Midland Branch Technical Spotlight

Presenting companies are: Pipetech-Pipeline Technology, Synthotech, Saint-Gobain and Advance Welding.

Event timings
15.30 -  Registration & refreshments
16.00 - Technical Presentations
17.30 - Buffet & Networking

Pipetech – Pipeline Technology Ltd

Working on live gas?  Join us for an update on our specialist “Always On” range of equipment, designed to support safe and efficient repair and maintenance work on live gas networks.

Discover solutions including:

• Microstop – a miniature FlowStop system designed for use in multi-occupancy buildings.
• Minibag – developed to enable live, low-pressure ECV exchanges.
• GECO – a highly mobile, safe and efficient process for transferring gas from a redundant main to a live gas main, avoiding the need for venting.

Find out how Pipetech’s specialist technology can help keep gas networks operating safely while essential maintenance and repair work is carried out.

Synthotech

Join us on a journey through the evolution of camera technology that has roots in both gas and water industries over the past 20+ year with lessons learnt and how technology has enabled reduced excavation and helped find leakage quickly. We will also introduce LeadEYE – another innovative product from Synthotech that enables water companies quickly and simply locate lead services on customer properties  

Saint-Gobain PAM – Control+ Joint Testing

Control+ system is an innovate system for ductile iron allowing pipe installers to test the seal of DI push fit joints prior to backfill and pressure testing. Developed to align with industry needs, the control+ system is now approved on all UK frameworks and in use across multiple capital projects. Emma will talk through the product development phase, benefits and use of the system and success on current schemes.

Advance Welding

Join us for an insightful presentation on EFuze, the world's first lithium battery-powered electrofusion welder, designed to transform onsite welding operations. Discover how this innovative technology delivers clean, silent, generator-free power while reducing equipment weight by up to 86%, cutting carbon emissions, and helping organisations meet AMP8 and GD3 Net Zero objectives. Learn how EFuze is improving safety, productivity, and sustainability for utilities and contractors, and why battery-powered electrofusion is set to become the future of the industry.