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Bradford based Thorite reach final for Distributor of the Year 2019
Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Thorite, the UK's biggest distributor of pneumatic products and process systems, have now been shortlisted within two categories in the 2019 Motion Control Industry Awards.
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Thorite – Festo UK Distributor of the Year
Friday 12th April 2019
As a company specialising in pneumatics, you know that you are doing something well when one of the planets top pneumatics manufacturers presents you with their UK Distributor of the Year award. To say that we are delighted with the award is an understatement.
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Thorite and the Bradford Means Business Awards
Friday 12th April 2019
In 1850, when Thomas Wright founded his company with the aim of providing products and services to the local textile industries, he did so in Bradford. To this day, Thorite is still in family ownership and is still based in Bradford which is why it seems only appropriate that Thorite should be sponsoring the Manufacturer of the Year category at this year’s Bradford Means Business Awards.
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Big changes at the Thorite National Distribution Centre
Thursday 11th April 2019
Thorite, the UK’s largest distributer of compressed air and pneumatic products, has its National Distribution Centre in Bradford where at any time there will be thousands of different products waiting to be shipped directly to customers or to the eleven Sales & Service Centres. Keeping track of all these products is a massive job which, at the very least, involves a comprehensive knowledge of logistics and stock control.
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Thorite - A bit of help in the Black Country
Wednesday 27th February 2019
It is an unfortunate fact that every industrial process has a cost and energy usage which represents one of the largest costs. For a number of years, staff at Thorite have been working hard to promote products and systems to customers that save energy and therefore costs. And by using various initiatives such as air audits, we have been able to show customers that they can save thousands a year by buying into the latest energy saving Capital Equipment.
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A Key Account Manager for the Thorite Bristol Sales & Service Centre
Tuesday 26th February 2019
Launched just two years ago, the Bristol Sales and Service Centre has just appointed its first Key Account Manager. Jonathan Douglas has just joined and will be responsible key accounts in the South West.
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A revolutionary twist in discharge - the Graco Twistork Agitator
Tuesday 12th February 2019
Safely discharging the contents of a 55 gallon (200L) drum whilst at the same time ensuring that the contents are thoroughly mixed, would once have necessitated both a pump and separate mixer or agitator along with a couple of members of staff; but not anymore.
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New Key Account Manager for Bradford
Tuesday 12th February 2019
Phil Wright has joined the Thorite Bradford Sales & Service Centre as the Key Account Manager. Phil will not only be responsible for sales to existing major accounts but also for developing sales strategies with new customers. He is well qualified for the task having spent considerable time as an Area Sales Manager with a company specialising in materials handling, industrial spraying systems and filtration.
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Stewart is appointed Installation Sales Engineer
Tuesday 12th February 2019
Thorite is not just the UK’s largest distributor of compressed air, pneumatic and fluid power products; the company is also one of the UK’s largest installers with two installation teams working practically flat out.
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A new Key Account Manager for Huddersfield
Monday 11th February 2019
Key Account Managers at Thorite need a selection of skills. To begin with, he or she needs to have an engineering background and be able to sell a range of very different products to customers who are, most probably, engineers themselves. They also need to have a good working knowledge of compressed air, pneumatic and fluid power systems.
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