Spencer Cole, our South coast spraybooth engineer, has recently reached his 10 year anniversary at AGM Services. As a thank you for his hard work and dedication Spencer was presented with a bottle of champagne and a small gift at our annual spray booth engineer meeting.
Wesley Young, Sales Director for AGM Services, comments:-
“Spencer is one of our longest serving spray booth engineers and has proved instrumental to the growth of our business in the south coast. Spencer is a dedicated member of our team and we have been able to utilise his experience to mentor and train many of our new engineers. Over the years he has developed great working relationships with customers in his region, our engineers are the front line of our business and he leads by example. On behalf of the AGM Services team I would like to thank Spencer for his dedication and hard work; and hope there are many more successful years to come.”
Spencer comments:-
“It has been a pleasure working at AGM Services, from day one I was made to feel very welcome and was provided all the training and support to enable me to complete my duties to the best of my ability. I have seen the company evolve to become one of the UK’s leading national spray booth services and maintenance providers and I am pleased that I have been able to play a part in this evolution. I would like to thank everyone at AGM Services for their help and support over the past 10 years.”
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As we approach the end of 2014, everyone at AGM Services would like to sincerely thank all our customers for making this past year a huge success.
Daniel Cookson, Marketing Manager at AGM Services, comments: “2014 has been a really exciting time for AGM Services, we have acquired a number of new contracts and 2014 has also seen us go live with our online spray booth filters section where you can buy spray booth filters online.
This has led to us employing additional personnel within our operations team and we have taken on additional spray booth engineers to cover the increase in work. We now have extensive plans for 2015 during which we will again increase our number of spray booth engineers and also look to become a ‘paperless’ office to help improve productivity throughout our operations.”
All employees at AGM Services would like to thank you and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all our very best wishes for the New Year.
AGM Services is proud to announce that we have passed our ISO-9001 audit with flying colours. The audit covered all aspects of the Quality Management System with respect to AGM Services validating our provision of on-site repair, servicing and commissioning of paint spray bake ovens for three years.
ISO-9001 is a global quality management system designed to help organisations ensure that they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders while meeting statutory and regulatory requirements. The standards are published by ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation).
The visiting ISO-9001 Auditor commented:-
“The operation of the company’s Quality Management System is well managed by the QMR and is obviously supported by all staff members. Based on the findings of the assessment the system is considered to contribute to the company achieving their set policies and objectives”
Wesley Young, the AGM Services Sales Director comments:-
“I would like to thank all colleagues with AGM Services for their performance in the preparation and accomplishment of the audit.”
The whole team at AGM Services are pleased with the results of the audit and we continue to work to premium quality standards in accordance with legislation. If you would like to find out more about the spray booth maintenance and services we provide you can do so by browsing our comprehensive website or by calling us on 01706 363 585.
In addition to reducing the risk of equipment downtime and ensuring that your spray both equipment meets the current legal requirements, legislative spray booth testing will also make certain that your workshop employees are protected and can carry out their job without fear of harm or injury. One particular test that is in the interest of the safety of your employees and required by law at regular intervals is breathing air testing.
Breathing air tests can be carried out during an AGM Services spray booth service and maintenance visit, eliminating unnecessary costs that arise from additional visits.
As an employer you have a duty of care to your employees and failure to ensure continued compliance with safety regulations such as COSHH may result in prosecution. It is stipulated that Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) must be tested at intervals not exceeding 3 months. This will ensure that the equipment is functioning as it should be and that the breathing air that is supplied meets the required standards.
The equipment that AGM Services engineers use to carry out air quality breathing tests is regularly calibrated to ensure complete accuracy. Furthermore, all of our spray booth engineers who are tasked with carrying out the spray booth legislative testing regularly complete comprehensive training programs to ensure their certification is up-to-date.
To find out more about AGM Services breathing air tests or alternative spray booth testing including:
Contact the AGM Services team direct on 01706 363 585 or make an enquiry via the online contact form provided on our website.
During the final week of October, the AGM Services team attended the Ford Impact Conference at the Ricoh Centre in Coventry. The event took place on the 28th and 29th October 2014 and was a huge success for the team and all those involved. The event this year was bigger and better than ever as it was run in collaboration with the Vision Network and welcomed an unprecedented number of visitors.
In attendance at this year’s event was a variety of engaging industry speakers and was attended by over 500 visitors. Hailed as one of the biggest bodyshop trade fairs, the Ford Impact Conference was certainly the perfect opportunity for us to showcase our spray booth services. During the run up to this year’s show Daniel Cookson, the AGM Services Marketing Manager commented:-
“This prestigious event is a key industry event and provides AGM Services with the ideal platform to showcase our spray booth services, filters and maintenance offerings.”
The AGM Services team were immensely proud to be a part of this year’s trade fair and our exhibit within the supplier village proved extremely popular with a high level of visitors. To summarise the success, Daniel commented:-
“The event proved to be very successful for AGM Services. We had an overwhelming number of visitors to our stand to discuss spray booth servicing and our range of spray booth filters.”
Overall, the AGM Services exhibit at this year’s Ford Impact Conference had the desired effect and exceeded our expectations. We look forward to exhibiting next year and hope to emulate this success for many years to come.
If you would like to find out more about upcoming shows for AGM Services or you are interested in speaking to a member of the AGM team with regards to our spray booth services, filters and maintenance solutions you can do so by calling us direct on 01706 363 585.
AGM Services are proud to announce that we will be exhibiting at this year’s Ford Impact Conference and Excellence Awards. There will be a number of engaging industry speakers and a trade fair in the supplier village. If the previous event is anything to go by, this year’s is set to be a show stopper. The Ford Impact Conference and event takes place on 29th October 2014 and again will be located at the fantastic Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
Due to the popularity of the last event, this year’s Ford Impact Conference has been expanded to create a bigger and better supplier village. It is estimated that there will be over 500 visitors to the exhibition village and this event is considered one of the biggest bodyshop trade fairs. This prestigious event is the perfect opportunity for AGM Services to showcase and demonstrate our spray booth products and services including legislative testing, spray booth parts and spray booth filters.
AGM Services will be located on Stand B2. If you are attending the event either as an exhibitor or visitor please feel free to stop by our stand and say hello. In the meantime if you would like to speak to a member of our friendly team to discuss our spray booth services or upcoming events you can do so by contacting us direct on 01706 363 585. Alternatively, you can request a call back by filling out the contact form on our website.
Vehicle bodyshop owners have a requirement to control the risks and exposure to harmful substances in car spray booth ovens, which fall under the COSHH Regulation 9 guidance. They have a responsibility to their employees and others who have access to their spray booths, paint mixing room and use of other equipment such as dust extraction systems and weld fume arms to ensure relevant guidelines are followed and their equipment is managed safely. With particular reference to spray booth oven equipment Process Guidance note PG6/34(b) defines how best to meet requirements, in terms of what spray booth testing should be carried out and the levels and types of filtration systems to be used are.
Don’t be caught out, update yourself on the very latest spray painting requirements and rules by taking a look at our updated guide on spray booth regulations.
As part of our spray booth service and maintenance our highly skilled and qualified spray booth engineers carry out spray booth risk assessments and all necessary spray booth testing in accordance with the current legislation. In order to ensure filtration systems within a spray booth are working correctly, a mist clearance test (sometimes known as a smoke clearance test) should be carried out annually, measuring the time taken for a spray booth to extract all paint mist within the spray booth cabin, and the time clearly indicated on entry points to inform anyone wishing to enter the spray booth without appropriate respiratory protective equipment (RPE) the time after spraying has completed must elapse before it is safe to enter.
Take a look at our spray booth service and maintenance packages to see how we can meet your spray booth servicing needs.
All our spray booth engineers are required to undertake on-going training and assessment to ensure they are fully conversant with new spray booth regulations, guidelines and best practices across all types of spray booth testing. AGM spray booth engineers carry out the following spray booth testing methods that are required under EPA, COSHH PAS125 Kitemark and manufacturer & insurer Audit requirements.
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As mentioned above, the purpose of this test is to measure the time it takes for isocyanate particles to be cleared from the spray booth. To conduct this test the spray booth engineer fills the car spray booth oven with smoke and accurately measures how long it takes to extract the smoke. Arrange spraybooth mist clearance testing online.
LEV is an engineering control system to reduce exposures to airborne contaminants such as dust, mist, fume, vapour or gas in a workplace. AGM Services can undertake spray booth LEV testing on various equipment which can be found in a typical bodyshop such as: spray booth ovens, dust extraction systems, paint mixing rooms, gun cleaning rooms, weld fume extraction arms, ventilated preparation benches and exhaust extraction systems. Learn more about spray booth lev tests.
It is recommended that testing of respiratory protective equipment is carried out at regular intervals, with the maximum time between tests being 3 months. All AGM engineers carry the latest Factair Breathing Air Quality testing machines on their vans. Get details on important breathing air quality tests.
Should you be subject to an Environmental Permit then you are required to provide confirmation of the levels of hazardous product being emitted from the extract stacks. AGM Services provide stack emission monitoring that is carried out by MCERTS certified engineers, with results tested in UKAS accredited laboratories. Choose AGM Services for professional stack emission monitoring testing.
We are dedicated to safety, and ensure that your processes are actioned in adherence to industry legislation of spray booth servicing. Check out our full range of spray booth legislative testing services, or contact us to see how we can help.
Alternatively, you can contact our team directly on 01706 363 585 for more information on our spray booth services and spray booth testing.
Planning permission is required for practically every type of spray booth or room. It must also adhere to current regulations, particularly in terms of fume venting, filtering, and airflow.
Negative and positive air pressure concepts are used to operate a paint booth. The balance of the exhaust fan and the air replacement fan is critical for spray painting booth ventilation.
When only the exhaust fan is turned on, the booth develops negative pressure because more air is expelled than is put in.
Everyone at AGM Services would like to share their gratitude and congratulations to Andy Tomlinson, AGM’s Technical Director who celebrates his 25th year with the Junair Group.
Andy originally started working for the Junair Group back in 1989, installing and commissioning spraybooths alongside Junair’s Managing Director, Neil Morrison. When the Junair Group launched AGM Services as its service and maintenance arm in 1994, Andy moved across to become Technical Manager. Utilising his experience in spraybooth service, maintenance and repair, Andy was responsible for training and assisting an expanding national fleet of spray booth engineers as well as being involved in a number of research and development projects on behalf of Junair Spraybooths. In 2010 Andy was promoted to Technical Director and today remains a highly valued member of the senior management team. After 25 years Andy is now a well-known and respected face with Bodyshop Managers throughout the Accident Repair industry, and continues to guide the group on all technical aspects of Spraybooth Ovens and associated equipment.
Neil Morrison, Junair Group Managing Director comments “It has been an honour to work alongside Andy, he has always shown clear dedication in all aspects of his work. Nothing has ever been too much for Andy and we owe a lot of where the group is today down to his hard work and expertise, he is a hugely valued member of our close knit team. Andy has an outstanding technical knowledge which he continues to pass down on a daily basis to all of our spray booth engineers. I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank Andy for his loyal service.”
Andy Tomlinson comments: “I have really enjoyed my career here at the Junair Group, I have seen the company grow from just a few staff 25 years ago into the well-established group of businesses is it today.”
Our team of spray booth engineers would also like to thank Andy for his help and support, it is Andy’s expert knowledge and guidance that has enabled them to develop into highly skilled spray booth engineers that they are today. If you would like to find out more about our spray booth services please call a member of our friendly team on 01706 363 585 or alternatively email sales@agm-services.co.uk
AGM Services are delighted to welcome 2 new Spray booth engineers to the team. Here at AGM we are continually looking to expand our team to enable us to improve the services we provide to our customers, having more qualified spray booth engineers across more regions allows for more cost effective spray booth maintenance, as well as timely repair and technical support.
Due to a gradual improvement in the economy as well as an increase in new business over the last 12 months, AGM Services has recognised the need to ensure we can accommodate our customer’s requirements and continue to provide the high quality, unrivalled level of service that AGM Services has built up over the last 20 years.
These latest spray booth engineer appointments take our total number of engineers up to 11. The new team members will provide additional resource in the East Midlands and the North West, areas that the management team had highlighted as having had an increase in volume as well as future potential growth. In order to ensure that our new starters meet the high standards expected at AGM Services they have initially gone through an extensive 12 week training period. This training is compulsory for all new spray booth engineers who join AGM and this ensures our engineers are fully qualified with all aspects of Spray Booth Oven service, are Gas Safe Registered and have all required Health & Safety training to ensure they work safely and professionally on our customers sites.
Our spray booth engineers continue to be some of the most highly skilled and qualified in the country, in order to maintain this, we provide on-going training and assessment of each engineer individually to keep them up to speed with latest Spray Booth developments. For over 20 years we have gathered a reputation for being providers of high quality and reliable spray booth services. So much so that we are considered one of the leading providers in the UK.
You can browse our full range of spray booth services in more detail on our website, including spray booth repair and maintenance services carried out by our spray booth engineers. You can also order replacement spray booth filters online using our secure online ordering service. If you would like to speak to a member of the AGM Services team, you can do so by contacting AGM Services by phone on 01706 363585 or you by filling in the contact form that features on our website.
AGM Services would like to welcome Fiona Morrison, who has joined the team as Operations Manager. This appointment has been made to strengthen the AGM Services internal management team, demonstrating the Directors commitment to on-going expansion of the Spraybooth service business.
Within her new role, Fiona will be responsible for the day to day management of our nationwide fleet of spray booth engineers, whilst also building close relationships with our customers to ensure our high service standards are achieved.
Commenting on the appointment, AGM Services Sales Director Wesley Young said, “This is a key appointment for AGM Services and we are delighted to have Fiona on board. Fiona brings a wealth of management experience which will prove invaluable as we look to implement our expansion plans over the next 3 years. I’m certain with Fiona’s experience and knowledge she will be successful in strengthening AGM Services as the leading national spray booth service and maintenance company.”
Speaking on her new role, Fiona said “I am delighted to be joining the team at AGM Services at an extremely exciting time for the organisation. I was attracted to the flexibility that AGM Services demonstrate, offering tailored spray booth service and maintenance packages to their customers. This position offers a fresh new challenge for me and I am very much looking forward to the opportunity to help move the business in the right direction.”
AGM Services offer spray booth service, maintenance and breakdown cover throughout the UK. We offer various spray booth maintenance and service packages which range from one-off spray booth services right thought to fully comprehensive contracts tailored to suit customer requirements. AGM Services can provide aftercare for the whole life of your spray booth equipment, advising on the best type of filtration to use and supplying spray booth filters at competitive rates. We hold a comprehensive stock of replacement components at the Junair Group headquarters, these are ready for immediate dispatch for any make or model of spray booth you may have in your bodyshop.
In addition to routine spray booth services we can also assist and advise on all COSHH, H&SE, BSI Kite Mark and Vehicle Manufacturer approval requirements, from legislative testing (Mist Clearance, LEV Testing, Breathing Air Quality Testing) to spray booth performance checks such as lighting lux levels.
If you would like to know more about AGM Services, don’t hesitate to call 01706 363 585 to speak to a member of our dedicated team or, alternatively, you can email sales@agm-services.co.uk
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