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New things…

Since returning from my travels to China, Singapore and Australia, we’ve been extremely busy dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s and I can now exclusively reveal to you our exciting news:

New Straightpoint division launched in Aberdeen:
Straightpoint Offshore Load Monitoring Ltd.

We set up this new division to serve the oil and gas industries in North East Scotland, as well as globally.  Although our wireless and cabled loadcell products are being used for multiple types of applications by various types of company, some offshore companies are utilising them to check that cranes can safely and accurately measure the weight of the containers being loaded onto boats heading for the rigs.  Some docks are also using them to accurately charge per tonne for loading containers onto boats, although these are only a couple of types of the many applications they can be used for.  Our Radiolink plus product is proving very popular for the offshore market due to its extended battery life and as it hangs from a hook, it’s perfect for use with cranes loading the containers.

Director of Straightpoint Offshore, Jim Murray, will be attending Aberdeen’s Offshore Europe event in September, so feel free to drop him an email if you’d like to meet up with him there…

Mr Loadlink with Jim Murray, Director of newly launched Straightpoint Offshore in Aberdeen

 

A First for a Loadcell Company!

It’s not often companies can say this, but we’ve also added extra features to our loadlink products, without adding to the purchase price!  We’ve teamed up with global giants The Crosby Group and believe we’re the first loadcell company to include their radio-frequency identification (RFID) tagging within all ‘link’ style loadcells – and at no extra cost.  The RFID tag wirelessly transfers automated inspection records from the product onto a secure computer database, saving up to 65% processing time – plus, you won’t have to decipher illegible handwriting from manual records ever again!

Crosby Europe’s sales and marketing director Richard Oldknow said “I welcome the steps taken by Straightpoint to harness the power of RFID and further strengthen Crosby’s Quic Check system as a valuable inspection tool.”

Mr Loadlink, proud owner of the new RFID tagged loadcells.

Globe trotting

Hi All,

The past month has kept me very busy at Straightpoint with many global visits over the past few weeks, after four weeks travelling I’m really looking forward to creature comforts like a cup of Tetley tea and beans on toast when I get back!

On my travels, I recently visited General Lifting Engineering Co Ltd (GLE), a lifting company based in China, and following this visit I am delighted to announce that GLE are now our new distributor for the Chinese regions.

This is the 22nd overseas distributor for Straightpoint Ltd UK, and this expansion will allow us to extend our services to our new clients.

I also visited existing dealers whilst away, including Intermarine in Singapore as well as Australian Calibrating Services.  We had meetings with both their sales teams and conducted technical training with their engineering staff.

'Mr Loadlink' and the GLE team in China

'Mr Loadlink' and the GLE team in China

Tim Kennon, CEO of ACS with ‘Mr Loadlink’

Tim Kennon, CEO of ACS with ‘Mr Loadlink’

Training at Singapore’s Intermarine with ‘Mr Loadlink’

Training at Singapore’s Intermarine with ‘Mr Loadlink’

 


Radiolink Plus Remote

Radiolink Plus Remote

Straightpoint have also made a few enhancements to their products; the Radio Link Plus this now has a range of 250 meters and a continuous battery life of 1600hrs.

The RLP is the perfect loadcell for use when the operator needs to be at a safe distance and is used in many lifting, pulling and testing applications worldwide. The price for the RLP range remains the same, however with the development on the previous specification, it’s ‘forcing’ its way through the competition!