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PCL helps Salamander put the power into shower

PCL is helping shower pump specialist Salamander Pumps improve production with the small but speedy ACCURA Compact.

Sunderland-based Salamander provides products for showers, bathrooms and whole house, in domestic and small, commercial, gravity-fed plumbing systems.

Salamander also operates Pumpwise, a service which gives their customers free technical advice on the correct shower pump for their application, and using this service affords the customer an extra years warranty-free.

The company was looking for a high performance product capable of setting accurate air pressure in the pressure vessels of its top of the range ESP water and shower pump range.

Salamander’s air tools distributor, Air Tools Northern Ltd, put them in touch with PCL - and their Digital Technical Sales Manager, Brian Beech recommended the ACCURA

PCL has cements relationship with concrete giant Lafarge

PCL has cemented its relationship with concrete giant Lafarge by providing one of its UK operations with a high pressure tyre inflation unit for its garage.

Whitwell Quarry in Worksop, which manufactures Ready Mix and Crushed Rock, was in need of a high performance, heavy duty replacement for its original kit, which was broken.

With its user friendly design and ability to withstand intensive outdoor applications, PCL’s ACCURA 10 offered the ideal solution.

Document Number OBNPCL9003 – 22 April 2009

This is the official notification that PCL is discontinuing the ADTG2 Tyre Inflator with immediate effect. This notification provides information on the affected items, the important dates and the end-of-life purchase information.

Part Numbers to be discontinued:
ADTG2 Tyre Inflator

Replacement Part Numbers:
ADTG4 Tyre Inflator

Product Sales Obsolete Date (Last Production Date):
Discontinued, including spares, with immediate effect.

PCL has answered a call from a global communications company to help ensure its employees are safe on the road

Neglecting tyre maintenance can cause serious, even fatal, accidents, and the company, which uses the world’s most advanced technology in its industry, takes its responsibility to employees who drive as part of their jobs seriously.

Therefore the company aims to educate its employees about tyre pressure by equipping company vehicles with a tyre pressure gauge and stressing the importance of fortnightly checks.

Good tyres have a positive affect on steering, braking, acceleration and fuel economy, whilst poor tyre maintenance not only increases the risk of accidents but could also mean a heavy fine and penalty points.

As a communications company used to speed of delivery, the request was for a product capable of providing fast, accurate and reliable tyre pressure readings – and

Document Number OBNPCL9002 – 21 January 2009

This is the official notification that PCL is discontinuing the APT768 Palm Sander with immediate affect. This notification provides information on the affected items, the important dates and the end-of-life purchase information.

Part Numbers to be discontinued:
APT768 Palm Sander

Replacement Part Numbers:
APP760 Palm Sander

Product Sales Obsolete Date (Last Production Date):
Discontinued, including spares, with immediate affect.

Document Number OBNPCL9001 – 7 January 2009

This is the official notification that PCL is discontinuing the following packaging and calibration variants of the Tyre Pressure Range. This notification provides information on the affected items, the important dates and the end-of-life purchase information.

Available Part Numbers:

PCL has scored a hit with US cash and carry heavyweight Costco with repeat orders for its market-leading ACCURA 1 tyre inflator

Costco, the bulk trade wholesaler of cost-effective yet high quality nationally branded and selected private label merchandise, is well-known for its stores throughout North America and now in the UK.

Each Costco store has a tyre sales and repair centre for customers, with tyre fitting kit and shop tools supplied by Westesco, distributor of equipment to tyre professionals worldwide.

PCL’s highly accurate ACCURA 1 handheld digital inflation unit was the ideal choice for Costco’s tyre fitting bays, with its ease of use and readability, and ability to provide rapid, safe and cost-effective tyre inflation.

Rimstock, manufacturer of “the world’s most desirable wheels” chose PCL’s high-tech digital inflators for the tyres of Grand Prix favourite, Lotus Cars – and increased productivity by 40%

Two of PCL’s top of the range ACCURA 12 electronic inflators have been installed at Rimstock’s Ridgacre site to ensure accurate tyre pressure for a range of top car brands, including Lotus.

Rimstock chose the ACCURA units due to ease of use with the simple setting, auto start, and default to safe setting, making it straightforward to maximise the benefits of the unit.

PCL’s exciting and innovative ACCURA range of “menu-driven” forecourt units is now established throughout the world as the premier choice for speed, safety, reliability