You can’t stop ‘Progress’

UK Dealer Progress Group has officially opened a new sales office in Cardiff and a new deport in Burntwood.

The Cardiff sales office will serve the South West region of the UK, meeting the increased demand for FG Wilson generator sets. Situated in Staffordshire, the new depot will stock an extensive range of FG Wilson rental generator sets and includes an impressive parts
distribution centre.

Phil Starr, Sales and Solutions Director, commented: "In anticipation of an increased level of
enquiry together with a full order book for the South Wales region we have opened the office in
Cardiff to keep a local presence and provide a base for meeting customers and help build a
foundation for the future of Progress Group throughout the whole of Wales. This forms part of
the Company strategy of continued expansion via local depots and offices across the whole of
the UK."

Kerry Moggridge, Hire Director, also commented: "The new Midlands depot will enhance our
presence in the region and ensure we can meet increased local demand without compromising our rapid response time."

New FG Wilson Dealer hosts Consultant event in Finland

We are delighted to announce our new FG Wilson Dealer for Finland - Coromatic Oy.
Coromatic Oy is a young company of professionals with key skills and experience within power solutions, predominantly the data centre industry, which is a growth sector across Scandinavia.

John Hegarty, European Sales Manager, commented: "We are delighted to welcome Coromatic Oy as a new Dealer for FG Wilson in Finland. We have an excellent working relationship with the Coromatic Group, the parent company of our representatives in Sweden. The Coromatic Group's overall focus on quality and customer support, combined with Coromatic Oy's growth plans match perfectly with our own goals for Finland".

On 17th January 2012, FG Wilson, in conjunction with Coromatic Oy, met with key influencers in the Finnish Data Centre industry. A technical seminar was held in the Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art to promote the joint expertise of FG Wilson and Coromatic Oy regarding standby generation for critical Data Centre applications. Both Coromoatic Oy and FG Wilson were delighted with the turnout of over 35 consultants.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish Coromatic Oy every success!

FG Wilson Asia onboard for Chinese New Year

Our authorised Dealer, FG Wilson Asia, have taken the opportunity to network with customers at the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race stopover in Singapore.

On 31st January FG Wilson Asia celebrated the Chinese New Year by mixing business and pleasure with a group of local consultants and Dealers at the Keppel Bay Marina. In attendance were over 40 consultants and Dealers from Bangladesh, Vietnam and Singapore. The day began with a welcome speech from Mr Leong, General Manager of FG Wilson Asia and Keith Naylor, FG Wilson Area Sales Manager. This was followed by a presentation on the FG Wilson brand offering, and demonstrations of FG Wilson's Blueprint (Solutions planning and quotation tool) and GenSelect (generator set sizing tool), finishing with a buffet lunch.

To mark the Chinese New Year, FG Wilson Asia arranged for two good luck Chinese lions to dance for their guests. The lions also boarded the Derry-Londonderry yacht to wish the Clipper team good luck on the next leg of the race.

Mr Leong, commented: "This event was a great success, providing us with a unique way to strengthen valuable customer relationships and have great fun at the same time."

If you would like to find out more about the Clipper Round the World Yacht race please visit Clipper official website http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/

FG Wilson powering data centres

In recent years data centres have represented an expanding opportunity for us. Our product is providing power support for data centres in countries all over the world including UK and Ireland, Europe, South America and Asia.

Sentrum – owner and operator of multiple data centres across the UK – is just one example of a major data centre company relying on us for power support. A specialist in the operation and on-going management of mission-critical environments, Sentrum offers flexible, cost effective and resilient data centre solutions delivered by a highly experienced team. Comprising in excess of 1.4 million sq ft, Sentrum’s high specification facilities have been designed and built to enable clients to confidently specify every aspect of their data centre.

Sentrum was also the first data centre operator to offer fully bespoke and scalable solutions, with dedicated plant (mechanical & electrical infrastructure) for every data suite. This ensures that Sentrum customers benefit from access to truly customised solutions both in terms of space, power configurations and levels of resilience.

Tri-Gen Power, one of our UK Dealers, has supported Sentrum with all its standby power needs. Over 130 FG Wilson diesel generator sets, rated at 1500kVA, have been supplied, installed and commissioned by Tri-Gen Power in the past few years. These generator sets were supplied with FG Wilson sound attenuated enclosures, 20m long and weighing 70 ton.

As the data centres are often situated close to residential areas, this power product also had to guarantee extremely low noise levels. The cooling system was designed with remote roof mounted radiators, fitted with low noise level cooling fans, whilst the exhaust system involves three separate low noise level silencer elements that discharge vertically.

The generator sets are fitted with automatic synchronising panels and typically paralleled in groups of twenty. They are also supplied with fuel tanks with a running capacity of 72 hours.

Franek Sodzawiczny, Sentrum’s co-founder and chief development officer, commented,

“Our selection of FG Wilson generator sets for our UK data centres was based on quality, reliability, competitive pricing and delivery – we were not disappointed.”

Tri-Gen Power has sales and marketing offices in Mayfair with project design and after sales support from premises in Woking.

As the demands of the data centre sector continue to evolve, FG Wilson continues to adapt its product and service offering to remain the first choice for power support.

FG Wilson brand stirs interest at MEE

FG Wilson stand at MEE

From 7th - 9th February 2012, FG Wilson met with current and potential customers at the Middle East Electricity exhibition, the region's largest annual platform for industry professionals, held at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre.

Roger Kennedy, Area Sales Manager for the Middle East commented, "MEE has been a great success for FG Wilson with a high level of interest in our product - especially regarding our enclosure for the 26 - 200 kVA range and our redesigned 455 - 750 kVA range."

Over the coming weeks, our local African and Middle Eastern Dealer network will be following up on new relationships forged from the exhibition, to reinforce our brand promise of global expertise with local support.

Big generator win for Dealer Dieselec Thistle

Glasgow-based generator specialist Dieselec Thistle has been awarded what it claims to be the largest standby generator installation project ever to be installed in Scotland.

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