area served worldwide subsidiaries australia brazil china croatia denmark finland france germany india italy japan mexico norway poland russia singapore south korea spain turkey united arab emirates uk usa website roxtec.com roxtec uk founded 2005 headquarters bury united kingdom area served united kingdom & ireland website www.roxtec.com roxtec is a company specialising in the development and manufacture of cable and pipe seals sometimes known as multi cable transits . roxtec s products are designed to seal cable and pipe penetrations in order to protect from multiple hazards including fire water gas dust vibrations electro magnetic disturbances vermin and the risk of explosion . the company s main operating sectors include power marine oil and gas telecoms infrastructure industrial equipment and the process industries . roxtec is based in sweden and has subsidiaries worldwide as well as a network of distributors . 1 it is owned by mellby g rd industri and the ceo is mikael helmerson . roxtec international ab is certified in accordance with the iso 9001 and iso 14001 standards . it was founded in sweden in 1990 after the invention of multidiameter a technical solution which has module layers that are removable for adaptability to cables and pipes of different sizes . roxtec uk was established in the uk in 2005 as a wholly owned subsidiary of roxtec international ab . roxtec limited s head office is in bury greater manchester and is responsible for operations in the uk and ireland . the managing director is graham o hare . 2 a roxtec sealing module contents 1 oil and gas 2 power 3 marine 4 infrastructure 5 telecom 6 industrial equipment 7 process industry 8 trade associations 9 awards 10 references oil and gas edit roxtec works in the oil and gas sectors internationally . it is accredited by fpal to work in the uk north sea 3 and has subscribed to the ukcs oil and gas industry supply chain code of practice which is administered by the department for energy and climate change decc . 4 its uk work includes a project refurbishing a gas testing laboratory for total at its st fergus gas terminal 5 near aberdeen . roxtec supplied ensco plc 6 a global offshore drilling specialist with multi cable transit seals used to upgrade offshore drilling rigs in the north sea and protect against jet fire flooding and explosion . it has worked to supply australia s biggest gas project 7 the chevron operated gorgon project on barrow island western australia delivering cable penetration seals with built in electromagnetic compatibility emc to protect the plant s electrical systems . roxtec was contracted by agip 8 to supply products to one of the world s largest oil fields the kashagan project off the coast of kazakhstan and has supplied semi submersible drilling rigs being built for the offshore specialist seadragon . 9 power edit roxtec s work in the power transmission sector covers nuclear renewable energy clean fuels and transmission and distribution . renewable energy roxtec has workednon more than 40 offshore windfarms us in europe . 10 roxtec seals are utilised in a number of areas including cables in the generator system the switch room the converter the tower the nacelle the transition pieces the control cabinets power converter cabinets davit cranes onshore grid substations and offshore converter stations . roxtec worked with siemens transmission and distribution ltd which supplied and installed the two offshore substations for the first 630mw phase of london array 11 and it supplied cable sealing products on the greater gabbard wind farm off the suffolk coast . nuclear roxtec seals are used to seal cables and utility systems in new and decommissioned nuclear power generation plants research facilities and military establishments . 12 13 transmission and distribution roxtec s work in the power transmission and distribution sector 14 i volvessubstations and interconnector projects . roxtec is used to seal power cables in the cable trench . roxtec seals and protects the substation against water ingress . flooded cable trenches were identified in a white paper 15 by ea technology as a major cause of substation failure . roxtec supplied western power distribution 16 the electricity distribution network operator for the midlands south wales and the south west supplying over 7.7 million customers . marine edit roxtec r frame sealing a deck penetration roxtec sleev it steel to plastic transition collar roxtec s maritime work covers commercial naval passenger vessels and super yachts . its products are used for cable penetrations and to seal both metal and plastic pipes . ship build and ship repair roxtec products are used for new build ship conversion plus repair and upgrade projects to seal cables and pipes through decks and bulkheads . the products are tested and approved for use in a class and h class rated sections according to imo resolution a. 754 18 and solas . 17 they are also certified by various classification societies such as lloyd s abs bureau veritas and dnv gl . 18 roxtec has worked on wind turbine installation vessels such as the tiv mpi adventure and tiv mpi discovery . royal navy roxtec was used in a refit of the royal navy type 23 frigate hms lancaster sealing data and power cables . the transits have been used on other vessels in the fleet including type 42 destroyers hms york 19 and hms edinburgh . the cables have to be sealed according to the latest defence standard 02 510 def stan . the roxtec sealing system is approved to military standards in many countries 20 and is nato codified . infrastructure edit roxtec s work in infrastructure includes bridges tunnels airports and metro systems water treatment centres and high tech buildings . it operates in specialised industrial construction for pharmaceutical facilities hospitals micro electric plants food and beverage production areas plus laboratories clean rooms and contamination controlled environments . power & lighting cables sealed with a roxtec sfh cleanroom frame clean and contained rooms roxtec s range of airtight cable and pipe seals are designed for use in the laboratory sector . clean and contained rooms are highly sensitive sterile environments often found in hospitals medical facilities and laboratories . roxtec cable and pipe seals are approved for use in cl3 and cl4 contained rooms 21 and are capable of maintaining a gas tight seal in both negative and positive pressure environments . the seals are specially designed to reduce the number of cable and pipe entries and maintain airtight integrity . royal victoria hospital roxtec seals were used in eight isolation rooms at the royal victoria hospital belfast . 22 and on the 200m medical research council molecular biology laboratory in cambridge . 23 their products were used to seal all cables pipes and ducts entering the laboratories . telecom edit roxtec cable entry system in a telecom shelter roxtec seals are used at cable entry points for telecoms cables including waveguides in network shelters cabinets switch stations communication centres radio links rooftop sites and 3g and 4g base station shelters . roxtec has been used to seal telecoms cables in a number of data rooms 24 and is commonly used as a cable seal for modular datacentres . industrial equipment edit roxtec cabinet seal installed on an offshore crane . roxtec s work in the original equipment manufacturing sector covers cabinets generators and turbines robotics rolling stock trackside equipment and vehicles . roxtec seals are used to protect electrical communications and power links on bombardier electrostar trains safeguarding more than 200 train carriages on london s rail network . for this application bombardier required a lightweight compact and fire resistant seal . process industry edit atex ex approved roxtec seals in process facilities roxtec seals are used for sealing around cables and pipes that enter buildings control cabinets and through bund walls . they are often used to replace cable glands on terminal and junction boxes . roxtec supplied blast proof cable and pipe seals for the sadara chemical company s petrochemical plant . 25 roxtec delivered a fire proof cable seal solution for one of the uk s largest chemical manufacturing plants basf bio acrylamide chemical plant in bradford . the frame was bolted into concrete and standard roxtec products were modified to seal power and earth cables entering the cable pit and motor control centre mcc . the basf system was specially designed to deliver passive fire and ingress protection with a 60 minute fire integrity ring . trade associations edit roxtec limited is a member of several trade bodies in the uk . these include the energy industry council the eic a trade association for uk companies in the energy sector . 26 achilles risqs railway industry supplier qualification scheme previously link up supplier management community for the uk rail industry . 27 achilles uvdb utilities vendor database supplier management community for the uk utilities industry . 28 achilles fpal supplier management community supporting the european oil & gas industry . 29 the supply chain code of practice roxtec ltd is a signatory of this code of practice which outlines a set of best practice guidelines for the ukcs oil and gas industry . 30 awards edit roxtec s work on uk wind farms resulted in the company winning an environmental protection award at hazardex 2011 . 31 the award for environmental contribution to industry goes to a company which has used energy efficient processes or products within potentially explosive atmospheres and demonstrated experience in the renewable energy sector . in 2009 roxtec was included in the list of super companies produced by the swedish business magazine veckans aff rer business affairs in english and in the list of gazelle companies compiled by dagens industri . 32 the company won the swedish trade council s grand export prize 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