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RAC 2005 show a hit for Lordan |
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On Tuesday March 1, 2005 streams of visitors poured into Hall 18 of the National Exhibition Center (NEC) of the UK in Birmingham in the Midlands of England. They saw huge stands pushing big names like, LG, Samsung, Toshiba and others. There, nestled between Alfa-Laval and Fuji, was an inviting wood paneled stand filled with pieces of metal. The stand so contrasted with the gleaming white of the other stands and broadcast such a "homely" look that I had to go inside and sit down.
I was greeted by a tall man with a firm grip. His name is Stuart Lancaster and his badge says "plant manager". He invited me to sit in a soft chair and offered me a coffee. As I sat I looked around. There were pictures of different machines, and a little village in a valley near a snow capped mountain.
I asked Stuart, "What do you make here". He told me that Lordan makes "fin coils" or "cores". These pieces are the heart of any heating or cooling system. These are made of copper tubes and aluminum "fins" that distribute the energy to the room. I was not aware how many products use such a device. He said that Lordan provides coils for heating and air conditioning for both new and old constructions. He showed me circular coils that are used for the refrigerated container industry. On one wall was a big coil for coach air conditioning, and a smaller one for cooling a train. Some of the coils were for heat pumps, some for condensers, and still others for water. The most exciting coils were the small coils, some smaller then my hand, that are used in the high tech industry to cool things such as lasers and medical imaging machines.
I was not aware of such variety in a part that I hadn't ever given thought too.
Stuart set me straight, he said, "It isn't enough to make just one coil, we have to make all of the coils meet the highest standards. The factory is ISO and UL certified, and has strict quality controls in place."
Reluctantly I got up and started to walk through all of the cookie cutter stands that were alike, and thought back to the Lordan stand, and the warm welcome that I received there.
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