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St Helens manufacturers clinch CERN contract

A St Helens firm has won a contract to supply specialist equipment to the CERN research centre – home to the search for the Higgs Boson.

Rainford Solutions will provide its Vanguard range of outdoor electrical enclosures for monitoring stations which measure gamma and neutron radiation in the environment in the vicinity of CERN, the particle physics laboratory near Geneva.

The firm has previously supplied enclosures used for a network to distribute data between the CERN facility and academic centres around the world.

Philip Harris, the firm’s head if new business, said: “This tender was won against strong European competition validating our technical expertise, responsiveness and an ability to compete on a European level with other technologically advanced companies.

“We demonstrated the ability to meet all technical requirements of this demanding tender, including CERN safety rules, European Regulations and a variety of standards regarding resistance to harsh environmental conditions.

Finance director Duncan Crawford added: “The success of this tender demonstrates our ability to meet the requirements of technologically advanced projects efficiently and effectively. It further underpins our reputation for understanding clients needs and devising a solution which meets the most demanding of criteria.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Simon Malia .