TPI January 2024

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UK Prime Minister visits pipeline pigging specialist One of the UK’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of pigging products – North Yorkshire based iNPIPE Products – welcomed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for a visit. – is reflected in the continued commitment and loyalty of our team, all of whom have played an enormous part in making iNPIPE the successful business that it is today.”

As part of the visit, the Prime Minister met the six apprentices based at iNPIPE’s Brompton-on-Swale facility, near Richmond, North Yorkshire, spoke to all members of staff and received a full tour of the company’s six-acre site, including the foam shop, where the Prime Minister viewed some of the latest foam pig technology manufactured by the business and used for pipeline cleaning, de-watering and swabbing. The visit also provided the management team with the opportunity to talk through their continued strategy for growth which has seen the business export 70 per cent of its turnover worldwide. Speaking about the visit, Simon Bell, MD at iNPIPE Products, said: “We are very proud to have been visited by the Prime Minister and were privileged to welcome him to our premises. “Everyone at iNPIPE Products is extremely proud of the business and the success that we have all worked so hard to achieve during what will be our 40th year of trading next year. Our consistently strong performance is coupled with a strong internal culture with many of our team having been with us for 25 years or more. “Our success – recognised by the Prime Minister choosing iNPIPE as the company to reinforce government support for British industries exporting our products and services worldwide

Mr Sunak said: “I welcomed the opportunity to return to iNPIPE – a world-class manufacturing and design business in my constituency. “It’s commitment to innovation and quality of manufacture has led to worldwide success anchored in the workforce here in North Yorkshire. I was particularly pleased to see the company’s commitment to growing its own team through its longstanding commitment to an apprenticeship programme, which already has seen young people develop into senior roles in the company.” iNPIPE Products is a world leader in the design, manufacture, supply and hire of pipeline pigging, maintenance and testing products across the oil & gas, petrochem, powergen, mining, nuclear, water and food processing industries. Formed in 1984, the business will be celebrating 40 years of trading next year, employs 68 members of staff – including eight apprentices – across its Brompton-on Swale and Aberdeen sites and works with many of the world’s largest brands across Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America and Asia. iNPIPE Products www.inpipeproducts.com safety and enhance operational performance. Dr Chiraz Ennaceur, CEO of CorrosionRADAR, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Dominic Emery to our board of directors as we embark on the next phase of growth at CorrosionRADAR. Dominic has extensive experience from some of the world’s leading energy companies. His expertise will help us considerably as we continue to lead the charge in accelerating the rollout of technologies that detect, locate and address the risk of corrosion damage

The visit comes almost 10 years since the Prime Minister last visited the iNPIPE business – before becoming an MP. It also provided an opportunity to support one of the largest single employers in his Richmond (Yorkshire) constituency. The company’s growth has increased employment opportunities for apprentices in a successful, expanding engineering company with almost 12 per cent of the workforce now being made up by their apprenticeship programme. The visit comes on the back of one of the most successful periods to date for iNPIPE Products, which has seen the company invest in a new service centre in Aberdeen, Scotland and grow its global customer base.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pictured with MD of iNPIPE Products, Simon Bell

Former BP chief of staff joins CorrosionRADAR CorrosionRADAR, a UK-based provider of predictive corrosion monitoring and analytics products, has appointed Dr Dominic Emery as non-executive director. a Distinguished Fellow with the World Economic Forum and a Senior Fellow of the Mission Possible Partnership. Based in Cambridge,

UK, CorrosionRADAR was founded in 2017 as a spin-out from the University of Cranfield. Its investors include Mercia, SAEV and angel investors. Mr Emery’s appointment will help support the company’s expansion plans, as it prepares to enter new markets and extend its range of ground-breaking corrosion remote monitoring solutions including Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI), which help businesses across the oil & gas industry reduce the risk of leaks, minimise emissions, improve

Mr Emery, who was formerly chief of staff at BP and head of strategy, brings with him experience from across the energy sector as well as an understanding of how the industry is evolving to manage the energy transition. He was founding CEO of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative’s (OGCI) $1bn climate investment fund, set up by the world’s leading oil & gas companies to invest in technologies to reduce carbon emissions. He is currently

before it occurs.” CorrosionRADAR www.corrosionradar.com

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