May 19, 2007
The Xtreme Everest Expedition is a medical research project to the world’s highest mountain, where we plan to undertake studies into how the human body copes with hypoxia (low oxygen levels). This information will hopefull lead to better treatment of the critically ill. When we decided to carry out a practise run for Everest by climbing the world’s 6th highest mountain, Cho Oyu, we needed to protect our medical research equipment against all that such an arduous expedition would subject them to. With the equipment being of high value and not designed to leave the comfort of a hospital ward, we had to ensure we chose the best possible cases, which could survive temperatures down to -20 degrees C, heights […]
May 18, 2007
A £300,000 machine to help a business compete with China has been installed in a local factory. The Trifibre Group, in Leicester, manufactures custom-built cases for clients around the world. It has recently provided protection for medical research equipment on an Everest expedition – and a travelling case for the Rugby World Cup, which is flying out to France for this year’s competition. Managing director Nigel Cox said the rotational moulding machine from Italy is already cutting production time by two-thirds and should increase turnover by £500,000 a year. Rotational moulding, which is used to make everything from wheelie-bins to items within cars and aeroplanes, is set to overtake the riveted construction side of the business, which currently provides Trifibre’s […]