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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Latest product legislation and testing standards</title>
      <description>Spotlight is SATRA's technical publication for the consumer products industries is the place to look for latest product legislation and testing standards. </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>New manager for SATRA Safety Product Centre</title>
      <description>Peter Doughty has been appointed Business Manager of SATRA's Safety Product Centre.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>SATRA chief executive reports </title>
      <description>Chief executive Dr Ron Whittaker described 2006 as an excellent year of progress and development at SATRA when he presented his final report to the technology centre's annual meeting before retiring.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>SATRA honours outgoing chief executive</title>
      <description>Chief executive Dr Ron Whittaker was described as having made 'a major contribution' to the development and success of SATRA.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>SATRA new laboratory to test floorcoverings</title>
      <description>SATRA Technology Centre has invested in excess of GBP150K in a new specially built floorcoverings laboratory at its site in Kettering, England.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>SATRA invests in new ramp test for floorings</title>
      <description>SATRA Technology Centre install top of the range ramp test machine for assessing slip resistance of flooring materials</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Satra board impressed at new extension</title>
      <description>SATRA Technology Centre's Board members impressed with its new 24,000 square feet extension to its Wyndham Way laboratory and office complex.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Executive changes at SATRA</title>
      <description>Dr Ron Whittaker, who has been Chief Executive of the technology centre since 1991, is to retire in June.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>SATRA new thermal conductivity test equipment</title>
      <description>SATRA takes delivery of new guarded hotplate machine, which will be used to assess floorcoverings and other building materials against CPD requirements.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Major expansion for SATRA</title>
      <description>SATRA is to invest, making the centre's furniture and floor coverings testing facility the largest in the UK.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>SATRA and National Geographic</title>
      <description>When asked to be involved in new television series 'I didn't know that' for National Geographic, SATRA embraced the idea of helping the modern audience</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>SATRA plays a part at Wembley</title>
      <description>SATRA testing capabilities and knowledge of anti-slip flooring patterns has helped to ensure that a Terraflor system will be used at the new National Stadium at Wembley</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>SATRA invests in testing floors for flammability</title>
      <description>SATRA Technology Centre has recently invested more than GBP50k in flammability testing equipment for its growing floor covering testing department.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>SATRA reports on a record year</title>
      <description>SATRA has declared 2005 its most successful year yet with an overall annual income exceeding 8 million pounds.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>SATRA Technology Centre</category>
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      <title>New Deputy Chair for CPD Mirror Group</title>
      <description>Steve Ferry, head of the floor coverings team at SATRA, has been appointed the Deputy Chair of the UK Construction Products Directive (CPD) Notified Bodies Mirror Group.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>SATRA Technology Centre</category>
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      <title>On-site slip analysis with new portable tester</title>
      <description>SATRA's new Portable Slip Tester operates on the same biomechanical principles employed for testing flooring for slip in the laboratory.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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