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December proved to be a busy month for domestic sales and bespoke builds.

Five bespoke turbidity monitoring kiosks are under construction for final effluent monitoring locations throughout the north east of England.

Purchase orders were received for eight Proam ammonia monitors destined for Severn Trent Water, to be installed for continuous final effluent monitoring at various sites. Wessex Water also purchased a Proam ammonia monitor to replace an old instrument which was installed for final effluent compliance measurement some fifteen years ago.

Three MTOL turbidity instruments were purchased by South East Water for continuous potable, treated water monitoring.

Portable UVT instruments were also supplied for two applications. One was purchased by a shipping company so they can perform water quality measurement on ballast water post UV treatment. The other was supplied to a water treatment chemical manufacturer who will predominantly use the UVT meter, for drinking water applications but also within waste water treatment.

Internationally, Our Irish Distributor place a further order for two replacement Protoc 300 TOC analysers with automatic wash, for use on surface water monitoring applications within the pharmaceutical industry.

An influx of new orders has been received this month. Three Proam ammonia monitors have been supplied for final effluent monitoring applications at Severn Trent Water.

Our Chinese agent has also purchased four more Proam ammonia monitors which will be incorporated in their bespoke builds, for aeration control over the measurement range 0-2.00 PPM.

Our Irish distributor has placed orders for two additional Protoc TOC analysers ranged 0-100 PPM TOC for industrial surface water monitoring. We have supplied a further Protoc TOC analyser to an international airport located in the North East of England, to increase their environmental protection. Turbidity and pH instrumentation was supplied for an industrial discharge water quality monitoring application.

Bespoke builds included a small PV system in a bespoke enclosure complete with two solar panels, batteries and GSM data communications, to support a turbidity and nitrate monitoring system, where mains power is not available.

Our Indian distributor also placed an order for a TOC analyser ranged 0-10 PPM to measure condensate return at a petrochemical plant. The instrument will be housed in a secondary enclosure fabricated by Forbes Marshall along with the sample acquisition system.

In addition to the usual contract servicing and commissioning, we have been busy completing new orders and preparing for several bespoke builds.

In September, we received another significant purchase order for eight Proam ammonia analysers from our Chinese distributor who will install these for continuous measurement (0-2.00 PPM as N) of the aeration basin, to control the nitrification treatment process. We also supplied a Proam ammonia analyser for continuous final effluent monitoring to Sevren Trent Water. Additionally, Severn Trent Water purchased a Real Tech portable UVT meter for calibration verification of their on-line instrumentation, used for control of the UV disinfection process.

In October, we received two further purchase orders to supply a Proam ammonia analyser for final effluent measurement to Severn Trent Water. A housing developer also progressed an order for continuous monitoring of nitrate and turbidity, at two locations pre and post treatment, where the later will be supported by a battery/solar recharging kiosk and GSM data communications. South West Water purchased a portable UVT meter manufactured by Real Tech to support their on-line instrumentation used for UV disinfection control.

We also completed our ISO 9001 customer feedback survey for sales completed within the last 12 months. We are pleased to report 100% of these customers were satisfied with our overall performance and 69% totally satisfied. Similarly, we received excellent feedback in all sub-categories such as customer service and the communication element (telephone and written /email contact) as well as Sales and Service support where we received 100% satisfied as the feedback. We also asked our customers to score our performance relative to other companies operating in a similar field; with a mark of five being equivalent so with the average score computed at 8.7 out of 10 for the survey so once we have again performed extremely well.

In July, a CSA Group lead auditor attended PPM for a two-day, in-depth ISO 9001:2015 recertification audit. All clauses of the ISO standard were covered checking that PPM satisfies all the stringent requirements and that we could supply proof as required. CSA Group Testing UK Ltd are themselves UKAS accredited as an industry leader in testing and certification.

August then saw the award of the ISO 9001 recertification, valid until August 12th 2026 subject to annual external surveillance audits carried out by CSA, ISO9001 Quality Certificate.

Site commissioning of the first British Sugar analyser kiosk, took place during two separate site visits, to initially test and then subsequently put to work, the analyser package which will be used to measure the effluent quality at a new treatment plant. This visit was conducted concurrent with the build of a second analyser kiosk which was inspected by the contractor, prior to delivery to the second site which will also see it’s treatment upgraded. The walk-in GRP enclosures contain various continuous monitors that include ortho-phosphate on the untreated feed, in addition to ortho-phosphate, TOC, ammonia, nitrate and ortho-phosphate on the treated effluent.

Site commissioning and training will follow at the second site, once installation has been completed by the contractor -delivering the complete project. Additionally, we welcomed our Chinese agent to PPM for additional product training and project discussions. The visit also allowed for witnessed QA testing of the latest order of six Proam ammonia monitors ranged 0-2.00 mg/l N which will be used to control the aerobic digestion (nitrification) process at a key municipal treatment facility. During the period we also received two additional orders for Proams ammonia monitors for final effluent monitoring within Severn Trent Water and two pH monitoring systems for use within Wessex Water.

June has been exceptionally busy completing analyser builds and fulfilling new orders.

Domestically, we have received purchase orders for another Proam analyser to be installed in Severn Trent Water, for continuous final effluent monitoring. In addition, we have also received a purchase order for two of our OFD oil on water detectors for a surface water monitoring application in Hertfordshire. SE Water have also placed further orders for two HF Mtol turbidity monitors to measure potable water quality. Whilst, SW Water have procured a further portable UVT instrument for verification of their on-line UVT instruments.

Internationally, our Irish distributor has procured two additional Protoc TOC analysers ranged 0-100 and 0-1,000 PPM TOC for pharmaceutical waste-water and additionally an OFD for a surface water monitoring application.

We have also had to complete witness testing of our instruments manufactured for a large Indian petrochemical project. Stability tests were completed over a 24-hour period and the data presented to the client. An independent witness testing company attended our manufacturing premises, to verify some of the QA tests which included the last 8 hours of the stability test, on two of the seven ammonia and TOC instruments.

Our production department have been exceptionally busy manufacturing our Proam ammonia and Protoc TOC analysers, to fulfil existing orders for new instrument supply.

Six Proam ammonia monitors, complete with the option of Modbus signals communications have been completed and quality assurance tested, for our Chinese agent, configured over the measuring range 0-2.00 PPM. A separate order for two Proam ammonia monitors ranged for 0-5.00 PPM have also been completed, for a separate waste water project in China.

A Proam analyser has been supplied to Wessex Water to replace one of our first instruments originally supplied to Holdenhurst WRC, some nineteen years ago. We have also received a further purchase order for a Proam to be supplied within a secondary enclosure complete with sample preparation, for installation later in the year at Shepton Mallet WRC.

Additionally, a Proam analyser has been supplied for installation at Severn Trent Water, on a final effluent ranged 0-20.00 PPM.

Our Irish agent has also placed an order for two replacement Protoc 300 TOC analysers, ranged 0-100 PPM for a pharmaceutical waste-water, discharge monitoring application.

The end of the year is always a very busy time completing stock takes, financials and fulfilling orders. This year has not been an exception.

Domestic sales have included a new Proam installation for final effluent monitoring within Wessex Water and a turbidity monitoring system for a different location. We have also received a purchase order from Sembcorp who have decided to replace a Proam with a new model, after thirteen years of continuous service.

Internationally, we have received purchase orders for two different projects through our Chinese agent. In total eight Proam monitors will be supplied for both drinking water production monitoring applications measuring raw water quality and also for continuous waste water measurement. Additionally, we have received an order from our distributer in the Netherlands, Wilten Instrumenten, for a Protoc 300 TOC analyser ranged 0-500ppm. This is to replace a Protoc 100 supplied in 1998. The instrument has the automatic wash option and will be complimented with our Paper Band filter sample preparation system.

February has again been a busy month for the fabrication of bespoke monitoring systems with the completion of five final effluent turbidity monitoring kiosks. Service repairs have included an overhaul of Proam ammonia monitor from Wessex Water returned for service after 13 years of continuous operation. Sadly, we deemed the repair of one originally supplied to Holdenhurst 18 years ago as economically unrepairable, so a replacement instrument has now been purchased. Similarly, after more than 15 years operation Sembcorp at Wilton have decided to replace their Proam instrument with a new model.

Another Proam final effluent monitor was also commissioned at Anglian Water in Buckinghamshire which was installed as a replacement on-line analyser, into an existing kiosk. Two new UVT instruments have also been purchased as replacements, originally supplied with a UVT treatment system. A portable UVT instrument has also been purchased by a local water company for validating their on-line instruments.

Internationally Forbes Marshall our Indian distributor has placed an order for two Protoc TOC analysers ranged 0-500 PPM TOC with the automatic acid wash option.

January has been a busy month particularly for the fabrication of bespoke water quality monitoring systems. We completed another turbidity panel with a sample break tank pre-mounted onto a PVC back panel for a water production site in Essex. Additionally, we started fabrication of five final effluent turbidity monitoring kiosks intended for installation at various sites in the north east of England. A repeat purchase order has also been received for a large walk-in analyser kiosk to be fabrication for another British Sugar site. The instrumentation will provide continuous analytical measurement of ortho-phosphate, TOC, Ammonia and Nitrate. Sample preparation, automatic air and acid cleaning, heating, lighting, sample distribution and pre-wiring will also be integrated into the wet and dry sections of the analyser kiosk.

Internationally, Atlas our Taiwanese distributor, placed orders for two Proam ammonia monitors. One of the projects is for the CPC Corporation, a state-owned petroleum, natural gas and gasoline company requiring configuration over the range 0-100 PPM. A second instrument will be ranged 0-500 PPM and provided to a turnkey contractor, installing a complete treatment project for a Community Waste-water Management System (CWMS).