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Motors and Variable speed drives
News Release from: ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors)
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 March 2008
ABB Drives UK distributor breaks GBP2M
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Halcyon Drives in Leeds has become the first ABB Drives Alliance partner in the UK to source more than GBP2 million worth of drives in a year
The Halcyon Drives 2007 turnover for drives was 80% higher than the previous year: "Their Yorkshire and Lancashire area turnover figure rivals what some drive manufacturers achieve in the entire UK market in a year" says Steve Hughes, drives channel manager for ABB: "It is a huge accomplishment for a regional distributor" Sales Manager Neil Waite says "Whilst a strong factor in this achievement was based on business into the Water Authorities, we did see a significant increase of business in other target markets such as chemical, oil and gas, food, beverages and paper"
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 6 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Like the other partners in the ABB Drives Alliance, we have invested a lot of effort over many years to convince industry to improve its processes and save energy with drives" said Martin Rhodes, marketing director at Halcyon Drives: "During the last year all our efforts in these areas have paid off".
"Using the ABB six-step energy saving plan, we can help provide a structured way to save large amounts of energy across a plant, while our DrivesAdvantage programme provides peace of mind through a full range of lifetime services for drives.
There is a lot of investment going into the water sector at the moment and cooperating with our partners in ABB Drives Alliance, we can provide service on a nationwide basis for water companies with multiple sites together with our other target areas.
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All these factors combined helped us become the preferred supplier to local blue chip companies in 2007".
Halcyon Drives stock units from 0.18 to 400 kW and can supply, install and support the whole range of ABB low voltage drives.
"We supply drive products that help meet customers' requirements exactly.
For instance, the adaptive programming available with ABB industrial drives enables us to design functions that you would previously have needed a PLC to realise" Rhodes says: "The ABB Drives Alliance is the envy of the drives market.
We are nine specialist drive companies that work together to cover the UK and draw on each other's stock.
With our fellow partners we service customers country-wide 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
Customers have confidence in a company when they see it is endorsed by ABB and part of a large network; this gives credibility".
"The distributor network is becoming integral part to ABB.
The local presence and expertise provided through the ABB Drives Alliance gives us a huge advantage and is helping us to further increase our leading market share, which we currently estimate to be 25% in the UK," says Steve Ruddell, general manager, drives and motors, ABB.
Halcyon Drives covers an area of northern England that includes Yorkshire, Manchester and Bolton.
The company is located in Stanningley, near Leeds.
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