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BW Technologies Corp. (ID: 7256)
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BW Technologies Ltd. designs, manufactures and markets a full line of gas-detection equipment. Poisonous gases are a daily risk for people who work in many industries, including mining, fire rescue work and the oil and gas industry. BW makes portable, hand-held instruments, as well as detectors that can be stationed or affixed in buildings. All of BW s products protect both personnel and the facilities where they work. Think of BW s gas-detection instruments as high-tech, modern-day canaries in a coalmine. BW s headquarters are located at a new 33,000 square-foot facility in Calgary, Alberta. The local staff relocated to this building in July 2001, where both the administrative and production team work. All of BW s products are designed and manufactured in house. BW Technologies is a Calgary-based company, but it also has sales and customer service offices reaching around the world, including those in Texas, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Arab Emirates. BW s History BW Technologies was founded in 1987 by Cody Slater, when he invented what would become the company s very first product the Rig Rat. At the time, Slater was working towards an astrophysics degree at the University of Alberta. But the innovative Rig Rat the world s first wireless, solar-powered gas detector was enough to change Slater s career plans. He left university to pursue the creation of a new business, and BW Technologies was born. Today, Slater is CEO and president of BW Technologies Ltd., and his company employs more than 150 people around the world. BW is a leader in the gas-detection industry with nearly 30 technologically advanced products. Slater was recently recognized by Report On Business in the magazine s annual Top 40 Under 40 feature a list of the country s best and brightest innovators under the age of 40. There, he s quoted as saying: Do what you enjoy because everything comes from that. If you have a passion for what you do, then everything else will pretty much fall into place. Advice to follow from a man who started with his own invention and has since built an international, multi-million dollar company. BW s Customers As for BW s diverse list of customers, you can find people using the company s instruments around the world. BW makes instruments for British Petroleum, Shell, the Paris Fire Brigade, Weyerhauser, the U.S. Coast Guard, the cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto and Sydney, Australia just to name a few. BW Technologies commitment to quality adheres to the strictest standards in the industry. We take pride in the instruments we sell and are dedicated to a long-term support of you, our customer, and your BW gas detection instrument. BW Technologies commitment to quality adheres to the strictest standards in the industry. We take pride in the instruments we sell and are dedicated to a long term support of you, our customer and your BW gas detection instrument. BW Service Centers: Calgary, AB Canada Arlington, TX, USA Oxfordshire, UK What BW Technologies Repair Service does for You Have your monitors and detectors serviced by the people who know them best. . .BW Technologies Service Staff Every instrument receives a Certificate on Calibration upon completion of repair. The instrument is labeled with the date of calibration. This verifies that you are diligently maintaining your instruments in the event of safety audit. All repairs are personally signed by the technician performing the work. BW Technologies technicians are continuously trained with changes to products. Turnaround averages 1 to 3 days the shortest time in the industry. In an emergency we repair your instrument the same day it is received no extra charges apply. Only BW Technologies can assure that your original intrinsic safety approvals are not voided. BW Technologies uses only NIST traceable calibration gas to assure accuracy of your instruments Repaired components are warranted for one full year. Labor for six months Returning Instruments to BW Technologies for Service Have your monitors and detectors serviced by the people who know them.... BW Technologies Service Staff. Just follow the simple procedure: Before you send any instruments to BW, please contact the BW Technologies' Service Department in your area to obtain a service order number.The number ensures that your instrument is properly identified and the repair can be handled efficiently without delay. Only send the instrument and the components that need to be repaired. Please ensure that the instrument(s) is securely packed in an appropriate shipping box. Include information such as: contact information (for your convenience use the Printable Return Form provided), pre approved repair limit, observations about the instrument, a Purchase Order Number and then seal the box. ***Please ensure that the service order number is clearly marked on the box. Simply call the applicable number for your service order Number. Located in? CALL North America 1-888-749-8878 Europe & United Kingdom 44 (0)1869-233004 All other Countries 1-403-248-9226 Or by email: service@bwtnet.com Forward shipment to one of the following service Centers: Canada, Other Countries 2840-2 Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta Canada T2A 7X9 United States of America BW Technologies America 3279 West Pioneer Parkway Arlington Texas, USA 76013 Europe, United Kingdom 101 Heyford Park, Upper Heyford Oxfordshire, UK OX25 5HA The BW Service Department will proceed without further customer contact (unless otherwise requested) for service and repairs that are covered For service and repairs that are not covered under warranty, the customer will be called with an estimate. At this point the customer must approve the repair or service and issue a purchase order number. After the customer has given approval, the Technician will perform the required procedure. The final testing includes a burn-in procedure on replacement sensors as well as calibration of the instrument. When service procedures, final testing and calibration have been completed the instrument is sent to Quality Control for final inspection, and from there to Shipping. The invoice, if needed, will be mailed the day following shipment. BW Technologies will ship the equipment back to the customer using Fedex/UPS, unless requested to do otherwise. BW Technologies Ltd. designs, manufactures and markets a full line of gas-detection equipment. BW Technologies Corp.