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When Dan Williams joined the Fairburn team in October 2014, he was already a huge car enthusiast.  After a period working alongside more senior engineers in the team to gain experience, it was clear that he would be a natural fit to deliver our support to the Honda factory in Swindon. Honda was the first […]

When the Roasting Company, the largest family-owned processor of Peanuts and Tree nuts in the UK suffered a factory fire at their manufacturing facility near Sleaford in Lincolnshire they were quoted a lead time for delivery of replacement equipment of at least 16 weeks. Fortunately, they decided to call Fairburn and we were able to […]

Last weekend saw the Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup move on to Donnington Park for races 5 and 6 of the 16 race 2021 championship.  The AH Performance team that we sponsor had another good weekend with Michael Tustin (pictured above) scoring 12 points across the two races, thanks to a 9th place in the first […]

For over 20 years, Leadec, a global leader in industrial technical services for the automotive manufacturing industry have trusted Fairburn to look after many of their customers. Leadec offer networking capacity and global standards combined with the personal support of a regional partner.  Globally, they support over 200 locations employing tens of thousands of staff. […]

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team of engineers working nationally on a variety of installation & service projects in the process / industrial heating sector. If you’re looking to join a dynamic, hardworking team of engineers with a great attitude and work ethic and mutual respect values, this may well be the […]

Although it might seem like putting “the cart before the horse”, experience shows that it can be advantageous to think about maintenance of a process heating system before it is installed. Specifically, who you will use to carry out the maintenance.  If you can find a maintenance company who can also install your process heating […]

In our previous blog posts, we looked at the five steps of the Asset Management Excellence Journey. The five step process is the method by which we move our clients from a situation where unplanned breakdowns and process heating systems failures are commonplace with all the associated unpleasant consequences, to a position where their process […]

In our previous blog posts, we looked at the first step in the Asset Management Excellence Journey and the second and third steps. By step 3, companies have made a significant switch in their maintenance philosophy to proactive replacement or refurbishment of items before they break, utilising Asset Management Plans, Condition Monitoring and a Critical […]

In our last blog post, we looked at the first step in the Asset Management Excellence Journey, often described as the “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach. This is a very common approach, but often leads to unexpected failures, poor reliability, safety issues, and unpredictable output availability. We now move to consider steps […]