SYNETIQ updates its premises

SYNETIQ, the largest salvage and dismantling company in the UK, aims to expand its Gloucester site as part of a multi-million-pound development project.

The project has already commenced. It includes new concrete works, large-scale racking systems, more purpose-built de-pollution facilities, and remodelled premium breaking and parts storage facilities.

This will mean that an entirely new SYNETIQ site is needed. Employees and processes will transfer to the new site ,with the old site in Cinderford shutting by the end of September.

Jason Cross, client director of SYNETIQ said: “The investment in the expansion of our Gloucester site is exciting, driven by our aspiration to lead the industry whilst delivering an exceptional, compliant and innovative service to our clients.

“This move is testament to our confidence in our business and our people, who will have the chance to develop and grow within our ambitious and scalable organisation.”

Factories and production facilities have been using clocking in and out to monitor and measure their employees’ hours for payroll since the rise of mass production. The first time-recording machine was invented in 1888!

However, there is still plenty of room for factories to modernise their time and attendance systems!

Some companies are still using very old-fashioned methods such as swipe cards or punch cards. Depending on the company’s requirements, we can offer some alternatives.

Firstly, if they would like to keep using cards to record their time and attendance in order to disrupt the workforce as little as possible, then we can offer the company our contactless proximity smartcards.

These are about the size of an average credit card, and fit in your wallet. The radio frequency technology means that you don’t even have to take them out of the wallet in order to scan them!

This completely contactless technique means that the card doesn’t suffer from wear and tear and doesn’t need a battery, and so barring an absolute disaster can go on indefinitely.

The second option is fingerprint scanning. This is useful for factories which have had problems with people losing their cards, or with people deliberately swapping cards and clocking in for each other.

Whenever registered users have their fingerprints scanned, a comparison is made between the live fingerprint and the stored fingerprint template and if the two match, the event is saved in Time and Attendance controller database.

Please get in touch for more information!