Peerless Gas Controls
Opens New Operation
in Shanghai

June 2009

A warehouse and product inspection centre has been opened in the Shanghai Enterprise Zone by Peerless Gas Controls Group which is making part of its facility available to UK companies.

Steve Crutchley, managing director of the Group which includes Harmany Blinds at Great Barr, Birmingham and Intercontrol at Whitchurch, said the Shanghai operation was a big step forward for the Group and the inspection facility was available to other companies wishing to ensure their own products were up to standard before they were put in containers in China and sent to the UK.

Mr Crutchley said: “Companies in the UK often have concerns that what they are getting from China is not always what it should be in terms of quality so our inspection facility in Shanghai will spot any problems before they leave the country.

“In instances where a fault is identified the Chinese manufacturer can be contacted and the problem rectified.  It is often too late when the goods are unpacked in the UK and some products are not up to the expected standard.

“We have a small staff in China working at the warehouse and we have appointed Michael Li as the director of the operation.”

Mr Crutchley said he was expecting the warehouse and inspection facility to gradually expand the size of its activities.  Discussions were in progress with two interested companies.

“We can deal with not just with the inspections but prepare the export-import documents to meet Chinese and UK regulations as well as deliver the goods to their destination – anywhere in the UK for a reasonable commission.”

Other companies in the Peerless Group will also benefit from the new inspection facility at the warehouse if ordered components are made in China.

Peerless does not manufacture its electronics requirements in-house and these parts are purchased through specialist companies which
now enables the business to offer built-in electronics to operate the valves. These now go alongside the mechanical valves made at its main site near Flint in North Wales.

Peerless Control Valves is already testing products at the Chinese warehouse facility ordered from Chinese manufacturers for its own production lines.  These are brass stampings, component parts for Peerless Control Valves and basic brass fittings.

Contact:
Peerless Gas Controls Ltd:
Steve Crutchley
Managing director,
0844 800 0052
(m) 07947 029766.