15 January 2010
PIRTEK RACING DEBUTS LIVERY AT AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL
14 January 2010 – Newcomer to the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, Pirtek Racing debuts its livery today at the NEC in Birmingham as part of the Autosport International show. The team, which will be spearheaded by former BTCC racer and British GT Champion Mike Jordan and will see son Andrew Jordan as driver, unveiled their eye-catching Vauxhall Vectra racer at the show ahead of their single car assault on the BTCC in 2010.
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8 May 2009
Jordan Races into SED 2009
Visitors to the SED exhibition at the Rockingham Motor Speedway from 12 to 14 May 2009 can take a break from the relatively slow-moving equipment on display to see one of the cars that is taking the 2009 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season by storm.
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24 April 2009
Catalogue Hits Third Edition
So you thought that Pirtek was just about hydraulic hoses and assemblies? Think again! As the latest edition of the company’s Fluid Transfer Solutions catalogue proves, there is far more to Pirtek than merely hoses.
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10 February 2009
Pirtek Safeguards Priday Production
The ongoing support provided by Pirtek’s Gloucester hose centre is helping safeguard production for local agricultural contractor, FA Priday & Sons Ltd.
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10 February 2009
Pirtek Oldbury Aids Scrap Yard Expansion
The ongoing assistance and support from Pirtek’s Oldbury hose centre is helping the smooth expansion of a Black Country scrap processing facility. Owned and operated by Sims Group UK Ltd, the world’s largest scrap recycling concern, the facility is currently installing a new car de-pollution plant and once again, Pirtek Oldbury is lending a helping hand.
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10 February 2009
Watch it Come Down!
With a proud history stretching back some 80 years, Syd Bishop & Sons is one of the UK’s premier demolition contractors and is a regular user of Pirtek’s services.
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26 November 2008
Tackling the Plant Thieves
Despite its versatility, construction equipment tends to be very specialised in its application with each item of machinery, working in tandem with another, or as part of an equipment chain. A mini excavator works with a site dumper, an excavator with a grapple, a backhoe loader with a hydraulic hammer and if one of these links goes missing, the entire chain fails.
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25 November 2008
The End of Re-Ending?
The re-ending of damaged hydraulic hoses was once commonplace across the UK demolition sector. But with the advent of higher pressure applications and attachments and a greater focus on site safety, it is a practice that is no longer viable, according to Pirtek UK director Alistair Wiggins.
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25 November 2008
In the Pink at Flamingo Land
Mention the word hydraulics and most people will immediately conjure a mental image of industry, some may think of construction, others a factory, but very few would think of a theme park. Yet at Flamingo Land in Malton, North Yorkshire, they are so reliant upon hydraulics in their various rides that they have been a loyal Pirtek Scarborough customer for more than six years.
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16 January 2008
Pirtek Belfast on hand for NVD at the WRC Ireland
The penultimate round of the World Rally Championship took place in November. Pirtek Belfast provided support to leading Irish logistics solutions provider NVD (National Vehicle Distribution) during the stages at Belfast City and Stormont. Pirtek have worked with NVD over a number of years in Ireland, the UK and Europe. NVD’s local centre is Pirtek Waterford who carry out repairs in their workshops as well as dealing with transporter breakdowns.
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16 January 2008
Pirtek UK (Ltd) raffles up a thousand pounds to the Lighthouse Club
Pirtek UK Ltd sponsors drivers Mike and Andrew Jordan who race for Team Eurotech in the BTCC. Throughout 2007, Pirtek ran raffle competitions at each round of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). Over the year, Pirtek’s VIP guests raised over one thousand pounds trying to win one of Team Eurotech’s exclusive jackets.
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30 October 2007
Pirtek Centre Managers Conference Focuses on service
Held on the weekend of the 12th and 13th October, Pirtek's annual Centre Managers' conference reached an unexpected climax. Over 120 people attended the conference at Hellidon Lakes, Daventry, from Pirtek centres all over the UK & Ireland and from Pirtek
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