Line marking specialist, Fleet Line Markers Ltd,
unveiled its latest development - the COG Aline Marker – at an Innovations event held at Malvern RFC.
The event
attracted a large array of guests from line marking industry leaders to the
smaller clubs, all eager to assess the benefits and capabilities of Fleet’s
latest revolutionary eco friendly marker.
The COG
Aline Marker is the next step in line marking. It has been designed to be
environmentally friendly and also eliminate paint wastage. The COG Aline
Marking System’s bespoke drums can be used repeatedly, saving money and helping
the environment by preventing waste. When the COG drums do eventually reach the
end of their re-usable life, Fleet will recycle the COG drums.
Their
unique shape and design also means that, during shipping, the COG drums are
completely stable – with no more than one strap to hold them, this
eliminates single use wrapping and/or plastic pallet covers. In addition to the
huge saving on all one-way plastic substituted by the reusable COG drums, Fleet
will eliminate 40 to 50 tonnes of packaging per year.
Once
fitted on the COG Aline Machine, a single COG drum is enough to mark up to six
soccer pitches. When the COG drums are empty, Fleet will arrange collection, at
no further charge, and the re-using cycle begins again.
As well as
being environmentally friendly, the COG Line Marking System is an extremely
clean and convenient system to use. The COG drum is attached to the COG Aline
with ease, making spillages a thing of the past.
Fleet’s
Managing Director, Iain McGuffie, comments: “Here at Fleet we strive to reduce
our carbon footprint, the COG System eliminates single use plastics – and
each single use plastic drum can contribute up to 6kg of carbon dioxide per
drum.
“In
keeping with Fleet’s commitment to the environment our target is to eliminate
more than 5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide over the next five years … Not all
investments are financially driven.”
The
Innovations event was hosted by Iain McGuffie, the Managing Director of Fleet,
and International Sales Director, Iain Courage.
The hype
at Fleet is not solely about the COG Aline Marker. The MAQA GNSS System
continues to smash targets. An innovation in itself, which has transformed the
traditional methods of line marking.
The MAQA
Marking System enables the marking out of sports pitches to be carried out in a
fraction of the time currently taken, when using string lines and 3, 4, 5,
triangles. For example, marking a football pitch would usually take
approximately 2.5hrs for two people, a total of 5hrs labour. The MAQA Marking
System can reduce the time taken by 90% on this one task, marking a football
pitch in just 20 minutes and only requiring one person.
The MAQA
GNSS Marking System is supplied with Fleet's unique Flozle Nozzle System, which
is a spray head that automatically cleans the nozzle after every line marked.
This System has been made even more appealing due to the interest free offers
that are now available.
During the
event guests enjoyed a day of line marking activities including the launch of
the COG System.
A factory
tour and the opportunity to get hands on experience with all of our new, and
classic markers, with the added benefit of expert guidance from the specialist
team at Fleet, made the day a huge success. This included a chance to
experience the BeamRider, which continues to hold it’s own across the world and
remains highly regarded from grass roots to professional Stadia.
