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Product innovation is in the company’s DNA - renewable energy projects The future for the company is positive, continuing its original objectives to develop, grow and diversify the business through new product innovation, and increased marketing of design and manufacturing capabilities. The renewable energy projects shown below utilised Hydro Bag Technology to deliver solutions that meet customer specific project requirements. SARCO STOPPER LTD Brocks Way, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, West Lothian, EH52 5NB Tel: +44(0)1506 855824 • info@sarcostoppr.com www.sarcostopper.com sarco-stopper
Sarco Wizards celebrate news of the company’s King’s Award success with Saltire infrastructure and Swan at the Oz Water Show.
There are now 25 in the Sarco team benefitting from modern and well-equipped facilities and layouts to suit our niche product design and manufacturing activities. New leakage and burst response tools - SWW In collaboration with long-standing partner WASK, and now supported by South West Water and the availability of their modern testing and training facilities in Exeter, a range of new leakage and burst repair systems are being developed. Mini Mains Wizard at Oz Water Show The first system completed, Mini Mains Wizard, is a miniaturised flow stopping and bypass system for up to 6” dia mains. It is lighter and easier to use than the larger existing Aquastop equipment. Australia has been an active market for both
Sarco water and gas systems over many years and it was decided to have the Wizard product launch at the Melbourne OzWater Show in May. This was the company’s first ever trade show presence out with Europe, so represents a significant milestone event and financial commitment. In support of our regional distributors, Swan Import’s Simon Chau and Sven Funke, Bill and John Menzies, along with Sarco Finance Director Ian Stevenson, were all present. Building on the new Wizard product name and being in Oz, the theme of the stand was Sarco Wizards in Oz. Medical stent technology transfer for Pipeline applications with SGN Sarco Stopper secured exclusive rights to a medical inflatable stent patent for use in pipeline networks. The benefits of stent technology will allow leaks to be managed by deploying under pressure a stent with hollow centre, along with a camera into a gas or water distribution main. The stent would then be inflated to manage the leak, while allowing gas, water or other fluids to flow through the centre of the stent and avoiding depressurising the network, which could affect large geographic areas reuiring complex valve shuts and avoiding pipe technicians going into the leakage red zone. The Sarco Gas Stent ® project has been developed with UK gas distribution company SGN and has recently been approved for use in their network areas, and will become available to other gas distributors in the UK and export markets later this year.
The new Wizard system launched at OzWater 2024 in Melbourne.
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