All Equipment News articles – Page 38
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Solar panels already working well at Simply Fresh forecourt
A Somerset forecourt has enhanced its green credentials with the installation of solar panels to generate electricity and the introduction of energy saving LED lighting.Simon Lunn, owner and manager of the Simply Fresh/BP site at Weare in Somerset, explained that while motorists top up with fossil fuel, the electricity for ...
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David Charman - chairman CWA
Last month I was invited to speak at the first Car Wash Show Europe, held in Amsterdam. This was an interesting show as the main exhibitors came from far afield, mainly America. While there were some intriguing ideas, the manufacturers were really seeking distributors to sell their products, rather than ...
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Tokheim keeps an Eye on Deal Services
The Tokheim Eye forecourt security and retail management system, launched in the UK last year, has been installed at George Hammond plc’s refurbished Deal Services site on London Road in Deal, Kent. The BP-branded facility had been closed for a 20-week major refit that included new pumps, tanks, telecoms infrastructure ...
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Strategic partnership
EFR-Group (European Forecourt Retail Group) has chosen Kalibrate Location Solutions as the strategic market planning partner for its 1,200 fuel retail locations in France, The Netherlands and Belgium. Implementation of Location Solutions will allow EFR-Group to assess location performance potential, inform investment strategies and determine how to optimise network performance ...
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Gearing up for polymer notes
With the Bank of England recently extending its paper-to-polymer transition to include £20 notes, Cashmaster International, one of the leading companies in the global cash management sector, is reminding retailers to keep ahead of upcoming changes. As a leader in the field of count-by-weight solution providers, Cashmaster has introduced a ...
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Tokheim Eye stands guard over Deal forecourt
The Tokheim Eye forecourt security and retail management system, launched in the UK last year, has been installed at George Hammond plc’s refurbished Deal Services site on London Road in Deal, Kent. The BP-branded facility had been closed for a 20-week major refit that included new pumps, tanks, telecoms ...
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Wayne introduces outdoor payment terminal
Wayne Fueling Systems has introduced, the iX Pay secure payment terminal, which can be used for outdoor payments including at the pump. “The iX Pay T7 terminal is an all-in-one compact product serving as a retrofit terminal into Wayne legacy dispensers as well as other supplier´s dispensers,” said Wayne vice ...
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BP takes Gilbarco’s Insite360
BP has signed a deal to implement Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Insite360 wetstock management system across its entire UK estate of more than 300 company owned sites. Under the same agreement, BP will offer Insite360 to all of its 850-plus UK dealers as part of the standard fuel contract agreement. Patrick Forsythe, ...
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Solar panels burnish site’s green credentials
A Somerset forecourt has enhanced its green credentials with the installation of solar panels to generate electricity and the introduction of energy saving LED lighting. Simon Lunn, owner and manager of The Simply Fresh forecourt and BP Garage at Weare in Somerset, explained that while motorists top-up with fossil fuel, ...
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Kalibrate solution chosen by EFR-Group
Kalibrate, the experts in global fuel and convenience retail, has announced that EFR-Group (European Forecourt Retail Group) has chosen Kalibrate Location Solutions as the strategic market planning partner for its 1,200 fuel retail locations in France, The Netherlands and Belgium. The selection will enable EFR-Group to leverage Kalibrate’s models, industry ...
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Istobal wins major deal with MRH
MRH, number one in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has signed a deal to buy more than 630 air and vac units from Istobal together with a five-year service and maintenance agreement. Istobal key account manager Tom Byrne described it as “the most significant order in the forecourt valeting ...
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UNITI expo 2016 adds extra space for equipment firms
Extra space has been added to the capacity of next year’s UNITI expo after the space allocated for equipment exhibitors sold out.The organisers of the event, which will take place from June 14-16, 2016 in Stuttgart, have added an additional hall for exhibitors from the areas of forecourt equipment, fuel ...
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Award for Global 4
Global 4 Communications, telecomms solution provider to the forecourt industry, has won the title of ’Best Reseller’ from network and telephony solutions provider NEC, for the third time in five years.Global 4, an NEC premier partner, has supplied telephone systems and services to more than 1,500 locations, including Top 50 ...
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More solutions added to Kalibrate’s Pricing Cloud
Kalibrate, an expert in global fuel and convenience retail, has announced the addition of merchandise and promotion pricing to the Kalibrate Pricing Cloud. This fulfils the company’s mission to offer end-to-end price performance management to fuel and convenience retailers worldwide, a commitment made possible through an exclusive global reseller partnership ...
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ATM protection system thwarts explosive attacks
A cash machine (ATM) protection system produced by two UK companies has defeated criminals who tried to blow up an ATM in an explosive gas attack. The raiders fled empty handed when Gunnebo UK and Safe & Vault Company’s Gas Attack Protection (GP-X) system detected the gas, prevented the explosion ...
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Bulk fuel theft silence
The number of bulk fuel theft incidents is growing but the industry appears reluctant to talk about it, according to a recent BBC report on the subject.On September 17, a news item on BBC local radio highlighted two examples in Cambridgeshire where several thousand litres of diesel had been stolen ...
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Multi-function tower
Wilcomatic has launched the high-quality, stainless steel Mercur quad multi-function tower, comprising a vehicle vacuum, screen-wash, water, air and car-fresh fragrance. The efficient vacuum comes in a choice of a powerful three-phase motor or a power-saving single-phase turbine motor.There is also a choice of three dust collection systems: one-use filter ...
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Wilcomatic launches multi-function tower
Wilcomatic has launched the high quality stainless steel Mercur quad multi-function tower, comprising a vehicle vacuum, screen-wash water, air and car-fresh fragrance. The efficient vacuum comes in a choice of a powerful three-phase motor or a power saving single-phase turbine motor. There is also a choice of three ...
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ATM security system protects against explosions
A cash machine (ATM) protection system produced by two UK companies has defeated criminals who tried to blow up an ATM in an explosive gas attack. The raiders fled empty handed when Gunnebo UK and Safe & Vault Company’s Gas Attack Protection (GP-X) system detected the gas, prevented the explosion ...
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Telecoms provider wins award
Global 4 Communications, telecoms solution provider to the garage forecourt retail industry, has won the title of “Best Reseller” from network and telephony solutions provider NEC, for the third time in five years. The award recognises NEC’s best performing business partner offering telephony solutions to the enterprise market in ...