power catalogue (1st July 2011)

Distributor of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, Brammer has launched a specialist guide to the products, services, and support it offers for pneumatic, hydraulic and process sy

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  Early advantage (1st May 2011)

Supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products, Brammer, has urged UK industry to act now and take early advantage of the opportunities for greater energy efficiency that will result from the introduction

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Toasting a new contract (1st January 2011)

Brammer has clinched a contract to supply a range of MRO products to brewing and distilling giant Diageo.

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  Brammer's award winners announced (1st November 2010)

Alastair Campbell, former Labour spokesman and communications strategist, was the host of the 2010 annual Manufacturing Forum and Awards Lunch held by Brammer.

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  Key area for cost savings (1st September 2010)

The process of compressing air can be highly wasteful. Here, Ian Ritchie, managing director of Brammer UK, examines how significant cost savings can be achieved through the use of the latest technology

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  High precision efficiency savings (1st July 2010)

Leicester-based AETC was having to replace high numbers of bearings in its CNC machines, so the high precision machining company asked Brammer to find a solution.

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  Counterfeits: On the increase (1st May 2010)

Brammer is reminding UK companies of the threat posed by counterfeit engineering spares and the importance of only sourcing spares through authorised distributors.

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  Savings in store (1st May 2010)

Brammer UK has completed a major project to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs at its automated NDC in Wolverhampton. The £17,000 capital investment has seen the installation of new energy-efficient Virolux-HLF hi

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  Sweet savings for Cadbury as it plugs its air leaks (1st May 2010)

Cadbury's promise to halve its CO2 emission levels by 2020 has moved a step closer thanks to Brammer, whose compressed air energy solutions have reduced carbon emissions at Cadbury's site at Chirk, North Wales, by more

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  Avid supporter of Team Green (1st May 2010)

Sponsoring an international motor sport team is not all about glamour for Brammer. For more than 10 years, the company's engineering prowess has been channelled into support for Team Green, a successful eco-marathon tea

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  Avid supporter of Team Green (1st May 2010)

Sponsoring an international motor sport team is not all about glamour for Brammer. For more than 10 years, the company's engineering prowess has been channelled into support for Team Green, a successful eco-marathon tea

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  Efficiency on track (1st March 2010)

A bespoke managed inventory solution from Brammer has helped deliver improved maintenance efficiencies and working capital reductions at Alstom's West Coast Traincare Centre at Wembley.

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  Seminars and winning ways (1st November 2009)

Former Cabinet Minister, the Rt Hon Michael Portillo, and Lee Hopley, Head of Economic Policy at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, headed the list of speakers at the annual Manufacturing Forum and Awards Lunch held

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  Water great new contract (1st September 2009)

Thames Water, the UK's largest water and sewerage company serving 13.6 million customers across London and the Thames Valley, has awarded Brammer a sole supply contract for bearings, mechanical power transmission, seals, gaskets, fluid power and associated products.

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  An 'Insite' into spares control (1st September 2009)

An innovative approach to maintenance spares management

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  Energy audit (1st September 2009)

Manufacturer of physical security products, Bradbury Security anticipates cost savings following an energy audit undertaken as part of a Partners loyalty programme from Brammer, supplier of maintenance, repair and o

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Health and safety (1st July 2009)

Brammer has joined the SAFEcontractor scheme, which recognises high standards of health and safety practice in a wide range of sectors.

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  Sweet savings (1st July 2009)

With a commitment to halve its CO2 levels by 2020, Cadbury was delighted when Brammer delivered carbon emission reductions and a £16,000 energy cost saving at its factory in Sheffield.

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  Motor policy (1st May 2009)

An energy seminar organised by Brammer UK has inspired a leading manufacturer of corrugated board to commit to only specifying energyefficient EFF1 motors at its largest UK manufacturing facility.

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  News welcome (1st May 2009)

Brammer welcomes the European Commission's agreement on draft regulations for mandatory minimum efficiency standards for industrial electric motors. The new regulations, which form part of the EuP Directive entitled 'Ec

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  Buying cheap may prove expensive (1st January 2009)

Adopting a 'best practice'approach to maintenance strategy can enhance efficiency and deliver the business performance improvements and operational cost savings crucial to maintaining competitiveness in today's challenging

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  Tarmac averts downtime (1st January 2009)

Brammer has come to the rescue of a manufacturer of asphalt after a failing gearbox threatened to halt production.

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  Bagging more uptime (1st November 2008)

At Tarmac Trupak's production facility at Rochester in Kent, the company's main sand bagging machine processes around 1000 bags every hour, so any downtime is costly.

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  Cadbury's MRO (1st November 2008)

MRO specialist, Brammer, has been awarded a major contract to supply a full range of mechanical MRO products and solutions to all of Cadbury's factories in the UK and Ireland.

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  Helping SMEs secure 0% loans (1st November 2008)

With the Carbon Trust doubling its interest free energy efficiency loans to £200,000, MRO equipment distributor, Brammer, is urging UK manufacturing firms to act quickly.

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  Ready for reach? (1st September 2008)

European distributor of industrial MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) products, Brammer, is warning UK companies working with chemicals that they only have until 1st December to officially register these substances.

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  A key area for cost savings (1st September 2008)

Compressed air is vital to a multitude of manufacturing processes – yet the process of compressing air can be highly wasteful. Ian Ritchie, managing director of Brammer UK, examines how significant cost savings can be ach

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  Sourcing spare parts (1st May 2008)

The whole life cost of spare parts and equipment is as critical as the upfront price of the individual component, according to Brammer

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  Gearbox boosts efficiency (1st March 2008)

When Thames Water needed to replace an old gearbox on a picket fence thickener sludge tank at its White Walham sewage treatment works in Slough, it called on Brammer to provide an efficient solution.

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  Faking it: who pays the price? (1st March 2008)

Counterfeiting may not be new. But it's a growing global menace, with its roots in organised crime. It costs governments and taxpayers countless billions every year. Consumers are ripped off and sometimes put at huge risk

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  Maintenance is essential, saving money is optional (1st January 2008)

Last year alone, Brammer delivered £21 million in documented cost savings to UK industry through innovation and added-value solutions - including energy savings through improved operational efficiencies. Here, Brammer looks

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