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FILE NAME Cape Asbestos CAPE DATE 1980 DOC CAPE180 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Company Publication - Cape Review Legal - Tibbs Case Exhibit 78 CAPE REVIEW 1980 CONTENTS Whence asbestos New products - new markets Efficiency of purpose Incentives for better insulation The energy savers From Flotta to Sullom Voe New horizons overseas Scaffolding for industry Preserving comfort and food International by name and nature Reorganisation - Bristol fashion Starting and stopping Monitoring and analysis The Cape Industries group of companies 2 4 0 00 | 10 12 14 15 36 : - 18 20 22 ; 24 Inside back cover Cover picture Providing a rare combination of aesthetic appeal and high thermal efficiency is the new Unishield integrated composite cladding system manufactured by Cape Universal Claddings Limited Opposite This site picture illustrates clearly metal composite composite construction of Unishield insulating cladding panels Acknowledgements for operation and pictures are due to The British Petroleum Company Limited | The Chloride Group 67009067090 670090 670090 670090 Whence asbestos CAPE INDUSTRIES LIMITED The Company was founded in London in 1893 to acquire the ashestos mineral rights of the Cape Mineral Syndicate Shown are the Minutes of the Company's first Board Meeting and the Certificate of Incorporation For Cape Industries 1979 saw a significant change in direction of the Group's traditional activities as a principal manufacturer of asbestos products and as a major world producer of asbestos fibre Although over the past 10 years there has been a steady build of asbestos activities within the Group the ultimate change came on 29 June 1979 with the announcement that the whole of Cape's asbestos mining interests in South Africa had been acquired by Transvaal Consolidated Land and Exploration Company Limited a Barlow Rand company stretching over some 86 years during which time the Cape name had become synonymous with asbestos and to a lesser extent with South Africa Today this is no longer the case With the sale of the mines and expansion of activities elsewhere in the Group together with new product development less than 20 of Group trading profit is derived from asbestos related activities In stating these facts it is easy to appear dismissive of the long and fundamental role which asbestos has played not only in the growth and development of Cape but also in the provision of products and materials which have been essential to the convenience and safety of everyday life It is also only through experience of asbestos that the science and technology of fire heat and energy control has advanced and allowed wherever practicable the development of alternative materials to asbestos itself From a historic viewpoint the transaction heralded the end of an era This has been the path followed by Capc as illustrated by the fact that compared with 1969 when some 14 of fibre Examples of amphibole asbestos asbestos won from Cape mines now owned by TCL output from the Company's mines was redeployed for product manufacture within the Group the figure by 1979 had fallen to an insignificant % Underlining this dramatic fall is Cape's historic and predominant experience in the fields of thermal insulation and fire protection both of which relied heavily upon the unique characteristics of amphibole asbestos the mining of which Cape pioneered in South Africa in 1893 Following the Second World War came rapid developments in the manufacture of made fibres such as glass and rock fibre These new materials proved ideal for thermal insulation and Cape Insulation Limited became the first large within the media and the public mind Enough has already been said and written on the subject to excuse further comment here The publication last October of the awaited Report and Recommendations of the Government- appointed Advisory Committee on Asbestos The Simpson Committee was welcomed throughout the industry and has helped to allay much of the concern that has been expressed Although the Committee were unable to identify a quantitative risk to public health arising from asbestos there are expected to be a number of additional safeguards built into future legislation relating to the manufacture and use of asbestos products manufacturer of rock fibre Rocksil in That Cape should have made such a the U.K. From the 1950s made dramatic move away from asbestos at g mineral fibres steadily replaced asbestos this time is perhaps best explained by ;f for all thermal insulation requirements quoting Mr. Geoffrey Higham Group and by 1972 asbestos had been totally Chief Executive when summing up the superseded More recently phenolic Company's public evidence to the polyurethane polyurethane and polyisocyanurate Simpson Committee in June 1976 1976 foams are playing an increasingly important role for specialised insulation requirements The object of our existence as Cape Industries is to make things and provide Press announcements Two years ago Cape was the world's leading producer of asbestos combustible boards and panels providing vital fire protection in services that people want We do not advocate asbestos dogmatically and are quite prepared to see asbestos disappear if other and better things come along comment relating to the sale of the mines to TCL on 29th June 1979 buildings and ships Today this market dominance is still held but with a completely new range of asbestos productsproducts see pages 4 & 5 for which world patents are held or pending This particular fact serves to emphasise the Company's rooted skills in research and materials technology In the areas of thermal insulation and fire protection Cape has been able to achieve this objective and maximise upon its traditional skills In the U.K. Cape is now the second largest producer of made insulation materials though with a wider range than any other manufacturer number one in the While it is clearly evident that Cape is production of asbestos no longer one of the asbestos giants combustible building materials and there do remain within the Group two the largest British company in the product sectors that are asbestos provision of thermal insulation dependent asbestos cement building contracting and services for industrial materials and automotive friction and domestic requirements materials The substitution of asbestos in these sectors is still likely to take many years but under existing and proposed controls the manufacture and use of these materials present extremely low if any risks to health Over the past four years the health Looking into the 1980s therefore Cape is set to make an increasing contribution to energy conservation the protection of life and property against fire and through the continued and essential use of asbestos the provision of safety critical automotive issues relating to asbestos have loomed components for world markets New products CAPE BOARDS & PANELS LIMITED new markets The one certain thing about manufacturing a range of products is that market requirements change continually and to remain successful a manufacturing company must anticipate not only the new requirements but also the scale in which to meet them through the introduction of high performance asbestos products such as Supalux Monolux and Vermiculux These board products are based on formulations and manufacturing processes which provide them with unique characteristics of This has been very much the experience of Cape Boards who in less than four years has changed from a company producing two basic containing building board products to become the world's leading manufacturer of alternative asbestos fire protection and insulation boards This task has been achieved entirely through the company's own research and combustibility and heat resistance strength dimensional stability and the essential provision of up to four hours fire protection to building structures and for safety of life at sea These already established products have now been added to by the introduction of Masterboard specially developed to meet market requirements for an development effort and has resulted in a comprehensive range of products to meet the specific world requirements of such diverse industries as construction shipbuilding heat processing and ferrous metal smelting economic Class 0 purpose building board which can be used throughout the building industry - from large contractors to the small builder and even DIY enthusiasts With such a wide market the introduction of Masterboard called for extensive Over many years Cape Boards have promotion outside the Company's more normal liaison with specifiers and earned the reputation in the U.K. as architects Within one year however Se being First for Fire Protection this Masterboard has become the 13ee reputation is now further enhanced established alternative to traditional err Cape Monolux 40 fire resistant panels pencered Fn with Melamine line a new Bae, passenger facility at Gatwick Airport east cniraten crip new product has already achieved international acclaim and is being used in smelting furnaces in the U.K. Europe and the United States This continuing development of a comprehensive range of products opens up many new market opportunities both at home and abroad By example technical sales visits have already been made to the Republic of China at the invitation of the shipbuilding industry which is aiming to meet international standards of fire protection in their existing and new tonnage Cape Supalux board offering up to 4 hours fire protection and resistant to humid conditions was specified in the construction of the new Northern Federation Brewery at Masterboard Cape's new general purpose building board has received wide acclaim It is here used to line a warehouse ceiling at Morgan Furniture Southampton Closetro home Cape Boards have been forging much closer links with EEC countries by setting up three new subsidiary companies Cape Boards France Cape Boards Deutschland and Cape Boards Nederland To ensure rapid market penetration the legislation in each country relating to fire protection in buildings had to be analysed and followed up with exhaustive product testing to prove compliance with respective regulations Additionally each company is staffed by nationals with expert knowledge relating to specifiers and major users in their own countries In each case comprehensive distributor networks have also been established to guarantee widespread product availability and prompt delivery The new European subsidiaries not only provide a full technical sales and marketing service within each country but are also geared to sell to national board products which have never been able to provide the combination of contractors engaged on overscas projects properties now available in one product New products for industrial uses have also been introduced Monolux 500 is an asbestos monolithic board specially developed for use in the construction of heat processing plant and equipment with the ability to withstand continuous working temperatures up to 500 Monal another new development is an asbestos material which can be machined into component shapes for use in the aluminium industry This The quest for new products continues Cape Boards is forever aware of the demands created by new technologies and new market needs which can differ not only within market sectors but between different countries To remain successful the company must provide the solutions through new products recommended construction methods compliance with legislation sales ability and customer service It is these strengths that have carried Cape Boards into its present position which augurs well for the 1980s Efficiency of purpose CAPE UNIVERSAL CLADDINGS LIMITED At the John Masefield Fligh School Ledbury factorypainted Monad deepprofile asbestos cement sheeting incorporates a number of made components to meet the design requirements of the Hereford & Worcester County Architect The trend among contractors and the construction industry generally is to manufacture or assemble as much as possible under controlled factory conditions thus leading to improved site efficiency As regards lightweight claddings this is exemplified by the success of Cape Universal's Unisheld metal composite panels But there has also been a concurrent move towards packaging traditional cladding materials - asbestos cement metal and plastic sheets PA so that for any particular building the required envelope can be delivered from a single source and complete to the last screw cap Each of these developments has required considerable investment carefully geared to a market where fluctuations are both cyclic and prone to sudden change The importance of metal The Unishield range of single element metal metal composites after prototype testing and development was launched just over a year ago It has since been specified on over 650 structures both new buildings and those requiring refurbishment It provides a simple nonsense system of great strength assured insulation value coupled with aesthetic appeal The ICI polyisocyanurate foaming process has been adapted to produce in quantity and to close tolerances insulated pancis in a choice of three profiles and a variety of colour finishes Cape Universal has at the same time increased its rolling capacity to meet the growing demand for other coated steel and aluminium profiles used in single or double configurations Weather profiles are now designated according to cover width and profile depth in millimetres Cape 800/30 850/20 and 950/40 All are available in sheet lengths up to 50 ft long 15 metres or cut to the required length For the underside interlocking metal lining trays are supplied for fitting under or over purlins These are designed for packing with Rocksil or other insulating quilt and are applied so that there are no visible fixings Where ventilation is required in the vertical cladding the company supplies purpose- Below cladding cladding roof lights and 800 wall Right Unishield metal metal composite cladding has been used extensively at the North London works of Caxton Chocolate Co. Ltd. made louvres since handling and acoustic control of air flow are often important to cold stores and supermarkets in built areas market created by its own sheeting materials GRP profiles are produced in three grades including Class 1 spread of flame and the double fabrication Complementary lights Where natural light is required either through the walls or through the roof Unilux glass reinforced polyester GRP sheets present a effective answer They are fabricated to match all Cape metal and asbestos cement can be factory or assembled on site A further development of the Unilux business is in horticulture where glass or plastic film is not sufficiently robust for given circumstances profiles both in single and double configuration - the latter cutting thermal transmittance by approximately half Unilux lights are also available in a large number of Asbestos cement The company's various profiles of asbestos cement sheeting have maintained their popularity and have retained their market share Three competitors profiles so that the company is in no way restricted to the reasons can be put forward First the availability of a baked range of acrylic colours is attractive to specifiers and local authorities particularly those charged with a care for conservation and urban renewal Second the excellence of the company's moulding capability for producing curved eaves and quadrants j to match the profile of flat sheets is a skill which continues to commend itself to specifiers who require more than a box shape Thirdly to achieve the statutory insulation values now required a new 595 Spacer System has been introduced to protect the sandwiched insulation quilt from compression irrespective of the type of underlining or choice of supporting metal grid | Control As manufacturers of lightweight claddings whether metal plastic or reinforced cement sheets Cape Universal is also very much concerned with control The internal environment has to work well the external appearance must look good and the contractor's job should be made as q straightforward and efficient as 7 possible The company's investment programme is not therefore geared simply towards the development of new products but also toward the totality of their function appearance and method of use a policy which Cape Universal believes to be of immediate benefit to the construction industry and to the term future of the company Incentives for better insulation CAPE INSULATION LIMITED There must be few people in Britain who over the past year have not been encouraged by one exhortation or another to insulate their home office or factory Insulation is a major aspect of energy conservation and the continuing topicality of rising energy prices and reducing resources has ensured that interest in the subject has never been higher Busy as the insulation industry is however the power of exhortation is limited Successive Governments have been forced to recognise that voluntary measures on energy conservation even accepting the successes have not been producing the required results Consequently the whole question of statutory regulations is again under review Already we have seen the introduction of new regulations for the insulation of new industrial buildings which became effective in June 1979 Incentives for higher insulation standards alongside other measures designed to control energy Below right Rocksil slab plays a vital role in the insulation ofhigh temperature furnaces and kilns consumption have been many and varied There are subsidics for surveys by energy consultants in addition to which substantial sums have been made Below available to help industry and Rocksil pipe sections slabs and blankets are among the most widely used thermal insulation products manufactured by Cape Insulation commerce to replace and modernise boiler systems to improve the insulation of premises and to gain the benefits of combined heat and power systems Cash has also been available for demonstrations to encourage the more widespread adoption of energy conservation technologies A frec national advice service has been available and there is a conditional aid scheme for selected industries 100 first year tax allowances and regional development grants can also be obtained and there are useful reports emanating from the Industrial Energy Thrift Scheme Industrial Energy Audit Scheme and the Energy Technology Support Unit Grants and Government financed programmes to improve insulation levels in housing and public buildings are available and there is continuing pressure to educate industry and the public on energy conservation Although these measures have stimulated the demand for insulation it is generally agreed that energy savings to date should have been much greater and that existing insulation levels are too low This is especially true in housing where the present roof insulation standard applicable to new houses is 60 mm of mineral fibre while the Homes Insulation Act grant towards the cost of insulating an old uninsulated house allows for 80 mm The materials used for these purposes are of the type produced by Cape Insulation as part of its Housewarm Cape Housewarm loft insulation material was one of the first to carry the BSI Kitemark BS 5803 Part 1 1979 and to be included in the DoF list of approved materials under the Homes Insulation Act Cape Phenexpan phenolic foam insulation suitable for temperatures down to minus 196 Ccan be formed and cut to shape as required to stave off the worse effects of rising fuel prices and associated energy problems Home Insulation range and as Rocksil Building Mat two of a remarkable number of building products manufactured by the company Both Housewarm and Rocksil Building Mat were among the first products to bear the BS1 Kitemark in connection with BS 5803 Part : 1979 and The national demand for insulation materials will continue to increase year on year and Cape Insulation has been gearing itself to the future through investing in greater production capacity and new product development Although particular emphasis is placed on the development of the company's Rocksil rock fibre products as manufactured at Stirling other product ranges are also being boosted At the Glenrothes plant production capacity for Phenexpan the company's unique phenolic foam material has been increased and new markets are being developed at home and abroad were included in the first Department of Environment list of approved materials for use in connection with the Homes Insulation Act Despite the efficiency of these materials it is now considered that an 80 mm thickness is not enough This point was illustrated in report published as long ago as 1978 in which it was intimated that the economic thickness of mineral fibre insulation in new housing in 1985 is likely to be 180 mm in the roof 125 mm in the walls and up to 80 mm in the floors Although this is a far cry from present regulations and standards it The company's Queensferry factory Clwyd the only British plant producing wood fibre insulation board is also sharing in the investment programme Cape Insulation is confident that it is now well placed to meet the immediate and longer term demand for insulation materials This demand will undoubtedly accelerate with the serious efforts to increase standards of insulation designed to enable the country to bridge the energy gap clearly indicates the anticipated need for increasing levels of insulation The energy savers CAPE INSULATION SERVICES LIMITED CISI Timberfil insulation has been specially developed for framed buildings 10 As the country becomes increasingly energy conscious more and more faster more efficient response to all " enquiries whether for Ufoam Plus property owners are looking to efficient insulation to reduce fuel bills With savings of at least 25 in heating costs attainable in most buildings this demand is understandable and has cavity wall insulation Rocksil mineral fibre roof and wall linings Blofil loft insulation or the other products and services available resulted in the need for a comprehensive The universal interest in energy saving insulation service To meet this need has also played a role in bringing in Cape Insulation Services Limited CISL is moving into the 1980s with a new streamlined operation new standards of materials and installation For example CISL played a major part in the introduction of the first British Standard for UF Urea This new operation backed by 14 years of experience comprises the former wall insulation company and its previous associate company the loft insulation specialist Pattison Insulations Ltd. Formaldehyde foam cavity wall insulation One of CISL's directors chaired the BSI working party which formulated the two standards covering the specification and installation of the The combined operation now offers a foam complete wall to roof insulation and proofing service throughout the country Sixteen strategically located depots are now controlled by three regional offices with management services provided by a professional team based in Watford The reorganisation means a New building regulations requirements for insulation in walls also indicate the importance attached to energy saving U value thermal transmittance factor of 0.7 m is now mandatory for all heated factories and more stringent insulating performance will probably also be required of houses in 1980 or 1981 CISL's Ufoam Plus cavity wall insulation has made it possible for builders to meet these requirements without any design changes Brick and block used for cavity wall construction when filled with Ufoam Plus will give better than the required U value and other lining systems bring similar benefits to buildings not suitable for cavity wall insulation As low running costs are a desirable buying incentive insulation is also helping builders sell new homes more quickly The effectiveness of this solution to the energy crisis is well demonstrated by the extent of public sector buying of cavity wall insulation Brighton Chelmsford Dunfermline Redditch and Slough are some of the many local authorities that have specified Ufoam Plus The PSA last year placed the biggest ever single nationally ordinated insulation project with one company CISL Valued at 4m it involved the insulation of 18,000 houses Timberframed buildings are becoming more common and insulation of these structures bring equally impressive results For example filling the cavity of such a building with a 100 mm thickness of CISL's Rocksil Timberfill will give a thermal performance 70 better than that required by the building regulations For loft insulation new materials are now on the market alongside traditional mat insulation CISL has introduced Blofil a system which involves installing loose mineral fibre blown by air pressure into the gaps between the joists and the roof space In industry making best use of available energy is equally important The majority of factories in the U.K. have uninsulated roofs and walls Recognising the potential savings there have been Government grants of 25 towards the insulation of existing buildings and with a capital allowance of 100 available the savings of thermal insulation are brought well within the reach of the majority of managements Once installed factory insulation will pay for itself in energy savings in as little as two years To meet the demand from industry CISL has introduced a new factory lining system The main system alternatives are available consists of a designed steel grid which is erected to support sheets of fibrous insulating material Cape Insulation Services is today the foremost company in providing for the insulation needs of all property owners whether domestic commercial or industrial Although the company's expert advice is free the ultimate cost of ignoring it wilwlil alwaysalways prove greater greater Above For new buildings Ufoom Plus cavity wall insulation is installed before plastering Right Blofil the new loft insulation system developed by CISL 11 From Flotta to Sullom Voe CAPE CONTRACTS LIMITED pies Ra Cape's leading position in the manufacture of thermal insulation materials and the provision of insulation services is clearly indicated on other pages For sheer scale of operation however Cape Contracts Ltd. is not only the largest employer within the Cape Industries Group but also the premier company in the U.K. servicing the insulation needs of the power marine heavy engineering petrochemical and shore oil industries During 1979 the company was engaged on 2,300 separate contracts amongst which are major projects embracing breweries power stations nuclear submarines and numerous aspects of North Sea oil development the most prominent of which are now concerned with shore oil terminals Having carried out thermal insulation to all process and cryogenic facilities at the Occidental Consortium's handling terminal on Flotta in the Orkneys Cape Contracts is now engaged on companies and the Shetland Islands Council The estimated total cost of the project up to 1981 is 960m similar work at the new Sullom Voe terminal in the Shetlands This is the One of four 20,000 tonne capacity LPG tanks being insulated by Cape Contructs at Sullom Voe Other work includes the insulation of process plant and some 50 miles of site pipework largest shore terminal yet to be constructed and serves the Ninian and Brent group oilfields in the East Shetland basin The project is being carried out through the Sullom Voe Association Ltd whose shareholding is split between 34 participating Terminal function In simple terms the various functions of the Terminal are to Remove any water remaining in the oil received from the offshore fields via the Ninian and Brent pipelines O Extract that part of the oil which becomes gaseous at atmospheric pressure thus making it safe to load onto tankers for shipment M Break down extracted gases into fractions some being for use as fuel in the terminal power station others being liquefied and stored Store processed crude oil and liquefied gases pending shipment Ct Provide all other services necessary sani for the terminal's safe and clean operation As at other terminals the dominant structures are the massive storage tanks for both crude oil and liquefied | petroleum gases LPG At Sullom Voe there will be 12 crude storage tanks of 600,000 barrels 21 million gallons capacity each and four insulated LPG storage tanks of 20,000 tonnes capacity each 12 Aerial view of Sullom Voe terminal on Calbeck Ness Shetland For right Fractionation columns at Sullom Voe prior to insulation by Cape Contracts Insulated tankage It is the insulation of the LPG tanks two for Propane at minus 48 and two for Butane at minus C that Cape Contracts is currently engaged on together with other plant and pipework insulation The current contract value to the company is in excess of 6m The scale of the work involved may be judged by the fact that cach LPG tank is 42 metres 138 ft diameter and 26 metres 86 ft high requiring some 3,500 sq metres 38,000 sq ft of f insulation to each wall alone Additionally there is more than 50 miles of site pipework of varying diameter to be insulated Because of sometimes difficult weather conditions which can delay the phased arrival of insulation materials the company maintains a stock holding equivalent to 25 of total contract requirements This has necessitated the site construction of a large fabricated warehouse to store reserve supplies and daily scheduled requirements site work In addition to the enormous construction task under way at the Sullom Voe terminal much work is also being carried out for the project at a number of different fabrication yards fi around the country Such work includes fabricated pipework process vessels and plant modules which have to be delivered and phased into the overall construction programme At four separate yards Cape Contracts is also involved in thermal insulation and fire protection work to P.A.II.s assembled units and because of the wide geographical spread of this work it has proved advantageous to provide supervision from the company's various Regional Offices Benefit to Shetland Although the Sullom Voc terminal is partnership venture between the participating companies and the Shetland Islands Council the governing organisation is the making Sullom Voe Association which itself appointed The British Petroleum Company one of the participating companies as the terminal's constructor and operator Of reaching importance to the Shetland community is the Sullom Voe Port and Harbour Agreement of 1978 whereby the Council will receive a levy on all oil shipped from the terminal The accrued income is being held in a special fund to help local industries when eventually the flow of oil from the shore fields begins to run down Right A assembled module for Sullom Voe constructed at the W.P.P.S. yard HawdenTyne for which Cape Contracts carried out all thermal insulation and fire protection New horizons overseas CAPE CONTRACTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED For many years Cape Insulation has been a major supplier and exporter of thermal insulation materials for overseas construction projects and particularly those undertaken by such of Cape Contracts geared itself to supply this service and also to offer the complete technological and contracting resources available to Cape customers in the U.K. leading British companies as Babcock & Wilcox Clark Chapman and C. A. Parsons The service provided for the shipping of materials and occasionally the presence of a supervisor to ensure correct usage Most of this business came from areas of British influence such as Cyprus Malta and Hong Kong but as the producing nations This combination quickly brought success when the division won the fire protection contract for the Centre Pompidou in Paris utilising the technology and research facilities of Cape Boards and Panels materials from Cape Insulation and the contracting expertise of Cape Contracts embarked on major industrialisation By January 1976 the division had Illustrated are typical projects for which Cape Contracts Nederland B.V. have carried out recent thermal insulation contracts Below A methanol plant at Dalfzyl Bottom Refrigerated cargo hold for new ship construction at Jonker and Stans shipyard programmes new markets began to develop in North Africa and the Middle East At that time Cape Contracts Limited recognised the potential and created an export division to cater for this expanding market At first the division concentrated on merchandising and supplying complete insulation packages but it soon became evident that there would be an even healthier demand for a class contracting service The export division grown to such an extent that it was formed into a separate company Cape Contracts International Limited The new company has expanded significantly since its inception continually adapting its approach to suit changing market conditions There is now for example a successful joint venture in Kuwait together with a jointly company in Saudi Arabia and wholly subsidiaries in France Belgium and the Netherlands as well as agencies in Qatar the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain More recently a new venture has been formed in Argentina on As With such a broad base and with all the contracting experience of the Cape companies in the U.K. on offer Cape Contracts International is now fully equipped to win major overseas contracts Throughout the world oil refineries gas treatment plants power stations salination plants and modern storey office blocks and hotels all require highly sophisticated techniques in such fields as hot cold and cryogenic insulation fire protection and acoustic treatment To meet this demand Cape Contracts International offers a comprehensive service in design manufacture supply shipping and installation to the most stringent specifications Cape Contracts International will undoubtedly continue to grow - with further expansion in Europe and the Middle East taking place alongside continuous exploration of markets in South America and the Far East Scaffolding for industry CAPE SCAFFOLDING LIMITED Cape Scaffolding offers industry a complete contracting service providing management operatives and materials for the design and erection of scaffolds for new construction work and maintenance purposes In the new construction field the company's Billingham Teesside depot is currently providing fully covered temporary buildings for the construction of modules for the Sullom Voe oil terminal Thesc structures are used to citar 1200TMM overcome downtime caused by bad caite weather conditions during construction Hsu For this purpose the company has erected a system scaffold featuring side da walls sheeted in a polyester net fabric coated on both sides with flexible PVC isin The roof is made from span beams clad with corrugated steel sheets designed Sa to enable the entire roof to be lifted off compression platform 110 miles out to COMMENT cet the framework to facilitate the COM ENT Top right sea between the Frigg field and the Uh Scaffold and platforms by movement of materials in and out of the St. Fergus gas terminal The scaffold COMMENT ean structure LET Cape Scaffolding for boiler access provided was to the underside of sen maintenance at CEGB Eggborough power station On the maintenance side the the main deck and helideck the Below Weather protected scaffolding system by Cape Scaffolding for construction of plant modules by Redpath Dorman Long Division of British Steel Corporation Teeside Aberdeen and Askern South Yorkshire depots have both provided scaffolding and operatives for the maintenance of offshore platforms in the North Sea One such recent contract was to provide access for shot blasters and painters working on the intermediate support legs and the complex manifold areas Many contracts give the company's design team complex and unusual scaffold problems A recent example was the construction of a high concrete slurry tower on a very exposed site at Houghton Main Colliery near Barnsley Scaffolding had to be erected in an stmirast: accurate geometric pattern in order to engage with the assembled conical formwork and support the ton sem concrete loads together with the imposed wind loading The structure is pare 35 metres high at which point the structure splays out to an internal diameter of 12 metres at the top This Oe configuration together with high wind velocities posed a number of design e RT problems and particularly in relation to maintaining fine dimensional pais tolerances and overall stability Cape Scaffolding has ranging ea experience of industrial scaffolding | projects and with the added advantage of an house plant division the company is geared to provide a comprehensive scaffolding and planthire service to all sectors of industry eadnimcte nate 15 chet pala sa Preserving comfort and food CAPE BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED Pipework ducting and vessels in the plant room of a modern office block with stucco aluminium clad insulation by the Mechanical Services Division of Cape Building Services CBS The activities of Cape Building Services are in the main concerned with preserving people's comfort and the food they eat Through its Mechanical Services Division the company provides a thermal insulation contracting service to the heating ventilation and conditioning industry whilst its Cold Store Division constructs buildings for the refrigeration and preservation of perishable foodstuffs Mechanical Services Division Mechanical Services Services Division One problem has been a major headache to design engineers and insulation contractors for many years - how to maintain the integrity of the vapour barrier over conditioned ductwork When chilled air is passed through a duct condensation will quickly form on the cold surface of the metal and corrosion will set in It is therefore imperative that a vapour barrier is fitted over the insulation to prevent the passage of humid air to the surface of the duct With the growing demand for comfort environmental plant is becoming an increasingly vital element in the design and construction of buildings and appropriate insulation is therefore of paramount importance Unless the right insulation materials and systems are used expensive energy will be wasted and plant will not achieve its most economic performance The life of the equipment will also be shortened if it is not properly protected # This impervious barrier is usually in the form of aluminium foil adhered to the basic insulant or a material impregnated with a sealing agent Where no further finish is required this will normally function well The real difficulty arises when the insulation has to be mechanically protected This is usually in plant rooms or areas where services may be subject to damage and where sheet metal cladding is used With traditional fixing methods there has always been a grave risk of rendering the vapour barrier ineffective due to situ drilling or damage and although many attempts have been made to solve the problem it has persisted Because most { installations in the United Kingdom are governed by B.S.C.P. 3005 1969 + which does not permit the piercing of vapour seals this has left designers and contractors with a permanent dilemma 1 Capaclad Cape Building Services have now solved the problem with the introduction of Capaclad Capaclad is a new system of aluminium ductwork cladding which climinates the risk of damaging the na vapour barrier Because the cladding panels are retained within a skilfully Nis designed interlocking grid they no Da longer have to be drilled and the - se barrier remains intact Additionally its ease of erection and clean finish gives Capaclad further advantages over traditional cladding Cold Store Division Modern Cold Stores are constructed from prefabricated insulation panels 16 ee er e in a ceiling or 16 metres in a wall position Panels are also produced by laminating slab insulation to metal sheets using a spray applied adhesive Cape's flexible approach to design problems and range of panels allows the company to offer the best system f for a given application The success of any panel system relies on a thermally efficient and impervious method of jointing in order to provide a continuous vapour and insulation seal Over a period of 10 years Cape have successfully employed their own patented foamed in situ jointing method The CBS Cold Store Division manufactured and fixed all insulated roof und which comprise an insulated core clad with an impermeable finish such as This incorporates heavy gauge clamping plates at the joint connected by means of low conductive nylon couplings with fase wall panels and laid the sheet steel or aluminium The panels the cavity being foamed on completion fionrsutlhaetn edew flo8o0r0,a0s00sc hu owftn are secured to a steel structure to form of erection by a part foaming COMMONT cold store extension for an insulated enclosure the size of apparatus Stores built with this system Christian Sulvesen at which will range from a supermarket in the U.K. and the Middle East have COMMONT Droitwich cold room to a bulk store of up to shown remarkable performance in 60,000 cubic metres volume reliability and durability with no At the Division's Grimsby base a wide range of insulated panel systems is produced with either polyurethane evidence of breakdown through joint failure Other jointing systems employ the use of tongue and groove polystyrene or Phenexpan as the foam arrangements incorporating eccentric core These systems are available as products to other Contractors and are panel locks This type of construction which comprises panels with a returned incorporated into complete Design and Construct Cold Store projects metal edge will satisfy prevailing EEC regulations for stores in the abattoir An insulated blust freezer unit installed by the CBS Cold Store Division for Frigoscandia Contracting at Young's Seafood processing factory Grimsby undertaken by the Division including all civil structural and refrigeration work The Division's advanced polyurethane technology allows foaming between metal sheets to give a natural bond and a rigid panel which will span 6-8 metres industry Whilst in the past the Division has concentrated mainly on Cold Store contracts it is now involved in the complete design and construction of industrial buildings requiring high standards of thermal insulation International by name and nature DON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Despite the fact that U.K. vehicle manufacturers have been fighting against the tide of foreign competition and with contraction rather than expansion being the order of the day certain sectors of the U.K. motor component industry on the other hand have been steadily improving their position in world markets Manchester which is engaged in the constant formulation and testing of new materials to meet the multitude of international design and safety requirements Every country and vehicle manufacturer presents different regulations and specifications in addition to which there is the need for Don itself to keep ahead in basic Sharing in this situation is the Don International group of friction material companies one of the major world producers of automotive brake linings disc brake pads and clutch facings research materials technology and production processes The European Potential Traditionally the bulk of Don business was geared to the U.K. original equipment and replacement market but The principal manufacturing companies are Don International at Manchester Don International S.A. at Manage Belgium Don International Pty Benoni South Africa and Svenska in the early 1960s it became increasingly obvious that the potential for new business lay in the burgeoning European market for both replacement and original equipment friction Bromsbandsfabriken at Langsele materials Sweden In addition there are whollyowned marketing companies in France Germany and Belgium and associated manufacturing companies in Spain India Malaysia and New Zealand Licensing and manufacturing agreements also exist elsewhere Most of the major motor manufacturers were then investing heavily in new European production centres with Ford Motors leading the way by opening a massive new plant in Germany This led to the first big contract for Don overseas the most notable of which are original equipment brake pads and a Below those operating in Japan Italy Brazil linings being awarded by Ford for its range of Taunus and Cortina cars General view of a production Hungary and Yugoslavia This spread area at the Munage factory of Don International S.A. Belgium Below right Final despatch inspection of vehicle brake linings at Don International S.A. Belgium of interests means that Don products are today marketed in over 80 overseas countries and manufactured in 20 Central to Don's growth in European and overseas markets is the company's Research and Development Division at With other manufacturers such as General Motors and Chrysler now Talbot quickly following suit the European potential for O.E. sales became such that Don made its own investment in Continental Europe by establishing Don International S.A. Below A line of curing presses for commercial vehicle brake materials at the SBF factory Langsele Sweden Below right An adjustable gradient for testing handbrake efficiency at Don International's proving ground in Shropshire DISA and the opening in 1966 of a new factory at Manage Belgium Having become a major supplier to the European arms of the big U.S. motor groups DISA went on to gain valuable business from all sectors of the European motor industry and an attendant share of the increasing replacement market Don products are now supplied direct from Manage to such famous names as Audi- The Americas Don International is also making its presence felt across the North and South Atlantic Because of the mounting fuel crisis in the U.S.A. the size and weight of new vehicles is being drastically reduced This is creating a new and exciting market for Don where its wealth of experience in producing friction materials for European size cars is being exploited Volkswagen Daimler Ford Peugeot Renault and to heavy commercial vehicle manufacturers such as M.A.N. Saviem and Iveco The European car industry is still in a period of growth which augurs well for Don's established presence It is predicted that the level of European car production running currently at 11.1m will climb through 12.3m by 1981 13.0m in 1983 and reach 13.7m by 1984 Sharing in this expanding market and that of Scandinavia is Svenska Bromsbandsfabriken of Langsele Sweden From its new modern factory this company now supplies some 35 of the total available market in Sweden including a major share of the important OE supplies to Volvo and Scania Vabis Valuable business is also being developed in neighbouring countries Eastern Europe too is a market of growing importance as instanced by the recent Don Licensing agreements in Hungary and Yugoslavia In South America Don has recently negotiated a manufacturing licence agreement with Fras S.A. of Caxias do Sul Brazil one of the largest friction material manufacturers in Latin America This venture which is Don's eighteenth overseas licensing agreement comes at a critical time in the development of the automotive industry in Brazil Many companies such as Fiat Ford Volkswagen Volvo and Mercedes have already or are about to set up plants in Brazil There is thus an urgent requirement to provide national facilities with the European or American technology necessary to produce friction materials to a standard compatible with the specifications of the vehicles being assembled Another example of how Don International's world experience and capability is contributing to the overall strength of the British motor component industry Reorganisation - Bristol fashion TRIST DRAPER LIMITED Stock shelves at Trist Draper's new Plymouth depot For the Trist Draper group of The third subsidiary Minett Fluid companies 1979 was a year of Power Limited which was acquired in reorganisation designed to allow for 1977 continues to strengthen Trist greater specialisation and development Draper's position in the field of of the group's various industrial hydraulic systems and components products and services Recent changes in company structure have been accompanied by the introduction of a new image while the company's presence in the market place has been strengthened through the establishment of two new subsidiary companies T.B.L. Limited and Lubefriction Limited These new The latest developments within Trist Draper itself however represent a logical follow to policies originally formulated several years ago when the company began a substantial investment programme to streamline production of Top Dog friction materials and other automotive products at the Bristol factory companies now embrace Trist Draper's standing development and Not only has investment taken place in home and railways the production of railway brake blocks for manufacturing facilities but also in distribution Since the last issue of overseas and Shu 8 specialised production of automatic Cape Review five new service and wie transmission components distribution centres have opened boosting the total list to a record figure of 21 stretching from North East Scotland to South West England All are situated in modern purposebuilt warehouses with ample stocking facilities convenient access and equipped workshops offering the full range of installation and assembly services on both friction materials and hydraulic hose First of the new depots to open were those at Swansea - replacing older outdated premises in the same city -and at Aberdeen which represented an expansion into a new market area Early last year the next phase of the programme began with the introduction of new premises for the Plymouth depot and not long afterwards there were similar developments in the North West when the St. Helens depot closed and its staff moved down the road to a brand warehouse in Liverpool The latest stage of the plan occurred last summer when the London depot's business was split and the eastern half : taken over by a new centre at Dartford a Expansion of the depot network has i been accompanied by major 4 developments to the product range to 4 boost sales volume and profitability In the summer the latest friction material for heavy commercial vehicles Right Trist Draper's new vehicle livery designed to simplify the relationship between the company name and its well known Top Dog trade name Below Service counter at Trist Draper's new Plymouth depot Advertising and trade literature for Trist Draper's new und exclusive wall hydraulic hose | joined the successful family of Top Dog products Designated type 1040 HD it represents a significant technical breakthrough offering users # the same performance standards they expect from Top Dog - but with substantially improved service life On the hydraulics front a new marketing organisation has been set up to further strengthen the Company's position as a principal supplier of hydraulic hose and components At the same time a new type of cover hydraulic hose has been introduced for both the original equipment and e replacement markets atas ne Carrying the trade name Eagle the new material is exclusive to Trist q Draper and extends and compliments the company's range of hydraulic products which will continue to include the full list of Aeroquip materials which have been supplied for replacement applications over many many years The addition of the Eagle range to the agi Trist Draper catalogue will make the company the largest independent eso distributor of hose and fittings in the country A major capital investment programme has been carried out to equip every depot with capacity CO Te swaging presses enabling customers to ata obtain complete hose assemblies made RANA up up to their own rereqquirements uirements Scr All of these new developments set the to se scene for growth into the 1980s and aes beyond SiN 21 aeinas Iai Starting and stopping CAPE AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED All Cape Automotive depots provide a rapid delivery service oy Cape Automotive Limited formerly Cape Distribution Holdings is known primarily as one of the leading wholesalers of braking components in the U.K. capable of supplying virtually the complete braking requirements for anything from a Mini to a ton jug ernaut juggernaut jugernaut jug ernaut . However the 65 branches of Cape Automotive are as interested in starting vehicles as they are in stopping them as their prominent position in the U.K. battery distribution business demonstrates With annual sales of automotive batteries standing at around million Cape Automotive has become something of a specialist in the supply of automotive batteries for a vast array of uses including not only motor cycles cars and commercial vehicles but also police radios electric fences river barges and even prison cells But But batery in fully But the supply of a battery in a fully charged condition is only the final step in a series of other more demanding activities which the battery wholesaler is expected to undertake The lead acid battery generally leaves the factory in a dry charged state the plates which constitute the battery have been preformed with their electrical characteristics but they still require the addition of acid and further charging to bring the battery to its full operating state These steps are undertaken by the battery wholesaler and that why the typical Cape Automotive branch incorporates what amounts to a mini production line where many benches of batteries are subjected to lengthy clectrical charging after being filled with acid from a specially housed acid tank Cape Automotive is the Chloride Group's largest U.K. distributor of Dogenite batteries including the new extended Low Maintenance range as illustrated The skills involved in this operation together with the requirements for comprehensive testing and diagnostic procedures have created among Cape Automotive personnel a team of battery experts who have gained a reputation among their customers for their knowledge and sound advice The wholesaler in turn relies heavily upon the manufacturer's technical expertise and Cape Automotive is fortunate in that its major supplier ~ the Chloride Group - is one of the world's largest and most advanced manufacturers of batteries of every type In fact taking together its production of both original and replacement equipment Chloride is the largest manufacturer of batteries in the U.K. Moreover in world terms the Group accounts for seven per cent of total world production with factories in every continent Established in 1891 Chloride rapidly became a major force in its industry - a 22 A battery charging facility at Cape Automotive depot A view of the new automatic assembly line at Chloride's Dagenham factory process accelerated by acquisitions of competitors and an agreement with ESB of America for the exchange of technical information and manufacturing rights to new processes In 1965 Chloride Batteries Tudor DP and Pritchett & Gold merged to form one company Electric Power Storage Limited - which now trades as Chloride generation battery with a completely different technology ~ the sodium sulphur battery Work on the lead acid side led to the launch of Chloride's low maintenance range featuring longer shelf life less gassing less water loss and less corrosion As Chloride's largest distributor of the Today the Group is almost completely contained as regards battery manufacture producing its own battery cases and separators and buying and smelting its own metals Chloride also prides itself on being in the forefront of new battery technology - both in developing an improved lead acid battery and in working to create a new Dagenite brand and as their second- largest distributor of all replacement batteries Cape Automotive is keenly interested in the changes which are taking place both in the battery as a product and in the manufacturing process itself Battery manufacture was until very recently essentially a manual operation but now Chloride has pioneered automatic assembly and has installed in the Group's Dagenham plant two automated assembly lines designed and built by Chloride engineers The importance of such manufacturing developments is perhaps most readily appreciated by a company such as Cape Automotive which experiences the often violent seasonal fluctuations in demand for batteries which impose heavy burdens on manufacturing capability Batteries already play a vital role in our lives and their value it seems could increase considerably perhaps replacing fossil fuels as the power source for automotive vehicles al prospect anticipated with enthusiasm by Cape Automotive Limited 23 Monitoring and analysis CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LABORATORY CCTV Video system attached to optical microscope for examining airborne dust The Environmental Services Laboratory of Cape Industries Limited based at Uxbridge is now firmly established as a specialised consultancy undertaking technical investigations into a wide range of environmental problems While its main commitment is to provide technical support to environmental facilities within the Cape Industries Group it is developing rapidly to meet the increasing demand for its services from many other organisations Second only to dust control and monitoring is the question of noise abatement In this area the Environmental Services Laboratory ESL has ordinated the introduction of a noise measurement programme throughout the group and follows up with regular site checks progress assessments and by keeping abreast of the evolution of noise measuring equipment The Laboratory was set up in 1970 to develop asbestos dust monitoring techniques and to standardise measurement systems throughout the Group This has resulted in individual factory laboratorics within the Group attaining consistently high standards of fibre counting now further developed through the introduction of model rules and standardised graticules into the counting method As a result of the Laboratory's long experience in this field it has been named as one of the five master laboratories in the Central Reference Scheme set up jointly by the Asbestosis Research Council and the Health and Safety Executive | Evaluation of monitoring equipment and techniques is an important aspect of ESL's work and a number of diverse instruments and systems have undergone rigorous trials before recommendation for their deployment in the group This is a continuing task to ensure the best possible operational control of working environments The ESL consultancy service began about five years ago with a project for the Asbestosis Research Council ARC - measuring airborne asbestos dust levels in workplaces and identifying asbestos types in bulk materials Today ESL looks after over 100 paying clients a year providing site visits as well as laboratory analysis of samples covering a variety of materials including minerals particulate dusts fibrous dusts metals chemicals fumes and gases as well as bacterial contamination Mini computer inpul terminal linked with gas chromatograph equipment for chemical analysis ESL has built up an experienced scientific and technical team together with an impressive inventory of f laboratory and portable measurement and analysis instrumentation Although 4 this represents Cape's own attitude to environmental priorities the work and services of ESL are becoming of increasing relevance to a wide range of industries Looking to the future ESL will i continue to expand its range of services to cope with the increasing demand for | specialised environmental facilities On | the consultancy front noise measurement and control together with chemical analysis of airborne contaminants are seen to be the two J major growth areas 24