The Challenge

T&E Display Group, based in Halesowen, are successful manufacturers of commercial interiors and bespoke point-ofsale display equipment. As part of the carpet display system, they supply the Yankee Roll Lifter to position carpets onto the display frame. The carpets and vinyl’s being lifted can be in excess of 300 kilos and over 2 meters from the floor. Without the Yankee, carpets would have had to be lifted manually. T&E realised that there was potential to help their clients meet their health & safety responsibilities through a safer system of work.

Andrew Fry, Managing Director of T&E, recognized that EU directives and standards could provide a path to proving due diligence had been performed before the products were placed on the market. In effect, some of their lifting and weight bearing products posed a potential risk to the business, so Andrew contacted the CE Marking Association to look at any compliance issues. In turn, the CE Marking Association contacted the West Midlands Manufacturing Advisory Service, obtaining matched funding for the technical assistance. This made the project very attractive and cost effective for T&E.