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July 2016

The Resource Waste Management Show is the UK’s premier event for resource efficiency and waste management solutions. It is the only event of its kind, asked for by the industry, covering all aspects of the waste hierarchy. In partnership with CIWM the event spans each element of the industry and is shaped around the demands of this rapidly growing sector.

Tecalemit's Contract Sales Manager for the North - Paul Dearden - and National Accounts Manager - Steve Barnfield - will be present at this one-of-a-kind show on stand 5S139. Our services are especially important in relation to the effective servicing and maintenance of all waste management and commercial vehicles; we supply products ranging from tyre changers and lubrication, to lifting equipment and lift spares, and many more. We have over 70 engineers located throughout the UK to provide superb after sales support for every Tecalemit product you own.

Please visit our online profile here, alternatively ring 01752 219111 for further enquiries. http://www.rwmexhibition.com/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=3609

July 2016

Today, after a dedicated 31 years of superb service as Area Sales Manager for the North West, we say goodbye to our very own Kevin Wynne as he enters into retirement. Here he is in the photo with Managaing & Financial Director, James Devonport, at his leaving ceremony in which many fond memories and laughs were shared. From the team at Tecalemit, we thank you for your long and valued service and wish you all the best of luck for the future!

June 2016

Tecalemit Garage Equipment will be once again exhibiting at the dynamic Andrew Page Auto Insider Show on Wednesday 29th June at Sandown Park from 12pm-8pm.

Located by door 12 next to the champagne bar, you'll witness product demos for our extremely efficient and easy to use tyre changer and wheel balancing equipment. We will also have our signature Trackalign computerised full 4 wheel alignment equipment on display.

Our friendly and professional area sales managers will be more than happy to help with any enquiry you may have. Have a look at our products in advance on the Tecalemit website www.tecalemit.co.uk, or for additional information call Tecalemit Sales on 01752 219111.

We look forward to seeing you there!

June 2016

Tecalemit recently exhibited at the world-famous Automechanika Show - the world's leading international trade fair brand for the automotive service industry - earlier in June. This year was the first of many events to take place in the UK, outside of it's usual residence in Germany. 

Due to popular demand, the show will be returning to the NEC next year. Tecalemit's stand planning is already underway in anticipation of an even busier exhibition hall - expect bigger, and better!

We would like to thank all of our visitors who came to our stand this year and we look forward to seeing you next year. 

January 2016

Tecalemit Garage Equipment will be exhibiting at this year’s CV Show at the NEC, Birmingham on the 26th – 28th April 2016.

Tecalemit will be exhibiting servicing equipment selected from their extensive range, as well as a selection of new products at this years’ CV Show. These include, the new MDS/X emission tester which includes a diesel NOx testing facility, Tachograph tester, oil management systems and Adaptive cruise control calibration equipment.

We will be delighted to meet with you on our stand to discuss any requirements for workshop equipment Stand 4E80.

All products can be viewed on the Tecalemit website www.tecalemit.co.uk or for additional information call Tecalemit sales on 01752 219111.

January 2016

Tecalemit Stores and Despatch Manager Colin Ravensdale has worked for the company since 1973, during which we’ve had three different sites, five Managing Directors, and several recessions!

Colin started work with the company at the age of 19, after a short spell working for the railways and as a landscape gardener.

In those days, apparently, we had our own Job Centre, at the site we then occupied in Forder Valley Road, Plymouth.

Colin simply walked in and was employed as a packer.  He worked his way through the grades, eventually becoming a supervisor with a team of 40, before being appointed to his current position … a mere 15 years ago!!

It’s worth just thinking about that span of time – people who worked for the company for 30 years have been and gone, several of them many years ago!   Some are still friends, even though they’re no longer working for Tecalemit.

Colin has many stories about the company – including the good and the bad.

“At the Belliver site the drains were too narrow and in heavy rain the water gushed up through manhole covers flooding the shop floor and warehouse,” he remembers.   “The current site, with its modern design and facilities, is a world away from that!  It was like moving to another planet when we came here!”

He remembers the recession in the 1990s, when he and colleagues regularly worked seven days a week and pulled all-nighters to get critical orders out to customers. Today’s software-driven systems with their built-in scalability make it much easier to deal with peaks and troughs in the buying cycle.

Nowadays, Colin and his team despatch on average 40 parcels and 3-4 pallets of goods a night, plus a further 15-20 pallets through hauliers. Their highly computerised system is based partly on tablets – something he couldn’t even have dreamt of in 1973.

And retirement?  Hmm, he might consider it if he wins the lottery, he says – otherwise it’s a good few years off!  But he has given it some thought, he revealed … plans include buying a camper van and exploring France!

1973 – the year Colin joined Tecalemit.

1973 was a world very different to the modern one and for those customers and employees now in their 20s and 30s it might be challenging to imagine themselves in that environment.

There were no websites, no desktop computers, and no internet … all documentation was done on paper.  But Ceefax made its tentative first appearance, and if you don’t know what that is, Google it!

There were no mobile phones for the public, although on 3 April, executives of Motorola made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment to their collaborators in Bell Labs.

The UK still had a major car industry, and the Northern Ireland conflict was in full flood (100 soldiers died the year before and the mainstream parties tried to reach a political settlement in The Sunningdale Agreement, which ultimately failed).

It wasn’t a great year for the economy but it was a golden year for British TV, with the emergence of programmes that are still fondly remembered (and in some cases still being broadcast).  They included Some Mothers do ‘Ave ‘Em, Last of the Sumer Wine, That’s Life! and Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads? 

Are You Being Served? began a regular series following a successful pilot in 1972.  The pilot episode of Open All Hourswas broadcast and the ambitious Ascent of Man underlined the BBC’s supremacy in ‘serious’ broadcasting (Thames Television’s answer was The World at War).  Pat Phoenix (‘Elsie Tanner’) left Corrie after 13 years.  There was no cable or satellite TV, and with less choice and only a handful of Terrestrial broadcasters, audiences into the tens of millions were much more common.

The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special that year featured cameo appearances by Yehudi Menuhin, Rudolf Nureyev, Laurence Olivier and Andre Previn.

Here’s a flavour of what else happened that year:

• The UK entered the European Economic Community.
• The Austin Allegro, VAT, The British Library, LBC, Pizza Hut, and Pink Floyd’s seminal Dark Side of the Moon album all made their appearance.
• The Government warned of possible petrol rationing because a Middle East oil crisis was restricting supply; the maximum speed on motorways was reduced to 50mph to conserve fuel; and following industrial action by the miners and a resulting coal shortage, a Three Day Week came into force at Midnight.

October 2015

Tecalemit will be attending the Mechanex Show at Sandown Park on the 10th & 11th November, come and visit us stand: E18.

Tecalemit will be exhibiting 2 new items from their extensive range of workshop testing and servicing equipment.

The new MDS-X emission tester is the most advanced DVSA approved emission tester in the UK. Approved to OMIL Class 00 4Gas analyser and Class 1 Category smoke meter with options which include NOx modules for both Petrol and Diesel engines.

Also on display is the new GTR 3000 8 camera wheel alignment system. GTR 3000 incorporates industry leading technology, generating accurate repeatable measurements and is simple and easy to use.

April 2015

Tecalemit Garage Equipment will be exhibiting at the Andrew Page Auto Insider Show on the 14th May 2015 at the Sandown Park in Surrey. We will be on stand: L4 from 10am – 5pm.

Among the products on display will be the Tecalemit laser wheel alignment system with database and our environmentally friendly clean up parts washer system. Also on the stand will be our 3.0t low rise scissor lift and new to the range on display will be the heavy duty Elite induction heating tool.

All products can be viewed on the Tecalemit website www.tecalemit.co.uk or for additional information call Tecalemit sales on 01752 219111.

April 2015

Richard Ashley Carter February 2nd 1935 – March 29th 2015

It was with much sadness that we announce the passing of Richard Ashley Carter, Tecalemit Sales Manager from 1987 and still working in a consultative role at the time of his death on March 29th 2015.

Richard was a much loved and respected colleague, mentor and friend whose encyclopaedic knowledge of the automotive industry left many in awe.

For a large part of his career with Tecalemit Richard specialised in turnkey projects designing and fitting out new workshop facilities with compressed air, lubrication and fume extraction systems to work alongside the workshop tools and equipment manufactured by Tecalemit.

Richard’s career in the garage equipment industry began in 1967 with Kismet Ltd of Bedford. There are many colourful tales of his time with Kismet but he was renowned for his prolific ability to sell workshop equipment. In 1980 Kismet was acquired by Laycock Engineering, among the principal assets was Richard or ‘RAC’ as many of us knew him. Laycock Engineering was in turn acquired by Tecalemit in 1987 and RAC moved seamlessly into the Tecalemit sales organisation undisturbed by the changes going on around him.

Richard continued. Working in his ever gentlemanly manner, generating reams of hand written correspondence to clients, suppliers and colleagues, Richard’s letters and notes became famed throughout the business. Richard had an easy going charm that eased him through the most difficult negotiations. No one who worked with him can recall even the slightest loss of composure, never a raised voice and challenges always dealt with complete calm and professionalism.

After his ‘official’ retirement in 2000, Richard was straight back to work, after a 2 week holiday, in his new consultant role and he continued this association until the time of his passing.
We all have fond memories or Richard and send our deepest sympathies to his family and friends.

Richard’s funeral will be held on the 24th April at 2.45pm, Crownhill Crematorium & Cemetery
Dansteed Way, Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK8 0AH

Philip Cledwyn
Sales & Marketing Director Tecalemit Garage Equipment Co Ltd

March 2015

Tecalemit is attending the Coach and Bus Live Show on the 30th September & 1st October and displayed on the stand you will find a variety of equipment, including 7.5T wireless mobile column lifts from Finkbeiner.

New this year will be our Haweka heavy duty wheel alignment, designed for use on buses and coaches and now offering, as an optional accessory, an ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) calibration system. Also on display will be our lubrication station and DE9700 commercial vehicle brake tester, approved for both ATF and ATL testing. Visit us on stand B7 and speak to our knowledgeable salesmen who will be delighted to answer any questions about our products and service.

Tecalemit is the only equipment manufacturer to employ a nationwide team of service engineers, offering a unique level of service to all its customers. It also has an established network of overseas agents and distributors retailing and supporting its products throughout the world.

All products conform fully to all EC requirements and UK Department of Transport specifications.