P&B Opens New Customer Training Suite

P&B are proud to announce the opening of a brand new Customer Training Suite at its headquarters site in Manchester, UK. For customers, agents and partners visiting P&B’s design and production facilities they now have a very comfortable space dedicated to enhancing their experience on site.

P&B Training Suite, Manchester, UK

Customer Training Suite configured for presentation session

The generous 600 sq. feet (56m2) space has been cleverly designed to perform a number of functions and is installed with state of the art multi-media equipment. A 106” projector screen allows customer to enjoy crystal-clear images, stereo sound and videos for presentations, while a 55” media screen enables them to easily broadcast and share screens over Wi-Fi from their mobile devices and laptops.

The space is furnished for flexibility. It can host up to 12 people for a formal training event with presentations or can be easily reconfigured to accommodate a number of separate private meetings.

Protection Relay Injection Training Modules

Protection Relay Injection Training Modules

For specific hands-on training on protection relays, the space also includes a permanent installation of 4 injection sets. This enables series injection for any of P&B’s protection relays simultaneously for up to 8 people.

From the new Training Suite there is also direct access to P&B’s exhibition space which houses additional product demonstrations for their extensive Relay and Switchgear technologies.

Philip York, P&B’s Managing Director for Protection Relays, said: “We are seeing a growing number of customers from around the world who find it valuable to visit us on-site, view our production facilities and understand more about how our latest technologies perform. With this in mind we were keen to create a welcoming and comfortable environment where our guests can meet the P&B team and learn more about our capabilities.”

 


P&B Welcomes Global Agents to Manchester

Representatives from P&B’s global agents network gathered recently at the company’s headquarters in Manchester, UK for a week of education, insights and sharing.

The agents were well represented with delegates from South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Oman, South Korea and the USA. Manish Joshi from P&B’s own offices in Pune, India was also in attendance at the event.

P&B Agents Conference 2017 Delegates

From left to right: Tan Heng Choon, Dan Stanek, Neville Whitbread, Lee Chong Kiow, Manish Joshi, Dae Won Yoon, Johan Van Staden, Philip York, Ross Dyson, Pronab Chakraborty, Jon Simpson, John O’Donnell

The team at P&B provided the conference delegates with a packed agenda, which kicked off with a tour of the company’s production facilities. The agents were able to meet with P&B’s dedicated team of technology designers and engineers and gain a valuable insight into its impressive design process, which promotes continual design improvement.

By seeing where P&B’s latest generation of relay software is manufactured, the delegates could experience first hand the high standard of production quality that P&B are able to achieve.

Presentations were made to provide the agents with updates on the latest technical features of P&B’s new and retrofit relay ranges, including its latest Vision Control and Relay Communication systems.

A number of interactive sessions were a valuable addition to the agenda, which allowed agents to share information about their local markets to help build a broader understanding of changing customer requirements. By sharing various case studies, a number of the delegates were able to illustrate their experiences of different project successes.

The event was held in P&B’s brand new Customer Training Suite – a smart and comfortable 56m2 space specifically designed to welcome visitors and showcase the company’s product range and capabilities.

P&B Training Suite, Manchester, UK

P&B Training Suite, Manchester, UK

The week was rounded up with some fun where delegates had the opportunity to travel to North Wales and enjoy the spectacular surroundings of the Snowdonia National Park, including a trip to the top of (a fog bound) Mount Snowdon!

 


P&B VOR-M replacement breakers meet South African paper mill challenge

P&B was recently involved in an ambitious project with a large paper mill in Durban, South Africa. The client increased his original order quantity of VOR-M replacement breakers from around a dozen to 46, which he required to be delivered in the same lead time. Not only that, but the site shut down to install and commission the 46 breakers was limited to a mere 48 hours. This substantial challenge was achieved by our South African partner, IPI Industries of Johannesburg, confirming the strength of the project management and collaboration between all parties on the project


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