TENSAR PARTNER CONFERENCE
The Baltic Sea spa town of Soport, Poland, was this year’s destination for the Tensar Partner Conference.
The event ran for 2 days, Tuesday 19th & Wednesday 20th March, and was an opportunity for TCS to meet with distributors and Tensar’s technical and sales teams from around EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa).
TCS Geotechnics have been distributing Tensar TriAx® and Biax since June 2014. It is a partnership that has flourished based on a mutually clear understanding of the UK Geotechnical market.
This was my first Partner Conference with Tensar and accompanying me on the trip were Mark Maloney (Owner / Director ) and Ian Fraser (Technical Director).
Over the two days, we had presentations on various aspects of the Tensar business, including; Energy, Rail, Pavement Optimisation, Walls & Slopes, and New Product Technologies. We were very proud to have Ian Fraser present on behalf of TCS Geotechnics in the discussion of Pavement Optimisation, despite him managing to insert an image of Scotland’s Rugby Union Captain holding the Calcutta Cup!
What was clear from all the presentations – and has always been so – is Tensar’s continual investment in research, testing & development, which is second to none.
In between all of the presentations, there were breakout sessions in what was dubbed ‘The Market Place’. This was a valuable opportunity to liaise with the Tensar Team about their particular field of expertise. As well as the presentations mentioned above, there was a chance to speak to the Marketing Sector, the Ministry of Defence Supply Chain and also Tensar’s Software Team. All of this provided an invaluable opportunity for us to offer input and have a clear understanding of the business direction.
In all, for me personally, it was a wonderful opportunity to see more of what lies behind the products and systems we distribute. I have seen the testing first hand at Tensar Head Office in Blackburn but the ethos is consistent throughout the world. A market leader constantly engaging with its team and its partners to change an ever-growing geotechnical market.
I am very grateful to Chris Buchanan (Director of Marketing and Product Management EH) and Richard Abell (Regional Director – UK & Ireland) for the invitation to Soport and very much look forward to the next event.
