How it all began:

Having the opportunity to work with and support Bartec Auto ID on projects has been a privilege. Colin Webb (Managing Director) and Chris (our MD) actually go back to 1993 when Chris was a trainee working in the fire industry.

As they were both based in the same local business centre when they had the chance they used to meet up, have a coffee and chat to see how their businesses were doing. Bartec Auto ID was rapidly growing as a business and in 1998 Chris moved on with his career into the fire and security industry. Once Chris had learned all the aspects he could doing various job roles, he decided to start his own business. So, in the late 2000’s this brought him back to his roots - in the Barnsley business centre where Colin still was (even though many more units were taken up by the expansion of Bartec). From this point, Colin and Chris would talk like they used to and obviously, many years had passed so a lot to catch up on, he would check in on us and be on hand if we needed any managerial support.

Once Bartec had outgrown the business centre and purchased their business premises in Barnsley they contacted us straight away to see what they needed in the building to make them both compliant with the fire alarm regulations and safe with the security systems. Surveys took place, quotes were sent over, and with no hesitation, we received confirmation to carry out the work. The feeling that we were actually installing fire detection, extinguishers, CCTV, access control and an Intruder alarm was quite surreal.

Different projects organised through Colin and Bartec were happening like business expansion and charity projects and of course, we were involved with them all.

We have carried on having a very strong working relationship, and we are sure this will be the case for many years to come.

One of our very memorable projects through the business links we had was to put in place all the scopes we have covered as a business for a local charity named “Local Mencap Barnsley”. With this being one of the charities Bartec supports, Chris thought it would be good for Infinite to support it too. Local Mencap Barnsley is a registered charity and the property they used needed re-vamping, so our donation to this was to make the building complaint for its members by installing full systems like the fire alarm, CCTV etc. The full case study on this can be found in our first newsletter or by following this link https://www.infinitefiresecurity.co.uk/blog/ We still support Local Mencap Barnsley as much as we can and attend the charity nights to raise much needed funds for them, it is also nice for a catch up with Colin (out of work times).

About Bartec:

In 1992 Bartec Auto ID Ltd was formed as a family-owned UK group of companies specialising in radio frequency systems and has since become the world leader in tyre pressure monitoring tools (TPMS tools and systems) for both the aftermarket, car plants and wheel and tyre assembly plants.

Dedicated teams of experts in the UK, Germany and North America design, develop and manufacture products and support customers. The company offers professional training, TPMS information and support in several European languages. All of our high-quality tools are manufactured and tested in the UK and all of our manufacturing sites have ISO9001 approval. In 1998 Bartec installed the first ever TPMS car plant system at Renault, Sandouville, France and today have over 100 plant installations. These TPMS systems diagnose faults at wheel and tyre assembly and program vehicle ECUs on the final production line within major car manufacturing plants. With a market share of over 80% of plants in Europe and North America, Bartec is able to access the most up-to-date technical information and specifications of vehicles and sensors. In 2005 Bartec opened Bartec USA LLC to support their North American customers and used their market leadership to equip many car plants and over the following years to supply over 200,000 tools to aftermarket customers including tyre shops, repair shops etc. Bartec are also a leading-edge designer and supplier of tread depth readers, diagnostic tools, and emissions products.

Bartec Auto ID Group is continually striving to develop its technology to remain number one in all of its markets and strive to be world leader in all of its product lines and markets. To find out more on Bartec please visit https://www.bartecautoid.com/bartec-auto-id.html