Hollis Office Solutions, the leading Shropshire-based provider of business support solutions, has expanded its portfolio with the addition of the latest internet telephony systems. This further expands the capability of the company which has an established reputation for delivering document management and IT infrastructure solutions to customers operating in both the public and private sectors throughout Shropshire, Mid Wales and the North West. Read more
Hitex International, a leading global provider of road safety and surface treatment solutions, has extended its Puma range of MMA (Methyl Methacrylate) road safety marking and coloured textured surfacing materials with the introduction of PumaBrite and PumaSpray. These innovative products are engineered to achieve the highest levels of retroreflectivity, durability, adhesion and colour stability in a wide range of road marking applications around the world.
According to Hitex Traffic Safety: “We designed these new products to meet the specific needs of road maintenance crews in a wide range of environments. These new road marking products are quick to install and will enable significant productivity improvements to be achieved whilst minimising delays to traffic whilst works are completed.”
PumaBrite is available in a range of performance levels for type 1 flat line standard markings or type 2 profiled, structured wet night markings. It is quick and easy to apply either by machine extrusion or hand screed and offers catalyst-controlled curing in around 10-30 minutes depending on ambient temperatures. Highly resistant to discolouration, PumaBrite is tough and durable with a long service life in a wide range of applications including centre, edge line and junctions along with letters, arrows and other road marking symbols. It is also ideal for smaller scale works such as car parks, factory and safety markings.
“The speed with which PumaBrite and PumaSpray can be installed enables our road crews to achieve even higher levels of productivity and complete works faster,” added Dave Oswald, MD of Central Traffic Management Limited (CTM), a leading UK-based provider of road management solutions. “These new products also provide a cost effective solution for works of any size and complexity.”
PumaSpray is applied by machine spray and is designed to rapidly recover the performance levels of existing profiled markings or as an economical thin layer marking.
The Hitex Puma range can be modified for use in any climate and is available in white or yellow as standard. Other colours are available on request.
Hitex North America, a division of Hitex International, completed the installation of a rainbow crossing in time for the Vancouver Pride Festival that took place during the first week of August. Commissioned by the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, the rainbow crossing is situated on the route of the Vancouver Pride Parade, which took place on August 6 and featured rainbow-coloured floats, marching bands and people in all kinds of colourful, exotic and sometimes unconventional costumes.
The material used for the crossing point was PumaTrack, a new modified MMA (Methyl Methacrylate) surface treatment that is easy to install using a squeegee and roller. PumaTrack is available in a wide range of standard and custom colours. It provides catalyst-controlled curing in 10-30 minutes to reduce traffic congestion. The installation included 8 different colours and took place in the evening over a 5 hour period.
“We are pleased to have been selected by the City of Vancouver to install this colourful crossing point for such a high profile event,” commented Ray Flores, Business Development Manager for Hitex NA. “It will be a permanent reminder of the festival as well as demonstrating how PumaTrack is engineered to deliver the highest levels of durability, adhesion and colour stability in any temperature environment for a long service life.”
The Vancouver Pride Parade and Festival celebrated its 39th anniversary in 2017 and reflects the spirit of the LGBTQ2+ community. Organisers estimated between 500,000 and 650,000 people packed the downtown core for the parade, Sunset Beach festival and associated events.
Following the successful installation of a Liquid Voice interaction recording platform in 2014, Portsmouth City Council is extending the use of recording technology to a number of additional departments within the Civic Offices in Guildhall Square. The council has awarded a contract to Liquid Voice to install a new system, to record all calls to the Adult Social Care Help Desk, Housing Benefits and Debt Recovery teams, which went live in June. Read more
Jointline Limited, a leading provider of road markings, airfield markings and high friction coloured surfacing solutions, has expanded its highways maintenance fleet with the addition of three new vehicles from Somerford Equipment. The new vehicles will enhance the company’s ability to provide on-time delivery of highway marking services to clients across the UK. Read more
Liquid Voice, one of the leading providers of interaction recording, quality management and analytics, has announced the immediate availability of an innovative new solution that will help organisations to comply with GDPR which comes into effect in May 2018. It fully integrates into the Liquid Voice platform or can be specified as a stand-alone application for use with any of the market’s other leading interaction recording brands, providing greater access and control over personal customer data that is captured, processed or stored. Read more
Ladbrokes Coral Group plc, the UK’s leading multi-channel bookmaking and gaming company, is standardising on LandMark 4 property management software. Developed by Hexagon Software, the leading provider of software solutions to the property sector, LandMark 4 will enhance the ability of the newly merged organisation to manage an expanded portfolio of more than 3500 betting shops across England, Scotland and Wales. Read more
Liquid Voice, one of the leading providers of interaction recording, quality management and analytics, has announced the immediate availability of a new Automated Speech Transcription solution. Used in conjunction with Liquid Voice’s interaction recording and quality monitoring platforms, it will significantly enhance the ability of contact centres and control rooms to locate and replay stored recordings for a wide range of dispute resolution, compliance, quality management and event reconstruction applications. Read more
Markon Ltd, one of Scotland’s leading contractors for road marking, road planing and surfacing solutions, has updated its highways maintenance fleet with three new screed vehicles. Supplied by Somerford Equipment, the UK’s leading provider of road marking vehicles and equipment, they were ordered as part of a planned replacement programme and enable Markon to deliver a reliable and resilient road marking service in the harshest road conditions nationwide. Read more
Hitex International, a leading global provider of road safety and surfacing solutions, has introduced PumaTrack, a new modified MMA (Methyl Methacrylate) surface treatment for cycle tracks. Quick and easy to apply, PumaTrack is available in a wide range of standard and custom colours and provides catalyst-controlled curing in 10-30 minutes to reduce traffic congestion. Read more