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Q: How do you encourage members to improve their own compressed air users
performance? • BCAS Annual Conference
A: BCAS has a rolling campaign that started in 2006 and • Study visits to members premises
has already seen many members’ turnover grow and
the membership of BCAS grow to an all time high. It is Promotion of the compressed air and vacuum
all part of our focus on retention and recruitment. This sector:
year will see four members’ companies receive their 50 • Publicising the role, benefits and effectiveness of
year continuous membership award and another nine BCAS members
receive their 25 year continuous membership award. • Promoting BCAS members through the BCAS website
• Enquiry Service
In general, the larger companies are growing at around
three times the rate of smaller companies who are Clearing house for enquiries about compressed air
growing at a little over 2%. As in other industry sectors, and vacuum systems:
some compressed air businesses will aim to acquire • Directing enquiries to and from BCAS members and
competitors in the highly fragmented industrial air partners and between BCAS members
compressor industry to increase turnover and
profitability. Web site:
• Directory with hot links to members' own websites
Highlighting growing sensitivity as economic growth generating thousands of requests per year
slows and in a sign of a backlash against cheap Chinese • Information exchange – enquiries, feedback, jobs
imports in the European Union, BCAS joined European • Links to many other useful sites
commissioners from Italy, Germany and France to
successfully overrule a decision by Peter Mandelson, the Research:
British trade commissioner, not to recommend anti- • Major Reports on industry issues – e.g. Consumer
dumping duties on air compressors from China. Codes of Practice, European Representation, Statistics
• Benchmarking Studies
BCAS members are able to take advantage of a
range of services and activities – tailored to their Practical Help:
needs: • Developing and communicating Best Practice
• Information Service • Development of staff
• Online news • Information exchange on organisational issues – e.g.
• Early warning of developments affecting their Governance, Property, IT, etc.
operation
• Information on Government programmes and other BCAS partners:
initiatives, such as the Carbon Trust Interest Free Loan • New value added services at specially negotiated
Scheme which members may want to tap into. rates to be announced in the summer of 2008.
Events:
• Seminars and Workshops on industry specific issues
• Training courses – professionally run and tailored for
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