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UK Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin visits Tex Special Projects

Glyn — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:37:31 +0000

HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s new 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier and the largest ship ever built for the Royal Navy, is soon to be formally commissioned into the Royal Navy fleet by Her Majesty the Queen. Pratex Power Visions’ very own Tex Special Projects designed and manufactured the innovative Flying Control Room (FLYCO) and installed the glazing throughout the ship. Over 10 years’ of feasibility studies, research, design and Finite Element Analysis was carried out at Tex’s UK site.

Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin visits Tex Special Projects on 23 November 2017.

Harriett Baldwin explained “Soon our sailors will be watching, through these panes of glass, our F-35 fighter jets take off to defend our country. Our new aircraft carriers are a floating example of British industrial ingenuity and have helped to boost local businesses right up and down the UK.”

Chris Parker, Director reported “Tex Holdings have long been involved in a variety of Ministry of Defence projects such as designing visual control rooms within air traffic control centres for Royal Air Force and Royal Navy air stations across the UK. For this project we had to design and overcome some very demanding technical challenges, delivering a near uninterrupted 290-degree field of view of the flight deck, which is unparalleled in any nation’s warships. We feel incredibly privileged to have been a part of this very prestigious capital project. For 12 years we have provided our technical expertise and supplied the FLYCO and all the ship’s windows, wipers and blades. Without the Queen Elizabeth Class programme the Special Projects Company would never have been formed, so we are extremely grateful for the exceptional opportunity it afforded us.”

Read more about Harriett Baldwin’s visit on the HM Government GOV.UK and Ipswich Star.

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Award Winning Design at INMEX SMM India 2017

Glyn — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:57:08 +0000

INMEX SMM India 2017 was a great success and Pratex Power Vision would like to send out a big thank you to colleagues, partners, clients and industry leaders from 32 countries. Once again INMEX has proved to be an unrivalled venue and allowed us to demonstrate not only our 100 years’ experience in power generation and marine diesel engines, but also our expertise in advanced glazing systems for both military and civilian application.

Ratee Prasad (Managing Director) and Shankar Mathur (Director) of Pratex Power Vision.

The Pratex Power Vision stand featured UK’s Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier, the biggest and most powerful warship ever constructed for the Royal Navy, and showcased the technologically advanced FLYCO (Flying Control Room) designed and manufactured by our very own Tex Special Projects Division. In recognition of the contribution to both the project and the innovation of such an advance in glazing for the maritime environment, Tex Special Projects were awarded the industry coveted BAE Systems Design Award.

INMEX SMM India 2017 was a great success for Pratex Power Vision.

Key members from the Pratex Group were able to attend (see picture at top of page) including (from left to right) Shankar Mathur (Director, Pratex Power Vision), Ratee Prasad (Managing Director, Pratex Power Vision), Amanda Ritchie (Technical Consultant), Stephen Codd (Managing Director, Eurotex International), David Ritchie (Technical Consultant, Tex Special Projects), and Greg Chadwick (Managing Director, G&M Tex).

A big thank you to colleagues, partners, clients and industry leaders from 32 countries.

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South Asia’s Largest Maritime Exhibition for Shipbuilding

Glyn — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:33:00 +0000

Pratex Power Vision will be attending the INMEX SMM India in Mumbai on the 3-5th October 2017. Pratex Power Vision are India’s leading supplier of specialist glazing solutions, power generation and engine refurbishment, and represent the interests of Tex Special Projects, Eurotex and G & M Tex. Our stand numbers are F60, F61 and F64 and we would love to meet you there to discuss your maritime requirements. Recent and current Naval projects include:

Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier, glazing, wipers and FLYCO
Supporting the Indian Navy for over 25 years, supplying Paxman generator engines for INS VIRAAT
UK Royal Navy T45 Emergency Generators (6 units), 300kWe
US Navy MLP/ESB Emergency Generators (5 units), 1000kWe
US Navy T-OA(X) Emergency Generators (17 units), 1500kWe
Australian Navy CCPV’s Auxiliary Generators (32 units), 248kWe
Australian Navy Fleet Service Generator, 1500kWe
Russian Navy OSV’s Auxiliary Generators (4 units), 248kWe
Russian Navy Hydrographic Vessels EDG’s (2 units), 230kWe
Irish Navy OPV’s Auxiliary Generators (12 units), 550kWe
Irish Navy OPV’s Emergency Generators (4 units), 370kWe
Sri Lankan Navy IPV’s Auxiliary Generators (4 units), 80kWe

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