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News Release from: Pera | Subject: Innovation Factory
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2004
Martec turn to Innovation Factory for
support
With new orders of over GBP100k as a direct result of a project supported by the East Midlands Manufacturing Advisory Service, Martec have again turned to Pera for European Union funded support
Having received new orders amounting to more than GBP100k as a direct result of a project supported by the East Midlands Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS - which in the East Midlands is managed by innovation company Pera) Martec have again turned to Pera for support The initial project addressed design certification procedures, and the team now wishes to take their company to the next level through radical redesign of their product and production processes, utilising CAD and rapid prototyping, whilst also receiving practical assistance with design control, as well as sales and marketing systems
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 24 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The latest Pera offering, the Innovation Factory (I-Factory), which is co-funded by the European Union, will enable them to achieve this by providing cost-effective access to world-class technology and support services necessary to achieve radical growth.
Jonathan Harper at Martec noted: 'We aim to provide our customers with the very best service in product recovery and therefore continually strive to improve both our products and service and the way we work with our customers.
Our previous collaboration with Pera has helped the company generate GBP115,000 in orders from three blue chip companies.
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The I-Factory initiative will help us achieve our aim and benefit our customers'.
Formed in 1997, Chesterfield based Martec specialise in providing processing companies (food, drinks, toiletries, paints, and pharmaceuticals amongst others) with unique patented pipeline product recovery and waste minimisation systems.
These incorporate a device called a Marplug, which fits snugly inside the pipeline, and is propelled by water or compressed air to clear the line of any product, doing away with the need for gallons of cleaning fluid and rinsing agents used in traditional cleaning methods.
The result is not only cleaner pipes, but also the absence of cleaning fluids means valuable product within the pipe can be recovered, resulting in far less waste.
Martec wide ranging experience of the process industry, combined with a practical approach to meeting individual client's requirements has enabled them to provide solutions for many manufacturers both in the UK and abroad.
Martec pride themselves on their ability to recover virtually any product that is capable of being pumped through a pipe, saving the manufacturer a considerable amount of time and money, thereby increasing profits whilst also being kinder to the environment.
This latest project with Pera will ensure that Martec is able to achieve its aim of continually improving the products and services it offers to the market.
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