Page 19 of articles about facilities-equipment in Press releases

Staffordshire-based ARM Buildings have taken over the sole UK distributorship for the popular Osborne Big Wheel range of pig feeders, following the retirement of Terry Cross, who previously distributed these feeders.

“Participation from Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands and North America in particular is conspicuously higher than it was in 2009.”

The AC3010 4-Way Attic Inlet is the third generation of ceiling inlets from Double L and has actually exceeded expectations. This new machine actuated inlet corrects air distribution shortcomings and offers controlled 360 degree airflow.

An East Anglian contractor has come up with a system that can literally smooth out potential areas of conflict between outdoor pig-keepers and arable farmers. While they tick all the welfare boxes, free-range sows are no respecters of the land. Their rooting and wallowing can leave paddocks looking like battle fields, with crater-like holes pitting the surface.

JYGA Technologies is proud to release its new website: www.jygatech.com. Not only does this new website provide a lot more precise information about our product, the Gestal system, but it will allow us to share with producers our knowledge and expertise in lactating sow feeding strategies.

The long cold spell has loosened rust and scale from inside water pipes on many pig units.

Pig farmers are purchasing record quantities of Paneltim, the plastic building panel, reports Suffolk-based equipment company, G E Baker Ltd. The company, which also trades under the Quality Equipment name, has been distributing the product in the UK for 14 years.

Two new models have been added to the extensive range of pig feeders supplied by Suffolk manufacturing company, G E Baker Ltd, which trades as Quality Equipment.

ARM Buildings of Rugeley, Staffordshire is taking over the joint UK distribution of Paneltim panels from TFS Limited of Cottesmore, Rutland, following the retirement of Jeremy Skipper, TFS’s founder.

Despite the recent arctic conditions Staffordshire-based ARM Buildings has been able to continue with the majority of their contracts for new piggeries throughout the UK, reports the company.

Farmers fed up falling in frozen farmyards are making this a best ever winter for Bekina wellie boot sales.

The recent cold snap is a reminder that winter is coming! Already, our practice is seeing upsurges in coughs and respiratory disease in pigs, probably triggered by fluctuations in temperature, says Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to pig-breeding company ACMC Ltd.

SonoCheck is a newly-developed device for automatic pregnancy checking of sows in group housing

A Lancashire farming partnership has come up with a novel way of reducing energy costs on their pig unit.

Jyden Bur has launched a new and optimized free stall system for service and gestation. The leading keywords are pronounced as a timesaving factor combined with a high level of usability and have been crucial for the development of JB6000 – the free stall system that improves the overall working conditions.

Floods of orders for new pig houses have meant that ARM Buildings has had to take on more staff and put on extra shifts to meet demand.