Amillan

About Alstom

In the UK, Alstom is active in the rail, power and electricity transmission sectors, operating from 30 sites and employing more than 6,500 people across the country. Around a third of all rail journeys in the UK are made on Alstom rolling stock, their generating kit powers half of the UK’s power stations, and they operate the only large-scale transformer manufacturing facility in the UK.

Their sites in Stafford and Rugby have been at the forefront of engineering developments since the 19th-century and continue to produce cutting edge technology for projects across the world.

Alstom sought a new solution that would allow it to introduce a single IP based solution to meet all of its telephony needs in the UK.

Due to the nature of Alstom’s business, the chosen solution would need to be implemented across a diverse assortment of sites, from traditional office environments to engineering labs, workshops and even live worksites on the London Underground and UK Mainline train networks.

Our Relationship

Alstom decided that the Amillan’s solution would be the best fit for the organisation’s needs, providing the perfect balance of robustness and flexibility to meet their diverse telephony requirements in the UK.

The IP telephony solution would encompass all of Alstom’s 2,800 extensions across 30 UK sites. The Alstom Rugby system was rolled out to accommodate around 1,400 users in 2013.

Amillan’s extensive experience of project management and deployment of solutions at busy industrial sites allowed for a fast implementation, with minimal disruption to Alstom’s normal business operations.

Amillan and Alstom continue to work closely together, with Amillan providing on-going development, maintenance and day-to-day support for their telephony environment.

About Imagination

For over a quarter of a century, Imagination has created technology that sits at the heart of many of the world’s most iconic devices – from the first 3D graphics accelerators to gaming consoles and smartphones.

Imagination is a strong, independent IP company. They pride themselves on their consistent focus and creating win-win products in conjunction with our customers. Imagination’s powerful, cutting-edge designs are driving the digital revolution forward by enabling their partners to build world-changing electronics.

The Project

Due to substantial growth, Imagination identified the need for a new office at its headquarters site in Kings Langley. For the new facility, a data networking solution was required that would allow multiple system profiles, allowing users access to pre-specified areas of the network. Recommended to Imagination Technologies by a consultancy firm, Amillan provided technical advice and a bespoke design to meet the demands and level of service specified by the client. Amillan’s fully integrated LAN and Wi-Fi solution supports advanced security features such as wireless intrusion protection, policy enforcement firewalling, rogue access point detection and prevention.

About James Cropper

James Cropper is a world-class advanced materials and paper products group, with an operational reach in over 50 countries. Using materials from cotton and wood to carbon fibre they support industries from packaging to digital imaging and aerospace with products that are at the cutting edge of performance.

The business is renowned globally for its dedicated responses to custom projects and its award-winning commitment to the highest standards of sustainability.

The Project

James Cropper engaged Amillan to assist them in meeting several business objectives with a full upgrade of their corporate LAN and communications infrastructure.

During the pre-consultative excursive that Amillan carried out to design the best LAN solution for James Cropper, they mapped the wireless profile of the busy manufacturing site and developed a bespoke LAN & WLAN design that highlighted potential sources of interference.

In doing so, the deployed solution would then be able to prioritize important traffic and minimize latency for key applications, thus safeguarding core production activities.

In 2018 Amillan successfully implemented a new Alcatel-Lucent Data Networking solution at the main campus on time and within budget, subsequently moving on to support the expansion of the new LAN and WLAN out to remote sites across the world.

With their new robust LAN solution, James Cropper could also deploy Alcatel Lucent Enterprise’s OTNS to centrally monitor all alarms and trigger notifications, from multiple sources. This provided them with a critical health and safety function for all one workers across the site.

James Cropper are now capitalizing on their LAN networking investment as an enabler for business growth, with the procurement of more advanced manufacturing technology and introduction of unified communications lead smarter working initiatives.