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Air Compressors and Blowers (ACB)
North East has moved its headquarters from
Gateshead to Aycliffe Business Park after
seeing turnover double to £1.2m in the last
three years.
ACB, which is part of the TFG group of
companies, is the only authorised distributor
of CompAir and Gardner Denver products in
the North East, and already has more than
300 clients on the books, stretching from
Newcastle down to Wetherby and across to
Cumb ria.
The company, which has nine office staff
and several field engineers, has a workshop
in Dunston as well as new offices at Evans
Business Centre, and 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 – both because it’s more
centrally located in the region, and because it
sees it as a growth area.
Operations director Paul Sparke said: “We
cover the whole of the North East region
and across to Cumbria, so we see Newton
Aycliffe logistically as the perfect location for
us.
“Aycliffe Business Park is also a key growth
area for us as well and, as the region’s
only authorised distributor of CompAir
and Gardner Denver products, we would
hope there’ll be a lot of engineering and
manufacturing firms on the park which would
look to use our services.”
ACB already works for a number of Aycliffe
firms including Primex Plastics, PTSM and
T&S Kitchens.
And the firm has won high praise from
Primex in particular after dealing with a
recent incident during the night.
Paul explained: “We had a call from Primex
Plastics at about 2.30am when one of their
compressors broke down.
“We were on site at 8am, had a diagnosis
straight away and quotes arranged, and had
a new compressor delivered and installed
the next working day, which minimised the
downtime.
“We pride ourselves on one-to-one, 24-7
customer service and getting the job done in
the quickest possible time for our clients.”
ACB has been working with Primex
Plastics for 16 years, and engineering
manager Graham Gilmore added: “ACB
North East has the technical knowledge and
support to meet all our compressed air needs
with added extra.
“Engineers talk to engineers, and this
gives me confidence in ACB to compile our
yearly planned maintenance scheduling and
when put to the test on call out we could
not ask for a more reactive response to from
initial phone call.
“This is where the added extra comes
in – quick initial professional assessment
with recommendations and turnkey solutions
to meet our expectations and in the latest
instance to better expectations which was
fantastic giving the timescale.
“I would gladly recommend ACB North
East to any interested party.”
ACB is hoping to move its workshop from
Dunston to Aycliffe eventually and has longterm growth plans to create new jobs here
and increase turnover.
Paul, who runs the company with fellow
director Chris Hall, said: “We’ve increased
our turnover for the last three consecutive
years and we have ambitious plans to build
on that while adding to the workforce.
“Aycliffe is a thriving hub of engineering
and manufacturing and we’re inviting all
companies to come along to an open day
we’re hosting at Evans Incubation Centre,
when they can come along to find out more
about what we do the products we can
supply and service.”
ACB’s Open Day is being held on
Wednesday 25th May, between 10am and
3pm, at Evans Business Centre on Durham
Way South.
To contact ACB North East, call
operations director Paul Sparke on
01325 329820 or email paul.sparke@
acbnortheast.com