18 | Aycliffe Today Business
Left to right : Service engineers Liam Peel and Phil Robinson , office supervisor Carolyn Shore , operations manager Richard Simpson , sales director Myles Mander , Gardner Denver area sales manager Graham Read and ACB sales director Paul Sparke .
Aycliffe Today Business editor Martin Walker meets an ambitious firm which is targeting growth after relocating to new premises on Aycliffe Business Park …
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ACB SET FOR LIFT- OFF AFTER AYCLIFFE RELOCATION
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North-East firm which specialises in air compressors and blowers has fully relocated to Aycliffe Business Park amid ambitious growth plans .
Air Compressors and Blowers ( ACB ) first launched a satellite office in Aycliffe two years ago , with plans to eventually move its Gateshead operation down the A1 to Newton Aycliffe .
Now , after experiencing year-on-year growth for the last four consecutive years – and having identified Aycliffe as a stronger central location for its growing client base – ACB has relocated to new premises on Whinfield Drive .
The firm has completely renovated previously vacant space at the two-storey 2,000 sq ft offices and workshop , which sit adjacent to Cumbie Way just across the road from ROF 59 .
And for the firm ’ s sales director and local resident Paul Sparke , who completed a toolmaking apprenticeship on the business park
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in his former days , is hopeful the move will springboard ACB to new heights .
ACB , which is part of the TFG group of companies , is the only authorised distributor of Gardner Denver products in the North East , including CompAir and Elmo Rietschle , and already has more than 300 clients on the books , stretching from the Scottish Borders down to Wetherby and across to Cumbria .
The company , which has nine office staff and 15 field engineers , is also a distributor of Hydrovane , Reavell and Elmo Rietschle compressed air and vacuum equipment .
After seeing turnover climb in recent years , ACB has now targeted Aycliffe Business Park as a prime new HQ , having already established deals with the likes of Primex Plastics , PTSM and Steel & Alloy in Aycliffe , as well as with the Veolia Power Station and Hydram Engineering in nearby Chilton and Wilson Art in Shildon .
“ When we looked into , we only had a small percentage of clients from around our