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There was plenty of excitement at Amcanus Burry Port headquarters as staff loaded up a Series 14 water pump enclosure for delivery.
A special crane had to be called in to lift the giant tailored sheet metal enclosure onto the delivery lorry.

The pump enclosure was one of an order of four from one of Amcanus key clients, the global pump manufacturer Godwin Pumps.
Amcanu managing director Owain Davies said the enclosures were destined for work in Norway.
The Series 14 is the biggest enclosure that we produce and the four in this order are also special in that we have had to kit them out with special covers to allow them to function in the snowy conditions of Norway.
We take pride in every enclosure we produce here in Burry Port, but there was a special buzz at our headquarters when we loaded the Series 14 up, simply because of its size.
Mr Davies added: The Godwin name is top of the tree when it comes to pumps and we are delighted to be associated with the firm.
Where we come in is in providing tailored sheet metal enclosures for their pumping products.
These are crucial in areas where you need sound insulation in any areas where there may be possible noise pollution.
What we do is a lot more than just sticking an enclosure around a pump.
You have to make sure the pump is properly ventilated, that it can still function properly as a pumping unit, that it is portable, that maintenance can be carried out easily.
Crucially important to the design of the whole thing is that it does the job of dampening down the noise of the engine and pump.
There are a whole host of factors to be taken into account when manufacturing an enclosure for an industrial pump. Also the units are in very different shapes and sizes, so it really does call for tailor-made engineering solutions. Its very much a bespoke job. For example, you also have to factor in the environment were the enclosures and the pumps will finally be put to use.
http://www.godwinpumps.com/

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Burry Port firm Amcanu has received an order for some of its tailor-made sheet metal enclosures from Dr Cymru Welsh Water.
Its a particular delight for us to receive an order from a prestigious Welsh company, said Amcanu managing director Owain Davies.
Our enclosures are often shipped all over the world, so its nice for the team here at Amcanu to be working in Wales on something which will be put to use for everyones good in Wales.
The order will see Amcanu produce tailor-made sheet metal enclosures in a white finish.
The enclosures will be branded white to match the Dr Cymru Welsh Water branding.
Mr Davies said: Usually, we produce a great deal of our enclosures in orange for our key customers, so a white version will be something unusual for us.
Mr Davies added that the firms enclosures were put to use providing sound insulation for different forms of pumps and machinery.
Sound-insulation is the name of the game when it comes to providing pumping and generating equipment, and our specialist solutions are put to work in all sorts of industrial environments that include quarries, mines, sewerage works and water pumping stations.

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The award-winning South Wales architects the Lewis Partnership Ltd have announced the promotion of Rachel Thomas to finance director.
Rachel has been working for the Lewis Partnership since September 2005 and is an experienced Sage accountant.
Rachel was already playing a key role in the development of the Lewis Partnership, said managing director Philip Lewis.
She is a key member of our team and all her colleagues are delighted she has now been elevated to the position of finance director.
Born and brought up in Llanelli, Rachels family home is now in Penllergaer, Swansea.
Married with two daughters, aged nine and seven, she was educated at St Michaels School, Bryn, and Graig Comprehensive School in Llanelli.
She started her financial career with Lloyds TSB Bank. She worked as a student officer, account manager and assistant to the manager of the Pontarddulais Branch before moving to join the Lewis Partnership.
Rachel said: It is wonderful to work for such a well-respected firm of architects. I hope that as finance director I can continue to help the company thrive.

Weblinks
http://www.lewispartnership.co.uk
On Facebook, search Lewis Partnership Ltd.
On Twitter, look for @Lewis_Architect

The Lewis Partnership of architects was founded in 1995 by partners of established architectural firms based in Llanelli, Carmarthen and Bridgend. The firm has a wide knowledge of the design and project management of a wide variety of building types, and draws on the experience of chartered architects and a complimentary technical and secretarial staff. Projects are prepared and completed using high-tech Autocad computer-aided design The company has gained accreditation to the International Quality Assurance Standard BS EN ISO 9001 : 2000. During 2007, the company gained RIBA Chartered status. The company is one of Carmarthenshire Councils preferred Architectural Practices in their Building Control Partnering Scheme.
The company is based at No13 Park Crescent, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, SA15 3AE. Telephone 01554 777998.
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A special concert is planned to give a boost to the Royal British Legions Poppy Appeal in South West Wales.
The Royal British Legion Charity Gala Concert will be staged at The Lyric theatre in Carmarthen on Saturday, October 27.

It will feature Cr Godrer Aran, the celebrated male voice choir from North Wales, and the renowned Richard Williams Singers from Tonyrefail (both pictured above).
The man behind the concert is Cerith Owens (pictured top), director of Loud Applause Productions, a firm which devotes a lot of energy to charitable causes.
October is the time when our thoughts turn towards Remembrance Day and this concert will be a moving and stirring tribute to the fallen, said Mr Owens.
The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal is a cause very dear to all our hearts and I hope the people of Carmarthenshire lend their support to such a worthy charity.
Hopefully, the concert will also attract visitors from outside Carmarthenshire as we have a very attractive concert programme.
The guest soloist for the evening will be soprano Adele ONeill.
The evening will also feature the 215 City of Swansea Squadron Corps of Drums.
The compere for the evening will be Monro Walters, known to many as the stadium announcer at Parc y Scarlets, home of the Scarlets rugby region.
The evening will close with A tribute to the fallen.
Tickets are available from the Lyric box office on 0845 2263510. Prices are 11, 13 and 15, with a 2 child reduction.

Weblinks
http://loudapplauseproductions.moonfruit.com/#
http://www.corgodreraran.org.uk/
http://www.richardwilliamssingers.com/
http://www.215squadron.org.uk
http://www.adeleoneill.net/
http://www.carmarthenshiretheatres.co.uk/
http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/
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South Wales entrepreneur Kevin Green was the guest speaker at the Carmarthenshire Adult Learning Groups annual awards ceremony, but hed be the first to admit that he wasnt the star attraction.
The true stars of the evening were the adult learners themselves and it was great to see them receiving recognition for all their hard work.
I was something of a late-starter in life, so I think many of the adult learners were interested to learn how Id managed to build my career.
Hopefully, I was able to give them some entertaining and informative messages to help them go on to bigger and better things in life.
Some of the stories the adult learners themselves had to tell were truly inspirational and the experience of attending the awards ceremony was a very humbling one.
It was great to meet so many lovely and interesting people and to find so many people working hard to better their lives and striving hard to help others take the next step up the ladder.
The other guest speaker during the awards evening was Joanne Yeo, who was recently crowned Volunteer of the Year.
Other guests at the ceremony, held at Llanellis Parc y Scarlets, included Llanelli AM Keith Davies, Llanelli Town Mayor Councillor Winston Lemon and former Carmarthenshire Council chairman Councillor Tegwen Devichand.
Musical entertainment was provided by Sophie Brown, a 16-year-old harpist and fiddle-box player. She performed a mixture of foot-tapping music and ended with a rousing rendition of Sospan Fach

Weblink
http://www.kevingreen.co.uk/
Twitter - @kevingreenwales

Photos attached of Kevin Green with award winners:

Ben and Chris Miller (brothers). They were joint winners in Oustanding achievement in the area of IT.
Jacqui Law - She didn't receive an award at the Adult Learner and Tutor Award ceremony, but received a certificate in recognition of her nomination at the National Awards for her outstanding progress in studying Animal Science.
Paolo Piana is the Senior Project Officer for the CAVS Multicultural Project.
Hannah Oliver won the Learner award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Development.

Photos copyright Tim Jones Photography
http://www.timjonesphotography.zenfolio.com
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In the news today . . .


By Robert Lloyd, 2012-06-13

Open air performance of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet planned for Aberglasney House and Gardens on June 19 - http://www.aberglasney.org/index.php?page=events
Prepare for carnage in the Lloyd household. Pals of my son James about to descend as part of their Beach Break Live tour to Pembrey!
Among the special offers at Jenkins Bakery shops this week - 2 custard slices 1.50. More offers - http://jenkinsbakery.co.uk/
The news page of website for Clay Shaw Butler (chartered accountants and business consultants) has just been updated - http://www.clayshawbutler.com/news.htm
Another excellent half page advert in the Carmarthen Journal today about the services offered by QualitySolicitors Redkite @QSRedkite
The Ashburnham Golf Club website has just been updated with latest news - http://www.ashburnhamgolfclub.co.uk/index.html
Latest 'Looking After Business' column from Clay Shaw Butler's Nigel Roberts (Carmarthen accountants) is in the Carmarthen Journal today.
Good to see the latest gardening column from Aberglasney's Joseph Atkin in the Carmarthen Journal today.
My letter (with my vice-chairman of Carmarthen Town AFC hat on) is in the Carmarthen Journal today.
The latest 'View from Richmond Park' Carmarthen Town AFC football club column is in the Carmarthen Journal today.
Check out the updated website for top West Wales solicitors QualitySolicitors Redkite @QSRedkite - http://www.qualitysolicitors.com/redkite
I've favourited an @YouTube video http://youtu.be/XBBJcuKbLOM?a Jerome Burke
The news page for the Clay Shaw Butler website (chartered accountants and business consultants) has just been updated - http://www.clayshawbutler.com/news.htm

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South Wales entrepreneur Kevin Green has launched a mobile phone app for top wealth tips.
The app has been launched for both iPhone and Android mobile phones and is free.
Its no secret that I love modern technology and am a fan of all sorts of gadgets, said Green.
What fascinates me so much is how we can use and develop technology to help generate opportunities to create wealth.
If you want to learn the secrets of wealth from a multi-millionaire, then this app is an essential way to get started.
The app features a property offer price calculator designed especially for property investors.
This is something which will be particularly interesting and useful for people interested in following my footsteps in building a property portfolio, said Green.
The app also features training videos by Green, who was featured on Channel 4s Secret Millionaire programme.
The app also contains:
Videos of Kevin sharing wealth tips
Inspiration from some of Kevins coaching clients
Information on Kevins wealth training programmes
A short biography on Kevins life story
The app has been developed by The App Geeks.
The App Geeks are also developing the app to include additional free updates to include calculating yields, net returns and returns on capital invested.

You can download the app from the following webpage
Weblink
http://www.kevingreen.co.uk/kgw-iphone-app/
http://www.kevingreen.co.uk/
Twitter - @kevingreenwales

Kevin Green is a self-made multi-millionaire and social entrepreneur. He is one of the UKs largest residential property landlords and a multi-business owner.
The 48-year-old dyslexic, who featured on Channel 4s Secret Millionaire, was homeless in 1984. Today, his property portfolio runs into the hundreds.
He has a wealth of experience in the property investment world and heads a number of successful companies and other non property related businesses.
He is also involved in coaching under his own brand of Kevin Green Wealth (KGW) and is a Dynamo role model for the Welsh Government, inspiring young people in schools and universities to set up businesses.
Before making his fortune in business, he was a successful dairy farmer.
In 1999 he won a Nuffield Scholarship in agriculture and studied the attitudes and personalities of high achievers. He interviewed Bill Gates and Sir Richard Branson.
The wealth guru loves to educate, motivate and inspire others and his passion and enthusiasm is quite infectious. His down to earth approach is often referred to by those who know him as exactly what it says on the tin. These qualities have catapulted him into worldwide demand as a speaker at conferences, dinners and seminars.
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Ammanford singer-songwriter Padraig Lalor's debut album has been timed to coincide with the centenary of the Titanic disaster.
Called Ismay's Dream, the album focusses on different characters in Lalor's home city of Belfast.
Lalor takes a keen interest in the history of Belfast.
He provides vocals on all but one track and is accompanied by various combinations of acoustic and bass guitar, piano, drums, percussion, violins, viola, whistles and accordion.
The songs on the album focus on different characters who were associated with the Titanic in various ways - those who built her, those who sailed on her, and those left behind.
The songs are all original, but they have a quintessentially Irish feel to them.
Padraig was born in Belfast. He lived his formative years in the 1970s against the backdrop of the troubles in Northern Ireland.
He worked as a freelance journalist in the 1980s; becoming Northern Irish correspondent for the Irish Post, before gaining a Scholarship to Ruskin College Oxford.
It was in Oxford he formed the Traditional Irish band Henry Marten's Ghost and started writing songs in the late 1990s.
A fascination with his country's musical history and a love of the stories that permeate its culture, bring an engaging authenticity to his songs.
Capturing the passion and contradiction of the people and places of Belfast has seen Padraig earn the reputation of a modern day Seanacha.
Not surprising perhaps, that he lists both the great Irish Tenor Josef Locke, and Belfast's Kathleen Largey among his key musical influences.
Padraig's music has featured on TV and radio across the world.
He has opened shows for Finbar Furey, the Dubliners, Craobh Rua and has taken his individual brand of Irish music to audiences in France,Norway, Netherlands, Belgium and the Channel Islands, where he is a perennial visitor.
His debut solo album Ismays Dream is an evocative journey through Ireland's Titanic history that will appeal to anyone who loves great stories and great songs.
What the critics had to say about the album -
"almost like a musical version of James Joyce's Dubliners, this is an album of well-written songs which is bound to appeal to those with an interest in the Titanic". Shelley Rainey Bright Young Folk
"In Ismay's Dream he has created a world peopled by complex Irish characters and I look forward to seeing the live show". Aidan OHara Irish Music Magazine.
"Padraig Lalor is set to become one of the foremost folk singer/songwriters of his generation". Alison O' Riordan Irish Post
"All the songs reveal Lalors gift as a storyteller, with intriguing lyrics woven around instantly appealing melodies that stick in the mind after just one hearing". Pat Kehoe Irish Music Forever
"All are amazing stories put into song by Padraig Lalor and his band. I found this album and its content very moving". Peter Massey Green Man Review
"Lalor's band combines the foundation of rock with the tradition of folk music and his songs are literate but direct: sometimes dramatic - "Molly Brown" for example - and sometimes melancholy as with "Close your eyes" on which Lowri Evans takes the lead". R2
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