All Equipment News articles – Page 39
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Signage specialist Astley gets another five years with Jet
Jet has confirmed another five-year agreement with signage specialist Astley, taking their working partnership to a 15-year affiliation.Astley was appointed an approved Jet signage contractor in 2005. The confirmation of another five-year agreement will see Astley design, manufacture and install the signage for site-specific brand refresh projects as well as ...
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Kalibrate extends pricing abilities
Kalibrate, the experts in global fuel and convenience retail, have announced the addition of Merchandise and Promotion pricing to the Kalibrate Pricing Cloud. This fulfills 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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Perseus protection
An innovation that significantly enhances card payment security for shoppers and reduces compliance complexity for retailers has been unveiled by HTEC. Named after the first Greek hero Perseus, the new encryption solution adds an additional level of security at the till for customers, with HTEC being one of the first ...
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LED lighting success for Highway Stops Retail
Top 50 Indie Highway Stops Retail is considering introducing LED lighting at more of its sites after a successful pilot at its Belgrave service station at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.Development director Tony Head said the company began investigating new lighting options because it was not satisfied with existing equipment. He explained: "Light ...
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Euro’s Fairbanks deal
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has extended its relationship with Fairbanks, the fuel management specialist, by signing a five-year contract for the real-time monitoring of its forecourt network. The service that Fairbanks provides includes the transfer of ’business critical’ data to third-party service providers to assist Euro Garages in optimising ...
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Amscreen acquisition
Amscreen, which provides screen solutions to companies including Top 50 Indies MRH and MFG, as well as Shell, Moto and Welcome Break, has been bought by out-of-home business DigiCom. The acquisition sees the transfer of all marketing and sales operations for the 3,500 screen out-of-home network.The deal means DigiCom now ...
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Christ Genius Vitesse cuts vehicle wash times by 20%
During busy periods, keeping queues to a minimum at a forecourt’s automatic car washes helps prevent potential customers driving off without using the facility, so Wilcomatic has introduced the Christ Genius Vitesse high-pressure pre-wash system, which cuts the wash time by 20%.The Xtra Foam pre-wash and 50-bar high-pressure wash are ...
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New system uses infuser in Stage 2 VR process
Vapour Control Systems (VCS) has developed a new system to recover the fuel vapour returned from a site’s pumps by Stage 2 vapour recovery systems. The recovery systems pump a mixture of air and fuel vapour back into the tank and the new development by VCS is an infuser which ...
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Loyalty scheme tailored to independent retailers
Card payment company Markadis has launched Mii-Promo, a loyalty scheme tailored to the needs of independent retailers and smaller groups. Mii-Promo uses customers’ debit and credit cards to register and operate, backed by a suite of data marketing tools that is the back bone of Mii-Promo monitor buying trends and ...
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CB Services installs contactless carwash kiosks
CB Services, operators of forecourts and carwash services in Northern Ireland, have installed self-service carwash kiosks with contactless – or PIN-free – card readers. There is a clear trend across Europe to use bank cards more, even for low value transactions. Contactless payments are increasing 174% year on year and ...
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Dover buys Tokheim’s dispenser and system businesses
US-based industrial conglomerate Dover has signed an agreement with Tokheim Group to buy Tokheim’s dispenser and system businesses for €425m (£310m). The Tokheim Businesses will become part of OPW, a business unit within Dover’s Fluids segment. Tokheim’s sales and service divisions are not a part of the transaction and will ...
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Equipment news: S&B confirms new POS contract with Esso in Germany
Scheidt & Bachmann has confirmed a new POS replacement deal with Esso in Germany. Based on more than 30 years market presence and its market-leading position in Germany, Scheidt & Bachmann said it brings a broad range of experience in all aspects of the petrol business. A spokesman for ...
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Equipment news: Jet signs up to another five years with Astley
Jet has confirmed another five-year agreement with signage-specialist Astley, taking their working partnership to a 15 year affiliation.Astley was appointed an approved Jet signage contractor in 2005 and has since worked on each of Jet’s 330 sites.The confirmation of another five year agreement will see Astley design, manufacture and install ...
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Kalibrate wins Morrisons deal
Kalibrate Technologies has secured a deal with Morrisons for its cloud pricing system. Kalibrate provides pricing and planning software to petrol station operators and the contract will see it add Morrisons’ 336 petrol stations to its list of clients. The SaaS (software as a service) solution will manage Morrisons’ fuel ...
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Wilcomatic Vitesse cuts wash time
During busy periods, keeping queues to a minimum at a forecourt’s automatic car wash helps prevent potential customers driving off without using the facility, so Wilcomatic has introduced the Christ Genius Vitesse high-pressure pre-wash system, which cuts the wash time by 20%. The Xtra Foam pre-wash and 50-bar high-pressure wash ...
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HTEC enhances card payment security
An innovation that significantly enhances card payment security for shoppers and reduces compliance complexity for retailers has been unveiled by HTEC. Named after the first Greek hero Perseus, the new encryption solution adds an additional level of security at the till for customers, with HTEC being one of the first ...
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New meter to handle hydrogen
Following the UK government’s decision to fund a network of 15 hydrogen refuelling stations by the end of the year, and Toyota’s launch of its hydrogen fuelled Mirai car in Europe, a new flow meter has been introduced to the UK by Litre Meter. Hydrogen is pumped at very high ...
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Small coffee machine with big performance
WMF has launched a new bean-to-cup coffee machine designed to provide the functionality of a much larger machine from a slimline body. The 5000S is WMF’s third new generation bean to cup machine. It is built with a high-performance pump and a heavy duty brewer with a capacity of up ...
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Amscreen acquired by DigiCom
Amscreen, which provides screen solutions to companies including Top 50 Indies MRH and MFG, as well as Shell, Moto and Welcome Break, has been bought by out-of-home business DigiCom. The acquisition sees the transfer of all marketing and sales operations for the 3,500 screen out-of-home network. The deal means DigiCom ...
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Infuser generates payback from Stage 2 vapour
Vapour Control Systems (VCS) has developed a new system to recover the fuel vapour returned from a site’s pumps by Stage 2 vapour recovery systems. The recovery systems pump a mixture of air and fuel vapour back into the tank and the new development by VCS is an infuser which ...