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Urine it, to win it
Located above each urinal in the gents, it is, not to put
too fine a point on it, a pee-controlled video game. By adjusting
your direction of flow – left, right, up and down... [read more]
The cheese grater, the bra & the pressure sensor
The cheese grater was invented in the 1540s by Francois Boullier,
during a cheese surplus in France. The story goes that in 16th
century Paris there was a move away from meat... [read more]
A giant loss for mankind
He passed away on 28 August aged 82 after complications
following heart surgery earlier in the month, but will be forever
immortalised by the phrase “one small step for man... [read more]
PVL at the Olympics
The excitement about the Olympics is palpable around the PVL
offices, and we’re already regretting not having tried a little harder
to get tickets. Just to rub it in, our esteemed MD Steve has taken... [read more]
50 Shades of Grey
At the PVL offices we had no idea what this was all about,
so our first thought was to point out that, should shades of
grey be causing anyone a problem, the Kelco V25F... [read more]
PVL singing in the rain
Certainly the British summer is rarely predictable, and
July wouldn't be July without rain delays at Wimbledon and
turning to the incomprehensible Duckworth Lewis... [read more]
PVL dial 999
Guess what’s just turned 75 years old. It’s the UK’s
‘dial 999’ service – the world’s first emergency phone
number. Launched in London on 30 June 1937... [read more]
PVL Lifts Lamborghini out of trouble
Lamborghinis are known for having too low a ground
clearance for speed bumps, so newer Lamborghini models
have a lifting front suspension mechanism... [read more]
David goes speed dating
As head of sales and marketing at PVL, David Almond
is frequently regarded as the spokesperson in the company.
So recently, he received an invitation to attend a speed...[read more]
PVL Knows who'll win the Euros
The Euros are under way and here at PVL
we think we’ve got our fingers on the pulse
thanks to our deep understanding of the beautiful game....[read more}
PVL solves the UK drought problem
With the current arid conditions plaguing the UK
and no one knowing where our next drop of rain
is coming from, the finger-on-the-pulse marketing gurus.... [read more]
The PVL Titanic
April 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of
the sinking of the Titanic. The intriguing tale of
this infamous and ill-fated ship has received.... [read more]
Switch on your radio
David Almond does Desert Island Discs 70th anniversary
Earlier this year, BBC Radio 4 celebrated the seventieth
anniversary of Desert Island Disks. [read more]
Downtime - There's nothing funny about that
When systems fail, it is often a simple part that
shuts an application down. And unlike the typical light-hearted
approach of our blog, there’s nothing funny about that! [read more]
iPad Winners & Bad Drivers
Congratulations to Mark Aylott, Director of Car Spares
Limited in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, who’s pictured
here receiving his new iPad from David Almond [read more]
Engineers' New Years Resolutions...
Congratulations to Mark Aylott, Director of Car Spares Limited
in Waltham Cross, Herfordshire, who's pictured here receiving
his new iPad from David Almond [read more]
Engineers' New Years Resolutions...
Those of you who grew up in the UK will no doubt have happy
memories of the children’s news and current affairs
programme Newsround. It’s just celebrated its 40th anniversary [read more]
John Craven, YouTube & PVL....
Those of you who grew up in the UK will no doubt have happy
memories of the children’s news and current affairs
programme Newsround. It’s just celebrated its 40th anniversary [read more]
PVL has SWIGer swagger...
PVL recently attended the Sensing in Water 2011 conference,
hosted by SWIG (the Sensors for Interest in Water Group) in
Nottingham. This was the first two-day event the not-for-profit
organisation had arranged and our representatives. [read more]
B is for Beaches: Heading south for the winter!
Steve Moorey, PVL’s intrepid managing director, has just embarked
on a gruelling two month working trip to Australia, during which he will
spend a day meeting Kelco, one of PVL’s key manufacturing partners. [read more]
PVL putts switches on the fairway at golf day
PVL was well represented at this year’s Goodwood
Festival of Speed a the beginning of July – not only
was PVL’s Consulting Engineer, Shaun Martin,
a well-known rally driver, [read more]
PVL at Goodwood...
PVL was well represented at this year’s Goodwood
Festival of Speed a the beginning of July – not only
was PVL’s Consulting Engineer, Shaun Martin,
a well-known rally driver, [read more]
Wedding bells at PVL...
All those rumours about Jamie Clowes and
the Spanish girl at the sandwich bar can at last
be put aside, because Jamie has just got married [read more]
A Body For Cincinnati...
He’s at it again. Not content with having taken
up mountaineering without warning and devising
the fried chicken lunchtime pressure switch sales
system, David Almond, PVL’s Head of Sales
and Marketing announced a couple of weeks ago
that he was popping out for a curry [read more]
KFC From PVL...
Should you notice a strong smell of fried chicken
and chips as a silver Mercedes passes you in
the High Street, that will be PVL’s Head of Sales
and Marketing on his way to a meeting. [read more]
International Rally Drivers at PVL...
If you hear someone doing handbrake turns
in your car park, that won’t be Shaun Martin,
PVL’s new Consultant Engineer. [read more]
Champions League at PVL...
Back in November, when PVL’s Head of Sales
and Marketing, David Almond, visited Elettrotec in
Milan to arrange for an increased supply of the
superb Elettrotec pressure, flow and temperature switches [read more]
New year at PVL...
No sooner had the PVL engineering team
got back to work after all those New Year fun
and games than they started talking about how
they could help PVL customers save money. [read more]
Latest from the PVL office
This week, your friendly PVL blog writer tried to
get the latest PVL news by phoning the Head of
Sales and Marketing. No reply. Instead, he received
a text saying that David Almond was just boarding at
Gatwick Airport and would be back soon. [read more]
PVL go abroad...
The PVL trade mission to Barcelona last week turned
out to have two participants, the Head of Sales and
Marketing and the Managing Director, and when the
Managing Director goes anywhere interesting he always
takes his digital SLR. [read more]
PVL update...
The PVL engineering team has now re-established
the coffee machine in its normal place. The pile of
boxes beside it is beginning to get smaller as all the
new products recently added to the PVL portfolio are
put on the new web site at www.pvl.co.uk. [read more]
Time to take a few minutes off
All our customers buy gauges; but most don’t
buy from us! To rectify this, we’re delighted to
announce our new partnership with specialist
Spanish manufacturer MEI.. [read more]
Recent news at PVL...
One of the more interesting happenings at
PVL during the last week was when a customer
phoned PVL at 01892 664499 and said he
wanted some information about flow switches. [read more]
Rationalise your supplier base - get your pressure gauges direct from PVL!
All our customers buy gauges; but most don’t
buy from us! To rectify this, we’re delighted to
announce our new partnership with specialist
Spanish manufacturer MEI.. [read more]
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