Trotec4U now new on Facebook! Pass it on!

Posted on by Alfred Austin

Trotec on Facebook

Yes, it’s not a red herring. After much experimenting and debating and trying things out we have finally got there! Trotec4U is the new face on Facebook. Having successfully launched our internet presence on Facebook in both German and Turkish it seemed only natural that we should provide a platform for our English speaking customers and readers.

Because although the Trotec Group is a German-based company with branches in Austria, France, Turkey and China, we have long had ambitions and aspirations with regard to the English-speaking world  – and Facebook ticked all the boxes when we considered the best way to entertain and inform our readers, communicate with and care for our customers and promote our jam-packed portfolio of premium but low priced products and unique blend of services.

Where will our journey take us? Who knows? Facebook thrives on the moment, on impulses, on the power to change.

And it thrives on its fans.

Which is where you come in. Why not just drop on by and see what we have to say and we what we have to offer? And hopefully in return we will get to hear what you have to say, what you feel and think and what you like and dislike.

We, the dedicated and never-clueless social media team at the heart of this enterprise, are planning on bringing you all the latest news, views and run-downs on what is happening in our expanding and pulsating company – but true to Facebook style no long-winded product placement presentations but super special offers, competitions and prizes, real-life tips and hands-on advice designed to make your life easier, better and more enjoyable. It’s a tall order, we know – and we won’t be able to do it without you – but this could be the start of something big and you could be among the first to have joined in.

So let’s make Trotec4U a Facebook page with a difference. Let’s make it stand out from the crowd. Make your voice heard.

… Like?

By the way… we are already in the starting blocks, ready to launch our first dazzling new competition. Watch out for more details on our Facebook page and here on our blog. Remember, you heard it here first.

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Come Rain or Shine: Work Tents from Trotec

Posted on by Alfred Austin

There’s nothing like a good office job. That is at least the view that, understandably one would imagine, many office workers seem to share. On balance an office job has a lot going for it: when it’s hot and sticky outside you can turn up the air conditioning or switch on a dehumidifier and create an indoor climate that you feel most comfortable in. And when it’s cold and wet and miserable outside you can comfortably turn up the heating a notch or two and watch how those less fortunate than yourself, like the postman, the builder, the roofer, go about their daily business while you stand gazing out of the window absent-mindedly stirring a chocolate-coated biscuit in your cup of tea.

But the Great Outdoors also has a lot to offer – and there are those weather-beaten, hardened, rugged-looking types, like fishermen, stallholders, farmers and gardeners, who wouldn’t want to swap a day of their lives for a day in the office with you – not for all the tea in China.

Of course just because you are an office worker that doesn’t mean that you have to enjoy working in an office all day long. And just because you are a fitter, a pipelayer or a service technician that doesn’t mean that you don’t mind having to brave the weather day in, day out and that you don’t sometimes get fed up with the sun beating down on relentlessly on your arched aching back, or standing in a pool of cold, murky water in a trench in the rain, or being buffeted about by gusts and galeforce winds while all you are actually trying to do is  your job.

This then is why we at TROTEC have a produced a fine selection of multi-purpose work tents designed to provide adequate shelter and a proper working environment for those professionals who spend much of their time working outside at the mercy of the elements. The water repellent specially-coated canvas material offers ideal protection against cloudbursts, downpours, light showers even heavy, persistent rain. And because the translucent material allows sunlight to pass through the outer walls of the tent, the light inside the tent is bright enough and natural enough to allow work which requires good lighting conditions, like electrical rewiring jobs, soldering or welding, or repairs on segments of pipes or cables to be carried out.

Putting up the tent is the least of your problems. The lightweight quick assembly tents are up in a jiffy. In fact it only takes one man a matter of seconds to unpack one of our many pop-up models from the practical carry bag included in the scope of delivery, spread it out on the ground in front of him and then step into the tent and then out again while pulling the robust but supple fibreglass rods apart that form the frame of this extremely practical and equally valuable man-made shelter. And just in case you had your doubts – the tent can be stowed away just as quickly when your job is done or you have finished for the day.

It pays to think ahead. The highly-flexible but low-priced, long life work tents from Trotec can prevent you from having to down tools and stop work while you wait for the weather to clear up or the rain to cease. This of course can lead to more productive workdays, especially when deadlines are involved, and much more profitable margins.

So be sure to be well-equipped and ready to respond when the next snowstorm, rain shower or low pressure system comes your way.

Make mine Trotec!

Go here to see our comprehensive range of quick up work tents!

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Swine flu: the new pandemic or the old hysteria?

Posted on by Alfred Austin

In 2009 the world was caught in the grip of a virus which seemed to spread like wildfire and reach pandemic proportions leaving many members of the public shaken, feeling insecure and fearing that worse was still to come. Swine influenza, or swine or pig flu as it is commonly called, is caused by one of several strains of a virus that is endemic (widespread) in pigs. As if this were not bad enough some strains can mutate into a form that can be passed on to humans. The first to catch the virus are normally people who work with pigs and poultry and whose job invariably brings high levels of exposure to such a strain of virus.

In August 2010, the World Health Organisation issued a declaration stating that the swine flu pandemic was officially over.

And now it appears to be back.

Already a number of deaths have occurred which can be directly linked to H1N1, the swine flu virus. According to the NHS the at-risk groups who should be seeking to get their flu shots are pregnant women, people over 65 and people with certain chronic illnesses like heart or kidney disease.

So just how bad is the situation for each and every one of us individually and what can be done to stop the swine flu and the resulting mass hysteria from spreading?

male nurse giving a piggy-bank a flu shot

The experts, and the public, are split on this. There are obviously still a number of factors which have to be taken into account before anyone can safely say why some of the people who caught the flu reacted differently to the virus and why it led to some peoples’ deaths. Has the virus become more aggressive or is it because those affected were genetically disposed to such a hefty or even lethal reaction? Proponents of swine flu vaccinations warn that this is the only real way to stop the virus from spreading and once again reach such magnitudinal proportions.

Yet there is still a large enough number of people who do not accept that swine flu was even a pandemic in the first place and who say that it was misguided governments, a profit-driven pharmaceutical industry and the sensation-seeking television media and press that practiced large-scale scaremongering that nurtured the doubts and fears in the public which led to what many describe as mass lemming-like hysteria.

So who’s right? Well, it would appear that the public at large does not seem to be overly worried about catching the virus and is not seeking to follow the government’s advice or the guidelines given out by many health experts. The vaccine which was stockpiled in 2009 is still sitting in the warehouses to where it was hastily dispatched and although there are doctors and medical experts who readily claim that a flu shot will provide 100% immunization against the H1N1 virus this year, the reaction from members of the public has been sluggish and reluctant.

If you should decide that you wish to have your shot, then you should see that you have it done soon. According to experts, the flu epidemic is expected to peak in January and February and the vaccine will take about two weeks to work.

And should you decide against having a shot and suddenly develop a high temperature, start to shiver uncontrollably, break out in a strong sweat and have a bad headache and throatache coupled with aching limbs, then you should quickly seek medical advice as the chances are that you have caught the flu or even a virus.

Perhaps we will be lucky. Perhaps things won’t turn out as as bad as many predict and perhaps it is time for each and every one of us has to take his or her own health and that of their families into their own hands and decide along with those who they consider to be competent medical experts and experts in other fields what is right for them and what they should do to stay healthy and protect themselves against a possible large-scale outbreak of flu.

But no matter who you are and which line of thinking you choose to follow. The BodyPlus infrared thermometer can help you to measure body temperature quickly and reliably – and contact and trouble-free too! Just hold the infrared device 5 -15 cms from the person’s forehead and press the trigger-like button to obtain an immediate reading. This quick and hygienic method makes the BodyPlus ideal for measuring the temperature of babies and small children as well as all the other members of your family, patients in your surgery… And because you can save up to 32 individual readings, you can quickly see how the temperature has developed.

Trotec – the new name in accurate, reliable and low price measuring equipment

Here are some related articles you might wish to read:

Research on influenza gives grounds for new hope

Tips on how to get through the coming winter – your nose will thank you for it!

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Hell and High Water Down Under

Posted on by Alfred Austin

fighting the flooding with trotec dehumidifiers and building dryers

Every year bookmakers up and down the country have a field day with people eager to put their money on the odds of us having a White Christmas. But last year was different. Instead of looking forward to soft, thick snowflakes floating down lazily from the sky most of us were looking forward to one thing only. Less snow.

Last year we were treated to more than our fair share of the heavenly white stuff. But now that the subzero temperatures which turned the snow to ice and the roads to skating rinks have risen the big thaw has started to set in. And as if to make matters worse persistent rain has swollen the rivers and led to unusually high water levels for this time of the year. And that means a high risk of flooding.

We at the Trotec Group have been in the business long enough to know exactly just how bad the consequences of flooding can be. The impact of knowing that your cellar or even the ground floor of your house is submerged or partly under water can hit a man hard and drive him and his family to despair. That’s why we as a company with a professional water damage restoration division are glad that we are able to bring order to the chaos and help out with powerful building dryers and reliable dehumidifiers.

But imagine what it would be like if the situation were even worse?

And in Queensland, Australia it is. What the people of the northeast state are experiencing at the moment is devastating and defies all imagination. Heavy rainfall and high water have led to large-scale flooding, the worst in 50 years, which is currently affecting the lives of over 200,000 people. The area, which is staggeringly the size of both France and Germany put together, has been partly evacuated to save the residents from further calamity and even more dangers. Dangers in the form of a shortage of clean water, flood-related diseases and poisonous water snakes and hungry crocodiles. Already three people have been killed by snakes bites and countless others attacked by marauding reptiles, which like the displaced human population and countless poor animals, are often on the lookout for higher ground where they are, for the time being at least, safe from the floods. As a result the Australian authorities have issued warnings to the marooned victims not to enter the water – which because of the battle that help organizations and rescue services are having reaching them is almost impossible.

Go here to see an interactive map and an image gallery of the flooding in Queensland

Luckily for us the situation in our part of the world is less dramatic. But for those unfortunate souls who are, or soon will be, affected help is at hand. We have the know-how, the experience and the equipment to provide them with everything they need to dry out their buildings and restore their cellars and houses to their previous state. We may not know all that much about Australian wildlife, but we do know a lot about building dryers and water damage restoration.

And Rolf Harris. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport, Tie Me Kangaroo Down…

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Play It Again, Sam!

Posted on by Alfred Austin

Protect Your Prized Piano with climate control by Trotec

A piano – be it an upright piano or a grand piano, a Steinway or a Yamaha – is often the most prized possession and most highly-valued musical instrument in hundreds of thousands if not millions of homes and households. Pianos, and piano music, are extremely popular all over the world. Which other instrument, apart from perhaps an exquisitely-tuned violin, is able to capture the hearts of those listening and strike the chords that touch the soul and move and uplift the listener to higher spheres, or drag them down – deep, deep, down – into the darker realms of despondency, grief and gloom?

So why then do so many people who own such a beautiful instrument not look after their valuable possessions the way they ought to?

Wood is full of life. It has a history, a story to tell and it still lives on long after the wood that has been hand-picked by experienced and dedicated piano makers has been crafted into a fine musical instrument. Wood, as we all know, reacts very strongly to its surrounding conditions. It can contract and expand – and even crack and tear apart – depending on how moist or dry the air that surrounds it is. That’s why it is so important that you spend enough time selecting the right place for such a skillfully mastered instrument. And it’s not just the acoustics you should be focusing on – on the contrary, the right place for your piano is the room, chamber or parlour where the relative humidity and the temperature are evenly balanced and within certain limits. Strongly fluctuating temperatures or humidity levels that are too high or too low can not only put your piano out of tune, they can literally ruin your masterpiece making costly repairs necessary or even rendering it worthless.

So what can be done to ensure that the relative humidity remains within certain limits and the temperature does not drop below or exceed certain thresholds?

Dehumidifiers are highly sophisticated and highly effective pieces of equipment which are designed to monitor and regulate the relative humidity in your home, workplace or office so as to provide you with just the right amount of humidity that you need. Depending on their size and the application which they have been built for, dehumidifiers can extract up to 20 litres of moisture from the surrounding air in just one single day. This means that they are easily able to reduce high moisture levels that could otherwise cause the wood of your piano to swell up or split and maintain a desired indoor climate with a relative humidity that lies ideally between 50 and 65%.

If, on the other hand, the air in the room is not too moist but far too dry, then you need to be able to rely on a humidifier to prevent you the wood of you piano from cracking to the point that it is beyond repair. A humidifier increases the moisture in the air, but only as much as you would like and enough to create a pleasant indoor climate and an overall sense of well-being.

The right temperature also plays a vital role regarding the position of your piano. Make sure that it is not too close to any heat sources like a radiator for example, and that your room thermostat is set to between 15 C and 24 C. You will also need to provide for some form of insulation if you have underfloor heating and be careful to keep it away from cold spots and draughts.

There are some people who say that a piano is as sensitive as a human being. They think that you should never keep your piano in a climate which you yourself would not feel comfortable in. You may of course not wish to leave anything to chance and therefore decide to use a piece of professional measuring equipment to check that the temperature and the relative humidity are at the right levels. A thermohygrometer is such a professional, high-precision device. It is practically two devices rolled into one. And it is robust, reliable and very reasonably priced.

Perhaps not quite as valuable as your average piano, but it does do its job just as well.

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Fighting off winter – but without carbon emissions!

Posted on by Elena Kramer

Street cafe with electric heaters

I don’t know, is it just me? The wet and cold weather triggers in me an uncontrollable desire to escape the winter weather and go somewhere else – somewhere nice and warm preferably. The last vacations feel like ages ago, and I get itchy feet by the mere thought of summer, sun and beaches. Yearningly, I think back to those times when, sitting in a nice street cafe, you could at least pretend that the summer vacations weren’t over just yet…

But this is becoming increasingly difficult…when you go out these days, you invariably end up having to squeeze into already packed bars or smoky pubs – and this doesn‘t really help with the holiday mood. This is probably the reason why pubs and restaurants with outside facilities are always a lot more popular than others which do not offer that option. And pub owners up and down the country are trying to combat the biting cold with woollen blankets, hot beverages and mushroom heaters in order to attract more customers. But have you ever thought about what the avoidable luxuries of sitting outside in the middle of winter do to our environment?

I know, this is probably one of the very last things you’ll want to think about in such a cosy moment. But did you know that every single one of these mushroom heaters emits as much CO2 as a compact car? In reaction to these statistics, more and more cities all over Europe are thinking of banning or already have banned the patio heaters and the extra carbon-emissions they produce.

But fortunately this doesn’t mean that we all have to give up the Mediterranean atmosphere for good. Electric heaters are a good alternative when it comes to simulating sunnier climates – they also keep you warm and cosy, but without the harmful carbon-dioxide emissions.

And if on top of that the restaurant also switches to green electricity, both customers and the owners have already taken a large step towards reducing their carbon footprint. Cheers!

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New Year’s resolutions

Posted on by Elena Kramer

And again another year is drawing to a close. Many people take that as an opportunity to draw balance: What did the past twelve months bring? Did we achieve the goals we set ourselves? Did we manage to stick to the resolutions we made last year around that time of year? What do we want to achieve in the year to come?

New Year's resolutions at Trotec

For me personally, 2010 has been an extraordinarily eventful and exciting year. I graduated from university, found a job which really exceeds all my hopes and expectations and which allows me to do everything I enjoy most, I get to learn a lot of  interesting things every day and I get to know all kinds of people. I really cannot complain this year – and can only hope that this run of good luck will also continue in 2011!

For our company, this last year has been equally packed with new developments and exciting events. We have continued to grow and expand, have found a lot of new colleagues to support the team and we have entered new markets. We moved into a new building, broke new ground in terms of the social media activities we engage in and we have managed to incorporate both the blog and the whole online presence of the Trotec Group under one roof. We have come very far, yet there is so much more to come…

Because whether it is in personal life or in the world of business, if you don’t go forward, you invariably go backwards. This is why we will continually strive to make our website even more informative and your shopping experience with us even more comfortable. To make your way of contact more direct and our communication with you more personal. These are our resolutions for the next year…and what are yours?

We wish you all the best for 2011! May the new year be filled with joy and happiness for you… and may all your New Year resolutions eventually become reality!

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Make sure that your next journey is a safe one

Posted on by Alfred Austin

Make sure that your next winter journey is a safe oneWinter is without doubt the worst time of the year for motorists. Roads can quickly become treacherous or even impassable and what started off as a normal journey to work or a friend’s place can suddenly turn into a nightmare. Hundreds of motorists found themselves trapped in their cars overnight and stranded in snowdrifts and snow flurries in parts of Scotland and the north of England when police had to close roads and shut off motorways which had become blocked because of heavy snowfall and temperatures as low as -20C.

But even a trip down to the shops, school or the local supermarket can end in an accident or even tragedy if you fail to take some precautionary measures and prepare yourself, and your car, for this bitterly cold and totally unpredictable time of the year.

Here are a number of valuable tips and some good sound hands-on advice that will help to get you through the winter and make sure that your next journey is a safe one.

  • Winter tyres: There is still a small percentage of the population who staunchly believe that they can make it through the whole year with the same set of tyres. Opponents of winter tyres are often quick to point out that we don’t get enough snow in these thar parts to warrant kitting your car out with winter tyres. Well, this year proved them wrong. Winter tyres are not just better on snow: due to the rubber compound used, they are also better when the road surface gets colder. In Germany there is legislation in place that clearly states that as of the beginning of this month all cars, buses, lorries and similar vehicles which are travelling through Germany have to be equipped with winter tyres when there is snow or slush on the roads or roads are covered with frost or ice. By failing to comply with this law motorists and other road users risk being fined anything upwards of 40 euros and also losing their insurance cover.
  • Tread depth: Don’t forget to check the tread depth of your tyres. The tread depth can seriously affect the way your car handles. Worn out tyres spell less grip, less performance and longer breaking distances. Current legislation requires a tread depth of at least 1.6mm across 75% of the tyre, and although some tyre manufacturers claim that their tyres function just as well with 1.6mm of tread as with 9mm, there are enough experts who recommend that you change your tyres when a minimum tread depth of 3mm has been reached. If you want to see if the tread depth is sufficient, all you need is a 10p coin or a euro, depending on which country you live in. If the tread covers the dotted rim of the 10p piece or the gold rim of the euro, then your tyre tread is within the legal limit.
  • Tyre pressure: Although most motorists know that it pays to check the pressure of the tyres on their car regularly, some uncanny hidden force still prevents them from doing so. Driving with underinflated tyres can put pounds on your petrol bill, increase the CO2 emissions of your car, cause your tyres to wear down much more quickly and most importantly of all they can seriously affect the way your car performs. Tyre pressure gauges at service stations are often unreliable and poorly serviced. That’s why it makes sense to invest in a digital tyre gauge and check your tyres fortnightly at least. And one more word of warning: be sure to check them when they are cold.
  • Clear visibility: Car windscreens have a tendency to mist up as soon as you get into the car when it is parked outside in winter. Do not under any circumstances set off until you have clear visibility as you are endangering your life as well as the lives of others. So what can be done to remedy the problem? Try laying out newspaper in the footwell of your car. The newspaper absorbs the moisture inside your car and stops it from settling on your windscreen. And don’t forget to stomp the snow off your shoes either before you swing into your car. The less snow, slush and moisture inside your car, the better.
  • Check your car battery: According to a renowned motoring association, problems with car batteries are one of the most common reasons why cars break down. And who wants to break down on a remote stretch of road or the hard shoulder on a motorway when the temperature dips to below zero? In winter you need to be able to rely on your car battery, because car batteries do overtime. Of course you don’t want to buy a new battery if you don’t have to. But remember: they power your fan, the electrics, the heating and your lights. Get wise and check to see how much life is left in your battery before the winter gets a firm grip on you.
  • Fill her up, please: Over the past few weeks the price of petrol has continued to rise steadily and many motorists are understandably reluctant to fill up their car and tie up their savings in a full petrol tank. But things can get worse. And being stuck on the side of the road at sub-zero temperatures because your car has run out of petrol is anybody’s nightmare. You really don’t need to top up your car every time you drive past a petrol station, but you should make sure that there is enough petrol in the tank, and one or two warm blankets in the back perhaps – just in case your luck ran out too.

These tips – or better still golden rules – can all change the outcome of your next journey this winter. Please be sure to follow these precious guidelines so that you reach your destination safe and sound!

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Ho, ho, ho, ho…!

Posted on by Alfred Austin

We wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!Christmas is a special time of the year. For Christians it is a time to celebrate their faith and remember their God. And for millions of “Submarine Christians”, men and women who feel drawn to God but prefer to wear their religion more loosely, it is once again time to resurface and join in the celebrations. Yet even those who do not aspire to be any kind of Christian and who perhaps believe in other forces, powers or values beyond those of the Church often find themselves caught up in the Christmas Spirit and festive cheer.

In fact there are some people who look forward to Christmas all year round. And for others it would appear to come as a complete surprise.

Whereas your average Christmas shopper is inclined to shop around sensibly whilst set on getting the most for his or her money when buying Christmas gifts for their friends, family and loved ones, last-minute shoppers can be best be compared to a legion of haunted souls pursuing a lost cause. For them  Christmas is not a joyous occasion, filled with warmth, tradition and goodwill. It is a nightmare which culminates with shopping staff asking them to proceed to the checkouts and the shops closing on Christmas Eve although they have still got far from all their presents.

Ahhh, you say to yourselves. So this is where we extol the virtues of our high-quality products and skillfully manoeuvre you, the reader, to our fine selection of powerful but affordable oil and electric heaters, sophisticated, state-of-the-art, easy-to-use dehumidifiers and a prime portfolio bulging with machines and measuring equipment designed both for professional and home use – but far from it. Because Christmas is not just about buying it is also about giving. And although some of the models in our renowned TTK S-series, for example, would undoubtedly make someone happy and achieve a great deal more than just putting a smile on someone’s face, we really should spare a thought for the true values of Christmas and stop to take stock and look back so as to be able to look forward.

Christmas can bring out the best in people. It reminds them that there are others who are more needy, who perhaps call for their care and attention. It can be a neighbour, a relative, a member of your extended family or your community who feels especially lonely or forlorn. By remembering them this Christmas you too can show true Christmas Spirit. Because there is more to Christmas than swamping the shops, hitting the high street and splashing out on the internet for that all too elusive ideal gift. Of course we all like getting presents. And buying and giving them can be fun too. But this isn’t really what Christmas is all about. Christmas is about sharing and helping and being together with the people you care about.

Oh, and don’t forget to share your Christmas dinner with the birds! Heavy snowfalls have made it even more difficult for birds to forage for food. Your kitchen scraps and Christmas meal leftovers can provide them with what they need to survive the cold winter days. Just make sure it’s not salty and not more than a day’s worth of food, otherwise you might end up attracting some ravenous little rodents and other visitors who you won’t want to see in your garden.

So whoever you are, wherever you are – we at the Trotec Group wish you all Frohe Weihnachten, Joyeux Noel, Feliz Navidad and a Very Merry Christmas. May your Christmas be a good one.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

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A hundred different words for snow

Posted on by Alfred Austin

Myth: Eskimos have a hundered different words for snowSnow. We have had more than our fair share of it recently. Snow and ice caused huge disruptions and chaos throughout Europe lately when bitterly cold polar air masses rolling in from the Arctic Circle brought road traffic to a standstill and caused airports to be closed, fleets of aircraft to be grounded and trains to freeze in – or more exactly to – their tracks. And if the weather forecasters are to believed, there is more – much more – to come.

But although what we have been experiencing since the end of last month would have defied imagination as little as a few years ago when anybody wanting to put their money on a White Christmas would have been turned away by a bookmaker shaking his head pitifully because he did not have the heart to relieve a poor fool of his money, it is still next to nothing for the inhabitants of the cold north.

Eskimos, or Eskimoes, or Inuit, as we should perhaps be calling them, are used to snow – and lots of it. That’s why they have a hundred different words for snow. Or do they?

Well, first it depends on what you mean by Eskimo. There are several different peoples populating the Arctic north and each of them has their own different language. By saying that all these peoples have different words for snow would be the same as saying that Europeans also have a number of different names for snow – which does not really come as a surprise to anyone. What’s more the Aleutian languages these peoples speak are not comparable to European languages: they are built up differently. Such so-called polysynthetic languages have a stem word which obtains a different meaning by adding a certain suffix. This allows the Aleutian people to differentiate between snow that is lying on the ground, snow that is falling from the sky, snow that has started to melt, snow that fell yesterday, snow that has been piled up round the back of the house… We use additional words to describe the state of the snow or its whereabouts, which is why technically speaking we have far fewer words for snow than the peoples of the Arctic north.

But although we may have fewer words for snow, we are getting an extraordinary amount of it for this time of the year – along with plummeting temperatures and a high chill factor which are both contributing to making life that little bit more difficult.

So what can we do for you? Well, what we can do is help you to combat the cold and these blistering Arctic temperatures both at home and in the office with a fine selection of different heaters – oil heaters, electric heaters, hundreds and thousands of different heaters.

It would be interesting to hear what the peoples of the Arctic Circle would have to say to that …

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