Two Years as Kanya's UK Representative

Celebrating two years of Kanya..
The firm is celebrating the two-year anniversary of distributing the Kanya range in the UK by welcoming Kanya’s International Business Co-ordinator Andreas Kuster from the headquarters in Ruti, Switzerland to its manufacturing unit in Romsey, Hampshire.Thinking Space Systems designs bespoke solutions using Kanya for a range of clients, where applications include safety guards, machine frames, test rigs, lab cars, trolleys, clean rooms, partitions and conveyor frames. Andreas Kuster said, “It is fantastic to visit the Thinking Space team and to see how much they have achieved in just two years.
“Not only are profits and sales up, but the profile of the Kanya brand is stronger than ever in the UK. We are delighted with what Thinking Space has accomplished and say ‘well done’ to the team,” added Andreas.
Large KANYA Machine Frame
November saw the production and assembly of another large machine frame for the KANYA team. The four-part frame measuring 4m wide and 2.5m tall a roll.
Working closely with local company Rotary Logic Machinery, Thinking Space produced designs for Rotary Logic before manufacturing and assembling the framework, which also includes linear slides and plates on roller bearings.
Rotary Logic produce many machines using this concept, to include an unwind and rewind frame mounting the rolls to be printed on, with frames between to mount the mechanical workings and printing equipment. These machines have many other applications such as to print number plate backings.“It’s great to leave the design work up to someone else and have Thinking Space assemble the frames for me when there are tight deadlines to achieve so I can get on with manufacturing the other essential items for the machine” says Paul Taylor, MD of Rotary Logic Machinery.“The KANYA range is a great and flexible solution with the advantage of being able to add extra bits where needed at a later date.” He added.

Sheffield Project Completed

Thinking Space Systems have recently project managed the Offices for Sheffield City Council which included a control room, server room, meeting room, kitchen and large open office area. Thinking Space also manufactured two large three-operator consoles to complete the project.

Novus Monitor Arms

Thinking Space have become UK'S representative for Novus

Novus is a specialist in innovative office products, Their products and system solutions bring convenience and efficiency to the everday working environment.Novus has constantly extended its product range with a large number of solutions and contemporary products for equipping the modern ergonomic desk workplace.

PPMA Show

James will be exhibiting our Kanya extrusion at the PPMA show being held at the NEC in Birmingham from 30th September -2nd October why not pop along and visit him on stand G67

RNLI

At the headquarters of the RNLI in Poole. Thinking Space have recently manufactured and installed a new control room which included admin storage, five large consoles, an enclosure for six unit rear projectors and a mobile chart table.Task lighting was also supplied as part of several additions once the project started, this also included the replacement of the radiator covers and window sills to match the console finishes. The room was designed so that all services and power for the consoles could come from the the side walls of the office .

Bristol City Council

A full turnkey control room solution has been recently completed for Bristol City Council. The scope of works included in the new Urban Traffic Control Centre covered the supply of technical furniture as well as a complete office fit out.
The project was won under standard tender conditions. The work included new floors, ceiling, lighting and r-build of the room. The monitor wall design was created to maximize flexibility as it is expected to be expanded at a later date. The panel work for the console and wall were powder coated as the client had a specific finished requirement . In total eight operator positions have been created.

Local Power Station

Project recently completed for a local power station

Another bespoke project completed

A bespoke enclosure has been built for a customer requiring the extruded frame clad with Orange Perspex panels to house a laser that prints holograms. This type of panel is ideal for rejecting UV rays and keeping harmful laser light in!Four of the six entry doors are fitted with gas struts to allow easy opening; along with the extra two doors underneath allowing easy access to the machines within.

Out & About

James will be out and about this week on Tuesday he will be in Leicestershire accompanied by Wayne, On wednesday he will be in Warwickshire and Thursday in Suffolk
Paul A will be in Sheffield on Tuesday and Wednesday
On Tuesday Paul R will be travelling around the North West

Euro 2008

Well done to Mark the winner of our Euro 2008 competition, he has won the crate of beer !!

Who's going to win the beer ???

With only four teams left in Euro 2008 who is going to win the beer??? Paul R , Mark, Pete and James are the only ones with teams left in the competition. Pete has already won £10 for the first player to be sent off. Can he make it a double win ?

Out and About this week

Paul R is exhibiting at the Best show in Victory Services Club Seymour Street London from Tuesday until Thursday

Sam and Matt are off to Manchester today to install the Willow Park project .

Wayne will be in the office all week except thursday as he will be going to exhibit at the best show with Paul

Paul A is in Sheffield on Thursday

More Pictures of our Birthday BBQ

Birthday Celebrations

Thinking Space have celebrated their Birthday with colleagues their families,friends and business contacts , this was held at Itchen Valley Country Park , Thanks for the sun managing to stay out for a whole day everyone had a great time.

Business of the Year Award

Thinking Space has won the IAB Business of the Year Award, Wayne went to The House of Commons on Wednesday to be presented with his glass trophy and certificate by Fabian Hamilton MP.While Wayne was at the House of Commons he also met Rachel Elnaugh one of Britains highest profile female entrepreneurs who was on Dragon's Den .

Out and about this week

Wayne and Paul are going to visit the House of Commons on Wednesday as Wayne has made it to the finals of the IAB Business Enterprise Awards.

Wayne & Paul will then be going on to meet one of our Norwegian customers at Heathrow airport .

On Friday Paul A will be going to Poole to visit some of our customers.

Paul R is out on Thursday morning .

Out and About this week

Wayne & Paul are exhibiting at Ifsec on stand 19098 from today up until Thursday at the NEC in Birmingham
James will also be attending the Ifsec show on Tuesday and Wednesday, then meeting customers in Poole on Thursday.

Drawings

Thinking Space have invested in new technology with a view to improving their production and presentation drawings.
Two seats of Autodesk Inventor have been purchased along with updated hardware. Our drawing office staff have completed the first stage of training with advanced training to be undertaken before the end of the month. This change will mean that each item in every Thinking Space assembly (both furniture and framework) will be fully modelled and archived for reference, hence making future modifications much more efficient. The change in software also means that for our Kanya customers we can export the models in a format which they are able to use to add their own components. We will now be also able to offer three dimensional photo realistic images of our furniture as part of our quotation/presentation process. There will also be a facility for prospective clients to receive an electronic copy of the rendered image which can be rotated for viewing at any angle (free download necessary).

Installation in Dubai

This control desk was designed & built in our warehouse in Romsey.It was then shipped over to one of our customers in Dubai where Wayne went over to install it last weekend .

Out and About This Week

Paul A is out and about all over this week meeting customers.

Pete and Sam were in Poole yesterday to install new control desks for the RNLI

Alastair is attending his Cad designing course in Totton until Thursday .

Paul R has been to Bridgend and Thursday he is exhibiting at the Best show in London

Control Desks

Two new control desks are being fitted today in Poole

Out & About

WHERE ARE THEY THIS WEEK?
James and Alastair are at the NEC in Birmingham until Thursday exhibiting at the Drives & Controls show, they are being joined by Andreas from Kanya's Head office based in Switzerland.
Paul R is attending the CCTV user group show in Manchester until wednesday, from there he will be going to join James in Birmingham then going onto Sheffield on Thursday .
Paul A went to London on Tuesday and today he has gone to Bristol to see some of our customers.
Wayne will be back from his holiday in Florida today, with his batteries recharged and raring to go.

Completed mezz floor

Day 3 in the BB workshop

The mezzanine floor is now complete,we are just waiting for the lighting to be installed on the ground floor which is going to be installed on Monday.

Up the stairs

Mezz floor is looking good, we now have a floor, stairs and 10 slightly hard of hearing colleagues.

Day 2 of Big Brother in the workshop

Welcome to day 2 in the Big Brother workshop as you can see by the pictures the mezzanine floor is progressing very well,

the floor has now been laid and they are in the process of putting in the stairs.

Welcome to our friends in America

This is the end of Big Brother day one in the workshop. We would like to say hello to our friends in America who are watching the installation of the mezzanine floor, Join us again for Big Brother Day 2 tomorrow to see whats happening , will the lights be up ?? will the floor be completed ?? who knows ......watch this space..

Another update

• This is how the mezz floor is
• looking after first day of building

Mezz floor update

Mezzanine Floor

We are finally having our mezzanine floor installed today,the builders were here nice and early and the installation is underway (see picture) this will give us a lot more space in our workshop when finished it will be approx 7m x16m

Trip to London

On friday James & Roger went to London to deliver a Kanya video wall plinth to one of our clients who was located on the 41st floor. As Roger hasnt been to London for a very long time he was amazed by the views of the Millenium Dome and London City Airport .

Out & About

Wayne has been out and about this week . On wednesday he visited the Traffic show in Amsterdam, though he wasnt sure if he would make his flight back . Today he has driven to see a client in Hemel Hempstead

James has also been driving around this week visiting Suffolk ,Norfolk and Essex promoting his Kanya products

Paul R has been up to Sheffield despite his legs hurting from the football match the other night

Pauls Cup Victory

Paul has come in today slightly worse for wear as last night his football team Sutton Scotney FC played Broom Squire Hotel at Whitchurch in the North Hampshire Cup final, they won 2-1 thanks to Pauls winning goal. So of course they had to celebrate with a few drinks well done to the team !!!!

Control console

Today we have another project completed and being delivered to one of our marine customers, this console has been finished in bright red .

Drives & Controls Exhibition

James will be exhibiting our Kanya products at the Drives & Controls exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham on the 22nd - 24th April , he will be acompanied by Andreas who works in the Kanya head office in Switzerland, if you would like a ticket to attend the show please contact us at our website http://www.thinking-space.com/