25-29 November 2007, Dubai – UAE: STUDOR exhibited again at this most important and largest tradeshow in the Middle East. However, it was a different story this year compared to 2006, as now we were represented by the new company STUDOR MIDDLE EAST. This fact was noticed with great satisfaction by many visitors, as it underlines Studor’s dedication to that market. Studor Middle East offers full commercial and technical support locally and has a large warehouse facility. Furthermore, obviously it was greatly appreciated that the Studor System now has full approval for the region and that consultants can freely plan their buildings benefiting from all advantages the system offers.

Baris As (Area Manager Middle East), Steve White, (Technical Manager Studor) and Franz Arnold (CEO Studor Group) were supported by staff from the UAE distributor Thomsun, and received a lot of interesting visitors from the United Arab Emirates and the whole Middle East region – but also from Europe, Asia and Australia.

Baris As (Area Manager Middle East) entering the new office / warehouse of Studor Middle East in Jebel Ali, UAE

Lord Jones of Birmingham, UK Minister for Trade and Investment, visiting the UK companies at BIG5

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12-14 October 2007, Perth – Western Australia: STUDOR Australia exhibited in conjunction with their Western Australian agent (Higgins Agencies) at DesignBuild Perth, held in Western Australia’s capital city’s Convention and Exhibition Centre. Peter Higgins (General Manager, Higgins Agencies) and Marc Williams (National Sales & Training Manager, STUDOR Australia) were both on-hand throughout the show and offered their expertise to the interested visitors. Peter and Marc also took the opportunity to educate the local building industry of the latest changes to sanitary ventilation which took effect there on 1 July 2007. Western Australian plumbers and builders can now group stack and branch vent with AAVs, as well as utilizing the PAPA to eliminate relief vent piping. Of particular interest also was a STUDOR P.A.P.A. connected to an H.D.P.E. stack, demonstrating its suitability for use under the Environmentally Sustainable Design Principle, or "Green Star", Building Code. This is a system steadily growing in popularity throughout Australia. For more information contact australia@studor.net (within Australia)or technical@studor.net (outside Australia).

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19-21 September 2007, Brno - Czech Republic: The 33rd international symposium of CIB W062 was held at the Myslivna Hotel near Brno, the capital of South Morovia, Czech Republic, organized by the Brno University of Technology. CIB stands for International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction. The working group W062 researches the area of Water Supply and Drainage for Buildings. STUDOR has been involved with CIB since 1989.

43 presentations from 17 countries found a lot of interested listeners from the academic and industrial world. STUDOR's Technical Manager, Steve White, gave his first presentation to this forum, titled "Active Air Pressure Suppression of Drainage Systems – from Research to the Market Place". A copy of this presentation (without the video/animations) can be downloaded for free here. Alternatively, the full version including the video/animations may be ordered by email from info@studor.net for FTP download or delivery on CD - please provide full address details, including postal code and country.

The 34th symposium will be organized by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for September 2008.

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July 2007, Sydney - Australia: STUDOR Australia is climbing new heights. During the traditional winter meeting (July obviously being the cold season in the Southern hemisphere), the team of STUDOR Australia mixed hard work with a bit of fun. Climbing to new heights, they mounted the Sydney Harbour Bridge by night with wind speeds of 90km per hour, which made the whole experience even more exciting. The picture shows from left to right (on top of the bridge in front of the Opera House): Marc Williams (National Sales and Training Manager); Franz Arnold (CEO STUDOR Group); Grant Weymouth (Area Manager NSW/ACT), Eddie Mazzacote (Office Coordinator); Steven White (Technical Manager); John Winter (Area Manager QLD).

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3-6 June, 2007, Sydney - Australia: STUDOR Australia, represented by Marc Williams (National Sales & Training Manager), Grant Weymouth (NSW & ACT Area Manager) and John Winter (QLD Area Manager), exhibited at Designbuild Australasia 2007 held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. This year’s theme was sustainable building practices. This was supported by STUDOR demonstrating the compatibility of the STUDOR System (STUDOR AAVs with the STUDOR P.A.P.A.) connected to an HDPE stack system, as well as a video display showing the STUDOR products connected to pipe systems of various materials.

The exhibition was also the launch of the Australian version of STUDORCAD, the innovative design tool add-on program for AutoCAD software. It includes STUDOR’s complete range, as well as those products only available on the Australian market, and may be downloaded by registering at www.studor.net/studorcad.asp.

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29 May 2007, Dubai – UAE: An exciting new era has begun for STUDOR with the launch of STUDOR Middle East, which is based in Jebel Ali – a company established to be dedicated to educating and developing the market for the STUDOR products throughout the Middle East in close cooperation with their local distributors. The launch of STUDOR Middle East was made first to a press conference of daily newspapers, magazines, trade press and TV stations. This was followed by a highly successful seminar attended by more than 180 participants, comprising representatives of the Dubai Municipality, Abu Dhabi Municipality, top consultants and contractors, representatives of Heriot-Watt Dubai campus etc.

Franz Arnold (CEO STUDOR Group) and Steven White (STUDOR Technical Manager) flew into the UAE from Europe especially for these events and were very pleased also to welcome Professor Swaffield (from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland) to Dubai as honorary speaker to the seminar. Introductions were made by Franz Arnold and Mr. Saji (General Manager of Thomsun), followed by a presentation by Steven White explaining in detail the STUDOR System and the background behind STUDOR. Professor Swaffield then presented the results of his team's many years of research into transient pressures within the drainage system, their negative effects and how to avoid them – the key message being that the only system to work properly in high rise buildings is that comprising of P.A.P.A.s (Positive Air Pressure Attenuators) and AAVs (Air Admittance Valves), i.e. the STUDOR System. The highly successful event culminated in a lavish Indian/Arab buffet and drinks for all participants.

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April 2007, Athens – Piraeus: DIMCO –STUDOR distributor for Greece– has exhibited for the first time at the Aerion Show 2007 in Athens: 19 – 22 April 2007.
This specialised show is part of DIMCO’s vision of paying particular attention towards the installers and the engineering firms: a key point of its marketing activity.
The full team was heavily involved during the full week in presenting all the specialised product ranges, with both extensive one-to-one technical presentations and group presentations.  
The Greek version of the “STUDOR Product Manual” was officially presented and will be fully available to all interested players: a proactive step forward for this evolving Greek market.
DIMCO and STUDOR  technical support is looking even further.
The next milestone for the Greek market will be Climatherm in Athens 13 – 17 February 2008.

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21 April, 2007: STUDOR is pleased to congratulate Helen Lawson (Commercial Manager, STUDOR Limited) on her graduation today with The Open University (OU). Whilst also fully employed throughout, she started open learning with the OU in 1998, 2 years before she joined STUDOR, and completed her last course last November 2006. During the course of her studies she was awarded a Diploma in Information Technology in 2000 and in a Diploma in Computing in 2002. Helen found it a great challenge to balance a demanding job and studying towards her degree, as well as social interests and relaxation time. However, the hard work paid off and today she was very proud to be awarded a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Information Technology and Computing.

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March 2007: Bell City: Preston, Victoria Australia. After a period of controversy and redesign,  the 'Bell City' Project is finally underway.  Originally built in the 1950’s as a hospital for the northern suburbs of Melbourne, it was closed and has sat vacant since the late 1990’s.  Following on from their success developing medium level accommodation for tourists and students, Australian Pacific Hotels & Resorts have decided to add extra space and redevelop this property into a combination of student and serviced apartments on the upper floors and business/retail space on the ground floor.  Hydraulically designed by Connor, Pincus & Saunders and contracted by B.P.Plumbing, this project will utilise the STUDOR system comprising, 59 P.A.P.A.s, 59 Maxi-Vents and around 300 Mini-Vents. The project is expected to be completed April 2008.

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March 2007:ISH2007 the world’s biggest exhibition for the plumbing industry, is over. STUDOR is very pleased to have been part of it again. The high quality visitors constantly visiting the stand reinforced even further STUDOR’s world leadership and its international reputation as “the drainage ventilation system” expert. The international Sales Team interacted with people from all continents and were well supported by the live demonstration displays, which effectively highlighted STUDOR’s solutions. The STUDOR team were able to offer support for all categories of visitors; plumbers enjoyed real educational sessions; hydraulic engineers, architects and consultants were introduced to STUDORCAD and the potential of the toolkit within AutoCAD; existing distributors had the opportunity to meet with STUDOR’s key personnel. The Trap-Vent, STUDOR’s top of the range combined Air Admittance Valve and trap, once again attracted the attention of the majority of the visitors, showing the full potential for the STUDOR’s brand to be recognised beyond the professional expert’s eyes. STUDOR’s customers and other key contacts also had the pleasure to join the STUDOR team at the end of every afternoon for informal drinks; an excellent way to end each day of the show and share the extraordinary atmosphere of ISH, a real special event. The STUDOR team looks forward seeing everyone again at ISH2009!

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6 - 10 March, 2007, ISH Frankfurt 2007 Germany: The STUDOR team is ready to receive visitors to their booth C69 in hall 4.0 at ISH Frankfurt, the world’s leading trade fair for the building sector. Members of the STUDOR team have been flown in from around the world to be present at this biannual important event in the industry calendar. Visitors from all continents are expected to visit the booth. After nearly 30 years in the market, STUDOR is the world market leader in the manufacture and international distribution of Air Admittance Valves and products related to ventilating the drainage systems. The latest innovation provided by STUDOR is a tool for AutoCAD users to simplify the drawing of the ventilation system design. The STUDOR team will be on hand to explain this exciting new development to visitors and how they may register at www.studor.net/studorcad.asp to obtain their free copy of STUDORCAD. If you're in Frankfurt during this time why not visit the STUDOR booth?

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5 March, 2007: Following months of development, STUDOR is very proud to announce the launch STUDORCAD, timed to coincide with the opening of ISH on Tuesday 6 March. In today’s age most building design is carried out through Computer Aided Design (CAD) to optimize the design process. Within the construction industry the most common software used for this is AutoCAD. STUDORCAD is a design tool developed to work with AutoCAD to further simplify the design process and provide a one-stop solution for the ventilation of the drawing system design. STUDORCAD may also be used independently of AutoCAD on computers where AutoCAD is not installed, providing a convenient way of accessing information and specifications for all the STUDOR products.

To obtain your free copy of STUDORCAD please register at www.studor.net/studorcad.asp. You will then be sent an email providing full details on how to download STUDORCAD.

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28 February – 3 March 2007, Madrid – Spain: Aquatecnic, STUDOR's official distributor for Spain, is exhibiting its complete technical product range with the full support of its sales team at Climatizacion. The show is recognized to be the 3rd largest European exhibition specialising in the hydraulic and plumbing industry. Despite being a very Spanish market-oriented show, the new exhibition centre of Madrid with its 10 halls is fully occupied by world-recognised brands of the industry. The Spanish building market trend is still very positive, with a great focus in the greater Madrid area. Aquatecnic has a highly focused young team dedicated in providing the construction projects with technical solutions. A key element for Aquatecnic’s success is the great dedication of the technical team in supporting the engineering companies within the specification process. For year 2007, to support the growing market awareness of STUDOR air admittance valves and consequent demand, new local wholesalers in the country will be also established.

Mr. Ignacio Sánchez - Aquatecnic Sales Director – has put in place a strong and dedicated team to effectively serve the market; now the challenge is to become a recognised specialist and market educator of drainage ventilation systems.

Daniel Rath, STUDOR Area Sales Manager Europe (left); Ignacio Sánchez, Aquatecnic Sales Director (centre), Franz Arnold, CEO STUDOR Group (right)

Display of the STUDOR products