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Access to water and sanitation – how Aliaxis Next can help
Our newly created Aliaxis Next division – launched to build new activities in adjacent businesses – has its sights fully set on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 ‘Clean Water and Sanitation’.
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New front of the wall offering (thanks to Bengaluru Research Centre)
Our teams in India are proving adept at developing solutions that open up new markets for us and that’s powering the growth of our Ashirvad brand in this dynamic market. In 2021 we launched our first ever front of wall offering with a full range of taps, showers, sinks and other components for modern and very stylish bathrooms and kitchens. Customers - more used to our products, like pipes and fittings, sitting behind the wall - love the new range and, as we continue to grow rapidly, we will keep exploring new markets we can bring great solutions to.
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Welcoming more women to our factories
In Latin America, we’re working with leading women’s organisations and taking action on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) to attract talent and boost the number of women in our plants. A new DE&I policy has been drawn up for the region, backed by a mentoring scheme and practical actions in individual locations. This, for example, includes creating female bathrooms and changing rooms in our manufacturing plant in Chile, as we get ready to bring 50 women on to the site in 2022.
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Fire safety assured for residential developments in Lima
Our BlazeMaster® fire safety system is recommended for use in buildings over 21 storeys tall, making it the perfect solution for two residential developments in Lima that are amongst Peru’s tallest buildings. Our certified plastic sprinkler system is lightweight and easy to install with corrosion resistance built in.
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A new generation in electrofusion
FRIAMAT 7, the seventh generation of our tried and tested pipe fusing unit, is a great example of how we continue to update products that our customers love, adding innovative new features to make them easier to use and more capable. Reduced in weight, but with a tougher casing, and fitted with longer cables, it’s easy to carry around building sites. It also features a wealth of digital features made possible by a Bluetooth interface that connects to the FRIAMAT app.
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Modernising water treatment in historic thermal baths
We worked on the restoration of two historic thermal baths in the French cities of Nancy and Strasbourg. Both baths had undergone major modernisation since 2020, and water treatment was at the heart of the project. We installed manual and motorised valves to control and monitor water quality, as well as fittings to protect against chemical corrosion.
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Costa Rica’s new robots – a safety win
Automating the production line of our plant in Costa Rica with the addition of robots that remove pipes and fittings from the mould is not only improving productivity but, importantly, making our workplace safer for colleagues.
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Pineville - a new benchmark for high-tech manufacturing
One of the major North American investments unveiled in 2021, our state-of-the-art fittings plant in Pineville, North Carolina, will set a new benchmark for high-tech, sustainable manufacturing when it opens in 2023.
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Making continuous improvement a way of life
Operational excellence is a key focus for our Growth with Purpose agenda and achieving it means making continuous improvement a way of life.
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Covid – simply an extraordinary response
As the Delta variant of Covid spread rapidly through India in April and May 2021, people across Aliaxis came together in an extraordinary response to the crisis.
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The power of digital to improve efficiency and customer support
Our North American innovation teams are now using an app to improve the process of ideation, transferring brainstorming and collaboration into the virtual world, while our Australian teams are piloting an automated marketing platform to make it easier to serve and stay in touch with electrical contractors.