SCOTLAND’S Balmoral Tanks is reintroducing its brand in the Middle East and is pushing for the establishment of international standards in the regional market.

“Our main thrust is on quality and we are trying to sell the concept that with quality you get longevity,” said Colin Shaw, exports sales director.
The company participated at The Big 5 exhibition, which was held in Dubai, UAE, last November. “We were at the show after a gap of 10 years to reintroduce the Balmoral brand into this region, said Steve Gibb, public relations manager. “We are trying to increase the awareness on the need to establish international standards here in the region, which seems to have fallen by wayside.”
He continued: “Balmoral had been selling its products in the region through an agent for several years but it is now selling directly to customers.
“We are currently looking for companies with an engineering base to promote our products.”
The company is also trying to highlight the importance of being involved in the project at an early stage.
“Consultants and designers can save on costs by involving us at the design stage itself as many times after the project is completed it is difficult to find the right size,” he said.
Balmoral is a leading single-source designer of sewage treatment plant, rainwater harvesting systems, fuel oil storage and dispensing tanks, bulk liquid and chemical storage tanks, GRP (glass-reinforced plastic) and hot press steel sectional water tanks. Balmoral offers sectional tanks, ranging from 1 cu m to 1,000 cu m in capacity, which can be pre-insulated, and erected to a height of 4 m in 1 m and 0.5 m increments.
These tanks carry the UK’s WRAS (Water Regulations Advisory Scheme) approval for potable water storage and LPCB (Loss Prevention Certification Board) approval for fixed fire-fighting sprinkler systems.
All panels are fully tested to resist pressures in excess of six times their working pressure, according to the company.