All Equipment News articles – Page 45
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BigBrother detects crooks planning drive-offs
BigBrother, the specialist forecourt security innovator, has launched AutoAlert, an interactive software module which allows site staff to recognise false or stolen licence plates prior to authorising a pump. AutoAlert’s intelligent system uses new or existing forecourt CCTV cameras to capture number plates through integrated licence plate recognition. The system ...
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Jos Richardson & Son invests in energy reduction measures
Jos Richardson & Son has taken the opportunity of a full refit of its Primrose Valley Service Station at Hunmanby, between Bridlington and Filey in East Yorkshire, to introduce a range of energy-saving measures. Managing director Joseph Richardson said: "After completing a successful energy reduction upgrade at another of our ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: WashTec adds to car wash range
WashTec has launched two new products for use in the Forecourt car wash sector. The WashTec Plus online car wash management system enables operators to monitor the current status of all car washes when they are on the go, on their tablet or smartphone. WashTec says all data is available ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Gilbarco Veeder-Root offers deals on Insite 360
Gilbarco Veeder-Root is supporting the recent launch of its wetstock management service Insite360 by offering all new gauge customers its Insite360 Visibility service free for six months, when a new gauge is purchased before 31 March, 2015. The company says it is important that retailers proactively manage their wetstock, making ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Jos Richardson cuts energy usage
Jos Richardson & Son has taken the opportunity of a full refit of its Primrose Valley Service Station at Hunmanby between Bridlington and Filey in East Yorkshire to introduce a range of energy saving measures. Managing director Joseph Richardson said: “After completing a successful energy reduction upgrade at another of ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Moto automates truckwash entry
Motorway services company Moto Hospitality has made considerable savings at its Truckwash facilities at Toddington, Donnington Park and Cherwell Valley after introducing technology to improve customer throughput. Previously staff had to process customers using hand-written forms and the company decided to investigate whether the system could be automated to give ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Ma Fra offers new car wash chemicals
A company has been set up to distribute car wash chemicals in the UK from the Italian company Ma Fra. Tony Davies, director of MA Fra Limited, said the superior chemical performance and reduced dosing were already bringing cash savings of 60% to 70% on the chemical costs of both ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: AutoAlert tackles drive-offs
BigBrother, the specialist forecourt security innovator, has launched AutoAlert, an interactive software module which allows site staff to recognise false or stolen licence plates prior to authorising a pump. AutoAlert’s intelligent system uses new or existing forecourt CCTV cameras to capture number plates through integrated licence plate recognition. The system ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Adler and Allan buys Aalto
Harrogate-based environmental services provider Adler and Allan has acquired the goodwill and assets of Aalto Technical Services Ltd, which provides a range of industrial services; including tank cleaning, site maintenance and separator installation. In a statement Adler and Allan said: “Aalto Technical Services will be incorporated into Adler and Allan’s ...
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Heaps of praise for Wayne’s new dispensers
Wayne Fueling Systems has said it has received positive feedback from the first customer installations in the US for the Wayne Ovation2 fuel dispenser. It said the feedback confirms that the Ovation2 fuel dispenser, which it says is among the most advanced dispensers ever built, helps fuel site operators build ...
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Costcutter’s new secure portal puts its members in control
Costcutter Supermarkets Group has launched a new secure online portal called ActivHUB, which is designed to put members in control by providing access to all of their systems, documents and information in one place. The company says it is the next stage in the ActivTechnology suite, which has seen ongoing ...
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Cloud showcase
Wayne Fueling Systems showcased Wayne Cloud Solutions with industry partners Intel Corporation, Wincor Nixdorf, and Gas Station TV (GSTV) at the NACS (National Association of Convenience Stores) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, last month. Wayne Cloud Solutions is a suite of forecourt technologies and services that operates with the Wayne ...
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Tokheim Eye shortlisted for business award
The Tokheim Eye forecourt security and retail system, which brings pumps, payment and imagery equipment together, has been shortlisted for a national business award. Metro Security Tokheim’s international partner for the full range of Tokheim Eye systems has been shortlisted in the Innovator of the Year category by the Growing ...
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My Phillips 66 is the new portal for Jet retailers
By John Wood Jet has launched its upgraded extranet portal ’My Phillips 66’. The company says the upgrade is the result of considerable research and investment to develop an industry-leading data delivery mechanism for customers across its entire retail, wholesale, aviation, LPG and marine network. My Phillips 66, which replaces ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Kärcher launches new car wash
Kärcher has launched a new car wash machine, the Kärcher CB3, which will be available in the UK from January 2015. Pending a totally new car wash, which is scheduled for release in 2016, the company says the CB3 showcases some exciting improvements and innovations as a taster for things ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Filter wins environmental award
An ethanol coalescing filter from Adler and Allan has won the Environmental Protection and Improvement category at this year’s APEA awards. Adler and Allan says its Ethanol Coalescing Filter is the first and only filter of its kind that removes, on average, 95% of all BTEX components from surface water ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: CCTV certified for use on unmanned sites
High tech CCTV systems have now developed to a stage where they are a viable way of operating unmanned forecourts and enabling 24-hour operation of sites that are unmanned overnight, according to Farsight Security Services. Malcolm O’Shea Barnes, senior operations manager at Farsight Security Services, said: “Over the past three ...
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Equipment News: Tokheim Eye shortlisted for award
The Tokheim Eye forecourt security and retail system, which brings pumps, payment and imagery equipment together, has been shortlisted for a national business award. Metro Security – Tokheim’s international partner for the full range of Tokheim Eye systems – has been shortlisted in the Innovator of the Year category by ...
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NewsEQUIPMENT NEWS: Horn Tecalemit prepares to make an impact at APEA event
Dispensing technology specialst Horn Tecalemit plans to make an impact at next month’s APEA event at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, with its fuel management systems. The APEA’s annual exhibition, conference and awards dinner takes place on November 5, where Horn Tecalemit believes its HDM range will impress users of fuel ...
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NewsEQUIPMENT NEWS: Soup boost to NESCAFÉ & GO machines
Maggi Soups will now be available from Nestlé Professional for NESCAFE & GO machines, enabling operators to generate incremental turnover in the busy lunchtime period. The UK soup market is set to grow by 29.5% to £869m between 2013 and 2017 and so the new soups - available in three ...