The Dayers bread challenge

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Today at Dayers, there will be a bread challenge to celebrate National bread week.

From 11.00am Dayers will have several different types of bread for people to try and to guess what type of bread they are. The winner will be picked at random at the end of the day, and will win a free lunch from Dayers.

The bread of the day today is a Sub sandwich. A submarine sandwich, also known as a sub, is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French bread split width wise either into two pieces or opened in a ‘V’ on one side, and filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, vegetables, seasonings and sauces. The sandwich has no standardized name, and many U.S regions have their own names for it. One study found 13 different names for the sandwich in the United States.

The terms submarine and sub are widespread and not assignable to any certain region, though many of the localised terms are clustered in the northeast United States, where most Italian Americans live.

If you fancy trying a sub sandwich today, then Dayers has a sub with pulled pork and slaw.

Neil Webster leaves Tridonic

Neil Webster has stepped down as the managing director, sales, of Tridonic UK. A company statement said Webster decided to leave the company with effect from 31 March to pursue his career elsewhere.

Shaun Dainton becomes the acting managing director sales UK and will take care of operations until a successor is appointed. The non-operative business will be handled by Peter Novak.

Webster joined Tridonic in December 2010 having previously worked in the process controls sector. He managed the company at a tricky time: in the most recent set of figures, revenues at the business, which is part of the Zumtobel Group, dropped by 7.3 per cent.

In a statement the company said: “We would like to take this opportunity and thank Neil for his contributions over the last 18 months and wish him every success in his future career.”

Infosec Cloud named finalists in the CRN Sales & Marketing Awards for Best New Website

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Chineham Park occupier, Infosec Cloud, has been successfully nominated as a finalist in channel publication, Computer Reseller News (CRN), Sales & Marketing Awards 2013 for the Best New Website within the Reseller Category.

The CRN Sales & Marketing Awards recognise and reward the achievements of the sales and marketing teams who sit at the heart of many successful channel businesses. The CRN Sales & Marketing Awards focus on innovation, evolution and development.

The new website was developed over three months with web design agency The Escape and went live in February 2013, to spearhead the launch of Infosec Cloud, a new pure-play cloud reseller.

The cloud market is full of hype and buzz words with a need for education and clarity. The Infosec Cloud website aims to help meet this need by presenting information which is relevant, timely and easy to find.

The shortlist was decided by a panel of independent sales and marketing experts, with the next stage being judged by a second panel of industry experts to decide the ultimate category winners.

The winners will be announced at an award gala dinner on the 19th June at the Lancaster Hotel, London.

KONE celebrates opening of KONE Park manufacturing and R&D site in China

KONE celebrated the official opening of its new KONE Park manufacturing site, engineering facility and research and development (R&D) centre in the Kunshan New and Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone in Eastern China this week. At 240,000 square metres, the purpose-built KONE Park includes three elevator factories and an escalator factory, and is KONE's largest manufacturing unit in the world.

"We are proud of the Kunshan KONE Park, which enables us to better meet our customers' needs in China, the rest of Asia, and, indeed, the rest of the world," said Heikki Leppänen, Executive Vice President, KONE New Equipment Business. "While China is by far the single biggest market for new elevators and escalators, products from Kunshan are also exported to more than 90 countries."

The opening ceremony was attended by Finnish Foreign Trade Minister Alexander Stubb, Kunshan Mayor Lu Jun, as well as KONE Chairman Antti Herlin, and KONE President and CEO Matti Alahuhta.

KONE Park was planned according to KONE's global supply network needs and the lean manufacturing principle, aimed at maximizing efficiency and eliminating waste. Emphasis has also been on further reducing energy and water use as well as the unit's carbon footprint. KONE Park was constructed according to modern green building standards and aims to earn a LEED Gold green building certification.

The new site, which began operations in phases during 2012, is located close to the Suzhou-Shanghai Expressway, enabling good connections to both suppliers and customers. It replaces an older facility, which has also been located in Kunshan and has included both elevator and escalator production as well as research and development.

The three new Kunshan elevator module factories produce elevator cars, elevator electrification products and elevator motors. The escalator factory produces both commercial and heavy-duty escalators as well as horizontal and inclined autowalks. KONE Park also includes one of KONE's eight global R&D centers. A new high-rise test tower is under construction at the expanded Kunshan R&D site. The tower supports the development of KONE's People Flow® solutions for skyscrapers and will be opened in 2014.

KONE began operations in China in 1996, when it registered the KONE Elevators Co., Ltd. subsidiary. The first Kunshan factory was opened in 1998 at a site that is now in the midst of a residential area. KONE also operates through its majority-owned GiantKONE joint venture. KONE has a network of over 350 locations in China, employing some 8,900 people. Last year, KONE became the leading company in the Chinese market in terms of new elevator and escalator orders.