J&P Group have announced the award of a 3-year contract with Airbus for the provision of an outsourced Pin Fastener cleaning service.

The contract has been awarded after J&P Group developed a radically alternative cleaning system to that currently employed in-house at Airbus’ wing manufacturing plant at Broughton, North Wales.

Pin Fasteners are a critical element of Airbus’ wing manufacturing process with more than 200,000 pins being cleaned and recycled each week. The cleaning process is designed to remove the high-strength industrial adhesives that are used in the production process.

Given the strength of adhesives attached to the Pin Fasteners, traditional cleaning processes need to use high-strength industrial solvents that are far from environmentally friendly. J&P have developed an alternative cleaning process that uses ultrasonic aqueous technology to reduce the need for such aggressive solvents and which offers greater efficiency in the cleaning process.

On announcing the contract, Alan Mackey, J&P Group’s Commercial Director commented: “Having been a strategic maintenance partner to Airbus, Broughton for over 5 years, this contract award underlines how J&P Group’s unrivalled engineering and maintenance knowledge can additionally help us to deliver process improvements to our customers”.

J&P Group have announced that they have won a 4-year contract extension to provide maintenance services at E.ON’s power station in Deeside, North Wales.

The original contract was won in November 2009 and covers maintenance of an extensive range of HVAC systems at the Connah’s Quay site which is E.ON’s largest combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station within the United Kingdom.

J&P Group have entered into a 3-year Framework Services Agreement with Jena Rotary Technology (Jena Tec) – part of the Avingtrans plc Group.

Under the terms of the agreement, Jena Tec have granted exclusive rights to J&P Group to act as Jena Tec’s official installation and commissioning partner on future high force linear actuator installation projects.

The agreement has been formulated following J&P Group’s involvement in the successful replacement of an ageing hydraulic actuator system with Jena Tec’s high force HD series actuators at one of Europe’s leading energy provider’s power station plants.

The HD Series provides up to 180kN thrust and is capable of closing a gate valve requiring 450mm stroke in under 3 seconds. The demanding application is a major step forward in the valve actuator market to eliminate problems of fire, leaks and environmental disposal costs.

The complete system provided by Jena Tec included control panel and software and, together with installation support from J&P Group, implementation was successfully achieved within an extremely challenging scheduled outage period. A further 3 hydraulic actuators at the same power station are now planned for replacement with Jen Tec’s HD series.

J&P Group’s Facilities Management Division has rounded off an extremely successful year by winning an extremely competitive tender with Airbus UK for the refurbishment of three manufacturing jigs at its Broughton wing manufacturing plant in North Wales.

Adrian Collier, J&P’s Head of Facilities Management said,

‘‘This significant tender win with Airbus UK is a testament to the quality & dynamics of the Division’s new management team and how J&P Group has established itself as a world class solution provider within the UK market place’’.

J&P Group’s Facilities Management Division offers unrivalled expertise in asset and infrastructure management providing an integrated facilities and property management service to both public and private sector clients. For a free initial consultation, please contact 01244 525920

J&P Group have announced a 2-year support agreement with Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH – part of the German EMAG Group. Under the agreement, J&P Group will supply S.W. with two full-time service engineers who will be dedicated to supporting UK installations of the German company’s range of machining centres.

S.W. machining systems are used extensively by leading automotive manufacturers and their Tier-1 suppliers and S.W. will look to increase their market penetration within the UK on the back of the increased service capability that the agreement with J&P Group provides.

J&P Group have announced a partnership with Seti-Tec of France to provide UK warranty and maintenance support for Seti-Tec’s range of industrial power tools.  A team of J&P Group engineers are undergoing product training at Seti-Tec’s manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Paris and, on their return, they will assist Seti-Tec project managers in overseeing a major installation of Seti-Tec tools at Airbus UK’s wing manufacturing plant in North Wales.

Over 20 J&P Group supplier organisations rallied round to support 3-year old Harry Vaughan (pictured) from Flint in North Wales who suffers from a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy.  The J&P Group’s 2010 golf charity day raised £5, 920 to help Harry and his parents cope with this rare genetic condition.

The disease, which affects less than 1 in 50,000 children, is life limiting. Sadly, Harry is unable to crawl, stand or walk and additionally suffers from severe respiratory problems. As a consequence, his mum, Debbie, has had to give up work in order to provide Harry with the full-time care his condition demands

24 teams representing J&P Group supplier organisations took part in the golf tournament which was held at Old Padeswood Golf Club near Mold, North Wales. They competed for a range of prizes that included a £15,000 Ford Astra for a hole-in-one… which sadly went unclaimed.

The money will be used to buy specialist equipment that will improve the quality of Harry’s day-to-day life.  At the top of the list is a custom-made electric wheelchair that will provide Harry with some much needed mobility.



Each year J&P Group selects a worthy charity or cause that will be the beneficiary of its charity fundraising activities throughout the coming twelve months. If you know of a worthy charity that you would like to put forward for consideration, please contact Joyce Nash on 01244 525920.

J&P Group have announced that they have been awarded a 1-year maintenance contract by E∙on UK. under the terms of the contract, J&P Group will provide a turnkey maintenance solution for all HVAC plant at E∙on UK’s Deeside Power Station facility.

Announcing the contract award, John Begley, J&P Group’s Managing Director commented: “This contract award from E∙on UK, underlines J&P Group’s growing reputation as the maintenance partner of choice to some of the UK’s largest manufacturers”.

J&P Group have announced that they have been awarded a contract to partner RHC Lifting Ltd with the installation, commissioning and maintenance of 8 new overhead gantry cranes at Airbus UK’s A380 wing manufacturing facility at Broughton, North Wales.

On announcing the award, Phil Goodway, RHC’s Engineering Director, commented: “Having won the contract to supply Airbus UK with these new cranes, it was imperative that RHC partnered with an organisation that possessed a strong track record in the installation and commissioning of similar complex engineering projects. J&P Group’s reputation within the aerospace sector is second to none and we are already discussing other joint venture opportunities”.