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In the 2011 Roperhurst away day, twelve members of staff took part in a karting Grand Prix, which included practice and qualifying sessions before a 20 minute race to decide who could race fastest without fear.

Roperhurst's international division has returned from the Czech Republic following completion of a major pickle line tank fabrication.

Working to a very tight timescale, Roperhurst's engineers, alongside colleagues from the Czech Republic and the US, fabricated a tank for a European steelworks to replace one destroyed by fire earlier in the year.

Three members of Roperhurst's management team have joined the newly formed Institute of Local Exhaust Ventilation Engineers (ILEVE). 

ILEVE is being developed under the umbrella of CIBSE (The Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers) and aims to provide a higher profile and focus for Local Exhaust Ventilation Engineers within CIBSE.

Two of the HVCA's specialist groups, have elected new chairmen and three of the four groups have also elected new vice chairmen at the Association’s recent AGM and conference in London.

Peter Rogers of Ductwork Projects, Wimborne, Dorset, is the new chairman of the Ductwork Group, taking over from Kevin White of Senior Hargreaves, Bury, Lancs, who will serve as immediate past chairman. Bob Lane of Roperhurst, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, has become vice chairman. 

The Chinese economic recovery seems to be in full swing, if Roperhurst's fume scrubbers are any indication.  By the end of the first half of 2011, more than 20 units will have left these shores for various industrial plants across China, in addition to another five for the UK market.

We are very proud to celebrate our 35th birthday today. In March 1976 Roperhurst was established as plastics fabricators in what is now Cardif Bay to provide products to one of Cardiff's fruit machine businesses. We have come a long way in those years.

Roperhurst, a long-standing member of the HVCA, is proud to display the Trustmark logo.  The government-led TrustMark concept has been established to help consumers ensure that the trades-people they employ in their homes are reliable, competent and fully capable of providing a quality service at a fair price.

In February we reported the HSE's estimate that only 40% of LEVs in operation in the UK were adequate.

Recent HSE data shows a significant increase in prohibition notices issued in 2009/10, which is in line with the HSE's expectation that there are a huge number of inadequate systems in place, and reinforces the need for all employers to give due consideration to their working environments.

On a sunny afternoon in July, Roperhurst's staff took to powerboats in the Bristol Channel and enjoyed 2 hours of adrenaline-filled racing around the islands of Flatholme and Steepholme.

Roperhurst Limited, a specialist plastics and environmental engineering company featured on BBC News 24 recently, has taken the opportunities offered by the recession to increase its staff numbers and take on new premises.