All Equipment News articles – Page 61
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Moto adopts HTEC
Moto Hospitality’s Poplar 2000 truck stop in Cheshire, the largest in the UK, has adopted a new automated fuelling system from HTEC.The system comprises 12 HydraPOD outdoor payment terminals controlling 36 pumps.HydraPOD is a free-standing and secure outdoor payment terminal with a secure PIN entry device (PED), which can be ...
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Automechanika 2010: a showcase of technology
A mind-boggling array of the latest developments in service station and car wash technology was featured at Automechanika 2010, which took place last month in Frankfurt, Germany. It is a mammoth exhibition which describes itself as "the leading international trade fair for the automotive industry". It claims to beat the ...
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Sky News on screens
Sky News is to become the exclusive news provider to Amscreen’s nationwide network of digital forecourt screens. As a result, Sky News feeds will now reach millions of motorists via Amscreen’s 1,600 venue network.Simon Sugar, chief executive officer at Amscreen, said: "We are thrilled to be working with Sky News ...
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Stargate lands in UK
Car Wash UK has installed its first Aquarama Stargate S5 car wash in a UK forecourt. The company said the equipment was recently fitted at Saracens filling station in Thaxted High Street, Essex. The site’s owner Kim Cowell said: "We had been looking for a new car wash machine as ...
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Touchless installation
European Wash Systems has announced the first installation of a DaergOne Touchless car wash in the UK. The equipment is now in operation at the Simon Smith Group flagship forecourt in Monmouth.Tim Munt, European Wash Systems business development manager, said the Simon Smith Group had plans to roll out a ...
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Gourmet food-to-go
Spanish company Jofemar aims to break into UK forecourts with the launch of the Series 2 version of its Gourmet hot food vending machine. The company says the Gourmet dispenses nutritious hot meals automatically. New features include fresh contemporary livery, improved graphics and enhanced LED back lighting.According to Jofemar, the ...
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All GO as chain opens it second automated site
GO, part of Northern Irish LCC Group, is this month due to open its second fully-automated site, at Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim.The new site follows the successful opening of LCC’s first GO pay@pump site in Cookstown in August 2008. The company said Go’s philosophy was to offer "competitive pricing ...
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Torex works for MRH
Top 50 Indie retailer MRH (GB) has finished installing Torex’s Iridium POS and Prism SQL for back office across 220 of its sites. According to Torex, the technology aims to "help business development, giving head office a holistic view of fuel sales, operator performance and the ability to ...
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Verco rolls out Midi
Following the recent launch of its new-generation open-chill Cambridge range, Verco has added three Midi versions. They are 1.5m high and have been designed to match the height of gondola units to help improve visibility in forecourt stores. Like the Cambridge, the Midis are designed to fit within ...
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Gulf’s pump service
Gulf has signed a deal with pump and wet-stock management services company Fairbanks to ensure its retailers receive a full forecourt meter audit and can get any over-dispensing pumps reset at the same time. According to Gulf, it is the first oil company to offer this complete service ...
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WashTec’s EasyWash: an entry-level solution
WashTec has recently launched EasyWash, designed to offer an ideal entry-level solution for forecourts that offer a car wash service. EasyWash is a joint project involving WashTec’s international production plants and is manufactured under strict WashTec quality guidelines. As well as being designed as an entry-level machine for ...
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Stylish choc machine
Valera has brought out a stylish new hot chocolate dispenser called the Delice 3. The company says the machine can mix and dispense thick chocolate or other hot drinks while looking attractive on top of a counter in store. The Delice 3 holds up to three ...
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See the light
LSI Industries has launched its Crossover Generation 3 line onto the UK market.The US company said the Gen 3 had been developed to provide the best LED lighting solution at the most affordable cost and delivered ’a refined level of lighting performance and control not found in any other ...
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Visible improvements
Baro Lighting has revealed its top tips to help retailers get the most benefit from lighting on their forecourts. These include keeping the store and products brightly lit, using lighting to create a relaxed buying environment, and using reflector technology to ensure there is even light distribution on all aisle ...
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Cool eco savings
Hubbard Products has urged retailers to cash in on the government’s Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) tax breaks and Carbon Trust 0% interest loans. Dougie Stoddart, Hubbard commercial director, said the company had launched a range of ECA-qualifying packaged condensing units specifically for the sector. He added: "The Zenith range of ...
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Spar offers forecourts new contactless payment
Spar UK has introduced an integrated contactless EFT payment solution developed with IT partner BCP (Business Computer Projects Ltd) for its SparPoS store system.According to the symbol group, contactless payment is one of the latest developments in payment technology, using an embedded RFID chip on cards with the ...
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Total offers AdBlue
Total UK has started offering AdBlue HGV additives from a pump on five UK forecourts.The company said the move was in response to the requirement for HGV vehicles to meet the environmental requirements of the Euro 5 standards on polluting. In order to meet this requirement, AdBlue is used in ...
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MRH signs WashTec
Top 50 indie MRH (GB) Ltd has given WashTec a new and extended three-year contract to maintain a substantial part of its fleet of rollover and jet wash equipment.According to WashTec, this includes a large number of Christ car washes, which were formerly maintained by Wilcomatic.Commenting on the new contract, ...
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Protect with HTEC
HTEC has launched a security device called Forecourt Protect which is aimed at helping UK fuel retailers prevent drive-offs.The company says it runs independently of the pos, so retailers do not need to have its petrol forecourt HydraPOS system installed to benefit from the central database of ’drive-off’ records.The system ...
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P&H goes for PCMS
Palmer & Harvey has signed a five-year deal with retail software experts PCMS. The Coventry-based company will offer epos support to retailers.P&H chief executive officer, Chris Etherington, says: "We see the need for a next-generation epos solution that will offer convenience retailers significant benefits."This includes improved support and system monitoring, ...