Croft’s Local Community Project Building Wooden Planters and Vegetable Boxes at Caldecott Primary School

In April this year, the Croft team undertook a local community project at Caldecott Primary School which involved constructing several new wooden planters and vegetable boxes for the pupils. Unwanted scaffold boards were upcycled to create the planters and boxes, providing the material with a new purpose as part of the waste hierarchy. The team […]

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Croft is very pleased to welcome new starter Zita Bogyo as Manufacturing Surveillance Technician

Croft welcomes Zita Bogyo to our expanding team. Zita is a degree qualified Chemical Engineer with previous experience working as a Quality Engineer and Production Manager, overseeing the process of spraying printed circuit boards. Zita joins Croft as part of our Manufacturing and Quality teams and will support with the development of our QMS.

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Croft Arranges Collection for the Kid’s Summer Meals Campaign at the Abingdon Foodbank

As part of Croft’s ongoing committment to support our local community, the team organised a collection of breakfast and lunch items to support the Abingdon Foodbank with their Kid’s Summer Meals campaign which started at the end of July. We hope that our donations will help to support lots of families during the school holidays!

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Guy Longman becomes a Mental Health First Aider at Croft

Croft is pleased to announce that Guy Longman has successfully completed his Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider®) course. This comprehensive two-day training program equips individuals with the skills to identify, understand, and support someone experiencing mental health issues. With this certification, Guy joins Di Stringer who has previously earned this important qualification.

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Croft Associates Ltd Sponsors Steventon Cricket Club for the 2024 Season

Croft Associates Ltd is proud to announce our sponsorship of Steventon Cricket Club for the 2024 season. Our sponsorship has enabled the provision of match balls, a fitting partnership given that one of our principal suppliers, Tiflex, also supplies UK-manufactured cricket balls through their company Oxbridge Cricket Balls. Our collaboration with Steventon Cricket Club aligns […]

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First Local Litter Pick Successfully Completed by the Croft Team

At the end of last month, the Croft team undertook their first local litter pick in Abingdon. The team covered several different areas around the town centre and across 2 and a half hours, 14 bags of rubbish and an abandoned shopping trolley were collected! A big thank you to Lynne from AbiBinit! for arranging […]

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Croft attends RAMTrans 24 Conference held in London

Croft is delighted to have been actively engaged in the organisation and successful running of RAMTrans 24 – the 12th International Conference on the Transport, Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Materials in London earlier this month. The conference was a great opportunity for engaging discussions with other members of the nuclear transport industry and to […]

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Croft and The Didcot Powerhouse Fund launch pilot skills mentoring scheme to support local charities

After becoming a Didcot Powerhouse donor earlier this year, the Croft Team were looking for ways to provide additional value through giving their time and skills to help support local charities. Following discussions, The Didcot Powerhouse Fund and Croft launched a pilot scheme in which the Croft Team had the opportunity to provide professional skills […]

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Croft’s Belated 40th Anniversary Celebrations at Newbury Races

At the end of April, the Croft team came together for a belated 40th Anniversary celebration day at Newbury Races! Poor weather conditions last October meant that Croft had to move our race day at Newbury into 2024. Fortunately, the weather held this time, and we had a lovely day sharing memories from across 40 […]

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Congratulations to Croft’s Quality Assurance Manager Robert Petre for completing the ASME NQA-1 Lead Auditor Training

Croft is pleased to congratulate Robert Petre on completing the ASME NQA-1 Lead Auditor training course. The 4-day training course provided knowledge and understanding of conducting nuclear quality assurance program audits, including the methods and techniques used to achieve this, with competence assessed throughout with practical exercises and an end-point examination

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Croft will be presenting papers and exhibiting at RAMTrans 24 – the 12th International Conference on the Transport, Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Materials to be held 15-17 May at The Pullman Hotel, London.

Croft will be presenting the following papers: Validation of Impact Performance for the Croft SAFKEG® 4087A Through Analysis and Testing, presented by Robbie Britton in Session 6 – Package Engineering at 11am on Thursday 16 May Analysis of a Screw Retaining Ring Closure Mechanism for a Type B(U)F Transport Package, presented by Markos Yiassoumis in […]

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Croft attends the Waste Managment Symposia 2024 (WM2024) in Phoenix, Arizona

Croft’s Managing and Technical Director Mark Johnson, and Technical Specialist Adam McConaghy, travelled to Phoenix, Arizona to represent the Company at the Waste Management Symposia 2024. Adam demonstrated the use of a CALT10 Leakage Tester to perform a pre-shipment leak test in the Technology & Innovation Demo Zone. The Croft exhibition stand attracted interest from […]

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Croft team members Peter Cowan and Chris Shaw recently complete the IOSH ‘Managing Safely’ course run by Phoenix Health & Safety

Congratulations to Croft team members Peter Cowan and Chris Shaw for completing the IOSH ‘Managing Safely’ course. The syllabus covered a broad spectrum of health & safety subjects which will help Croft control and reduce risks in all activities whether at our own facilities or whilst working on supplier/client sites. IOSH is an internationally recognised […]

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Croft continues their support for the local foodbank with an Easter collection

Following the success of the Croft Christmas foodbank collection, the team came together once again to support the Abingdon Foodbank at Easter, providing a variety of urgently requested items and also some seasonal Easter chocolate. A big thank you also to Tesco Extra in Abingdon and Sainsbury’s Heyford Hill for their kind donations towards our […]

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Croft congratulates Di Stringer on completing the RQF Level 3 qualification in Principles of Human Resource (HR) Practice

The course covered a number of units focusing on topics such as HR legislation, recruitment, induction processes and employee performance and engagement, all of which were assessed throughout the course duration.

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Croft team member Chris Shaw successfully completes IICL Container Inspector Certification

Croft congratulates Chris on becoming a certified IICL Container Inspector. This certification provides Croft with the capability to carry out CSC inspections on its SAFTAINER® products and other IP-2 ISO freight containers on behalf of the industry. The certification further expands Croft’s capability and services with their long history of large IP-2 packagings for the […]

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Croft successfully renews IKE Nuclear Assured Accreditation

Croft is delighted to announce that we have been successful in renewing our Nuclear Assured accreditation, as awarded by the IKE Institute in partnership with NSAN. The Croft Team looks forward to continuing to develop and innovate in our commitment to excellence!

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Croft will be exhibiting at the Waste Management Symposia 2024 (WM2024) to be held at the Phoenix Convention Centre, Phoenix, Arizona, 10-14 March.

Our Technical Specialist, Adam McConaghy will be presenting the CALT10 Leakage Tester in the Technology & Innovation Demo Zone on Monday 11th March at 10:30am. We will also be exhibiting and would be delighted to see you at our stand (Booth 549) in the Exhibition Hall of the Phoenix Convention Centre. Please follow the link […]

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RAMTrans 2024: Transport, Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Materials 15th-17th May, London. Get Earlybird tickets by 29th February

This conference, supported by Croft Associates, is dedicated to all aspects of packaging for the transport, storage and disposal of radioactive and nuclear materials, providing an international forum for designers, operators, research organisations and regulators from around the world to share their expertise on successes and challenges. Plus, the conference dinner will take place at […]

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Croft engineers Robbie Britton and Jack Dingwall conduct successful weak link shear pin testing

Robbie and Jack recently witnessed the testing of our latest shear pin design used in the tie down restraint system for a Type-B package. Several samples were initially placed under NCT loads, and then subsequently tested to failure. The testing was a resounding success with all of the samples not failing at NCT loads, and […]

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Croft becomes a donor of The Didcot Powerhouse Fund

Croft Associates Ltd has been looking for opportunities to increase our local community engagement, and after being introduced to the incredible work that The Didcot Powerhouse Fund has supported over the last year, Croft were keen to get involved. The Didcot Powerhouse Fund is a donor advised fund setup to tackle inequality and deprivation within […]

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