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enviro updateMore sponsors join the2012 SPLASH!Environmental AwardsGet your entries in before April 30, 2012 for the third edition ofthe world’s only dedicated environmental awards for the swimmingpool and spa industry.SPLASH! had previously announced thatSunbather Industries would continuewith its role as Foundation Sponsor forthe third edition of the SPLASH! EnvironmentalAwards as well as taking out the EnvironmentalProject of the Year sponsorship.Now three other sponsors have beenconfirmed:• Pentair Water is sponsoring the CommercialPool Award (Outdoor)• Supreme Heating is sponsoring the CommercialPool Award (Indoor)• SPASA Queensland is sponsoring the PoolShop AwardAll the Award CategoriesMajor Awards• The SPLASH! Environmental Project of theYear (Sponsor: Sunbather)• The SPLASH! Environmental Product ofthe YearProject Awards• Residential Pool Award (Outdoor)• Residential Pool Award (Indoor)• Commercial Pool Award (Outdoor) (Sponsor:Pentair Water)• Commercial Pool Award (Indoor) (Sponsor:Supreme Heating)Retail• Pool Shop Award (Sponsor: SPASAQueensland)Product Awards• Energy Saving Award• Water Saving Award• Mechanical Product AwardConsumer PR campaign• Sanitisation Award• Spa AwardAn entry form was included in the previousissue of SPLASH! (February-March2012) and more forms can be downloadedfrom splashmagazine.com.au.The deadline for entries is April 30, 2012.Please see the entry form for conditions of entry.The judges include respected expertsin the fields of water efficiency, swimmingpool equipment efficiency, residential designand commercial water treatment.• Julian Gray, CEO, Smart Approved WaterMark• David Hallet, General Manager, Archicentre• Peter Seebacher, Consultant to the Departmentof Climate Change & Energy Efficiency• Alan Lewis, Consultant, Aquazure• Facilitated by Chris Maher, Editor, SPLASH!Attractive sponsorship packages are stillavailable. For more details contact KarenJaques at SPLASH! on (02) 8586 6135 oremail kjaques@intermedia.com.au.AFTER the awards have been presented,Intermedia’s marketingdepartment runs a publicrelations campaign tomaximise coverage in theconsumer media.This is of great benefit tothe winners and finalists inthe awards, as well as thesponsors.In the past, this campaign hassecured coverage on the awardsin the Sunday Telegraph, Radio 3AW, United Media Group’sstable of Pool & Outdoor titles, Lifestyle Pools magazine anda number of suburban and local newspapers.Already, United Media Group has committed to showcasing the 2012 SPLASH!Environmental Award winners in their leading consumer pool titles: MelbournePool & Outdoor Design, Sydney Pool & Outdoor Design, Queensland Pool &Outdoor Design and Western Australian Pool & Outdoor Design.SunbatherIndustries:FoundationSponsor andsponsor of theEnvironmentalProject ofthe YearPentair Water,sponsor of theCommercialPool Award(Outdoor)Supreme Heating,sponsor of theCommercial PoolAward (Indoor)SPASAQueensland,sponsor ofthe PoolShop Award24 | SPLASH! splashmagazine.com.au
enviro updateTop UK pump makerjoins with Aussie poolindustry innovatorStuart Turner Ltd has signed an exclusive agreement with Australianinnovator NFT.Leading British pump manufacturer,Stuart Turner Ltd, has signed an exclusiveagreement with Australian innovatorNew Fluid Technology (NFT) to developand market their pump impeller technology.Following an extensive review of theperformance characteristics of the Supa-Stelth pump, originally designed for pooland spa applications, Stuart Turner agreedto develop a range of multi-stage pumpsincorporating the patented NFT design.The new pumps will be intended for bothdomestic and commercial water pressureboosting applications with flow rates up to160 litres per minute at pressures between150kPA and 600kPA.The design provides substantial increasesin centrifugal pump efficiency and significantreductions in noise as a result of itsunique “solid body rotation of fluids” designwhich effectively eliminates turbulencewithin the pump.Mark Williams, Managing Director ofStuart Turner says the NFT design was asignificant departure from traditional centrifugalpump design with the potential toachieve world leading performance.“We are looking forward to a really excitingoutcome from our trans-global venturewith NFT and hope that it heralds a widercollaboration in the future.”Brian Bambach, Director of NFT, says theagreement with Stuart Turner was the seconddevelopment venture to be signed by the companyand that further deals were in the offing.“It is a particular pleasure, as a newcomerto the field, to work with one of the world’slongest-established and best known manufacturersof water pumps,” he says.Stuart Turner has long history in hydraulics.The company has been in the pumpbusiness since 1906 and in centrifugalpumps since the 1930s.Co-chairman of Stuart Turner, WilliamBarnard, says that over that time they’verelied on innovation to keep the company atthe forefront of the pump business.“We have a fair degree of inventivenessfrom our own people but we keep our eyesopen for good ideas from others as well,”he says.Most of the pumps Stuart Turner makesare for bathrooms, to boost the water flowor to help fill the header tanks which arepopular in Britain. In the past couple ofyears they’ve expanded into other domesticapplications including spa pumps.“We’re really looking at applying the NFTtechnology to domestic water supply. As youknow, efficiency is becoming increasinglyimportant. Australia is at the forefront ofregulations do with pool and spa pump efficiency,but it’s having a big impact in othermarkets as well,” he says.“The other thing we like about the tech-H. William Barnard, Stuart Turner Chairman, Mark Williams, Managing Director,Paul Manning Technical Director and Terry Day Technical Director New FluidTechnology at the NFT’s Gold Coast laboratorynology is that it’s quiet. That’s important forthe domestic market in what we’re doing,going into houses and terrace houses andapartment blocks.”Barnard says that Stuart Turner is ina number of countries around the world,including the Middle East, and they planto take the technology into these internationalmarkets.“We’ve signed an agreement – a kind ofjoint venture to develop a pump for the applicationswe’re interested in – and usingthat design concept on a wider basis. Thatdevelopment period will take some time, andat the end of that we’ll work out what formthe agreement will take but it is somethingbroadly along the joint venture lines,” he says.“We’re excited about the technology andwe see substantial opportunities up the roadif it can live up to its promise. This representsan extension from NFT’s initial focusin the pool and spa industry, and underlinesthe potential of the technology.“It is definitely a vote of confidence.”splashmagazine.com.au SPLASH! | 25
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