Cheque for £50,000 presented to British Paralympic Association

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug. 21, 2012 - A cheque for more than £50,000 has been presented to the British Paralympic Association. The sum was raised through fundraising and sponsorship of EDF Energy’s Central Technical Organisation (CTO) Charity Cycle Challenge, with Brammer, the UK’s leading supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), contributing £2,000 to the overall total.


Caption: (L-R) David Taylor of Babcock, Jon Halladay of Weirs, Paralympic athlete John McFall, Jeremy Salisbury of Brammer and David Cole of Atkins

The cheque was received by Paralympic athletics sportsman John McFall, a medal-winning athlete who won bronze in the T42 100m in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

Jeremy Salisbury, Head of Marketing at Brammer, attended the presentation on behalf of the company at EDF Energy’s Barnwood offices in Gloucester. He commented: “We were delighted to help sponsor EDF Energy’s CTO Charity Cycle Challenge, and the tremendous amount raised is a testament to the hard work of the EDF Energy employees who completed this challenge.”

The three-day challenge consisted of a team of 30 EDF Energy employees embarking on a 205 mile cycle ride from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to the EDF Energy London Eye.

For further information on Brammer visit www.brammer.co.uk.

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Notes to Editors:

Brammer UK is part of Europe’s leading distributor of industrial, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, with an extensive product range covering bearings, mechanical power transmission products (including gearboxes and motors), pneumatics, hydraulics, seals and industrial automation. The company is an authorised distributor for many of the world’s leading brands including SKF, NSK, Renold, Parker, Siemens, Flender, SMC, Norgren, Festo, Rocol, 3M, Loctite and Schaeffler UK.

Following its strategic acquisition by Brammer plc in September 2011, industrial tools, maintenance and health & safety product distributor Buck & Hickman now operates as part of Brammer UK, with the combined business being the exclusive UK distributor of the acclaimed Roebuck brand of tools.

Altogether in excess of 3.5 million individual products are available via a nationwide network of more than 100 Brammer and Buck & Hickman locations.

By combining technical expertise with excellence in supply chain logistics, purchasing and the management of third-party providers, Brammer has a proven track record of saving its customers money within three critical business areas: reducing total acquisition costs, improving overall production efficiency, and reducing working capital. Since 2007, operational cost savings exceeding £100 million have been achieved for Brammer customers in the UK.

www.brammer.co.uk

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