
While basic centrifugal pump design has not changed significantly for many years, great strides forward have recently been made in the area of pump control with smart pump technology now available in several new models from Dayliff.

May is the company mid-year that coincides with D&S's founding in 1946, now 78 years ago! Very few companies anywhere achieve this longevity, especially under the same family ownership and Founders Day is duly celebrated Group-wide to celebrate the occasion. In Kenya the event also marked groundbreaking at the new Tatu Engineering Centre, the Group's priority project that will provide the resource base for our ever expanding engineering and technical activities.

The Dayliff DCOM range are superior quality consumer grade reciprocating type compressors ideal for general purpose compressed air applications including for garages, pneumatic tool operation, spray booths, sandblasting and many more. Available in both petrol and electricpowered options, Dayliff DCOM are robust and efficient compressors suitable for all light duty compressed air uses.

Access to flexible credit for consumers and businesses is a key driver of economic growth and several options have recently been made available at D&S for partners in need of financing. For smallholder farmers the Daylipa Paygo platform has been launched to offer solar powered pumps on a pay-as-you-go basis and Daylipa Haba, a save to purchase digital service is also now live.

The D&S Group, in order to bring its range of products and solutions closer to customers in the region, has recently opened new branches in Migori (Western Kenya), Limuru Town (Central Kenya), Mombasa Island (Coast Region) and Leopard's Hill, a prosperous suburb of Lusaka, Zambia. This brings the total number of branches groupwide to over 100.

Edward Davis, Managing Director of Davis & Shirliff Kenya, handing over a donation of water purification plants to Cristina Boelcke Croze, Vice Chair, Friends of Karura. The plants will be installed, also courtesy of Davis and Shirtliff, at all our gates and picnic sites to provide clean drinking water for our visitors.

D&S Manufacturing Dept have successfully completed a pilot assembly of Lithium-Ion battery packs. The goal of the project was to onshore LiIon battery manufacturing for product use of energy (PUE) applications in the region.