TPT March 2014

Industry News

Arc Energy Resources appoints welding engineer

process and pipeline equipment for use in any hostile environment. The company recently made a major investment in two new rotating head welding machines costing £500,000. This has increased productivity and extended the size and scope of work it can handle, which now includes complicated component geometries for the full or partial cladding and fabrication of a wide range of component sizes weighing up to 15 tonnes. In-house designed cladding workstations feature control systems developed to suit customers’ specialised engineering requirements, and can clad bores up to 4m in diameter and areas of restricted access within bores as small as 20mm diameter.

SPECIALISTweld engineering company Arc Energy Resources has appointed David Hodges as welding engineer. Mr Hodges began his welding career as an apprentice, where he gained experience in both sheet metalwork and welding. He progressed into design, quality and manufacturing for specialist automotive and rail products manufacturer Johnson Security, before achieving the role of senior production engineer and welding specialist, working between factories in both the UK and China. In his role as senior welding process engineer with his previous company, IMI, he successfully established two new product lines, whilst supporting and improving current production of products for the nuclear industry. Welcoming Mr Hodges to the Arc Energy Resources team to focus on weld engineering within the oil and gas industry, managing director

David Hodges

Alan Robinson says his previous experience in senior roles and his in- depth knowledge of welding make him a valuable asset. Arc Energy Resources specialises in weld overlay cladding and fabrication for the oil and gas industry. The company’s expertise provides protection against corrosion and wear for a variety of

Arc Energy Resources – UK Fax: +44 1453 823623 Email: sales@arcenergy.co.uk Website: www.arcenergy.co.uk