Award winner

As part of TSE’s annual Recognising Success Awards scheme, Brammer was presented with the award for the training it provides to the global steel company. Its courses  cover installation, maintenance and safety procedures for products supplied by Brammer, including transmission belts; gearboxes; chains; lubricants; and plain, roller and ball bearings. Each course is tailored to the products used at the TSE Port Talbot facility, including bearings and gearboxes, with support from Brammer suppliers such as NSK and Siemens.

As well as spares, Brammer provides a range of inventory management services to TSE at Port Talbot as well as the company’s other UK facilities. 

Dean Jones, head of Brammer’s continuous improvement team based at Port Talbot, explained: "Our partnership with TSE has so far delivered £2.2m of cost saving opportunities, and to maximise this it’s vital that all engineers are working in the most effective way. In 2012 we delivered our courses to almost 200 trainees, ensuring that they have the skills to work efficiently and safely, and we’re delighted to have been recognised by TSE for the high-level training we provide.

"The stores transformation programme being implemented by Brammer and TSE has also resulted in closer co-operation and alignment between the engineering, procurement, stores and finance departments, and effective training is a key part of this achievement.”