EPC-UK latest news
‘Planning to reduce’ EPC-UK technology helps drive down emissions
With proven capabilities in assuring ‘planning to comply’ regulations for our customers, EPC-UK is now ‘planning to reduce’ by using advanced technology to lower the carbon emissions produced through operations. EPC Ecosystem Our EPC-UK and EPC Metrics teams have...
Learning and developing competencies for the future
EPC-UK underground blasting courses Part of the UK’s route to Net Zero and greater sustainability centres around improving supply security of critical minerals as well as development of renewable energy infrastructure, including hydro storage schemes and wind...
Managing Director, Ben Williams’s November Industry Update
Working more sustainably within our sector has never mattered more, as our industry and others have a significant part to play in addressing corporate climate action. In this month’s edition of Onsite, our editorial team details some of the changes EPC-UK is making to...
EPC-UK Farming: Working the land more sustainably
The EPC-UK business is truly diverse, as in addition to our drilling & blasting and commercial explosive activity, we also own and operate two farming estates in Derbyshire and Essex that provide us with the proximity needed to conduct our activities safely,...
EPC-UK Manufacturing: working leaner, producing greener
The hub of EPC-UK’s product manufacturing is our safety focussed plant in Alfreton, Derbyshire, where a highly trained and skilled team of operatives produce the bulk emulsion used in our blasting processes.Power product Our bulk emulsions are an emulsified Ammonium...
EPC-UK People: Supporting employees and communities within our sustainability goals
The need for businesses in the UK to perform more sustainably involves more than just reducing emissions, as the effects companies have on their community, society and economy also contribute to a wider sustainable picture. A SPIRITED culture At EPC-UK we have always...
EPC-UK Transport and Logistics: Driving efficiencies on land and sea
EPC-UK’s Transport and Logistics division is a shipping and specialist distribution mainstay for our industry, supporting customers, partners and other providers with global supply chain capabilities for Class 1, Protectively Marked Goods & Hazardous...
EPC Civils: Changing ways of thinking. Improving ways of working
EPC-UK contributing to the renewable energy sector As plans to develop more renewable energy projects in the UK further, EPC Civils is increasing its contribution to creating the sector’s vital infrastructure, not only with its transferable drilling & blasting...
EPC-UK’s journey to becoming a Carbon Literate Organisation
Key to EPC-UK’s continued transition to becoming a more sustainable company is realising our status as a Carbon Literate Organisation (CLO). This is an accreditation we’re working to receive from The Carbon Literacy Project, as it will establish us as ‘having...
Readying our resources to realise more underground blasting capabilities
EPC-UK is gearing up resources, knowledge and competencies ready to deliver future sustainability projects that require specialist underground blasting support and explosive supply. With activity revived in the critical mineral mining industry and multiple renewable...
Reducing emissions with digitalized blast design
EPC-UK’s drive to reach Net Zero goals remains focussed and committed. The evolving industry we work within will increasingly rely on digitalized tools, such as those we’re developing, to improve efficiencies and make operations leaner and greener. Technological...
Keeping it in the family – a career at EPC-UK can be in the genes
EPC-UK is renowned for recruiting people from the same family, and in many of our divisions working for EPC-UK has become a family affair with employees often recommending that their relatives also join the team. Over the months we’ll be telling the professional...