4th Consecutive Open Day Success in OE13 Build-up

The 4th consecutive Annual Open Days held at the end of July at Control Valve Solutions Limited (CVS) were a resounding success and paved the way for the company strengthening its supplier relationships at Offshore Europe 2013 (OE13).

This year’s guest list was extensive and the CVS Team were delighted to welcome record number of visitors over the two days representing AMEC, Bluewater Services, CETA, Conoco Phillips, EnQuest, Petrofac, TAQA, Talisman Sinopec Energy, TOTAL E&P UK and Wood Group PSN to name a few.

As a complete solutions provider CVS was able to bring together four manufacturers from the Emerson Group including ASCO Numatics, TopWorx, Fisher and Bettis. With these four business units dominating the supply of new valves and related products in the oil and gas industry in the North Sea, CVS is in a good position within this high integrity marketplace.

Each business unit was represented with its own experts who gave new product demonstrations throughout the 2-day event on:

Modular Controls for Isolation Valves by ASCO Numatics

Partial Stroke Devices by TopWorx

Regulators and PD Positioners by Fisher

CBB & G Series Actuators by Bettis

Colin Burns representing Fisher who did a demonstration of the DVC6200 Linkage Free Technology & Valve Diagnostics summed up his participation by saying: ‘It was a marvellous few days with an incredible number of people who were interested in all the stands. More specifically for our Digital Valve Control demonstration people were asking questions about the interactive FieldVue, reliability, capabilities and inter-changeability.’

For Ian Parkinson from ASCO Numatics he said: ‘The open days were an ideal showcase for CVS’ relationship with Emerson and demonstrated our ability to provide solutions to the Oil & Gas Industry. By developing intimate relationships at a local level our specialised distribution channels will strengthen our presence in the sector’.

Mike Howells of ASCO Numatics who was teamed up with his colleague Ian Parkinson for the demonstrationswas again positive about the Open Days saying: ‘There was a mix of people who were eager to learn about what’s new and we didn’t disappoint being able to show them our new intrinsically safe low power valves and the Actuator Control System.’

A similar theme was expressed by Martin Hunt of TopWorx who said ‘The Open Days were a success because I met decision makers with a real need for CVS and our services as well as younger people who have just started in their careers and wanted to find out more about the valves engineering may specify. This was a great showcase of CVS as a solutions provider working with manufacturers who can provide support within an industry where there is high integrity.’

Graeme McLeish of Bettis concluded by saying ‘This was a really good opportunity to showcase what Bettis can do. There was a wide range of visitors from engineers with years of experience under their belt through to students who all expressed a genuine interest and wanted to understand how our CBB & G series Actuators can improve operations.’

There was so much interest in the different demonstrations that some of the Emerson team demonstrations were included in CVS’ stand events at OE13 and the Lunch & Learn theme was extended so that individual companies can now request their own in-house sessions.

At OE13 CVS’ 20 metre stand was manned by the Sales & Marketing team who also welcomed Emerson staff demonstrating the Actuator Control System and DVC6200 Linkage Free Technology & Valve Diagnostics. With more than 63,000 people from around the world attending OE13 over four days it was a fantastic opportunity for CVS to showcase its range of services and better still do this working with its suppliers.

There were an encouraging number of top quality enquiries at OE13 including bookings for Lunch & Learn sessions that have a really positive effect on a person’s day-to-day role but also support them with their continuous professional development

Control Valve Solutions
Tel: 01224 583116
www.controlvalvesolutions.co.uk

Published: 5th December 2013