NEWS 8 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS April/May 2025 www.hpmag.co.uk £300,000 in January 2024 to help upgrade its existing welding, pipefitting and electrical training facilities in Stallingborough near Grimsby. The upgrade to its Welding and Pipefitting Hub, which opened in September 2024, was part of a joint venture with industry to increase learning capacity by 100% over two years. 3t Training Services was the second recipient and awarded £200,000 in October 2024 to support the build of three mobile training units. Two units have already been deployed to deliver training for workers on ECI projects in the North West of England and have the potential to support skills in other areas where there is insufficient training provision. This will create capacity to grow hundreds of new entrants to industry, with the units delivering ECITB-approved courses in mechanical fitting, pipefitting and plating to ECI employers across Britain. The ECITB also worked with industry partners as part of the Net Zero Teesside cluster project, which received a £478,000 funding boost in March 2025 amid growing demand for skilled workers in the region. The funding will contribute to an immersive pipefitting, welding, mechanical and project-based training rig and includes enhanced pipefitting facilities. To find out more about Regional Skills Hub funding please visit: www.ecitb.org.uk/working-for-industry/ regional-skilllshub-funding Polyhose UK, an energy conveyance products wholesaler, was pleased to welcome guests from the British Fluid Power Association (BFPA), Dorset Chamber, Mar-Key Group, Lloyds Banking Group and Rubicon People Partnership to celebrate the official opening of its new warehouse. From its dedicated warehouse and distribution site in Christchurch, Dorset, Polyhose supplies customers all over the UK with world-class Thermoplastic, PTFE, Rubber Hydraulic, Industrial, Composite, Stainless Steel, Flexible hoses and Fluid Connectors. With ambitious growth plans for 2025 and beyond, Polyhose needed to create additional warehousing space to accommodate a broader range of products and increase the depth of its UK stock holding. Marc Whibley, Managing Director at Polyhose UK, commented: “We were delighted to welcome guests to celebrate the opening of our new warehouse with our staff. It has been incredible to see our vision for the new space come to life, and we can’t wait to reap the benefits for our business and our customers.” Chris Butcher, Managing Director at the BFPA, added: “It was a pleasure to be invited to the official opening of the new Polyhose warehouse and to meet their hardworking team. The new building is fantastic and is an excellent example of the investment our members are making in the £1.5+ billion UK fluid power industry.” At the event, Martin Kingsbury, Director of Membership & Training at the BFPA, and Chris Butcher presented Polyhose UK with a certificate congratulating them on 40 years in business. The company was initially incorporated in 1985. Polyhose worked with Dorset manufacturer Mar-Key Group on the warehouse installation. Visiting the site, Dorset Chamber Chief Executive Ian Girling remarked: “Dorset has a vibrant and exciting business community. It is a pleasure to visit projects like this and see Chamber members working together to deliver economic growth.” With customers across the UK, Polyhose products are used in all kinds of fluid transfer applications, including hydraulic systems in manufacturing, construction, agriculture, automotive, marine, rescue equiment and industrial applications such as water jetting, sewer cleaning, high pressure blasting and painting and fire suppression systems, as well as LPG and high-pressure industrial gas transfer. Their culture of excellence means highly engineered fluid conveyance products that industries can trust to perform every time. Polyhose UK has been consistently accredited to ISO9001:2015 for sales and distribution, assembly and testing of thermoplastic, PTFE and rubber hoses and associated fittings and components for over 27 years. It has been a member of the Dorset Chamber for more than 30 years and is a member of the BFPA, the UK’s only trade body for the Hydraulic and Pneumatic Industries. Business expansion as Polyhose UK officially opens new warehouse facility Martin Kingsbury, BFPA, Marc Whibley, Polyhose UK & Chris Butcher, BFPA
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