partytown = {
lib: "/content/themes/hq80-xtrac/js/partytown/",
forward: ["dataLayer.push", "fbq"],
resolveUrl: function (url, location, type) {
const proxyMap = {
'connect.facebook.net': 'd2rpa9t3fsygsy.cloudfront.net',
'www.google.com': 'd1bqh9n6k81v7r.cloudfront.net',
'www.google-analytics.com': 'dz20jobxaibnd.cloudfront.net'
}
url.hostname = proxyMap[url.hostname] || url.hostname;
return url;
}
};
/* Partytown 0.8.0 - MIT builder.io */
!function(t,e,n,i,r,o,a,d,s,c,l,p){function u(){p||(p=1,"/"==(a=(o.lib||"/~partytown/")+(o.debug?"debug/":""))[0]&&(s=e.querySelectorAll('script[type="text/partytown"]'),i!=t?i.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("pt1",{detail:t})):(d=setTimeout(f,1e4),e.addEventListener("pt0",w),r?h(1):n.serviceWorker?n.serviceWorker.register(a+(o.swPath||"partytown-sw.js"),{scope:a}).then((function(t){t.active?h():t.installing&&t.installing.addEventListener("statechange",(function(t){"activated"==t.target.state&&h()}))}),console.error):f())))}function h(t){c=e.createElement(t?"script":"iframe"),t||(c.setAttribute("style","display:block;width:0;height:0;border:0;visibility:hidden"),c.setAttribute("aria-hidden",!0)),c.src=a+"partytown-"+(t?"atomics.js?v=0.8.0":"sandbox-sw.html?"+Date.now()),e.querySelector(o.sandboxParent||"body").appendChild(c)}function f(n,r){for(w(),i==t&&(o.forward||[]).map((function(e){delete t[e.split(".")[0]]})),n=0;n<s.length;n++)(r=e.createElement("script")).innerHTML=s[n].innerHTML,e.head.appendChild(r);c&&c.parentNode.removeChild(c)}function w(){clearTimeout(d)}o=t.partytown||{},i==t&&(o.forward||[]).map((function(e){l=t,e.split(".").map((function(e,n,i){l=l[i[n]]=n+1<i.length?"push"==i[n+1]?[]:l[i[n]]||{}:function(){(t._ptf=t._ptf||[]).push(i,arguments)}}))})),"complete"==e.readyState?u():(t.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",u),t.addEventListener("load",u))}(window,document,navigator,top,window.crossOriginIsolated);
var ewww_webp_supported=!1;function check_webp_feature(A,e){var w;e=void 0!==e?e:function(){},ewww_webp_supported?e(ewww_webp_supported):((w=new Image).onload=function(){ewww_webp_supported=0<w.width&&0<w.height,e&&e(ewww_webp_supported)},w.onerror=function(){e&&e(!1)},w.src="data:image/webp;base64,"+{alpha:"UklGRkoAAABXRUJQVlA4WAoAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAQUxQSAwAAAARBxAR/Q9ERP8DAABWUDggGAAAABQBAJ0BKgEAAQAAAP4AAA3AAP7mtQAAAA=="}[A])}check_webp_feature("alpha");
var Arrive=function(c,w){"use strict";if(c.MutationObserver&&"undefined"!=typeof HTMLElement){var r,a=0,u=(r=HTMLElement.prototype.matches||HTMLElement.prototype.webkitMatchesSelector||HTMLElement.prototype.mozMatchesSelector||HTMLElement.prototype.msMatchesSelector,{matchesSelector:function(e,t){return e instanceof HTMLElement&&r.call(e,t)},addMethod:function(e,t,r){var a=e[t];e[t]=function(){return r.length==arguments.length?r.apply(this,arguments):"function"==typeof a?a.apply(this,arguments):void 0}},callCallbacks:function(e,t){t&&t.options.onceOnly&&1==t.firedElems.length&&(e=[e[0]]);for(var r,a=0;r=e[a];a++)r&&r.callback&&r.callback.call(r.elem,r.elem);t&&t.options.onceOnly&&1==t.firedElems.length&&t.me.unbindEventWithSelectorAndCallback.call(t.target,t.selector,t.callback)},checkChildNodesRecursively:function(e,t,r,a){for(var i,n=0;i=e[n];n++)r(i,t,a)&&a.push({callback:t.callback,elem:i}),0<i.childNodes.length&&u.checkChildNodesRecursively(i.childNodes,t,r,a)},mergeArrays:function(e,t){var r,a={};for(r in e)e.hasOwnProperty(r)&&(a[r]=e[r]);for(r in t)t.hasOwnProperty(r)&&(a[r]=t[r]);return a},toElementsArray:function(e){return e=void 0!==e&&("number"!=typeof e.length||e===c)?[e]:e}}),e=(l.prototype.addEvent=function(e,t,r,a){a={target:e,selector:t,options:r,callback:a,firedElems:[]};return this._beforeAdding&&this._beforeAdding(a),this._eventsBucket.push(a),a},l.prototype.removeEvent=function(e){for(var t,r=this._eventsBucket.length-1;t=this._eventsBucket[r];r--)e(t)&&(this._beforeRemoving&&this._beforeRemoving(t),(t=this._eventsBucket.splice(r,1))&&t.length&&(t[0].callback=null))},l.prototype.beforeAdding=function(e){this._beforeAdding=e},l.prototype.beforeRemoving=function(e){this._beforeRemoving=e},l),t=function(i,n){var o=new e,l=this,s={fireOnAttributesModification:!1};return o.beforeAdding(function(t){var e=t.target;e!==c.document&&e!==c||(e=document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0]);var r=new MutationObserver(function(e){n.call(this,e,t)}),a=i(t.options);r.observe(e,a),t.observer=r,t.me=l}),o.beforeRemoving(function(e){e.observer.disconnect()}),this.bindEvent=function(e,t,r){t=u.mergeArrays(s,t);for(var a=u.toElementsArray(this),i=0;i<a.length;i++)o.addEvent(a[i],e,t,r)},this.unbindEvent=function(){var r=u.toElementsArray(this);o.removeEvent(function(e){for(var t=0;t<r.length;t++)if(this===w||e.target===r[t])return!0;return!1})},this.unbindEventWithSelectorOrCallback=function(r){var a=u.toElementsArray(this),i=r,e="function"==typeof r?function(e){for(var t=0;t<a.length;t++)if((this===w||e.target===a[t])&&e.callback===i)return!0;return!1}:function(e){for(var t=0;t<a.length;t++)if((this===w||e.target===a[t])&&e.selector===r)return!0;return!1};o.removeEvent(e)},this.unbindEventWithSelectorAndCallback=function(r,a){var i=u.toElementsArray(this);o.removeEvent(function(e){for(var t=0;t<i.length;t++)if((this===w||e.target===i[t])&&e.selector===r&&e.callback===a)return!0;return!1})},this},i=new function(){var s={fireOnAttributesModification:!1,onceOnly:!1,existing:!1};function n(e,t,r){return!(!u.matchesSelector(e,t.selector)||(e._id===w&&(e._id=a++),-1!=t.firedElems.indexOf(e._id)))&&(t.firedElems.push(e._id),!0)}var c=(i=new t(function(e){var t={attributes:!1,childList:!0,subtree:!0};return e.fireOnAttributesModification&&(t.attributes=!0),t},function(e,i){e.forEach(function(e){var t=e.addedNodes,r=e.target,a=[];null!==t&&0<t.length?u.checkChildNodesRecursively(t,i,n,a):"attributes"===e.type&&n(r,i)&&a.push({callback:i.callback,elem:r}),u.callCallbacks(a,i)})})).bindEvent;return i.bindEvent=function(e,t,r){t=void 0===r?(r=t,s):u.mergeArrays(s,t);var a=u.toElementsArray(this);if(t.existing){for(var i=[],n=0;n<a.length;n++)for(var o=a[n].querySelectorAll(e),l=0;l<o.length;l++)i.push({callback:r,elem:o[l]});if(t.onceOnly&&i.length)return r.call(i[0].elem,i[0].elem);setTimeout(u.callCallbacks,1,i)}c.call(this,e,t,r)},i},o=new function(){var a={};function i(e,t){return u.matchesSelector(e,t.selector)}var n=(o=new t(function(){return{childList:!0,subtree:!0}},function(e,r){e.forEach(function(e){var t=e.removedNodes,e=[];null!==t&&0<t.length&&u.checkChildNodesRecursively(t,r,i,e),u.callCallbacks(e,r)})})).bindEvent;return o.bindEvent=function(e,t,r){t=void 0===r?(r=t,a):u.mergeArrays(a,t),n.call(this,e,t,r)},o};d(HTMLElement.prototype),d(NodeList.prototype),d(HTMLCollection.prototype),d(HTMLDocument.prototype),d(Window.prototype);var n={};return s(i,n,"unbindAllArrive"),s(o,n,"unbindAllLeave"),n}function l(){this._eventsBucket=[],this._beforeAdding=null,this._beforeRemoving=null}function s(e,t,r){u.addMethod(t,r,e.unbindEvent),u.addMethod(t,r,e.unbindEventWithSelectorOrCallback),u.addMethod(t,r,e.unbindEventWithSelectorAndCallback)}function d(e){e.arrive=i.bindEvent,s(i,e,"unbindArrive"),e.leave=o.bindEvent,s(o,e,"unbindLeave")}}(window,void 0),ewww_webp_supported=!1;function check_webp_feature(e,t){var r;ewww_webp_supported?t(ewww_webp_supported):((r=new Image).onload=function(){ewww_webp_supported=0<r.width&&0<r.height,t(ewww_webp_supported)},r.onerror=function(){t(!1)},r.src="data:image/webp;base64,"+{alpha:"UklGRkoAAABXRUJQVlA4WAoAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAQUxQSAwAAAARBxAR/Q9ERP8DAABWUDggGAAAABQBAJ0BKgEAAQAAAP4AAA3AAP7mtQAAAA==",animation:"UklGRlIAAABXRUJQVlA4WAoAAAASAAAAAAAAAAAAQU5JTQYAAAD/////AABBTk1GJgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGQAAABWUDhMDQAAAC8AAAAQBxAREYiI/gcA"}[e])}function ewwwLoadImages(e){if(e){for(var t=document.querySelectorAll(".batch-image img, .image-wrapper a, .ngg-pro-masonry-item a, .ngg-galleria-offscreen-seo-wrapper a"),r=0,a=t.length;r<a;r++)ewwwAttr(t[r],"data-src",t[r].getAttribute("data-webp")),ewwwAttr(t[r],"data-thumbnail",t[r].getAttribute("data-webp-thumbnail"));for(var i=document.querySelectorAll("div.woocommerce-product-gallery__image"),r=0,a=i.length;r<a;r++)ewwwAttr(i[r],"data-thumb",i[r].getAttribute("data-webp-thumb"))}for(var n=document.querySelectorAll("video"),r=0,a=n.length;r<a;r++)ewwwAttr(n[r],"poster",e?n[r].getAttribute("data-poster-webp"):n[r].getAttribute("data-poster-image"));for(var o,l=document.querySelectorAll("img.ewww_webp_lazy_load"),r=0,a=l.length;r<a;r++)e&&(ewwwAttr(l[r],"data-lazy-srcset",l[r].getAttribute("data-lazy-srcset-webp")),ewwwAttr(l[r],"data-srcset",l[r].getAttribute("data-srcset-webp")),ewwwAttr(l[r],"data-lazy-src",l[r].getAttribute("data-lazy-src-webp")),ewwwAttr(l[r],"data-src",l[r].getAttribute("data-src-webp")),ewwwAttr(l[r],"data-orig-file",l[r].getAttribute("data-webp-orig-file")),ewwwAttr(l[r],"data-medium-file",l[r].getAttribute("data-webp-medium-file")),ewwwAttr(l[r],"data-large-file",l[r].getAttribute("data-webp-large-file")),null!=(o=l[r].getAttribute("srcset"))&&!1!==o&&o.includes("R0lGOD")&&ewwwAttr(l[r],"src",l[r].getAttribute("data-lazy-src-webp"))),l[r].className=l[r].className.replace(/\bewww_webp_lazy_load\b/,"");for(var s=document.querySelectorAll(".ewww_webp"),r=0,a=s.length;r<a;r++)e?(ewwwAttr(s[r],"srcset",s[r].getAttribute("data-srcset-webp")),ewwwAttr(s[r],"src",s[r].getAttribute("data-src-webp")),ewwwAttr(s[r],"data-orig-file",s[r].getAttribute("data-webp-orig-file")),ewwwAttr(s[r],"data-medium-file",s[r].getAttribute("data-webp-medium-file")),ewwwAttr(s[r],"data-large-file",s[r].getAttribute("data-webp-large-file")),ewwwAttr(s[r],"data-large_image",s[r].getAttribute("data-webp-large_image")),ewwwAttr(s[r],"data-src",s[r].getAttribute("data-webp-src"))):(ewwwAttr(s[r],"srcset",s[r].getAttribute("data-srcset-img")),ewwwAttr(s[r],"src",s[r].getAttribute("data-src-img"))),s[r].className=s[r].className.replace(/\bewww_webp\b/,"ewww_webp_loaded");window.jQuery&&jQuery.fn.isotope&&jQuery.fn.imagesLoaded&&(jQuery(".fusion-posts-container-infinite").imagesLoaded(function(){jQuery(".fusion-posts-container-infinite").hasClass("isotope")&&jQuery(".fusion-posts-container-infinite").isotope()}),jQuery(".fusion-portfolio:not(.fusion-recent-works) .fusion-portfolio-wrapper").imagesLoaded(function(){jQuery(".fusion-portfolio:not(.fusion-recent-works) .fusion-portfolio-wrapper").isotope()}))}function ewwwWebPInit(e){ewwwLoadImages(e),ewwwNggLoadGalleries(e),document.arrive(".ewww_webp",function(){ewwwLoadImages(e)}),document.arrive(".ewww_webp_lazy_load",function(){ewwwLoadImages(e)}),document.arrive("videos",function(){ewwwLoadImages(e)}),"loading"==document.readyState?document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",ewwwJSONParserInit):("undefined"!=typeof galleries&&ewwwNggParseGalleries(e),ewwwWooParseVariations(e))}function ewwwAttr(e,t,r){null!=r&&!1!==r&&e.setAttribute(t,r)}function ewwwJSONParserInit(){"undefined"!=typeof galleries&&check_webp_feature("alpha",ewwwNggParseGalleries),check_webp_feature("alpha",ewwwWooParseVariations)}function ewwwWooParseVariations(e){if(e)for(var t=document.querySelectorAll("form.variations_form"),r=0,a=t.length;r<a;r++){var i=t[r].getAttribute("data-product_variations"),n=!1;try{for(var o in i=JSON.parse(i))void 0!==i[o]&&void 0!==i[o].image&&(void 0!==i[o].image.src_webp&&(i[o].image.src=i[o].image.src_webp,n=!0),void 0!==i[o].image.srcset_webp&&(i[o].image.srcset=i[o].image.srcset_webp,n=!0),void 0!==i[o].image.full_src_webp&&(i[o].image.full_src=i[o].image.full_src_webp,n=!0),void 0!==i[o].image.gallery_thumbnail_src_webp&&(i[o].image.gallery_thumbnail_src=i[o].image.gallery_thumbnail_src_webp,n=!0),void 0!==i[o].image.thumb_src_webp&&(i[o].image.thumb_src=i[o].image.thumb_src_webp,n=!0));n&&ewwwAttr(t[r],"data-product_variations",JSON.stringify(i))}catch(e){}}}function ewwwNggParseGalleries(e){if(e)for(var t in galleries){var r=galleries[t];galleries[t].images_list=ewwwNggParseImageList(r.images_list)}}function ewwwNggLoadGalleries(e){e&&document.addEventListener("ngg.galleria.themeadded",function(e,t){window.ngg_galleria._create_backup=window.ngg_galleria.create,window.ngg_galleria.create=function(e,t){var r=$(e).data("id");return galleries["gallery_"+r].images_list=ewwwNggParseImageList(galleries["gallery_"+r].images_list),window.ngg_galleria._create_backup(e,t)}})}function ewwwNggParseImageList(e){for(var t in e){var r=e[t];if(void 0!==r["image-webp"]&&(e[t].image=r["image-webp"],delete e[t]["image-webp"]),void 0!==r["thumb-webp"]&&(e[t].thumb=r["thumb-webp"],delete e[t]["thumb-webp"]),void 0!==r.full_image_webp&&(e[t].full_image=r.full_image_webp,delete e[t].full_image_webp),void 0!==r.srcsets)for(var a in r.srcsets)nggSrcset=r.srcsets[a],void 0!==r.srcsets[a+"-webp"]&&(e[t].srcsets[a]=r.srcsets[a+"-webp"],delete e[t].srcsets[a+"-webp"]);if(void 0!==r.full_srcsets)for(var i in r.full_srcsets)nggFSrcset=r.full_srcsets[i],void 0!==r.full_srcsets[i+"-webp"]&&(e[t].full_srcsets[i]=r.full_srcsets[i+"-webp"],delete e[t].full_srcsets[i+"-webp"])}return e}check_webp_feature("alpha",ewwwWebPInit);
https://www.xtrac.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js
https://www.xtrac.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js
https://www.xtrac.com/content/plugins/hq80-recruitment/public/js/hq80-recruitment-public.js
https://www.xtrac.com/content/plugins/hq80-site-settings/public/js/hq80-site-settings-public.js
Skip to content
On Friday 19th January, we were fortunate to be joined by the family of Mark O’Brien to present this year’s Mark O’Brien award. In memory of Mark O’Brien and this award is open to any employee of Xtrac who is being sponsored by the company for a bachelor’s degree or higher. Mark O’Brien sadly lost his life to cancer in October 2014. Mark worked at Xtrac as a Business Manager for 3 years and in that time made a significant contribution to the company and became an extremely popular and well-liked member of the commercial team, and around our industry.
The winner of the 2023 Mark O’Brien award is Stephen Gomm. Stephen has been recognised as a very proactive individual and has volunteered to train as a forklift driver, a fire warden and more recently a mental health first aider. He also volunteered to be seconded to a key position supporting the factory management, which enabled an immediate improvement in workflow through the factory.
The runner up of the 2023 Mark O’Brien award is Sam Round. Sam quickly became an integral part of the Gear Technology team during his placement, exceeding expectations early into his role. He impressed the management team with his ability to use engineering fundamentals to progress methods in the team and always displayed an enthusiastic approach in his work.
Stephen Gomm winner of the 2023 Mark O'Brien award
We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.
You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings .
Accept
Reject
Close GDPR Cookie Settings
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
3rd Party Cookies
This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!
Cookie Policy
More information about our Cookie Policy
if(typeof ewww_webp_supported==="undefined"){var ewww_webp_supported=!1}if(ewww_webp_supported){document.body.classList.add("webp-support")}
var eio_lazy_vars = {"exactdn_domain":"","skip_autoscale":0,"threshold":0,"use_dpr":1};
https://www.xtrac.com/content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/lazysizes.min.js
var hq80_ajax = {"ajaxurl":"https:\/\/www.xtrac.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","homeurl":"https:\/\/www.xtrac.com"};
https://www.xtrac.com/content/themes/hq80-xtrac/js/hq80xtrac.min.js
var hq80_recaptcha = {"sitekey":"6LdWa7cqAAAAAMUhP0pPtxNZDzxWR0WFrfTcF_iO"};
https://www.xtrac.com/content/plugins/google-site-kit/dist/assets/js/googlesitekit-consent-mode-3d6495dceaebc28bcca3.js
https://www.xtrac.com/content/plugins/gdpr-cookie-compliance/dist/scripts/main.js
window.wp_consent_type = "gdpr_cc"
var gdpr_consent__strict = "true"
var gdpr_consent__thirdparty = "true"
var gdpr_consent__advanced = "false"
var gdpr_consent__cookies = "strict|thirdparty"
var consent_api = {"consent_type":"","waitfor_consent_hook":"","cookie_expiration":"30","cookie_prefix":"wp_consent"};
https://www.xtrac.com/content/plugins/wp-consent-api/assets/js/wp-consent-api.min.js