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Here you'll find information on a wide variety of topics, ranging from our attendance at industry events, fundraising activities, topical news articles and our operational achievements. Be sure to check back regularly for updates.
Otto Simon Ltd earns prestigious global health and safety award from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
Trialling Hydrogen Fuel in Industrial Settings
Otto Simon is delighted to announce that we have achieved SafeContractor accreditation!
Otto Simon is celebrating Christmas Jumper Day to raise money for Save the Children!
Otto Simon’s Head of Business Development, Darryl Nevitt, attended the 3rd BCECA Annual Conference in October, which this year focused on ‘the energy transformation challenge – making it a reality’. The conference included keynote presentations from Lord Ravensdale and Energy Institute CEO Nick Wayth. Lord Ravensdale spoke about the long-term challenge of energy transition and presenters discussed the challenges currently facing the development of UK Hydrogen projects. The conference was followed up with a reception at the House of Lords on 21 st November that provided networking opportunities with energy transformation stakeholders and key players in the chemical engineering industry. Find more information on BCECA's website: www.bceca.org.uk/events
Otto Simon’s Process Safety Consultants, Clare Dunkerley and James Williams, attended the IChemE Hazards 33 Process Safety Conference, held in Birmingham between the 7 th and 9 th November 2023.
In the first of our 'Project Postcards' series, Otto Simon's E&I Engineer, Dennis McGlynn, recounts his recent visit to NSG’s C4 Glass Furnace in Brazil to provide site-based E&I services:
Otto Simon has recently attended numerous events aimed at discussing the future of hydrogen in the UK and here’s a round-up from events in September and October.
Otto Simon was delighted to attend the ‘Delivering Net Zero for British Ceramics’ 2023 Conference organised by the British Ceramic Confederation. The conference was held at Staffordshire University on 13 th September 2023. Delegates from across the ceramics, energy, and engineering industries come together to discuss the decarbonisation of the UK ceramics industry, along with associated policy changes and research which are key to the delivery of low-carbon technologies of the future. Speakers included an update on the future of energy networks for Net Zero from the Energy Networks Association; a video message from Lord Callanan, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, on business transition planning; information about engaging the UK ceramics industry with BAT for industrial emissions from the Environment Agency; and discussions about ‘safer innovation’ and their research into hydrogen from the Health and Safety Executive. The British Ceramics Confederation also gave an update on the status of their research into using hydrogen for the ceramics sector and We Are Liminal, gave an interesting talk about how to ‘reframe uncertainty as opportunity’. Otto Simon is currently carrying out hydrogen fuel switching projects for a range of industries, including ceramics, and it was very interesting to discuss the role hydrogen will play in the future of the ceramics industry with a wide selection of the attendees and presenters. https://www.ceramfed.co.uk/key-topics/industry-decarbonisation-conference/