EDITOR’S CHOICE
FIRM STEPS UP AT TESTING TIME
SEAWARD
NORTH East manufacturing firm Seaward is part of the
national effort to keep Covid-19 patients and NHS staff safe
The firm is supplying vital electrical
safety testing equipment to the new
Nightingale Hospitals, existing hospitals
across the UK, as well as internationally,
and to manufacturers who are ramping
up production lines of much needed
ventilators and other equipment needed
for patient care.
Seaward builds electrical safety testing
equipment for everything from ventilators
to hospital beds, hoists and pumps via its
medical arm, Rigel Medical.
Andrew Upton MD of Seaward, said:
“A limited workforce is keeping the
Peterlee-based factory up and running.
The greatest call at the moment is for the
electrical safety checking of ventilators.
“Because a lot of the equipment is either
brand new or older and being brought
back into use, it is vital it is safety tested to
protect patients and staff.
“We are supplying to the UK and the rest
of the world and our team is working flat
out to cope with demand. We see it as our
way of being able to say ‘thank you’ to the
NHS.
“We have been working on behalf of the
Cabinet Office commissioners to supply
products to Nightingale Hospitals and
through firms such as Mercedes, Ford,
Rolls-Royce, Dyson and McLaren who are
also part of the effort.
“Although it has been hectic, and we have
been producing and selling five times as
much of this type of equipment, we have
had to abandon everything else for the
time being to concentrate of what is so
urgently needed.
“Our employees are more than happy to
work. They understand the immediate
need for this equipment, and that we have
put in place the best possible measures
to protect them as well, observing social
distancing, the introduction of a one-way
system and converting the conference
room to a canteen extension so breaks
can be staggered to minimise contact.
“They actually think it is great that they
can play their part in supporting the NHS
in some way during this national crisis and
are proud to be among those people who
have stepped up to help.
“Our equipment is also being exported
to help many international communities
who are also suffering greatly due to
Coronavirus both in Europe and China.”
Seaward manufacture and supply a
large range of electrical test equipment
including hipot testers, digital ohmmeters,
PAT testers and more. Visit their website
seaward.com to see their full product
range.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0191 586 3511
For further information, please visit www.seaward.com
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