Sunderland, UK

Rolls Royce is a UK-based global power systems manufacturing company that provides integrated solutions for customers in civil and defence aerospace, marine and energy markets. The company has customers from all over the world, including the Middle East and Asia. It is most famous for its aero engines, which have powered everything from the Spitfire to the Airbus A380 super jumbo.

• Commercial
• Industrial

Fort William, Scotland

Advanced has supplied a range of intelligent solutions for an upgrade to the fire and safety systems at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Lochaber aluminium smelting plant in Fort William, Scotland. System integrator Argyll & Highland Fire Services designed and installed the upgrade using Advanced’s fire detection and emergency lighting control panels and LifeLine DDA-compliant alarm systems for the hearing impaired.

• Industrial

UK

Formed following the merger of Glaxo Wellcome plc and SmithKline Beecham plc in 2000, GlaxoSmithKline is a British multinational pharmaceutical, biologic, vaccine and consumer health company headquartered in Brentford, London.

GSK portfolio of products ranges from medicines for major diseases such as cancer and mental health, to over-the-counter products that include Lucozade, Boost and Ribena.

• Commercial
• Science & Technology
• Healthcare
• Industrial

North Yorkshire, UK

Situated in North Yorkshire, Drax Power Station has the highest generating capacity of any power station in the United Kingdom and Western Europe. The coal-fired station was commissioned and built in two stages, the first in 1974 and the second twelve years later in 1986. Thanks to millions invested in carbon reduction technology and biomass burning, Drax is one of the cleanest coal-burning power stations in the world.

• Transport
• Industrial
• Energy

Dubai, UAE

M Station in Dubai is the United Arab Emirates’ largest power and desalination plant and plays a critical role in the infrastructure of the region.

Built by DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority), at a cost of more than Dh10 billion it can produce over 2 mega watts of electricity and 140 million imperial gallons of desalinated water per day - around 20 per cent of Dubai’s current requirements.

• Landmark
• Government
• Transport
• Industrial
• Energy

Oxfordshire, UK

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.

By accelerating electrons to near light-speed, Diamond generates brilliant beams of light from infra-red to X-rays which are used for academic and industrial research and development across a range of scientific disciplines including structural biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, earth and environmental sciences.

• Landmark
• Government
• Science & Technology
• Industrial

Milan, Italy

An intelligent fire system from global leader Advanced is protecting the headquarters of Luxottica, the world’s market-leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of fashion, luxury, sports and performance eyewear.

• Commercial
• Retail
• Industrial

Lancashire, UK

Advanced has been chosen to protect a major UK chemical plant owned by manufacturer, Victrex.

• Industrial

Caithness, Scotland

Located on the North East Coast of Scotland and built on the site of a World War II airfield Dounreay was established in 1955 to pursue the UK Government policy of developing fast breeder reactor (FBR) technology.  In 2005 the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority become owner of the site and decommissioning in planned for the site by 2036. 

• Landmark
• Science & Technology
• Industrial
• Energy